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Show I" Y What They Say GEORGE BOTHNER There Is something new under the sun when applied to tho rastlln' game, according to Georgo Bothncr. Somo 1 folks aro of tho opinion that the boys who grapevine on the mat don't know any more holds than their grandfath-era grandfath-era knew. They're wrong. Says H .George: I "The best mat men of today are per- HJ I -fecting new arm holds that were nev-H nev-H er thought of In former times. Wres-' tllng when conducted according to ac-( ac-( ccpted standards only permits tho arm 1 to be worked to a straight position. H When pressure is applied it should be with the joint, not against it or In a H twisty manner, for then for contest , comes moro into the jlju-Jit.su class. In Hi other words, tho arm should not be beat backward boyon d tho straight lino. Torturo holds should not be al-Hj al-Hj owcd in-wrestling. The timo Is com-Hj com-Hj I lng when it will be necessary to log- iislate against some of the holds ndw being used by matmon." PHIL GYMNASIUM. Sam Harris, Baltimore boxing promoter, pro-moter, has offered Billy Gibson $50,000 for a 15-round bout between Benny Leanard and Lew Tendler at the Oriole ball park. Phil Glass. Tendlcr's manager, man-ager, does not think Leonard will ac-copL ac-copL He says: "Wo have made Leonard wonderful offers to meet Tendler In the open air at Philadelphia, but he has persistently persistent-ly refused. It would draw $100,001). Six rounds would be a short distance for the champion. to travel. But it is a- good bet Benny will not accept tho -Baltimore offer because of picking up -easy money in other directions. It II rivuAU giro ll .utiu,l2 111 iiiu .championship In a legitimate way. If J I did not think the Phlladelphlan J could whip Leonard tho money would be no temptation as we cun get lots ol J 'coin boxing Inferior fightore. If Ben- I ny does not want to retire then he should accept the match arid defend his title, which ho has not done since ho won tho same from Freddy Welsh," KING LEAR Sitting on the bench doesn't improve tho batting eye. Tho old confidence, so necessary to a batter who doesn't disappoint the fans with the bags loaded. load-ed. Just ooses away if he is kept on tho bench too long. Coast League pitchers made a monkey out of King Lear this spring while tho Cubs were out there. Now Lear has been released re-leased to the Giants Lear says: "Sitting on the bench Is bad for the eyes. It is also bad for the heart. Whilo I was with the International League I had all tho confidence In the world. My mark was away over .300. When I stepped to the plate I knew I was going to connect. After spending a year on the Cubs' bench something happened. During the first few games this spring I even had trou ble in getting the hat off of my shoulder. shoul-der. I wait for a good one and the pitcher slips a couple of Btrikes past mo. Then when I see the third one floating up I don't feel the old confidence. confi-dence. About all I did for the Cubs last season was to play the piano." CHARLEY EULME If all baseball fans were like Charley Char-ley Eulme of Sacramento the turnstiles turn-stiles wouldn't do much business and tho game would soon go out of vogue with tho professionals. Eulme Is one of tho biggest fans in the valley city, but he never attends a game. He reads It out of the papers next day. Eulme says : "I don't enjoy watching a game because be-cause I don't know the players faces I haven t tlmo to got acquainted with them so I'll know them by sight. I also don't know anything about their ability. But, enjoy the gamo next day by reading the newspaper accounts. ac-counts. I like, to read about it more than I like to soo the game." |