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Show COLLEGE WRESTLING THING JIFJHE PAST One of tho Greatest of University Sports Seems Doomed to Die of Neglect, Ono of tho neglected sports in American universities today is catch-as-catch-can wrestllngl says the Milwaukee Sentinel. It la a sport which In ago and tradltlou Is 2CX ycara ahead of any game in tho athletic curriculum of the day, and In nddition Is productlvo of unsurpassed results re-sults In all around, serviceable, physical development. It calls for mental and physlcnl alertness and control, great muscular mus-cular atrength, and Intimate knowledge, for wrestling is In a sporting oenaa Btrlct-ly Btrlct-ly scientific. When ono considers, further, that It furnishes exactly tho idoment or perHonnl contact und contest now lacking in all present forms of Indoor gymnastic competition, com-petition, its decadence in the college Is Incomprehensible. In view of the fact that a few years ago It had quite a hold In tho mlddlo "West, tho natural conclusion Is that Its decllno Is duo to lack of support. From 18)5 to about 1S9I dozens or nen practiced prac-ticed doily on the matB of the 'varsity gymraslum at Madlaon throughout tho winter season, and In liDi tho Badger representatives made a clean sweep In the wrestling events at Stagg's big meet In Tattcrsall's In Chicago. Chlcngo university uni-versity and other Western institutions were also Interested, and local competitions competi-tions were regular features of the Indoor season. Today no one wrestles ,rogularly at any of these Institutions, and competitions compe-titions aro unheard of. It may bo suggested that tho directors of the Western Intercollegiate Gymnastic Gymnas-tic association, host by their annual difficulties diffi-culties of getting cither entries for or a place to hold their championships, might liven things up by putting in a set of wrestling evonts. They would be encouraging a good, clean sport, which Is within their legitimate province, and tho bouts would probably draw about fivo spectators where thoy now get one. But then again, wrestling Is a pretty lively masculine sort of a game for gymnastic associations, and tho stimulus will probably have to cono from some other quartor. Boxing la on a par with wTcntllng o3 nn exorcise, but public com-potitlona, com-potitlona, or ct lcart col.oirlate cor.teato. aro open to er.ie oblectlonij which could not possibly bo urged agalr.st wrestling. |