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Show USDS HOLDS ' TO IE ABOLISHED Wrestling Game Will Be Modified Mod-ified in Future, Says Noted Expert of Mat Sport. The movement about to be launched In 5cw York looking toward the abolishment abol-ishment of .ill dangerous holds now In use In the wrestling sport, is not going go-ing to meet with howling:, success at the hands of the grapplcrs. The mat' men seem quite anxious to bar the headlock made famous by Ed (Stran-gler) (Stran-gler) Lewis, but from Champion Steelier down they will not consider tho eliminatin of tho too hold. George Bothner, referee and wrestling: wres-tling: authority, has taken it upon himself him-self to cleanse the sport of all holds that are liable to leave a victim crippled. crip-pled. His willingness to' rid Ule game of dangerous holds encouraged the formation of a sort of association which, according to Bothner, will branch out In real businesslike form before next winter. When hf was apprised of the In auguration of a campaign to clean up the game, Champion Joo Steelier immediately im-mediately voiced a protest on the culmination of the toe hold. Stocher declared he did not want to appear arbitrary, but ho felt certain there would be difficulty In drawing the line, and ' if too much liberty was taken in eliminating the various holds, I it would not be long until those wres-I wres-I tiers who have specialized would bo I unable to compete. "My scissors hold is realty nothing now, but 1 have developed it little I further than wrestlers of the paet." ' said Steelier, "Why should I abandon work that haa required years of patient pa-tient endavor to develop, just to place myself on a level w'.th t:ie aspiring wrestler who has neglected or was unable to specialize.'" Steelier is unconditionally un-conditionally against the plan. Bothner admits there will be difficulty diffi-culty in arriving at what holds must go and which must remain But he says the wrestling game is cenain to deteriorate in its present condition, and the associate project is simply" a safety first move. Bothner is also much interested in tho association .project to do away with the talk r.l'out a so-called "wresting trust," which ho terms an underhand maneuver by those who would kill the ancient pastime. pas-time. Bothner is qualified tu attempt the task he has outlined for himself, as he is one of the best informed wrestling authorities in the country. He referees all the big matches in New York. He was the third man in the ring in tho recent Stecher-Caudock tilt In which Caddock lost his euwn. 00 |