The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-01
ny JAS. ]. CoRnErr
Copyright. 1905. by the Newspaper
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AahANA ~ htH thhaAiA AA'N
"Yeu can fual pact az tire poeule
all - the time and all OF the people
part OF the time. but you cant fool
an Of the people all of the time.
II there Is one place that these
famous words OF Abraham Lincoln
apply more than another. a il Ia
the wrestling aud fighting game.
However. IA che former branch of
sport Il Is hard iog the expousuts
Co realize tho truth ol It aud this
probably accounts for the ebb OF the
great sport in many localities.
Wrestling. as a sport. Is Interest
ing In fact there are people / have
met who would sooner see good
mat contest than a fight And "
the followers uf the mat did not
overdo the FOO" part Of ~, | be-
Hove today wrestling would noulnh
In nearly every ciy 81 the country.
The opportunity 20 fool how
ever. is - great that the Wrcatcra
forget the end OF llucuins famous
aphorism and Try % work the public
all 81 the time.
This viii not do. as they have
found out Probably tho best exam
/ pie 81 fool the public" I ever heard
/ 81 WaB a wrestler who travelled With
"A theatrical company as 4 champion
of the world.
lie. like most % the meet ALI
corners" wrratlers. had partner
who travelled With him. Probably
/ the first nisht he would mcot a To-
cal man. uo wpuld issue a challenge
/ 20 anyone Ia the house. and before
anyone else had time 20 think. up
would pep a sell built little fellow
with a French accent
I am the champion uf Grcese aud
will meet you. he would say.
OF course his tongue was enough
I tn give him away. but the people
/ didn't take time To consider that
[ tie would be given the first chance.
/ The next day the papers would give
/ the champion credit for throwing
/ the champion Of GreeCe. and la lcaa
| than two weeks he would throw the
/ champion wreafiers 90 every eoun-
try In tho world However. he
would be meeting the same man
who vas travelling with him and
who could put up great exhibition.
Two wrratlara can go On the mat
| and for Is minutes the best critic
cannot detect the least bit OF fraud.
Sometimes the whole match can 80
on without the least aiEu % fake.
/ This Is especially true Of the little
men
Ia the fight game Il Is different
| Ouly the most expert mitt artist can
ret away with a limited round bout
which has been fixed. Il f. no easy
thing FOR a fellow 90 fall down
/ when he has been biz a light tap
without giving tho whole thing
away. and when two men Who have
/ planned buneo get going they
often forget all preliminary ar
/ raugemeuts.
Ia wrestling this seldom happens
/ for there IL always n counter TO
/ work for nearly every hold. IN the
/ aght game when blow Ia landed.
even II the intention back % u Ia
only TO fool tbs public. Il sometimes
reaches home and puts an end TO all
/ the prearranKed ideaa-
Comparing the two sports from
the standpoint Of the spectator. I
/ ana not entirely able 10 judge which
would be the most popular II both
/ were entirely on tha square.
Wrestling surely develops some
extremely exciting moments. and
| often holds the audience more tn
tenssly than a fight would. Take
/ two big fellows that are after each
other every minute. They are usual
/ ly Of the highest type Of physical
/ development and their condition Is
probably superior 20 a fighter who
might be taking part in an equally
I important battle. In fact. the good
/ features are SO many that Il - Inn
I possible to euumsrats them here.
In the fighting game tho men are
NJ il from the start. and the apectn-
tor does not have to walt 80 long
/ for the climax. But the fact that
/ you can tell very early In the battle
/ whether or not u Is earnest. IL the