Show H T L j Wrestling Gels Gets Needed ceded Impetus Through Video VAUt MILWAUKEE To the Joy of f 11 ju true lovers of ot the dramatic Is la onee once again on again irti arU rU wrestling on the be road back v With an assist from television toe the ancient pastime la Is kicking Its way out t of Dr t the small clubs which have It hereabouts for several years and I Is heading for lor the massive arenas where the seat seats extend back even beyond the smell of arnica and the the cash registers tinkle I e merrily V In addition the miraculous TV has made It possible It-possible for a huge un seen jeen audience to appreciate the en err endeavors t deavors deavers from safe places s where It 11 runs tUns no risk of being struck struck struck-by by stray l fragments g of t wrestlers Come Corne wrestling night It Is Js ble in ble-in in fact almost Inevitable Inevitable for for forthe the mama Willie Hedwig Franz and Gustav none of whom know the difference between a hammerlock hammer hammerlock lock and a II sack of f oats to sit before be fore the screen nd enjoy the writh Ings lags of the athletes many of whom it ills Is dont whispered dont don't know the dlf dif either either 6 Once Muscle J Men len This as u wr wrestling sU ng goes Is ress teas Back Hack at the turn tun of the century when silly people thought the atom c could uld not be be split wrestlers were statuesque men men of mighty muscle and ponderous ponderous' ponderous grips grips They could and did wrestle for five or s six hours without a a fall tall As an example of what went o oin on n in those days there there was the match mate h between the Rus Rus- scan alan m LI the world champion and Frank Gotch an American America athlete whose whose pet pet hold was to grab gra his opponents opponent's foot toot pal painfully fully an and braid his toes The tW 1 f Api Apr 3 3 1003 1908 and an d pulled and tugged for 45 minutes minute before either man hit the floor Then Cotch Gotch was thrown to the canvas canvas can can- vas but bounced up before Hack could follow his tage Cage After an hour and 45 ml minutes min utes the crowd started yelling fo for more action It was only after tw two hours that p pan pantIng pant pant- nt- nt Ing lag and exhausted announced h he had bad surrendered the title Cue One from Hamlet Bamlet i The exhibit was a little me more lively vely tha than looking at the Goethe Goeth and Schiller SchUler monument but not a as S much fun as watching a woman woma run for a II streetcar It is said that modern modem wrestling i got its start one foggy night when a wrestling promoter wandered i ito Into In to a production of 01 Hamlet thinkIng think thinking ing it was a burlesque house H He lIe discovered to his amazement that tha people paid good money to see th the thing even though they knew th the actors had been rehearsed and ha hae had hada d a e a pretty fair idea of how the du duel 8 scene ene was was coming coming out |