Show SUGGESTS REFORM IN WRESTLING I GAME H By MARION T. T SALAZAR 8 Th mo t Special tai fT S SAN SA- FRANCISCO FRA Oct 14 If If It wrestling wrestling wrestling wres wres' I 1 promoters rs to make a hit with the wrestling fans fani the they will avail I themselves s of ot a a. plan that was recently I I suggested in the East I This plan plan- consists merely of ot doing 1 matches as was done away with finish I in boxing and having contestants wrestle halt hall hour or three quarter hour rounds with a fall awarded at atthE atthe atthe the end of ot each round It If a it match goes three half halt hour rounds It will be over in an an hour an ana and anda a half halt which is plenty plenty long long enough h for fora a a. crowd to watch a pair pall of wrestlers When a than ordinarily important important im im- im- im match match match-IS is on the on-the the rounds can be lengthened to three quarters of an hour and In a a. worlds world's championship match the rounds may be done away with entirely though there Is no reason why there shouldn't b be rounds in all wrestling wrestling wrestling wres wres- matches no matter how Important Import Import- ant they may be The decision tan ron be be- based should sho there be no fall faU In a. a round on the comparative work of ot the contestants Just jUlit as In boxing If one man Is the themore themore themore more aggressive and and on is on is-on on top most of ft C the time he should get the tl deci deci- ci- ci sion slon and in the next round the man who was declared against will have his chanco chance to even matters up Wrestling is one sport that is in need of many reforms It has never had abig a abig abig big man to do for tor It what the Marquis of ot did for boxing and as asa asa asa a consequence It is still stilt in its stone age as was as bo boxing when men slammed l each other with their bare fists and a knockdown was required to end a a. round it There will be of ot course o to ridicule the suggestion Just as there were WE're we suppose people who who ridiculed ridiculed ridi ridi- the Marquis of ot when he proposed that boxers wear pillows and rounds be limited to three minutes i But persons who ridicule needed re reforms reforms re- re forms are nothing to worry about The writer knows s people and plenty of ot them who like wrestling yet hesitate hesitate hesitate hesi hesi- tate to attend contests because e of the fear tear that they will be kept up until after atter midnight Yet there is another and perhaps a more important thing to be con- con If U two wrestlers know that at the tle end of ot a certain time they will get well we'll say sar ten minutes minutE's of ot rest is isIt isIt It not reasonable to think they will Work much faster than the they will if they do not know when they can rest |