The sun., 1903-12-26
The GRIDIRoN, MAT AND RING.
PUGILIST MUERGE COMPARES
THE THREE PASTIMES.
From Experience He Thinks wrestling the
Easiest. Fighting the Hardest and Most
Profitable, While the Open Air Contrib.
T. utes to tho Attra ctions Of Football,


T. utes to tho Attractions OF Football
There are two prominent pugilists before
tho public who are also we'll versed in wrest-
ling and In football-Gus Rubin and Jack
Munroe. In comparing these two sports
with fighting both agree that the manly art
Ia the most strenuous. Long before Rubin
was known TO fame he played tackle with
various football teams in Ohio. As last
resort he took up fighting and wrestling
Munroe became football player some
time before he ever thought of becoming
ascrapper, and INDUCES in the sport in the
gridiron season. Both Rubin and Munroe
declare that wrestling and football have
helped them not little to stand the strain
of the work in the ring, and are OF the opinion
that it is beneficial preparation for anybody
with pugilistic aspirations.
Rubin is considered the best wrestler
Of all the fighters who have appeared on
the mat, and there are very few points Of
the game that he does not know. His con-
nection with Ernest Roeber and othe
grapplers has helped him to great extent.
Besides, he is agile for big fellow and
strong. which qualities are requisite to
success on the carpet, In California years
ago Munroe used to assist Dan Mcleod
in training. The pair wrestled daily, and
in this way Munroe was able to pick up a
number of tricks. Although he is not
as clever at it as is Rubin. he can easily
hold his own in bouts with men of skill
-In wrestling as well as in pugilsm and
football, one must possess strength and
vigilance" said Munroe, but the strain
is not so great in wrestling as in the two
other exercises. Skill is, of course, neces-
sary in all three, but more so in boxing
The successful pugilist Of to-day must be
an adept. He must know his business
to command recognition and considera-
ton, and have stamina and the neces-
sary punch. You may he the strongest
man in the world have bulging muscles,
huge chest and all that, but without know
ing how to deliver punch properly you
cannot win.
Fighting, compared with wrestling and
football is as different as night and day.
While there is no exercise in the world more
exhilarating than wrestling and football,
boxing is the more laborious. You have
to prepare for the latter with more care,
and to stand the strain of a long and ardu-
GUS ring battle you must be in the best of
condition. No matter how skilful pugil-
ist may be, he is certain to receive the on
slaught Of his opponent. 1t is inevitable
in mill One blow accurately delivered
will upset the work of months of faithful
and consistent training. 1t saps your vital
to get up as quickly as you can, because
the rules require that a pugilist cannot
remain on his knees or on the floor longer
than ten seconds after being capsized
II you are tired while wrestling you can
lie on your stomach and spend some time
In regaining your wind or lost faculties
In this way you are enabled to shrk ner-
vous strain and have a chance to mend
your wind and regain your, lost strength,
skill, win games at football. I usually
play tackle, and as nature has endowed
me with fine constitution I Use it to the
best Of my ability in hot scrimmages. The
chances Of injury are not 80 great unless
my opponents choose to indulge in rough
house or unfair tactics. My disadvantage
Is only temporary, and with the assistance
, of my fellow players I am able to recover.
II three require great alertness, boxing
LA,bably the most.
'nAIn football, as we'll as in fighting, the
strain is mostly on the legs. But the con-
ditiops are different. Instead Of battling
N a regulation twenty-four foot ring in
clubhouse, where the atmosphere is laden
ants are hampered by artificial light, you
which are more helpful to an ath-
lete than all the stimulants in creation,
On the football field when you are dazed
or stunned the open air will quickly revive
you.
Naturally, in all three sports you are not
immune from accidents One has TO ex-
pect this in the daily walk Of life But when
you are hoored or upset in a prizefiight
have to arise unassisted and keep peggng
and fighting away until the round is up.
Then you are only allowed minutes rest
in which to recupernte and recover for the
ensuing rounds, while in football you get two
minutes rest. tits this, and this alone, that
success are concerned, an uncertain calling.
"The emoluments of pugilism are greater
than those OF wrestling or professional foot
ball, and justly So. 4 pugilist to last past
his thirtieth year in the ring must take
enS@en sars and the a ess strn Of con, is hs
training that make him old physically
before he has reached his prime.
"A football player has only one season
a year, in the autumn. Not 80 with a
fighter. AS soon as he goes out Of training
other if he wants to make any money or
climb to the championship rung. There is
no respite for him. He has either TO live
carefully or else go out Of the business,
To be successful he must win all the time,
IOF OQe uoledt III Ju6 IAiR may u6DIlV6 q
man Of the reputation he has striven for
years to gain and decrease his drawing
powers from a box Office point of view.
or course, some fighters, like Othello, are
loved for the dangers through which they
have passed, but the public is tickle and
always ready to take in its confidence
some new fstic hero.
"Wrestlers usually do their best work
when they have reached middle life and are
able to stand the strain Of long match on
the mat up to and past As years. II is
not the training alone that relegates
pugilist to the class Of has beens. He has
broken hands and broken bones to contend
with
Il would rather wrestle and play foot
ball all my career II there was enough
money In It. A good fighter can earn
more in one encounter in the ring than
professional wrestler or gridiron expert
can make in two years
College football players will not agree
with Munroe in his assertion that train
ing for fight is more arduous than foot
ball training. The football player has to
practice hard daily for three months at
stretch, diet and take just as good care
Of himself as man preparing for a fight,
and sometimes the footpall player does
little light work with the pigskin all sum-
mer
sarony Wins Skating Handicap.