Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-12
SOME OF THE yLEYEREST
TRICKS OF THE WRESTLERS
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US champion Of some foreign country.
One night lie was the "Horrihl.
Greek, the next the 'Ter,ible Jew. :
the next the "Unqnenchable Turk"
and again the Never to be downel
Russian 70 make goel il called up
on lie could explain his willingness to
wrestle in the mother tongue Of the
county he was supposed 10 represent
he Hreek made a hit and by losing
which he r:,d IL OF course, nc. helpcs;
to swell the record Of his EMPLOYER,
WEo,p by the end OF the season. had
conquered almost every champion a:
wrestling iron. neatly every country
on the face OF the nap
The boil gag. the latest wrinkle III
! ucduceA in the recent match betw cen
John Pienin. and II. H. Egeher". the
Dane. is rev as far as the location Of
the blood eruption is concerned. For
merry it used 70 be about the knees;
But as this entaled TOO much trouble
70 convince the public that il really
handicapped the :::restlcr il was shift:
Ell tG either the shoulder or to the
arms. Sometimes q wrestler would
enter the ring With his knees enccseG
/ in vClumincus folds OF surgical band
ages. II the grarpler were trunks tbs
wound would not De exposed until after
the match had been completed and
the unfortunate" man had lost. some
Wrestlers really suffer from water on
the knees, caused by constant WORT, Oh
the mat The injury is painful if no.
attended to at once. but can he effect
'vely cured with a weeks Test
The Police Helped Him
Not long age al Il Ercolilln tIea,.r Il
wrestler we'll known for his lack OF
scrnp!es. employed the police to help
| MIN il! bIir.in. off che Of the most au-
daciGus fakes lincwu in Years He Wa
meeting vi corners. and his opponent
picked from the auIiclce iur the pur-
pose. was his partner They were to
| have met Tor Is minutes at catch-as-
catch-can style. The unsuspecti1lS
crowd cheGred the conner" and gave
! him, al its sympathy. as is natural
The challenger used rough house tao
tics 10 mako the boat interesting, but
GTerdid The thing 10 such an extent
tnat tho spectators began to ilu1l mis-
slle5 1t hin: and turn the theaJer into
temporary scene Of riot and confu-
sion. The curtain was lowered immc-
mediateiy. Behind the fCotlights the
match was continued. only that the
| contestants. instead OF wrestling, used
| their fists. The police were called in
and the bailigeran,s were arrested.
only 70 be discharged with q repri-
mand. The event got into the news
papers. the wrestiels received the nee
eSsal'y advertisement and the incident
was only forgotten after the challeng-
or ...l completed his engagement 1t
T is said that the police knew that tho
supposed conner was really the ckal-
lenScl s I.Irtner.
-\nclhor wrestler Who tried to foiSt
q 'alie On The public only failed be-
last moment Two third rate mat art
lists met i'll a handicap match After
% minutes had passed without any.
thin" Of moment occurring and 40 VIC
whispered to his anita cnist that it Was
time TO Quit.
He Had 10 Win.
Its about time that your arm rot
broke isn't 'it?'' said the wrestler 10
his man. Hurry up Ycu know I've
sgt to win as YOU promised
His antagonist gathered his memory
together and il a iifry fell On lis back
When the referee anonunced that the
; contest was over the fallen man jump
ed to his feet With as much grace and
strength IS he could muster and eN-
planned 10 The crowd Why he lost. He
raised his supposedly Injured arm,
which he said he hal broken. and ex-
posed 1t to the spectators There was
look OF intense pain or his face and
he would have succeeded with tn.
ruse had he displayed any kind OF in
te]l!geAce. a few Of the sports nero
skeDtiCal as 10 the accident and WISH
ed to be further convinced SO the
supposedly injured man brought his
apparently damaged ann incc view.
But this time he showed the r:g!i;
ann instead Of the left. which lie ha,i
originally exposed The mistake va.