The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-25
THE LEADERS IN THE GAME
MUST BEAR GOOD REPU.
TATlON NOW
Many Of the Well Known Best Men"
Own Large Businesses and Live
Clean Lives.

Billy" Sandow. local wrestling pro-
mOter. last night gave out the follow
ing interview regarding wrestling:
with the trend OF the times ana
the progressives policies in all lines
OF business, wrestling has advanced
shoulder to shoulder with the rest OF
the world. Where 20 years ago the
wrestler was considered. and usually
lived up to the reputation OF a low
brow. comes today the wrestler who
can no longer prove a success in the
game unless he is a clean liver.
The leading wrestlers OF today are
men of ideals and business abilities.
and not only save money, but invest
II in leading commercial enterprises,
and several OF the leaders are direc-
tors in banks and other institutions.
Take. for instance. Frank Gotten.
a wrestler who was worlds champion
He Is a director in a bank. owns prop
erty. and his check is good in the nve
figure class. Jim Parr. the leader or
the English grapplers. owns a big
ranch in Colorado. and other proper
ties there, as well as in Wales, Ing
land. Americus ranks as one or the
leading business men of Baltimore.
where be owns a big business. George
Hackenschmidt, the Russian Lion, Is
a bank director and at present an Of
hcer in the Russian army. Zbyszko
is a lawyer and property owner In 70
land. Farmer Burns is a business man
of Omaha.
Henry Orderman owns an apart
ment house and is a business man OF
Minneapolis. Fred BeeIl owns a big
farm I'm Wisconsin. Charley Cutler
moves with the best Of people OF chi
cago. and Is also the head OF a sue
cessful business. Dr. Roller Is a ply
stefan and surgeon, IS also the owner
OF plenty OF property In Seattle. and
in the State OF Washington. I'd Lewis
can sign his check in FIVE figures ana
lives a clean and Wholesome life. Mike
Yokel owns a lot OF property in Salt
Lake City. and is still appearing be-
fore the public on his wrestling repu-
tation Clarence BOuldin. who al one
time was near the championship class.
has a carting business I'm Cleveland.
Tom Kenklns has plenty OF good IN
vestments and IS instructor al West
Point Military Academy billy" Null
doom owns a big physical culture farm
I'm New York state One could con-
tinue with such a list indefinitely so
far as clean living ls concerned. from
among the lesser lights OF the game
Has Good Effect
Now as 10 the business OF promOt-
ing the wrestling matches. while my
business probably is not classed as a
commercial enterprise I'm the sense
that ! handle and deal In merchandise
] am engaged IN the enterprise OF Of
fering 10 the people OF Wheeling ana
surrounding towns high class athletic
amusement. that cannot fan 10 have
a rood effect. specially on young men
Etill In their teens.
One hears about the pin falls. The
victories and glorips 81 the mat but
wrestling az a business. BE- an I'm.
known quantity 90 most people Yet
wrestling is a business. and a biz busi.
ness. In many respects 10 Dr. like any
other commercial pursuit Holds. are
stock on sale. rather than CIGARS ur.
uiture. clothing or other mercantile
lines. There is quite aa much of
demand for them aa f1r any stable rr.
ticlo on tho market wrestling holds
are sold similarly Co the way CLEARS
are sold First tho bIT posters arc
Ernf out then other ADVERT .us mat
Ter Ie distributed. tickets are placed
on SALE and many other n.rse to
look after 10 make the affair s8r.
CrHr
The matches help Ono city ir many
ways. Tor ar every match chat has
been staged here. there Ia good rf.
tendance from BrulIrn. Martins
Ferry Bridgeport stDuhrrgTIa.
MoundsvIIla r1rkrraburr Washing
ton and other towns These people
come ON iufo-urha0 cars and .u auto.
mobiles
Local Business Helped.
Tho hotels. rarHrr. and bua.rr..
Interests in Wheeling rnf conn. uf
Their now money which would nr1Fa.
BY have remained af homo had DO
not been fnr tho rHfrIH.
- great many uHruI. who f. NOT
know. rTruT"uH.IE class rrs rfI.I.
uona with The r0urH and fmhI. r.lf
proposition This IH H mistake ..F
.n order t0 demonstrate. that .r
sincere Iu my efforts fI urarur..fa.
a. clean. hIah class athletic rnr.r. .
mont feature. Q have invited the Ia.|