Show Rn ROLLING III N G FALLS fAll SET IE IN BAD Commission and Wrestlers Burying Already Dead Game NEW NEW YORK Jan 16 Wrestling has been dumped for one bad fall after atter another another another an an- other since boxing came back In New York Before th the state legislature put the Walker bill on the books the fight bugs had to use the tube over to Jersey to see the boys using the gloves and durIn during during dur dur- In that period the ing rasters went big biff In Manhattan and made large money WRESTLERS OUT Then came the boxing law which In fn effect ran the i to the bush league territory where they could work lust just st as much but for tor not nearly I ds BO so much ch In fn WN Wrestling New l York r still I despite e has e ea et a t the large r general een following vl Im Impression impression im- im I that It Is a fake game operated by a n. union of hippodrome artists Why New Yorkers continue to pack the armories at wrestling matches can be explained ex ex- l perhaps f aasc by referring e a gt to i the J two six day bike races a annually that t are dollar dollar dol dol- lar harvests for the promoters CANNOT SHOW After boxing had been legalized Albany Albany Albany Al bany refused to allow the use of state armories for boxing or wrestling and outside then IJ the of Madison N- N Square had no J Garden place nto to w where work Jack Curley couldn't get In behind a a. of shock troops Finally Tex Rickard decided that he would try his hand at the mat game His Ills first show between and resulted In a bl big scandal In which It was r breezed the e trust str around sent i that k the la In e et t to alleged I ruin f dt the head show o oby of by foul tactics Rickard refused to quit and arran arranged ed a II Zbyszko Lewis match for tor the world worlds championship BOTH SURPRISED Early In the match Zbyszko was slapped on the back by the referee and told that he had won the first fall The champion and Lewis both wanted to know How come The official then told them that rolling and flying falls taUs were recognized by the commission Rickard went after a Caddock match and both told him they'd push plows for the rest of their days before they'd thed agree to anything but a a. pin fall faU Other prominent grapplers are taking the same stand The result Is there Is no wrestling n in the big town V STANDS PAT The boxing commission which also has lIas charge of wrestling says the rolling roll fallIs fall fallIs fallis is the great blow against crooked wrestling wrestling wrestling wrest wrest- ling and the honest wrestlers who al always always al- al ways fight t tO for O the sanctity t of the game tt ee rd ke keit clr claim It Is t the o one t thing that would make It easy to fake a match The bone crushers of course can keep on doing their stuff out around the less beaten paths but they cant can't get the I I money for six matches matchet that they could get for a a. couple couDle of hours toll in New York |