The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-03
.HINDO0 GOBAR
REACHES CITY
FOR LEWIS GO
Giant Wrestler's Small
Hands Draw Attention;
Trains on Gold

The massive figure Of Jatrinda
thurIn GohO Gobar, 225-pOuud Hin-
doc wrestling champion, attracted
mo- little attention IN Tulsa Sun
day
Gobar, who r. 20 meet ed (stran-
rl'D Lewis. worlds heavyweight
mat king. in "a match hero next
Thursday uight, reached Tulsa sun
dhy mOruinE Comiug from Cincin-
mat. whore De spent the last few
wcCks. Ito Immediately ate few
leaves of gold ton which ne trainsJ
and then, pilorvd by Louis Newman,
matchmaker for tho OIL city Attn
lUtie club. proceeded 10 give the busi-
ness part Of tl,c city the once over
and also. by the way, put himself In
the way Of being viewed by the ma
lives
Wearing the picturesque Uindoo
head dress Gobar was introduced 90
baseball fans at McSulty park just
before the game with Indianapolis.
Jess willard. former king OF heavy
weight fighters, was presented TO
the fans az the same time, and be-
gido HIS mammoth stature even the
giant young Hiudoo looked small.
Both mon we're npplauded, Willard
being given an exceptionally good
huud
Gobar win train daily from now
until Thursday for the clash with
LOWS His efforts will be chiefly
confined To road work, hut he may
10 u few stunts I'm the gym also, he
said
Tho Iundoo really cats gold I'm
training. He told the sporting
editor OF Tho World that most peo-
plc laughed and looked skcptical
when told OF this, but protested
that u is true, and declared it aC-
tually benefits him, lie also eats
silver, but says the cheaper metal
b. not nearly so. important as the
gold.
cold gives you stamina" said
Gobar. ~ eat six or seven leaves
every day Ca leaf being sheet Of
about four inches square ana slight
~ thicker than tissue papcr) and
on the day of tho match ! eat fif-
tCon or twenty
How much does your daily re-
past OF gold weigh ?" he was asked
20, II wcighs-woll. about = half
dollnr-cos;s six, seven dollars"
was the reply.
tobar promised 20 give n demon
strntion OF his gold eating.
GOhar 2S years old. Is n we'll
y
personality, and appears friendly
and good-natured. lie seems highly
intelligent and carries a oonversa-
/ ton on any subject.
Ho was graduated from Cne OF the
/ English colleges In his native city
/ OF Calcutta and later received his
I y. 4. degree I'm a university In Eng
lHnd, specializing In political history
and economies.
Tho thing about Gobar that i'm
small hands. which are soft like
small hands, which arwe soft like a
girls and but little larger. Yet his
arms are larger than those OF Stran-
glcr Lewis, who has massive hands
like hams. Gobars fee: also are
very small for one OF his bulk.
Don't YOU find small hands big
handicap In wrcstlng?" he was
"Wru, 7 seem to get along very
we'll" hc said. "You see" he smiled
broadly "Ivc never had any diff
fCrcnt--sO / can't know how 10
would be. OF course, ia like 20
have big hands like stechcr - or
LOWS"
Gobar has by no means forgotten
how ho throw Stranger Lewis I'm
the first fan OF n match In Wichita
laNl ldll. IN lucl nc LOOKS buCh upon
that occasion with fond memory.
He not only won the first fall, but
the newspapers awardcd~ him the
decision the next day because OF
foul by Lewis. though the referee
gave Stranger mo verdict
~ wish Lewis had been champion
thcu-it would have meant much to
mo" said Golar.
I'm glad OF a chance TO meet
I lewis aEaiu--now that he's cham
. I Ion" he added. you zee, have
| nothing whatever to lose--every-
thing 10 gain"