Show THE WRESTLING SCANDAL tho butte inter mountain denounces the methods of the sporting fraternity ID the country it says from the pictures of the gotch hack on schmidt wrestling match now being shown in chicago it appears that the methods employed by the american champion were atrocious and that the contest constitute a disgrace to amer lean sport the pictures show the camera not being addicted to lying that repeatedly endeavored to gouge out eyes in addition ho tried to cripple the tor elgner for life employing in this effort tactics that should have caused him to be driven from the ring and barred loreter from participation in such encounters anat remains in sport when this anything to wm theory prevails it is unhappily too common throughout sport in this country our leges have been convicted of dishonest methods on the gridiron and upon the athletic fields our boxers bet against or lie down even our racing crews when they go abroad are accused 0 i alce I 1 an for goten amaan honor demands an the corres pon denta who rent abroad sy gloving jaccorina jac coina 0 ha tic aary when they itney better ara be heatly contempt they lia re our national reputation in the dust and a dd another to the ions score european athletes charish against us as sportsmen lacking honor |