Show NoT 49 d i Another Angle 1 Since Gus Sonnenberg won the worlds world's heavyweight championship from Ed Strangler Lewis there has I been much written about the new king Many claim that lie he will add a new luster to the old sport which is again becoming I i popular while some few others have la laughed at the new S titleholder I r The majority of stories which have appeared ill in The Telegram Tele- Tele S gram tam to date have praised S So in keeping with the he policy of this paper to reveal both sides of any question the writer i is off the story It was written by Cliff Cliffrd rd Thorne of Detroit and in in a Detroit De- De troit newspaper Thorne is a former wrestling coach at the University of Michigan and in his younger days days' met Frank Gotch in in three handicap matches he was chief life guard at at the Belle Isle bathing beach and one of the men menon menon on his squad was Gus Sonnenberg His story C C C it ir Sor Sonnenberg Is a wrestler then 1 I know anything about wrestling wrest wrest- S Unto ling I I will guarantee you OU that r I can oon produce a dozen welter and mIddleweight ln In Detroit S wh can throw Sonnenberg Vh Why I two years ago a Belle Isle 1510 bathing beach guard who we only IGO pounds threw Sonnenberg twice In On the beach In the presence pres- pres enee ence of tift fifty witnesses I ani am 43 years s old and have not engaged d In a wrestling match tn in several years but ram I im still goon good enough to beat Sonnenberg lie He Isn't fast ast enough on his feet In fact his i I feet are often In the tho wa say and it would be an easy matter for even a a. fall fair wrestler to throw him I o r I have often otten pulled and tugged 1 with Sonnenberg lie He would pull necks necks' with me an any time but he alWays al- al I Ways Ilys warned me against the application cation ot of holds and If r I tried apPu 1 to get One on him be le would pull am and refuse to continue i t I Several ra members or of the denee football team on which Sonnenberg Sonnenberg Son Son- played In the line last seaon sea soo- I. I son on turned returned t to Detroit last month and nd described some seine of the matches ln In Sonnenberg rg engaged and which seemed to have amused them highly even though they were not conver Conversant ant with the technique of I S They told me of one match in which a powerful opponent got Son in a half nelson That Is a hold where the arm arm of the victim IS is twisted up his back behind the shoulder blades j eluded dud elud- S ed this hold by slowly and forcing his arm down until he finally brought it out in front of him A half nelson cant can't be broken that way even a boy can keep a aman man from doing it in that manner Thee teammates made particular lar fun of the flying tackle with which Sonnenberg had never been able ble t to urt anybody in football al al- though he has tackled men who weigh pounds less than Some of his is opponents on the mat whom he drives to apparent agony Now in football the ball carrier is going at high speed It is difficult for him to shift because of his momentum He is often hit from behind or from the side by a flying tackle He frequently ire ire- is hit without seeing the tackler and with no knowledge of being tackled And still I have heard of no man being knocked out by the impact of the tackle In S n view lew of this it seems bus to believe bellee that n. n nan man can be l hurt urt by a flying tackle on the mat lIe Is stationary and the tackler is coming at him from a tance ot of 15 or 20 feet Being set for the tackle and seeing the approaching approach approach- Ing tackler It Is the sImplest matter in the world for him to sidestep the tackle or if lie he doesn't want to sIdestep the tackle he be ha has the tackler at his mercy It If he wants to be dirty about it he can casU easily crack the fellows forehead by a slight of either knee All AM ln in all I think yoU can put S down the Sonnenberg flying tackle tl as the strangest Success ever scored If in a sport that ls Is packed with strange and even queer na |