Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-27
TRICKS OF JiU-JiTSU,
Shown the New York Police by the
Jap Expert Higash.

|
anese who weighs just l20 pounds and
is only feet 8 inches in height. APP
peared at police headquarters. Friday.
| at the request of Commissioner Nc
Adoo, to show the police the value OF
| the WileS and tricks of the ju- jitsu. or
| Japanese wrestling. Two of the DO
| licemen Higashi met We're "A lax"
| Whitman, the bicycle policeman who
weighs 200 pounds, and Charles KAN
| mer. who stands 3 feet, II inches in
his stocking feet, weighs more than
200 pounds, and once held the national
championship as midleweight boxer
| The commissioner himself was pre-
vented by indispostion from attending
But his secretary and Chief Inspector
Cortright were there. as We're five DO
| licemen holding records as athletes.
| The spacious trial room has been
| cleared for the occasion. Its floor was
covered with thick layers of soft rugs.
~ one end stood the policemen. On
| the middle of the floor waited the lit
| tie Jap. He looked as if any one of
| the five might make Il single mouth
| ful of him. His dress was that of the
| ordinary citizen, including collar and
| ing to undress for the trial. he SHOOK
his head smilingly. Then at a nod
from the chief inspector, Ajax stepped
forward. having previously stripped off
coat and vest.
Il am afraid of hurting the chap" he
remarked casually as he approached
his antagonist. And again the Jap
merely smiled. But when he saw that
the policeman took an attitude as if
intending to wrestle according to Oc-
cidentdl methods, he spoke up:
You had better not resist. or I NAV
hurt you
'AW, come Off was the retort. ac-
comparied with contemptuous laugh.
Next moment something happened But
Il their lives had depended on If nobody
IN me reon, could have told Just how it
caIne about Ajax was lying on his back
ilat On the floor. The Jap was standing
Jnst where he had stood Before having
, 'rtr moved: Quick as a flash the big
ponC"man was on his feet again. HigaShi
seemed to step sideways as if intending to
Set ont Of the way. As he did 50 he lean
to draw deep breath And And % onee more more
he was PROSTATE on the floor.
Getting up a little more carefully and
slowly than the first time, the boiiceman
held back "a, a moment; His lace was very
rafehtly ne was preparing for a serious
effort. This time Hgashi did not wait
Tor him. but approached with short quick
lasted only. few seconds. The tall form
Of the policeman was seen to Whirl
through the air and land heavily on the
the little wrestler, holding on in some Gu
rious sort of way that prevented the man
underneath from stirring. although it
was plain to the observers that the lat
himself.
Finally 1Iigashi sprang aside and Ajax
scrambled to his feet, purple with rage.
IN finish that fellow yet he cried.
Il don't want any more of him." said
the Jap, turning to the chief inspector.
IF he makes me wrestle in earnest with
him III probably break some bones-and
l don't like to-.
Get Get back, Whitman" commanded In
it is done. and not who is the best man
Hammer had better take a turn at it
now
The second champion of the force was
the tallest OF the lot, and by the side of
his Higashi looked more Insignificant
than ever. He stepped goOd-humOredly
over. to his frail opponent and began to
feel his arms.
Why he said. you've got no muscle
| at all-and such funny thin wrists you've
got
Are you ready?" asked the Jap.
sure, Sttlu the pOllcelndn, Sllnnlng
| broadly and placing himself squarely and
| ma ssively With feet well apart, just as
if he inter dcd to foil the other ones skill
| In another moment Higashi was behind
him and appeared to life the huge form
clear above his own head. Hammer land
ed in a heap. but apparently without suf-
| fering hurt or harm. Raising himself into
| a sitting position and scratching his head
with one of his cumbrous fists. while
| hopeless, helpless surprise pictured itself
| on his face in the most amusing fashion,
| the policeman let drop from his lips an
autOmati tic:
| well, I'll be -
| He was shown then by the Jap Just how
| the trick had been achieved. Further
| more. he was instructed how to guard
| against repetition of it. Yet the result
| was the same. More than a dozen times
did slender Hagashi throw his overtower-
! ing opponent using different holds each
| time and always accomplishing his end
| without any seeming employment OF
strength.
Inspector Cortright finally declared he
| had seen enough and praised the Jap in
| the strongest terms.
1T isn't marvellous at all. replied Higa-
country could do just as well They are
not bigger or stronger than I, but they
are ell trained in jiu jitsu.''
| It is expected that the members Of the
| force soon will be practicing in their re-
| spective station houses. Whether their
| training will he effected without breaking
| of bones remains to be seen. That tenn
pers will be badly strained may be taken
| for granted.