Evening star., 1936-08-02
ANGLING ANOTHER
| MARSHALL HOBBY
Neither Smokes Nor Drinks
Childhood Sweetheart
Now His Wife.
BY FRITZ HOWELL,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

)OLUMBUS, Ohio. - College
graduate, husband of his
childhood sweetheart, father
of two, a fine fisherman. a
terrible golfer, total abstainer from
liquor and tobacco-that's Everett
Marshall, new ruler Of the heavy
weight wrestling ranks Gin certain
sections).
When the La Junta, Colo, grappler
dumped Ali Baba, the psuedo Turk,
on his back here to ascend the throne,
his manager, Billy Sandow, said:
"At last the wrestling game has a
champion worthy Of the name.
Everett is a fine family man, a real
American of the highest sort, and
probably the most clean-cut fellow
who ever held the title. And he won
it on merit and real wrestling, with
no 'hippodroming'.
The Little Woman" Helped.
MARSHALL required five years to
pillow through the wrestling
ranks from the bottom to the top, and
through those years Mrs Marshall
was his greatest booster. During the
lean years, when he transformed all
over the country, living "out Of a
suitcase" she was at the ringside for
each Of his bouts.
Two years ago their son Bobby was
born. Soon after that Marshall es-
tablished residence in Columbus, and
although Mrs. Marshall does not
travel with him as extensively as
before, she always watches matches
in this vicinity.
Marshall and his wife, both chill
dren Of Colorado ranchers, met while
attending high school at La Junta.
After graduating Marshall went to
the University of Iowa, while she at
tended Southern Methodist University
at Dallas, Tex.
For two years, following her grad
uation from college, Mrs. Marshall
taught school in Colorado, but when
Marshall entered the mat game they
were married. Mrs. Marshall, strik-
ingly tall, gray eyed and rather shy,
doesn't object to her husband being
a professional wrestler.
She even says: Il wouldn't mind II
Bobby becomes a wrestler, if he is as
good at 1t as his father" The Mar
shall's other child Is five-month-
/ Ann.
Wanted To Sing Opera.
MARSHALL, 2l8-pound blond. has
many hobbies, but the two great
est are his family and trout fishing.
During his youth he wanted to be an
opera singer but he gave up that idea
and now confines his vocal efforts to
the bathroom.
He says his hardest match was with
a bear, which he raised from a cub
on his fathers ranch, while he finds
"Frankenstein," a spring-fllled robot
designed by his manager as a training
partner, his easiest opponent.
wrestling several times week, as
I have been doing" Marshall says,
has convinced me that physical con-
ditiop and mental poise are the most
valuable parts Of my wrestling equip
ment.
That's why I don't drink or smoke.
Maybe they wouldn't injure me, but
7 won't try to find out"
The champion generally enters the
ring close to the 220-pound mark, and
II the match lasts a half hour or more,
he loses about IS pounds. The next
day, however, he is back at fight
ing" weight, most Of the loss having
been moisture.
Marshall is a far cry from the
"dese, dem and dose" figures popu-
larly associated with the mat game.
Out of the ring he Is almost as shy as
his wife, but is able to hold up his
end Of the conversation in any COM
pany on practically any subject. In
the ring he is the killer" type, es-
pecially when he applies his favorite
full Nelson" grip.