The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-05
JAP JiU JiTSU
Will Be TRIED
Eddie Robinson and Unknown Japan
csc to Meet.
FOR BLOOD AND SIDE BET
PUBLIC May WITNESS TEST OF
Rival SYSTEMS OF DEFENSE.

AT the present time the sporting world
Is widely divided on the relative merits
OF IN Itsu, style OF Japanese defense
and offense that has been introduced in
s snlleTiea within the past couple Of years.
s,alt Like y soon 10 see a test OF the two
systems. Many believe jiu jitsu is much
vVefrated. while others who have seen
the Japs perform claim it is the most re-
markable system OF seif-protegtion ever
eNotNed. These say jiu iitsu is far stl-
tt5 tIa9f 10 wrestling and boxing as prac-
uceq by American athletes and that a
small zap Yersed i'm its mysteries can
easily overcome the largest athletes
trained only in WRESTLING or boxing
mat nu 3itsu has gained a great foot
ING In America i'm the past few months
cannot be gainsaid. President Roosevelt,
II Is said, has secured d professional jiu
ltsu expert TO teach him the ancient sys-
tenn OF the japanese, while iiu jitsu teach
erS have been hired at the naval and
military academies to instruct Uncle
sam 5 sailors and soldiers.
Americans Must Be Shown.
However. in spite of all the boasting
that has been done about this supposed
10 be wonderful system the fact still re-
mains ma mat there has never yet been a
America and beaten our best boxers and
-, Two weeks ago an article appeared in
Inc Herald in which Frank GOtch. the
champion American wrestler. paid his re-
SPects to liu Jitsu- This was read by
Louis \. SatO, an enthusiastic Jap be
never In jtu jitsu in this city. and
Mr. Sato properly entered a protest
against the statements of Gotch. In or
der to settle the controversy il was sug-
geSted that Mr. SatO secure an expert jiu
ntsu Jap. and a local wrestler would be
found who was willing to go to the mat
with Mr. Jap. SatO agreed and Eddie
Robinson of this city stepped forward,
stating that he was willing to defend the
American style of wrestling against the
Jap's Jiu iitsu.
MONEY Posted For Side Bet.
The money for a side bet Of $500 was
posted with the sporting editor Of The
Herald yesterday. and from present in
dications the match will come off within
the next two weeks
The articles OF agreement call for a
match between Eddie Robinson and a
10 use jiu jitsu methods against catch-as-
catch-can wrestling. No holds in either
style are barred. except that il is mu-
tually agreed that biting. scrdtching.
SouginG, hairpul!ing and kicking will
constitute a foul. Best two out Of three
fail meaning that two shoulders must be
put to the mat for a period of three sec
Onds- Both men are to go to the mat
weighing not over 10 pounds The rel
cree is TO be mutually agreed upon not
later than o'clock on the day of the
contest. In all probability the match
Will be pulled off in public, in which
event the receipts will be split, % per
cent to the winner and . per cent 20 the
loser
Just what the outcome of d match of
this kind VIII be is hard 10 tell 1t VIII
be the first time in America that experts
in bOEh systems have been matched Al
ready the contest has attracted consid-
cradle attention, and opinion is about
equally divided as TO the outcome.