The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11
WRESTLING AS BRUTAL.
AS THE PRIZE FIGHT
Frank Gotc Tells of Holds that Break Tendons or Bones
Employed in Catch-as- CatchCan
Bouts Today.
+ BY FRANK ooTcH.

4SSltI"dSO, DuI WuACAs WA0A SSCuIOuy
might either cause man to surrender
thru sheer pain or run the chance Of
broken bones, are what call the "fy-
ing mare' armlock and toe hold, a
crotch and half Nelson or a half Nelson
and hammerlock worked together.
The Flying Mare.
With the "hying mare" throw a
man completely over my shoulder and
slam him down on the mat. With a
man Of my strength it can be seen
that this hold is certainly a dangerous
one. Another hold that is dangerous
and painful, but is often used and has
won me a hundred falls or more in
matches, looks simple. call it toe
hold. When on the defensive, and
your opponent is on his hands and knees,
with your left hand catch his right foot
and at the same time his right arm.
Bend his arm up under him, and with
your left twist his foot over so that Ell
Their his ankle must be twisted out of
joint or he surrenders.
With the crotch hold you stand q
man on his head, and with your left
hand secure half Nelson. When I
get this hold on a man, think it almost
useless for him to resist.
The half Nelson and hammerlock is
another hold that 1t is almost useless to
struggle against, once a first class
wrestler Of ones own weight secures
these holds.
All four of these holds are tolerated
in catch -as-catch-can wrestling matches.
For Furnishing a man and causing him
pain, they are all terrors.
Wrestling is the toughest game in the
world. 1 have participated in prize
fights, but they are nothing in compari-
son to q wrestling match. On the mat
have had all my ribs torn loose. The
| worst injuries I ever received in box
ing were bones broken in my hands
from hitting my opponents.
Another thing to be considered is
that wrestling is a fight to finish for
every fall. In a boxing bout, you know
how long you are going to box. You
can judge your pace accordingly. In a
wrestling match it is throw your oppo-
nent or be thrown.
For man not in condition, q
wrestling match is torture, If he is game
and will do his best to keep from being
thrown. Ills opponent is after him all
the time. He gets no chance to rest,
days after the match is hardly able to
move.
Different from Boxing.
In a boxing match q well-trained man
can be almost unconscious, but min
ute IS rest between each round revives
him. In wrestling there is no such
thing as resting. have tried both the
boxing and wrestling games, and for
punishment and pain I don't think
there is any comparison between the
two.
| Just take that toe and bar arm hold,
in comparison to a right wallop on the
jaw. In boxing you are hit hard and
you do not feel any great pain. You fall
down and get ten seconds to come up in
and then you can clinch. Take the
wrestling match. Suppose you have al
your money wagered that you will de-
feat man. He suddenly catches you
unawares and gets that toe and arm
hold on you. You want to fight to save
your money, but he twists your ankle
and pain shoots thru your leg that
nauseates you. Then he applies force
to your arm and you feel yourself go
ing down to the mat. Your friends
cheer for you frantically, and you make
another final effort. Your opponent
simply turns on a. bit more power, ani
the pain becomes so great that you for
get everything for the moment tt
escape the terrible grinding that seems
to be shooting thru your whole body
Your opponent, in the instant that yo'
relax, pins your shoulders to the ma
; with thud. For moment the relic:
is SO great that you lay like on
stunned Then, amid the shouts for tn
, victor, you are picked up and dragged
; to your corner.
/: I am champion at wrestling, am
like the game. That is the reason
} stick to it, in preference to going afte
: the boxing championship. I challenged
Jim Jeffries to fight me for the heav,
weight title, but he did not accept
r Some day t may decide to enter tn
r r;no AGAIN. I am certain I will neve
: have to 80 thru the same punishment /?
r the ring that one experiences Il
wrestling.