The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-07
WRESTLER GOTCH
DISCUSSES HIS SPORT
Tells About the Fine Points in the Came
al Which He Is cateh-as- Cateh-can
Champion.

Frank Gnteh, champion eatch-as-
catehcan wrestler of america, VINO II.
recently defeated Tom jenkins, u Dis
cIssing The DIE points "a wrestling,
sass rThe original principle that gus
erned the wrestling game were simple
variations 81 the mechanical PROPOSE
tion d TIE lever aud fulcgunn. 4 hold
secured 81 contestant on Sd opponent
meant simply that he had obtained 4
means 81 applying o simple mechanical
principle. whieh eaabled him to turn
oVer The bodg 81 lsis adversary and bring
him INTO stsrh anatomical relations te
the mat al were required BIZ THE rules
These provided tn the touching III the
shoulders III au opponent az the canvas
In tlle Development of the game. how
ever. ii sHas found that there IA 4 nlure
powerful influence toward making A man
roll oyer on BIS back ok simply qujt
outright and surrender che fan than
mere mechanical principle. Il i pain.
III certain grips can he secured, all
TIE science d holds looking toward mere
Leverage az means 81 success arc sec
ondary. apd the c0ntestant held III a
lock that means fracture, stranga-
lation on Inconsistencies die t0 excFt
catiHg pain, II made III w iii 4 few
seconds what inurs nsialt nit suffice To
accomplish under more legitimate ineth-
Ods
The terrific and dangerous h0Ida pos
.ihIe III wrestling are not employed In
ordinary matches IN fact, one II these.
the strange hold. IS almost always bar
red Anothef, the hamamllock, is ire
qucntiy ruled out ia tie articles Of
agreement Even ii this case. however,
enc amount IL punishment administered
during tic grneling contest ii simply
inc0Hceisablc. Punishment II employed
here, however, noa with the idea III
forcing submission III onee It ~ rath
* tile object III the wrestler To tire
ont Tie muscles II his opponent III he
happens 70 ret On top of him on the
mat he tries 10 stay there The reason
s. plain II be weighs 200 pounds his
opponent Is bearing The weight Of il III
the time be i down. This + not mere
ebild's play. How much more wearing
i il when the man ON top Is using ey
Very opportunity 70 wrench yoWr mus
cies shut of y0ur wind, strain yoHr
neck by making fakes at getting half
Nelson's and other tricks ~ the game.
This II punishment that WIN ten. "A
man caught out of condition il ruined
II five minutes bv the constant ham-
niefing OF his opponents locked hands
against his stomach
In matches Tor side bets where the
wrestIcrs, usually men Of excellent phys
zeal courage rs we'll a. endurance nee
essarily 50. IN fact are defending an
amount Of money placed on them, while
the first few minutes of the fray may
Ne III Tie more legitimate order, when
one contestant sees the tide turning
against him he X sure 10 bring his re-
serve forces into play. And then il be-
comes match for blood. In these
matches the atfangle hold is usually
barred. Where Il il not the effect Is
deadly. When properly placed on an
opponent It Is Is secure as Yale lock.
Few men exist who can break such
hold secured BY . man of equal strength.
Il Is wise wrestler then who sees his
dilemma and quits, saving himself pun
ishment in order to reserve strength for
the next fall.
with the sirangIe hold barred, the
hamulerlock Il, perhaps, the most TER
rible II Furnishing holds. The hold once
placed. the unfortunate in Tho tolls faces
broken arm to a certainty. unless he
roll. over and submits A strong fore
arm may frequently break this hold,
but Il well placed Il means almost Ger
tain surrender Several other holds
which are perfectly legitimate, but
which when secured might cause man
to surrender through sheer pain Of run
his chances ot uroken bones il the arm
lock and toe hold. crotch and half
Nelson. or half Nelson and 4 hammer
lock worked together Another hold
that i dangerous and painful, but il
often used, aud has Won hundreds Of
falls. looked simple. Il is called a
toe hold. When on the offensive and
the 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 np under him
and With your lett twist his foot over
so that either his ankle must be twisted
out Of Joint Of he must surrender.
-All 81 these holds are telrors and
are tolerated IN catch-asscatch- eau
wrestling. Another thing 10 be cousid
cred u that wrestling is d fight To the
finish for every fall In boxing bout
YOU know how lene ven are 60 box Nen
can nudge your pace accordingly In
wrestling L Is throw your opponent or
be thrown