The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-06
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4 HARRY l1RANSON.

OeIrOlIp beD O.--hepreSentat1Ve Stanley J. Romanski has introduc- ed a bill to abolish commercialized wrestling in Michigan on the ground that 1t is a public nuisance.
 "Wrestlers and wrestling pro- motors are in effect defrauding the public," says Romanski. They or. ga..ize a troupe and go from place to place putting on shows that are supposed to be contests but which are in the bag long before they begin."
 It is Romanskfs privilege to kill wrestling if he can, but the legis- lator doesn't have to attack the rugged honesty of the antiquated dodge to prove that it constitutes a public nuisance.
 As a matter of fact, wrestling is a public menace-to addicts in the first dozen pews. Working press tables long ago were reinforced to provide cover for sports writers, several of whom have earned Car uegie medals in narrow escapes from flying Man Mountain Deans. Steinkes and Savoldis.
 Wrestling might also well be charged with disturbing the peace. When business is slack all pro- moter has to'do is obtain the serv. ices of Gentleman Jack Washburn, either of the better Duseks, Chief Che wacki, or any one of a dozen or more stirrer- They will fill his hall-wi thpolice, if no one else. They 'come-first-class riot guaranteed, or no pay.
 Put Acrobats on Dole
 Romanski's bill has the solid backing of the Amalgamated As- sociation of Acrobats, the members of which have been on the dole ever since Gus sonnenberg intro duced the flying trapeZe to the mat and Jim Londos and others per- 3ected other daring aerial feats.
 Wrestlers had to take to the air to get in the more impor- tant swag. Sonnenberg showed the way with the flying tackle. 1ondos came along with the air plane spin, Joe Savoldi with the droplxick, and Jim Browning with the airplane scissors. The mat games latest aerial number Is Daniel O'Mahoney's Irish whip.
 Just what does Romanscki want the ear massagers to. do? All they profess to be doing is giving the customers show. Any mat minded person seated smack up ringside who is turned out into the night air without having had at least one perspiring pachyderm parked in his lap is keenly disap- pointed.
 Wrestling has done\a great deal toward relieving the unemploy- ment problem, too. Football stars no longer can sell bonds upon graduation, and those who play football professionally practically have adopted grappling as g side- line. Bronko Nagurski, of the Chicago Bears, and Ray Richards, of the Detroit Lions, renewed their gridiron argument on the canvas here the other night.
 Or Vice Versa l4.
 Wrestling doubtless contribut- ed no little to crowding boxing out of arenas and headlines. Jack game's gain and boxing's decline with, "Wrestlers fight and fighters wrestle."
 Wrestlers last forever, which Is why none ever wind up in the Old Mems Home. Wrestling welcomes old fighters, too, and recently has provided a new outlet for the tal- ents of ex-ring champions as ref erees. Dempsey and Jess Willard, for example.
 Dempsey has made plenty of money and kept in condition for the past two years by smacking wrestlers in the climactic moment of a brand-new mat act. There's nothing phony about Dempsey's lunches, either.
 Romanski Is either old-fash- toned or an old meany. The next thing we know he'll be telling us there ain't no Santa Claus.