The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-01
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Science has never measured the
| energy expended in wrestling
| match and compared II with the en-
ergy set forth in A fight. But this
| truth we do know: The erappler,
| during the course of his bout, uses
| pretty nearly every muscle i'm his
! body What he does not display I'm
velocity taS noted I'm q Blow he
makes up for in leverage The blow
| lands, does Its execution In q mo-
nlent, and ceases to be. The holds
applied in wrestling arc relentless un-
vi they are broken or put the other
man on his shoulders Docs IL actu.
any take more endurance TO with.
stand succession of blows Cfew OF
which are squarely landed) than *
does TO hold out against the leverage
OF powerful body. legs and arms in
definitely applied?
Perhaps, in tho matter Of long
training, the lighters are Obliged 10
overcome their assaults on nature Il.
self; the bad usage OF high living. OF
lnlrequent fighting. and Of neglect Of
the muscular organism. Maybe "
hghters fought more they would keep
III better condition. And again
maybe the impact of blows is more
disastrous TO the system than the
leverage of the mat
James j. Jefries was out of the
game for about six years. During
that time he may have done moro or
less hard work. but that did not lend
much value to his muscles We can
understand why. in this Instance. Jeif
mus train hard But Johnson has
fought many battles during that time
However, he trains just as hard as
Jeffries
And these men Will meet IRE
spectivc of what the outcome viii be,
they will utilize every iota Of force.
speed, generalship and gameness that
has been cultivated during this train
ing period. Neither would think of
taking on hard battle inside OF six
months.
But the wrestler goes from one bat
tie Of longer duration into another:
rot six months alter; not three
months after; but two OF three days
later.
Men wrestled ages before they
fought with their fists Personal en-
counters invariably result i'm grap-
ping. Wrestling is primal fighting
was cultivated Wrestling calls on
the fundamental In man, fighting
calls forth a new art-an art scarcely
more than century old. as we see
1t today. Away down in the wilds of
Africa. in the DAYS when Stanley was
exploring the continent. black men
held wrestling matches following
Graeco~Roman rules to the letter
They got II from time when Ethi
opla was important in the worlds az
fairs. They did not learn fighting
Long before fighting was classed as
a game Of physical competition. men
fought with swords. The gladiators
of Rome had come and gone centuries
before boxing gloves were invented;
centuries even before men fought ac-
coTdins to rules with bare fists.
The fight is moro popular, because
1t is more spectacular Velocity
shows up better than mere basic
force People prefer to see horses
run and automobiles race than watch
the laborious efforts of the steam
shovel, and still the shovel does more
work; requires more energy by far.
We who have to pun loudly and
snort betimes In sprintinG 10 connect |
with the oncoming tram car, feel our !
vast inferiorIty as compared with |
these examples of skilled brute force. |
We fancy that we, too, ought 10 he |
able 10 enter the ring or step onto |
the mat and give an account of our |
selves
After all. what we admire is not |
the ability TO twist or to punch. 1t |
is the possession OF rare good health. |
and fighting remain as re- |
minders from the days that wore; |
sort Of mileposts that tell us that the !
big thing in lie is health-because |
health usually implies happiness, and |
feeling good is better than the pos
session of vast riches
Inherently, we know this TO be true. |
Outwardly, we talk of the objective |
evidence OF it.
Admitting the physical contest,
therefore, Is not sign We arc revert
Ing to the brute IL is not an indl.
cation of retrogression. To the. con-
trary, 1t is the age-old story OF the
perfect temple What we display to- |,
day In a liking for fights and wres-
thing matches. was displayed in India
prior to the birth of Buddhism Ply
steal perfection preceded the quest
for the "Nirvana"
All Of which is respectfully dedi
Gated TO the old ladies and sky pilots
who prevailed upon Governor Gillett