The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-10

IT OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, June l0.-The
~ radical experiment Of intro
ducing honesty into wrestling was
tried out Thursday night under
Gods honest skies in an asphalt
saucer over in Long Island City,
which is. in distance, the approx
innate Of a drive and a pitch from
Broadway.
Honest Ed Lewis. by dint Of a
deadlock which he applied with
seeming force and garish energy,
won the decision over Honest Dick
Shikat under the auspices Of Honest
Jack Curley in l hour, minutes
and 7 seconds, Bulova watch time,
and are you lissenin2
Il Ia too early 10 determine just what
effect the forcesble injection Of probity
viii have on the sport, the customers or
70 do all right because some 10000 Gus
toners streamed into The new Madison
Square Garden bowl, built primarily 70
house the Shsrkey- Schmehng night.
Most OF the customers appeared TO agree
;. that the chief difference between puo-
Lefty advertised honest wrestling match
and the other kind the promoters have
been presenting, which, BY the inference
Of their own tactics. must have been some
what corrupt. Is that II takes the prin-
cpals much longer TO make up tneI
minds what TO do. and who is to do It,
The huttery fears Of the regulars tnaJ
even a tincture Of fidelity and earnest el-
fort would ruin the performance as cir
rus spectacle proved grounoless. True.
there were times when Honest Eo ana
Honest Dick rushed into violent squeeze
and snored loudly. but for the most part
The action was lively and boisterous,
THERE we're The usual grimac-
L ings, bellowings, loud body
crashes. i5ticuffs and simula-
ton OF all the routine ago
MES. It may be due to this
fact that some of the customers
found it difficult to detect the diff
ference between the vulgar hippo
dromes Of last winter and the spot
lessly clean sport which Honest Jack
is now offering.
Honest I'd and Honest Dick bounded into
the ring at about the same time shortly
after $50 O'Clock and the applause was so
deafenins that you could have heard a
whisper drop Face to face with tre-
mendous moral experiment. the customers
we're too reverent to disturb the sanctity
For The FIRST ten minutes the two men
walked around the ring butting their
at each others neck as II to determine
whether st. was stitched on or pasted, and
so unstimulatin was the effect in point Of
began TO veil. Come on. 90 into your act -
Presently, Honest Ed, wrapped his arms
around Honest Dicks noodle and began
bearing down on II with great ferVor and
enthusiasm. and any moment you expected
10 see Honest Dicks head hatten out
slowly to the accompaniment OF thin
Missing sounds, as when rubber sphere is
But Honest Dicks onion apparently is
made Of very solid substance because not
only did It Withstand this barbaric attack,
but after some minutes of silent suffering
he Wriggled himself loose plainly no worse
and as II later deyeloped-no better from
the ordeal although one Of his ears did
seem to have changed from its original
residence to a point midway between his
chin.
A FEW minutes later. Honest
L a Dick slammed his opponent
to the floor with an emphatic crash
that sent the surrounding buildings
into an imn1oderate tremble. Then,
selling both of his legs he pro-
ceeded to see what would happen if
the left one was pulled as far as
possible in one direction and the
right Just as far in the opposite
direction
It was an intensely demonstration of
human durability and q very pleasant
coeration to watch although as my
medical companion suggested it does seem
strange that in such circumstances an
anesthetic is not administered. Whether
he meant 10 the wrestlers or the spectators
I failed to learn.
At any rate things went along like
this for more than an hour with Honest
. Ed finally grabbing Honest Dick by the
ears and bouncing him to the floor where
lie stayed bounced, and as consequence
the sport not only has another wrestling
champion, but an honest wrestling cham
pion
What am bid for himP