Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16


Mr.. Sonnenberg was meditating OF
the coldness Of the world in genera
to a young man equipped with an inter,
collegiate foot ball education, ana nae
about reached the conclusion that II
was not right, when he was taken to MS
first wrestling match. He saw couple
of the professional pachyderns rolling
around the ring and at intervals, as
though by natural consent, lying down
beside each other and resting while the
customers did likewise. :.
Mr.. Sonnenberg, rouslng hlmseif
from the state of somnolence which
overtakes the spectator at wrestling
, bout, asked his companion, do they
get paid for it?"
The companion, being versed in
sports finance. reported that
Stranger Lewis gathered an income
bigger than Babe Ruth for that sort
of thing. and that Monte Mum,
who wrestled only for short period.
4, had 100000 in the bank by the
time repentance overlook him and
he decided to turn square.
Mr.. Sonnenberg made UP his mind
quickly. He saw a chance to apply the
flying tackle, which made him the ter
ror of the opponents OF Dartmouth
when he was tackling for the Big
Green team. 1t was not long before
the flying tackle of Dartmouth became
a bigger money getter than the toe
hold of Frank Gorch.
It was very gratifying to Mr.. Son.
nenberg. Instead of having to tackle
any one of eleven at any uncertain
time, and sometimes having to tackle
three or four at the same time. he had
to tackle only one picked subject in
the course of the evening.
Fresh from his experiences on the
gridiron, Mr.. Sonnenberg must have
said to himself, Just imagine being
paid for this!"
Upsetting the Almanac.
DUT the advent Of Mr.. Sonnenberg
- into the moss-covered racket has
upset the balance of the thing. There
was a time when those interested II
any-knew just whose turn 1t was TO
be heavyweight wrestling champion.
That title used to rotate regularly
and you could tell the season Of the
year, If you had any particular curl
osity as to what season it might be, by
merely remembering who was heavy
weight wrestling champion. There were
lust four names, which made 1t easy,
one for each season of the year. Old
season experts recall that these were
Stranger Lewis. Joe Stecher and the
two venerable zbyszko boys, Wladek
anu OtdIllSlduS.
OF course. the name Zbyszko was
not quite so easy to remember or
pronounce. You could pronounce 1t
easily enough, though, If you took
the tip of Joe HUMPHREYS and
Whistled it. Mr. HUMPHREYS got a
citation from the directors of Madi-
son Square Garden for learning to
whistle it without taking single
lesson.
But now Gus Sonnenberg has de-
stroyed one of the elementary means
of measuring the passage Of the season
by not only spelling the combination
but by holding the title all the veal
round. It makes it very difficult for one
to keep his almanac adjusted. For al
those who measured time by the pro
gress of the pachyderms 1t still might
be Winter.
regret to say that the finger Of
suspicion still points to the racket
Even though the bout at Boston was
peered at by experts. and subsequently,
ratified, those who have followed tn:
game still think it must be queer that
as many as three falls could be scored
In a single evening. 1t is against al
traditions.
The Finger Points.
nERHAPS the main reason why the
L finger of suspicion pointed to the
last demonstration of pachydermy IN
Boston Is that the falls We're accom-
plished with such dispatch. There wa:
a time when it took at least eight
hours for a fall. In those days, the
chroniclers insist, the wrestling game
was strictly on the level.
Then came wave Of modernization
1t was realized that If fall coulc
not be achieved In time for the morn
ing papers, there was falling on OF
Auto Bodies, Radiators. Tenders
Repaired; also New Radiaiors
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