Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-20

disqualified. There are forty kinds Of
grease person can use IN such tricks.
Take cold cream, cocoa butter ard a
lot of others Rub in right, and the
stuff will never come out or show until
YOU have worked hard enough TO make
the sweat appear.
"Charley Wittmer. the clever Graeco-
Roman athlete from Cincinnati, had a
great experience in this direction
when he met the late Yousouf. The
pair put up a great struggle, the affair
going for three hours, the result being
draw. Yousouf was creased to the
limit. and It was a herculean task to
keep a hold, no matter how firmly It
was applied. for more than a few sec
onds at best. AS soon as Wittmer
locked his man wittmer's hands would
become full of grease and slip off.
George Bothner came near being the
victim of one OF the foulest tricks
played on the mat to my knowledge
II was many years ago, and George
was just budding as a professional
wrestler
"Every time Bothner came I'm con-
tact with the top of his adversarys
head n feeling of nausea stole over him
and he got sick to his stomach. But
as fortune would have 1t, Bothner
threw his man for the first fall with u
scissors hold. When Bothner got to
his chair he staggered. but he had pres
ence of mind to say to his seconds:
"'Examine that fellows head be-
fore he gets to his dressing room
"The examination was promptly
made. and It was discovered that the
fellows head was saturated with
drug. the fumes of which would cause
Inconsistencies in the course Of time.
The trick cost Bothners opponent the
match then and there. That he did
not receive a severe drubbing too, was
because the police saved him by hust-
ling him out of the building.
"The worst dose Witt1ner ever got
in the way of a trick was when he met
Sebastian Miller, the stone crusher'
and all round strong man. Miller had
powdered resin on the soles of his
shoes. Every now and then he would
get behind Wittmer, when the lat
ter was on the floor, and rub his
hands against his soles and then Sc
cure body lock. In this way he was
able to rub the stuff on Wittmers
body from the waist to the chin. Witt
mer thought that some one was saw
ing his bones when the resin came in
contact with his skin, and suffered
considerably while the contest was in
progress.
George Hackenschmidt tells a story
of a trick that was played on him
when he lust started out as a wrest-
Ter. Being naturally strong, the Rus
sian Lion took the Graeco-Roman
stvle. He did not know much about
catch-as-catch-ca but he wanted to
try his skill under those rules, so he
met a fellow by the name of Mousin
! in Berlin. The bout went along all
right for thirty minutes or so. Then
Mousin tried a bone breaking leg Nell
son and got hold of the Russians right
leg in such manner that the member
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i Hackenschmidt was aware of it.
Hackenschmidt continued to wrestle
never realizing the extent of his injury
until he tried to use the leg. Then he
found it so powerless that he was un-
able to use 1t. But the Russian was
resourceful and fooled his opponent
by making his play for the neck and
body locks alone. In this way Hack
enschmidt found a good opportunity
to use his strength, and he did So
The chance came with a half Nelson
He caught Mousin around the neck,
lifted him in the air and flung him
with great force. When the referee
signaled Hackenschmidt that he had
won by tapping him on the back, the
Russian, with his man under him,
was unable to rise because of his game
leg Then Mousin's trick was discov-
cred"