The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-06

dred dollars who can stand fifteen min
utes before him the confederate, arises,
accepts the challenge, and, if he does
not go on at once. makes a match for
the following night, just as the man.
agement deems proper. Sometimes the
champion allows his man to remain the
like the real thing by handing him
the money for staying in the presence
of the crowd or else throws him in a
hurry. The bouts are lively and cause
plenty of excitement. IA.
A dozen years ago a champion Grae.
co-Roman wrestler had one of his con-
federates with him all the time. The
man was a. Greek, but could speak
fiuently in five languages. In. every
city where the Graeco- Roman artist
appeared his partner was styled as a
champion of some foreign country.
One night he was the Horrible
Greek" the next the Terrible Jew
the next the "Unquenchable Turk"
and again the Never to be Downed
Russian" To make good If called
upon he could explain his willingness
to wrestle in the mother tongue Of the
country he was supposed to represent
The Greek made a hit, and by losing,
which he had to of course, he helped
to swell the record Of his employer.
who by the end Of the season hadcon-.
quered almost every champion at
wrestling from nearly every country
on the face of the map. 49,.
The boil gag, the latest wrinkle in
troduced in the recent match between
John Piening and III. III. Egeberg, the
Dane, is new as far as the location of
the bloos eruption is concerned. For
merly it used to be about the knees.
But as this entailed too much trouble
to convince the public that it really
handicapped the wrestler it was shifted
to either the shoulder or to the arms.
Sometimes a wrestler would enter the
ring with his knees ellcased in volumi-
nous folds of surgical bandages If the
grappler wore trunks the wound would
not be exposed until after the match
had been completed and the "unfortu-
nate man had lost. Some wrestlers
really suffer from water ON the knees,
caused by constant work on the mat
The injury is painful if not attended to
at once, but can be effectively cured
with a weeks rest. Is $751; .
Not long ago at Brooklyn theater a
wrestler, well known for his lack of
scruples, employed the police to help
him in bringing off one of the most au-
dacious fakes known in years. He was
meeting all corners, and his opponent.
tie 4 1,
pose, was his partner. They were to
have met for fifteen minutes at catch
as-catch-can style. The unsuspecting
crowd cheered the "comer" and gave
him all it's sympathy, as is natural
The challenger used rough house tao
tics to make the bout interesting, but
overdid the thing to such an extent
that the spectators began to hurl mis-
siles at him and turn the theatre into
temporary scene of riot and confu-
sion. The curtain was lowered imme-
diately. Behind the footlights the
match was continued only that the
contestants, instead of wrestling, used
their fists. The police were called in
and the belligerents were arrested,
only to be charged with a reprinand.
The event got into the newspapers, the
wrestlers received the necessary ad-
vertisement and the incident was only
gotten after the challenger had COM
pleted his engagement. 1t is said that
the police knew that the affair was pre-
arranged and that the supposed "com-
err was really the challenger's partner.
Another wrestler who tried to foist a
fake on the public only failed because
his rival made a blunder at the last
moment. Two third rate mat artists
met in handicap match. After TWEEN
ty minutes had passed without any,
thing of moment occurring and no vic
tor was in sight one Of the wrestlers
whispered to his antagonist that it was
time to quit.
TITS about time that your arm got
broke, isn't it?" said the wrestler to
his man. Hurry up. You know I've
got to win as YOU promised"
His antagonist gathered his memory
together and in fifty fell on his back.
When the referee announced that the
contest was over the fallen man
jumped to his feet with as much grace
and strength as he could muster and
explained to the crowd why he lost.
He raised his supposedly injured arm,