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Show CROOKEDNESS OF THE WRESTLING GAME It certainty is a shame that so noble a sport as wrestling should be disgraced aa tt is by the men who follow is as a profession. pro-fession. To show that the top-notchers are not exempt Tom Jenkins, who was beaten two falls out of three by Frank Gotch in Cleveland recently, now announces that the bout was a frame-up from start to finish. Jenkins ears that he was entirely out of shape, that his right arm was practically crippled, and that Gotch and his managers were perfectly cognisant of this before ths match came oft. In spite of this knowledge Gotch allowed Jenkins to win the first fall In twenty-eight minutes min-utes and then took the next two falls In Jig time. Jenkins says that he did not tell any of his friends not to- bet on him, as he was afraid of decreasing the attendance. attend-ance. Now. Cleveland Is Jenkins' home town, and he has a big following in that city. Yet he deliberately allowed his best friends to bet and lose thousands of dollars dol-lars on this fake match. Also the 3o people who had paid ad mission were shown" a hippodrome instead of a wrestling match. It ts no wonder that tt has become be-come a by-word among sporting men that there is not a straight wrestler In the world. |