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Show I ' ; Fighting Easier l Thao Wrestling I So Says Tom Jenkins, Former Cham- pion of tho World, Some Rea- sons Why.f t L. Some Jenkins Sayings. "4" "I" "J" "4 "4 "J' ' 1 4 4 "4- 'Tom Jenkins, tile former champion catch-as-catch-can wrestler, who threw .Jack Carkcck In straight falls In their bout In 'Frls,co last Tuesday night, de- k- p'lorea tho fact that wrestling Is going In- to dl8ropute. "( Unless thero Is a turn for tho hotter In " wrestling Jenkins Bays ho Is going to , quit tho gamo and go Into somo other lino. ;" He has' said that he would Hko to be a pugilist and, had ho been In the ring in- stead of on tho mat ho could hnvo retired St ere this a wealthy man.. ft "The public will turn out in large num- bcrs to see a mill, where they could not be drawn with a pn'm of oxen to sea a contest on 'tho mat," titates Jenkins to a . Gotham Interviewer, "Tho life of a. wrestler la harder In every way thap that gf a fighter. The grappler 1b under a scvora strain from start to finish. If a match Is for endurance, endur-ance, tho wrestler has no chanco of getting get-ting a rest "Ho must be at It all tho tlmo A fighter, fight-er, on tho other hand, hns a minute between be-tween rounds to recuperate. On the mat, even If a wrestler elects to He on his stomach, ho had to keep on moving all tho tlmo to prevent his man from gaining a fall. Then ho has to contend against tho weight of lils rival. ' "His opponent may scalo from ten to thlrtv pounds more than himself, and this weight on your back Is no easy thing to try to shnkc ofV. ' .You havo often seen a man bont on all fours during a bout Somo folks think that tho. wrestlor hns a chance then to gather his wind and strength. But such a position Is mofo agonizing than trying to escape a hammer lock or ono of tho Nelson Nel-son holds, "Tho position Is trying on tho nerves. He Is all cramped up, perspiring and what not. To be In such a situation, say for a couple of hours, is enough to mako a man quit "I tell you a lighter's -buslrioss la a 'cinch' compared to that of a wrestler, and the pity of It Is that tho grappler gets the smaller reward for his services." |