The Washington herald., 1921-11-07

ring and beat the Turk over the
head with a bottle, at which Nou-
roulah protested mildly to his man
ager. When Roeber was rescued he
was flattened out like a pancake,
and unconscious.
Nouroulah told me, through an in
terpreter, that when he was young
er he used to wrestle ito the
death" as a member of the Sultan's
retinue of wrestlers-gouging
strangling. kicking and bone break.
ing tricks all part Of the game-on
gala occasions the victors adding
interest by strangling the beaten
men.
As far as l could see Nouroulah
trained entirely on Turkish coffee,
as thick as soup, and cigarettes,
which he smoked incessantly.
The original Terrible Turk" was
a smaller man than Nouroulah. He
lies at the bottom of the ocean.
where he was carried by his belt
full Of American gold when ship
wrecked on his return trip.
The strongest weight litter was
Louis Cyr. the French Canadian.
Cyr was apparently a fat man,
round as a ball. Of fair height. huge
Iimbed. smoothly muscled. He real
Iy lifted. tremendous weights, not
/, taking like other professional strong
men.
Cyr had a standing challenge,
with a big side stake. to any other
strong man in the world. to dupli-
cate any Of his weight lifting
teats. But the stage strong men
knew he could make them all look
foolish. His challenge never found
a taker. One of his favorite stage
stunts was to put ten fat men on a
platform lift them and carry them
around.
Strong Man Of Today.
thrower is Pat Ryan, holder of the
16-pound hammer record of 1S9 II.
3 inchss, as we'll as various other
weight records. Ryan Is six feet
five inches tall. and. when at his
best record breaking form weighed
315 pounds in athletic costume. For
all his huge bulk he is remarkab bly,
nimble on his feet. throwing the
hammers with three turns in either
a seven or a nine-foot circle.
Ralph Rose, whose shot putting
records will stand.l was six feet six
inches and weighed about as much
as Ryan, although he was a mere
wisp" of some 265 pounds when at
his best
So many men OF tremendous
strength have played football that
1t is hard to list them. Eddie Hart
OF Princeton. weighed 21O pounds.
could run one hundred yards in ten
flat. and had the iron strength of
a gorilla in his long arms and bony
hands. 1t was almost impossible
to pull him down. His very touch
hurt, and rival football players Of
ten said that Eddie's fingers left
black and blue marks wherever
they happened to meet an. opposing
arm or leg.
Glass. of Yale. six feet five. was
the strongest man OF his day, a
sinewy fellow like iron.
Hogan. Of Yale. had a record.
playing four years and never hav-
ing time taken out for him or sus-
tained an injury.
Bucky Hall. of Princeton. twenty
years ago. was the football giant
OF his time. sharing honors with
the great HeffeIfinger. Cross and
Hickok, Of Yale.
Hooper. OF Michigan. center. weigh.
ing 245 pounds, was another huge iron
man.
Any Of these men. and many
more that I might name. could have
become ring champions, but they
never tried II. Few college stars
ever took up professional boxing.
largely because they valued their
amateur standing in sport
Babe Ruth, although smooth and
soft looking. Is a tremendously
strong man. His legs are sturdy.
his chest and shoulders big almost
out of proportion, his neck extreme
ly short There have been bigger
men in baseball, but few with
Ruth's tremendous store of nerve
energy which is the basis OF all
strength.