Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-26
WAR correspondent
TELLSOF EFFORTS
TO FIND REAL REST
Came West From Battle Fields
Of Europe Only to Bump Into
Wrestling Game and Pros
poets Rest Vanish.
VISITS COLLINS GYMN
Finds Local Mat Men There Able
To Keep Average Athlete
Busy-Wrestling Claimed as
Greatest of Sport.
VISITS COLLINS GYMN
By EX-wAR CORRESPONDENT

By EX-WAR CORRESPONDENT
FELLOW CITiZENS: Having led
q rather strenuous life in Europe, by
acting as reporter of the fight at the
Peace ConfaD and the lesser fights in
Russia, ! decided to take "a much
needed rest. Upon returning to the
L. $. A. (Unsettied State OF Affairs)
l went to Chicago thinking | could
spend quiet time there. recuperat-
ing. Quiet, well guess; the people
were evidently aware OF the fact mat
1t had been my lot TO be present at the
Peace Conference ana Russian Wars
so thinking l would be lost without
some excitement they immediately
proceeded to stage ii race riot.
Now I've followed the races these
many years and I'm very fond of them
but on race riots m not at all veised.
So left Chicago, that quiet little place.
and hit out for the west Seeking
nice, quiet rendezvous, away from the
Peace fights, Russian wars and race
riots, / met a man on the train VINO
directed me to nice, quiet place call
ed Boise out in Idaho. Now l knew
that Idaho was the home of Borah.
SO 1 doubted it as quiet, peaceful
place. but when he assured me that
it was 20 miles from TIE railroad,
fastened to Boise.
PEACE DREAMS VANISH
But alas! All my dreams of peace
and quiet are blasted. Why? you ask.
Well the wrestling season opens here
very soon and did you ever hear OF
nervous wrecks being advised to seek
rest and quiet among bunch OF
wrestlers? Neither did l. One might
as well attempt to find peace and quiet
| in steam filters shop.
But here l am and the boss OF my
paper wired me to pound out write
up on wrestling, so I'm not responsible
/ for the language herein contained. as
the highbrows say. After receiving my
instructions, Immediately went after
dope on wrestling. But 1 was sadly
disappointed, because they don't wres-
tie out here. they only wrassle.
While in search of my dope, / ran
across a local authority on rasslin,
named Nick Collins. From him
Learned that the gentle art of graph
| ing is one of the most ancient Of
| sports. / looked him over and said,
well, you ought to know, you prob
ably grew up with the game" He did
/ MT hear me however and went on with
the following information, IF you don't
believe me, visit any Art museum and
see If the majority of the male statu-
airy doesn't represent rasslers.
iIEARNED WRESTLING OLD GAME
Truly l learned that rasslin' is an
old game, older than any other. Chess
is an old game, If one may insult a real
game by calling chess one; the first
chess champ having lived in Arabia
about the eleventh century. But wrest-
| ling is still older, even Biblical times
refer to Jacob doing a wrestling stunt.
| But although 1t is an old game, used by
Greek and Roman athletes, II is new
ertheless well thought of as sport
at this time. 1t appeals and has ever
appealed to red blooded men, because
of the physical contact and individual
prowess required.
| wrestling differs from most games,
In that SO called major sports of ours,
are all team games. Individual stars
do not count as much in these sports,
to a.tcam, as do even mediocre play
ers who rely upon team cooperation.
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