The daily Alaskan., 1911-05-17
WRESTLING BOUTS
One of the Oldest Forms of Sport
 Known to Man.
THE ART IN ANCIENT EsYPL

The strenuous wrestling game is as old as the hills In Che days when men lived In caves. clothed themselves with GE leaves In summer and rirlcd their Iafns and limbs with skins ot fur n winter wrestling was part of their mode of aghtiu- the change iu
 hc mode of l,o lurag the long circle or years Co thc present day has uoi injured tHeurt. rHatit. exists practical lv as 10 was in fine dim. uncertain aecs of Che msl sartrnrl and mel lowed perhaps In some Of ihe rude essentials. Is made manifest by Che records which have stood an these rcrrs moekue the attempts nf Father Time to cGaeg them
 In Che temple tambs of Boui Iasan located near tbe banks of the Nile hown In stone. wrestlcrs are depleted In various positions eyempIifyIng nI
 Che holds and falls that thc modern eznonents of wrestling now use in their bouts. In tombs Nos 10 and I7 tho figures of Che wrcsllers represent nearly 4s0 positions Il would seem from this that the Egyptians were masters Of the orl of wrestling and that Che present day athlete scarcely devfrtes from the methods employed by men In this sport when the earth was young and Egypt was the head. r.... H..r.... ..# ..rrr#|.-nH.sn
 It vas from the Egyptians that the Greeks obtained their knowledge of wrestling The figures iu the Beni Hasan omHs prove this The Greeks were tHe greatest fighters of those days. and it was hut natural that they aHarH1 snorrs as a means to develop trafr physical condition. hence it was maf af rnrfr games held at Olympia and elsewhere at stated intervals wrrsHfn- was part of Inc program. At th.sa games the champions of the Friendly nations met In rivalry There was Eraat glory attached Co a victory. . The successful competitor was treated like hero His return Go his native land and hls entry into his home city were made an occasion for a uium- rhaut procession He was the hero Of Che day. uf the hour.
 The Olympic Cames-their revival Hn.es from 11G R. C.-were held every . four years at Olympia. In Ellis. They were started as a religious festival in honor af Jupiter. but the games, Ike the play. soon became the thing, and nla rernIe lost sight Of the soIemnity and sanrttv of the meetings and as- sembreI there just to see the sport Tt vas In the eighteenth Olympiad' . l07 !. C.. that the first record Of wrcs fling was established. Eurabatos, a Spartan. was the victor. He carried . oT Che prize. crown Of wild olive made from a tree which stood within ! Che faeIasure at Olympia
 ! It will be seen from this that wres Hng is one of the oldest sports pas ] times. means of attack or defense, cau l fl what vou win. known in the history ! of man. From the dawn of literature .rare are records of wrestling bouts. To Homer we owe that Elittering, glowing description of the encounter between Ajax and Ulysses. He im- ! marfnTfzcd Ajax. who was the incar- nation of strength. the physical power in man. and Ulysses. the crafty, the champion oT every art and vile Ho- war before ha was stricken blind wit. messed many great wrestling bouts fin fHa Crock cities. In his 'Iliud he crarnraaly describes the wrestling
 hant betwcon Ulysses and Ajax. ] Nor is that aIL In the convulsions
 of strife which followed among the ] femHng warriors. down through many l chaotic changes out of which empires
 rose and rou along the path of time. ] in periods dull, creaking, rude and
 gross down to the present decade
 wrgstrnr. was known. understood and
 nraved It's part That Shakespeare In !. his day realized Its popularity and
 made use of 10 is evident in that scene ] between Orlando and the dukes wres tier In "As You Like It" Although
 fhe play was supposed Go take place In
 France. the wrestling In this scene is a
 reproduction of that pracuced in Eng
 land at that time.
 In the long time that wrestling has l held sway there have been many styles ] -catch-ascatch-cau. Greco-Roman, col . Iar and elbow. recumbcnt and upright l Temfuology of wrestling terms t
 mearer The names in many in ! stances were purely local-as, for In
 stance. Cumberland and Westmore
 land which iu this country Is called
 back wrestling Collar and elbo" ! wrestling originated in the counties oi ] Cornwall and Devon, England, and ! sHu is pracuced there.
 The mathematician and Greco
 Roman styles are now the only ones
 rscd in championship matches Tho
 former is all that its name implies
 A wrestler may catch his adversary ] on any part of the body, neck, head ol limbs In the latter style the hold i'
 restricted to that part of the body
 above the waist line.
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