Show arm i nr f WRESTLING ART ANCIENT AND MODERN S I J thru In the tho wrestling struggles of the tho long longa I ago a 10 when the 81 hud hall Its real mod modern ern beginning the ordinary or lInar attire atUro was worn but nowadays the Wr ill IU vest vast of or anything In tho thu of superfluous weight or what l Is cal cui calculated to 10 Interfere with tho perfect freu of their movements The an ancient clent Greeks and for tor Instance either In a I of complete nULlity nudity or with n II strip of cloth around the tho Modern wrestlers wrestle wear leur skin kin tights on their lower with arms and to Imre Jare In III Turkey 1 are aru the rule and the grip may be lie put upon them lit III Swit Switzerland Ihl It the drawers werl or the tho belt may bu be grasped In III oIlier to s curu a n hold Then In the earlier Ho contests the bodies and of the were plentifully anointed l With willi oil all and the object of this belim to prevent a II hold being by IW nn In opponent Our modern articles article of agreement however explicitly that no oil or ur grease shall be and us a 1 t to the method by h the nta who vho rubbed their bunds on the mind In tho arena wr of today tOllay arc nr debarred from using resin drug nr or any preparation tion In oder to Increase o tle tenacity oi 01 their hole hold Again ifill 11 brutality Is la sternly today 1001 any hold hohl or 01 method of 01 Will allowed In the of old Men In strangle gouge or snap the of ot an all adversary pro provided I vided they th y haJ an fn of or d doln to la Hut In n II modern tHatch match the ulo 1110 hold Is I not allowed IH tho lull full Nelson Nelon or the hang and many re referees freed even to allow thu firm arm hold although It Is occasionally brought into use when the contest In under un purely ride No mutter may be there thereIn In I absolutely no brutality attaching to tu modern wrestling Men In are all competing Ing today who I ho before the public twenty t ty years yau ago llo RII n Ii man may remain very er the h 1 of ut his hll profession until h 10 60 years ar of age Jack Jilek Mr tM Instance In IA 42 U Joe Joo tar Car Carroll roll Is II 31 Tom Jenkins the Ihl American champion is 31 1 are but three although It cannot bo ho denied that a 1 wrestler ha reached hi prime at 40 the fact still stilli i skill go far farto to tn balance n II handicap in the matter of I years year And now Just n a brief explanation I concerning on the tho various styles Taking no tripping M al nl allowed I lowed every hold held must bo ho above the tho and the tho struggle Is III fought out upon the mat This H Is not edifying hilt but the contest terminates when both are pressed down Wrestlers In tn tho Cornwall Devon Delon style com l to In III made Jackets nil holds being above the waist or on any pOI por portion tion of or the Jacket Kicking Is now de do declared to bit bJ foul but tripping Is lit al III allowed lowell lowed a II man Is II beaten when two and one hip two 1110 hips ono one or ur both shoulders any other uther portion of the body boI touch the tho ground Under the Cumberland and West Westmoreland moreland system the tho men stand chest chesl t host and chin on tho opponents shoulder The rhe Is round tho body holl ono arm under and the dili II h r over the shoulder each Join JoinIng Ing III his hands behind his hili opponent Kicking Is III forbidden and If both fall together the bout Is III recommenced When ono goes down clown before tho other then thell the tho full Is gained In Ireland the stylo ID III termed collar the tho wrestlers gripping tho elbow with one hand and the collar with the other Neither must loose his hold hohl until the fall Is gained vic victory Ic tory remaining with the man who may be able ahll to retain his feet teet In III Scotland the style atle Is a 0 hybrid one two points or 01 both shoulders being down anil tho tall fall then gained allied however is II with without without out doubt the favorite stylo nt at the tho present time and despite the thu tact fact that some sOllie ground work Is III absolutely un unavoidable avoidable every eVer bout h III bright and In Interesting from Irom beginning to end Any AllY hold Is I allowed 1 excepting those tho e previously mentioned the full rull Nelson and the hang hll II I together with the hold and th where touts are concerned the tho leg work lie be Ing nn an especially strong feature when the champions are concerned AH M remarks a Ii man Is II never safer than when ho Is on hi feet and Oils for speed rapidity of play I I The good wrestler Is III ns supple as ns light ns n a ballet hollet dancer and thero Is 18 no advantage to bo gained In going to tho mat and allowing an opponent to work above aboe you strength Is III not so 0 much a necessity an LA In wrestling wre Celerity of ot move movement ment Is the life soul of a Ii quick twist the ex ox expert pert a R grip grill on his hili man mal that h ht cannot escape from The Th story of Da 1 and Goliath may mn bo hll repeated I |