Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-03-04

| that cGundnd lilo civ inches oF ham
boo. But they were the goods, in leg
and arm manipulation. They went
sliding around each other like bronze
| leopards. Whenever they came to
gether and mixed things, the "Ya-ho!"
yell was given and the other respond
ed with a handout. At times they be-
came so interlocked that the combin.
alton seemed lost Then, somhoW,
they would fall apart and each would
gather his scattered arms and legs on
| ly to more hopelessy lose them again
in the others anatomy. More than
once | failed to distinguish the iden-
tity of the men, although my optics
were working overtime. Finally one
Of the Japs-pardon me his name
got the decision of two straight put
outs. He won on his merit too, with
perfect right to carry bunch of
smiles on his face. The distress sig
nal is the distinguishing feature of
jiu-jitsu. 1t means I'm all I'M" When.
ever the brownie goes to the mat he
gives the signal, and gives it quick.
If the referee failed to recognize the
signal, something might be doing for
the undertaken. Next came catch-as-
catch-can wrestling bout between
Jack Wilson, the Montana beauty, and
Billy Gregory, the pride of Omaha. At
no time did the beauty make good.
He attempted two or three rallies
but the sand ran out of his shoes
The contest went to the Nebraska man
on two straight falls. At this point
Willard Bean, master of ceremonies,
got up and made an oratorical spiel
hat 10 In,
some good verbal jolts in behalf of
the manly art and clean sport. The
house cheered and showed it's SYM
pathy with the determination to keep
dirt away from the arena.
Now, Willard, stand by your talk
and things will come your way. What
local sports want are unsoiled gloves
in the ring and honest wrestling on
the cloth. Give us these and there
will be no unfriendly chirping.
~ ~
The event of the evening was now
announced. Every neck in the house
became rubbery with anticipation
There was a shifting among the $3.50
: ticket buyers as if they saw their
money coming. Eddie Robinson
stepped out as trim as a dancing girl,
his back and chest shining like q
I billiard ball. Tho Jap looked like
FURNISHED bronze. At the word they
| crouched and nimbled around each
other with the watchfuness of felnes
The white man prepared to meet the
unexpected. The brownie calculating
, how to land his trick But Eddie
matched his brain cells against the
, Jap. In the get together the Jap
, grape-vined like devil hsh, muscular
, and slippery. Whenever the brownie
wound himself around the white man
the latter disengaged himself as from
: the folds of snake. To be a bit trag
: ic, it was LAGOON and the serpents
The Jap exhausted all the muscular
cunning of the jiu-jitsu, but the dead
. ly grip was just as repeatedly tori
II away. Once Eddie was forced face
!, down to the canvas and the Jap cork
), screwed around his neck. Oh, Jil
y Jitsu, here was your chance for thu
" deadly twist! But there WASH
a enough steel in the brownies arm tt
u make good. Eddie shook him off ant
d the Mikado's flag came down. time
u three minutes, eleven seconds Blu
', Robinson's neck looked like a string o
= red coral in jiu-jitsu setting. In tn
Il second bout the brownie made ever,
IL nngSihln effort tn