| Show rB Backseat k tl 1 1 I Driving I IBy 5 By Frank K Baker j jJ J Telegram Sports Ed Editor tor c j Freberg Froberg Says Fans Want ant Rough Stuff Ro Gracco-Ro- John Freberg husky husk man wrestler says LayS the fans arc re responsible responsible re- re for fol the style of ot wrestling that is replacing to honest goodness grappling Big John apparently Is half halt right And hes he's half halt wrong He bases hi his contention on the fact that the rough and tumble bouts bouLe In which slaughterhouse slaughter house rules prevail prove pro the most entertaining to the spectators Yet he o overlooks the fact the performers per per- formers in adopting the slapping punching and md cuffing tactics often otten present present present pre pre- sent fiascos unworthy of being catl called d deither either cither boxing 0 or entertainment Wrestlers arc are prone to for forget t all about holds and grips In their ambition ambition ambi ambi- tion for tho the spectacular A flying tackle a left hook and a butt arc all allrIght allright allright right In small mAll doses doses they they do provide a bit of interesting action that hat half half- nelsons headlocks and do donot donot donot not of but offer f er but the rough stuff certainly certain certain- ly can b be over overdone I Applause Comes for Clever T Tussling Freber s 's engagement with Dern last week wasn't much of or a wrestling attraction The men were on their feet leet most of the time poking their I mitts into each others other's faces and ond slapping slapping slap slap- ping at one another like shy school school- bo boys S Asked why he kept up his showmanship of or protesting to the referee ref ref- refi i cree scurrying to cover like a scared rabbit at the least motion motton of an airplane airplane air airplane air air- plane threat Big John said because Its It's what the fans want I J used to wrestle the old style said he le and md found it didn't draw the re re- re from the crowd that the tf 1 style does dOCS w want nt and nd boxing mixed imo ino their wrestling bo o i 1 Lve it to them m. m Sound r reasoning l if it Ii weren't carried car car- ned lIed too Jar lar as t docs does inc ine paying customers at arena last eck grew weary of or the continual slapping iwo t can excite the spectators into a frenzy but one need but watch two clever wrestlers hard bard at work to note the influence laths laths- ence cace on the X l Jans ns nL The recent Morley Morley- bout is a fine tine illustration Ine lne fans tans became interested enough in inthe inthe the bout to forget their cat calling ana their boos An occasional occasional occasional occa occa- round of or applause greeted some particularly clever bit of ma ma- The tans fans were seeing the thereal thereal thereal real thing and appreciated it the f fans want t action with abit ot of spectacular lar tumbling Instead of or twisting and md turning In the middie mid mid- die of the ring Is no reason for the wrestlers to overdo o the thin think Far ar arbetter better to strike a happy medium medium- keep the spectacular and thrilling holds bolus but mix them up freely with some lome of the grips rips and holds of the good old ld times Modern l fans tans will willet get et a thrill out of the h hammerlocks the scissors the nelsons the crab holds and a dozen of similar grips crips would be far more interesting inter inter- eating esting in that role too Lee Ramage Hailed as Second Jim Corbett California Is enthused over the prospects for another of Its favorite sons ons in the heavyweight fight world The fise contribution is Lee Ramage year old San Diego boxer Many critics are already predicting he will climb to the heights once occupied by lay Jim Corbett another Californian a quarter of a century ago At present Ramage lacks a knockout knockout knockout knock knock- out punch His admirers contend however that a 21 year old earold youth just out of 01 high school cant can't have everything everything everything every every- thing and go Io on to predict that the punch will come come comae with the weight Ramage is bound to pack on his now rangy frame Ramage Ramage the the boxer reads boxer reads books just as IlS Tunney did He even speaks before the service ervice clubs of San Diego but he doesn't act like an Intelligentsia anti and and folks like him immediately Youth Still Must Prove His Worth The Californian is still untried True Tru he recently won a glorious decision deci sion over the eastern star Steve Hamas Hamas Hamas Ha Ha- mas Dean tenn enn State youngster and g dec Ace Hudkins but those are his greatest cla claims to distinction distinction distinction dis dis- dis- dis so far Many fans shuddered when the gray eyed youngster barely out of high school climbed into th the ring against Hudkins HudkIn the mauling pawing Nebraska Wildcat The Ace left the ring virtually cut to ribbons and Ramage Ramage Ram Ram- age still had his hair combed He Heh h had d. d proved that thal a boxing underdog can beat a slugging favorite Hamas another slugging type came next Again Ramage was on ott the short end cad of the betting betting many critics even predicting the Californian would be stretched on the resin The youngster llamas Hamas however to take the decision H He closed one of or Steves Steve's eyes by left Jabin jabs Jab in an early round and then his foe who o outweighed him by 1 13 pounds Pama e now weighs but pounds Still be he possesses about everything that carried Tunney to the top lie He has judgment coolness boxing ability and the heart to come ome back when some slugger Ker clips him on the chin H lie he proved that In Inthe Inthe the tenth round of the llamas fight by weathering a tremendous pounding pound pound- In lug ing the easterner terner handed out out striving In ing desperately for fort the knockout punch which he realized was th the only thing to prevent pre his defeat Pitcher Willis is one of th the best golfers among the Cleveland I In dIaza t. t |
