The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1905-01-13
EXHIBITION OF IlU JITSU
Japanese Wrestling Too Much
For New York Police Athletes.
STRONG MEN SOON ovEKPowERED
sAIax" WhIsnaa, the Bicycle Police
uaa, Was CoatemPtuOus az First.
bat Hfkashi Changed Hi. Ideas
Little Wrestler Threw Polieeasa
Hammer Easily. After Telling Him
How If Was Done.

Higashi, q Japanese who weighs just
I'D pounds and is only I'VE feet three
inches IN height. appeared at police
HEADQUARTERS IN New York recently at
the request OF Commissioner McAdoO
10 show the police the value Of the
wIIes and tricks Of Jiu jItsu. OF Japa-
nese wrestling. says the New York
Times. Two OF the policemen HiSashi
met were Ajax" Whitman. the bicycle
policeman. who weighs 2uO pounds. and
Charles hammer. wbc stands i've feet
eleven inches In his stocking feet.
weighs more than ~ pounds and once
heid the national championship as mid
dleWeight boxer.
The commissioner himself was pre-
vented by indispositiOn from attending.
but his secretary and chief Inspector
CorJright were there.
The spacious trial room had been
cleared for the OccasiOn- Its floor was
co., cred with thick layers Of soft rugs
At one end stood the policemen. On the
middle Uf the door wHiICyl the little
Jap. He I0okei Is II any one of the
I'VE might make a single mOuthful Of
him. lis dress was that or the ordina-
~ citizen. Including collar and CUFFS.
When asked II he were not going TO
undre7,s for the trial he shook his head
smilingiy Then. at a uOI from the
chief inspector. Ajax stepi,,-i forward.
having stripped On coat aud vest
Il am afraid Of hurting the chap" he
remarked casually as he approached
his anita -onist- And again the Jap
| merely smiled But When he saw that
the policeman took an attitude as II IN
tending 20 wrcstie according 10 Occi
dental u.ctho.!s De sg.,-Sc up.
You had better not resist. ~ NAV
/ hurt You
~AW- come on Vas tAe retart. A.
couPAn.,yI with "A CoutrIlpIuuus laugh
Nrx; moment -uiu-fh.nS EsII.'I.ed
/ But Il tle.E lives nId ,!.-,,e3s,.,-i uu u
Nobody IA The room cou.d have told
| just how II came about Ajax was Iy
ing CA his back hai on the noor The
/ Jap was standing just where be had
stood before. having ha.rly moys,i
I Quick as a fash tie big policeman vas
| on bis fe,-J aSain H.-asAi seemed q
1 step sideways as II intending - get
| out of the wHy. As be did 80 L. lean
I eSl foyNEari slightly There WAS q
| crossing ami minz ils OF arms AiaI
was heard 10 draw n deep brsath. and
! ONE u.Ore be Vas PROSTATE
Getting up = little more carefully and
slowly than the hrsr time. tie poliCe
naa held back a moment His fACe
was ye-y ri. and there vas fre IN his
EYES Appareatly he VAS preparing
/ for a serious effort This ume II cash!
dsi not wait foV him. but AppEuache.
( with short quick -;eT'-. Body Il-i a-ody
but the struggle lasted only = fsE
seconds The tall form % tie police
man VAS sc-n 10 WhiTi through The
air and and heavily On the -uSS back
downward en- top % s.a ~as ths
arrls wrestler. ho,d.ug OF IN sp-ae cur1
ols ~ort % way hist prevented the man
und.Tu~atA from s;.r-!Es. although Z;
Was plain that tie latter e1err~1 Is
utmost strength 70 fire. tln-eiS p
EaIy UlEaski <p-snE aside md Ajax
scrambled 20 lis :e,L purple Win zge
3 III finish that fellow yet" Re c-tet
Il doa't want any GsO7V 81 hir--
said the Jap. turning 20 the rh'es n
spsctoE IL 80 makes ne Wrrstls ~
enrDrsI Win hin I'll probably orea
sOCcs b-11es aed / doc't Ike to
Get escE. wh'tn.n.- co=oaBted