The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-28
zBYSzKO TELLS
OF HIS CAREER
Great Wrestler Well Educated
Was Officer in Austrian
Army.

Buffalo, n. Y, Nov. 27.-Stanislaw
zbyszko Cyganiewicz-some name that.
No. that is not something to eat,
that's simply the name Of the famous
Polish wrestler who made such a great
showing against Gotch Thursday.
Unlike many wrestlers, Zbyszko Is
polished gentleman. He is a graduate
of The University of Vienna and for
nerly was lieutenant in the Austrian
army. Here's the way he tells the
story OF his life:
My full name is Stanislaw Zbyszko
Cyganiewicz. 1 was born in the small
town of Stanislawice, located on the
north boundary Of the province of Cali
cia, on the banks of the Vistula river,
which separates the province from Rus
STA.
1T was not until I was fourteen years
of age and a student OF the high school
that I had any idea of being excep-
tionally strong, and UP to that time
had no idea Of what physical culture
meant.
''One day q friend of mine who was
interested in gymnastics felt my arm
and persuaded me to join the gymnas-
tic class. In those days gymnastic eX-
.ercises, handban and swimming were
the chief forms of sport, but since then
football has become quite popular in
Austria.
when fifteen years Of age Joined
the Cracow Solkoi and soon was recog-
nized as the strongest athlete In the
club. was persuaded to take up
wrestling by Professor Pytlasisinske,
one of the best professional wrestlers
in Austria, who said I ought to make
good.
After wrestling locally for some
time I went to Vienna and one of my
first matches Of Importance was with
Raicevich, the italian wrestler. l was
twenty years Of age at that time. We
met at Graeco-Roman and Raicevich,
who was a good deal smaller than he
is now. won. BY the time I was
twenty-four had graduated from the
University Of Vienna as a lawyer, but
so far have never practiced, as l pre-
ferred to travel around and see the
world. 1 served one year in the army
being a lieutenant Of infantry in regt-
ment 13.
"Since then have wrestled in Russia,
Turkey, France and England, meeting
most of the leading European heavy
weights. 1 met Padoubny, the Russian
giant, in st. Petersburg, and we
wrestled two bouts Groeco-R Roman style,
without either getting q fall One year
later 1 met and defeated Padoubny at
the London pavilion. Hackenschmidt
promised to meet the winner, but he
never did.
'aTwioe I defeated Nouraulah, the big
Turk, at ST. Petersburg, but 1 do not
think he was as good then as he had
been when he was younger.
I'm 1903 finished third in the Graeco-
Roman championship at Paris and three
years later won the worlds champion
ship there from a field OF sixty-five
starters, among whom were Beck Olson.
Lureck, the French champion, and
Beucarois, the French champion.
Adopts New Style.
Three years ago I took up the catch
as-catch-can style and like II much bet
ter than Graeco-Roman, which is slow
and uninterestirg. I trained for the
match with Hackenschmidt which never
came off. defeated Padoubny at catch
as-catch-can after this.
IT am now twenty-eight years OF age
and weight about 260 pounds. ! train
regularly, using dumbbells, skipping the
rope, playing handball and taking long
walks. MY height is five feet, ten
inches and my chest measurement
fifty-nine inches. I never smoke nor
drink and do not diet myself strictly.
When 1 tell you that weighed over 220
pounds when I was fourteen years of
age you will realize that only by train
! ing have I kept my weight down to
what It is. If I had loafed I might
have been good for a fat man in a mu-
scum"