Show S MAT ILE ILEr J r The Career 0 of the Worlds World's Champion S J Wrestler and His Instructions on I How to Wrestle as Told by Himself S and Associates to Elbert Sanders I GOTOR'S FAMOUS TOE HOLD lit t t 1912 11 by Jo Joseph ph D. D BowIe Bodies JJ often been asked S 'S and wh when n I 1 discovered pe e hold hoM That Is a pretty hard liard liardo to o answer F Farmer Burns and out the pro problem lem of or the too toe tooling ling ling- lingIn In Iowa lown 1 think I used Scott Miller l In 1902 I pulled Vcr Var the leg an and applied the other othel toe t c hold and an tho the thop toy p y v the most was wn worked out ro several varieties of Dr toe I blocks but the one ono I use most ne me which writers call the consists on of or getting the foot In a aIse vise Ise In which tho the inkle are th the tho points of or attack ij confused ed with the toe hold JET g g. but the two grips are arc dis- dis ls- ls first ot of all to hr have havo vo von n t In ln the tho proper position le ie e preliminary moves mO for or the an an opponent h Is on the theo these o se c the attacker is on the i The wrestler who f Is the must bo ho on his hands and nd 5 the attacker to make the t traps his opponents opponent's further r 1 from crom this position to the tho mat by grasp grasp- forcing the shoulders of ot the defensive wrestler to tho mat Since th the under wrestler has turned on his side the nelson half ma may be affixed and the op oppOnent opponent op- op pInnell with tho the nelson half and toe too hold 1101 1 01 or tho tile to toe hold released and the crotch and nelson half-nelson al applied Tho Thu toe hold ma may used alone While hUe I r have won ninny many matches with a the tho toe to hold it is a mistake to ima Imagine I r have C depended UI upon on this grip In fact I have won more matches with other holds I 1 proba probably h have havo won mo most t of m my matches with the nelson half and crotch but fear of at the too toe hold has helped In securing this and other combinations I 1 defeated Dinnie in England with i this form of or the tho toe toc hold I think I put the hold on Dinnie more quickly than on any other I r ever er met Dinnie had an angered cre me rue l In ly y contending he was not down In the tho first fall tall and amid andI amidI I gave him another chance chanco As he came toward oward me I dove dovo for tor his legs leg and put him down As As he fell feU I came down on oil his right leg and since ho waltin was walt In tho the proper position for the toe too hold holdI I 1 ha had his leg and foot trapped In a afew afew afew few seconds s' s I had it on so quick that it made him a convert to our st style le of wrestling He was one ono of or the N best t boosters we hall had in England I II I S I II I i. i t k 3 z 3 k r w 4 2 j 3 T S I cst Z 1 Gotch's Famous Toe Hold gh t t. le leg ley high up with both bolh bothwell w well ll to the side Bille With Ilhan an land and tie the attacker reaches In- In rotch from the fron front t gras gras- OUe nt's left ankle With the thee ic e C grasps his opponents opponent's foot toot toe almost simultaneously simultaneous the near neal leg of oC his up on OH the Imprisoned opponents opponent's rI right ht leg In this ed and nd his left lett toot foot is out ut lib l ion t 11 When hen the left leg ha has Boned In this a way for a a few Ie e muscles relax rolac and the tho Becomes powerless The Tnt at- at n 11 pulls up and ma may apply th the th he the toe hold His head hend ma may mayS mayan S a an un instrument of attack in inn inn n o opponents opponent's shoulders lo lothe to the Ehe he loft eft ct leg leb of the tho defensive c as las become Ineffective b by be- be son rt In this way the ankle nl I 1 0 released and tho the too toe hold alne The free o right hand hauel then may ho bo used in after that experience I think mortally feared the toe hold In both our matches Tie quit when I 1 went after alter the hold In our first match He lie pleaded that ho had enough as soon as I secure secured the grip In our last laRt meeting I II I I 1 doubt time the wisdom of or barring th the toe hold Once this grip Is under th the theban theban ban han t 1 e c game will degenerate In the tho direction of ot time tho Greco Roman st style l which at best het Is only half halt wrestling Then the tho hammerlock which is Just as dangerous would have to go and tho the gam would be bo reduced to a t test t of ot mere brute strength Although i I 1 have ha had man many wrestlers wrestlers wrest wrest- I lers at my mercy with the tho too hold I have never r Injured an au opponent without wIthout without with wIth- out cause In 1000 1100 at tho the Brookes Brookes' casino In Chicago o I 1 Injured the Italian but hut ha had cause for Cor or he had pulled a whole handful of oC hair from fromI I I my head It Is just as easy to Injure 1 an opponent with tho hammerlock or orthe h headlock alock the Iho |