Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-11-02 | Page 42 | Let Women Wrestle, Asserts Dr. Roller

LET WOMEN WRESTLE, ASSERTS DR. ROLLER Back from his victory over John Berg In San Diego, Dr. B. F. Roller, at Los AngelcB. declared that the greatest disappointment dis-appointment he experienced In California wns tho fact that women were barred from wrestling matches In this part of the country. "Wrestling," ho declared, "Is one of the greatest sports in the world, and ono of the cleanest a.s well, and 1 have found that It Is ono of the best sports for women. Of course, everyone knows that swimming Is a splendid exercise, but unless one Indulges ln It contlnuouslv It Is not to be compared in result and benefit bene-fit with a little wrestling everv day when prop' 'v regulated. "Ii iio women of today were siven a cli-ncc- to see wrestling and appreciate appre-ciate It and would take up the game themselves there would be no more corsets cor-sets and no more hysteria. Timidity would bo a thing of the past and posterity would benefit Immeasurably. "Nor would milady lose her shapeliness, shapeli-ness, for there is nothing In the world so c.onduclvo to weight reduction as wrestling. It l-ounds out the throat and shoulders, enlarges the bust, makes the limbs Holld and without superfluous flesh, and keeps the waist at lis normal clr cumference." w