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Show I Elder Zbyszko I Works Hard and Rebuilds Fortune Wrestling may not be the most popular sport In this country' but certainly cer-tainly It offers plenty of opportunity to grab some wealth if the roan will but work and make the hest of his rhanoes. -Stanislaus Zbyszko, the Polish Giant, holder of the trofld'd heavyweight title. Is about to retire from Ho- -I'orl .11 le.ist with a good part of the fortune he lost In the great world wnr Zhszko has been wrestling steady for tho past 18 months and In that time has amassed a fortune estimated at from $125.0(1(1 to tZ2S;000. Ho lias worked :.aid wrestling as much as four times a week many times. In this 18-mont.h period he has had but three reul titular matches from which he received re-ceived anything like champion's pay SSbysskO Is now approarhlnp; hc 5 0th birthday and what he has to say of the grappling sport win certainly bo of Interest to those of the heavies who are m the game today Zbyszko declares there Is plenty of work for 1 the wrestlers. He admits all matches do not return big sums of money und he admits It Is necessary' to travel almost fro m Maine to California to keep busy, but he adds that it is well worth the effort and inconvenience The champion attributes much of Ins success to the fact that he always tries to hand the fans n run for their money Meeting natle sons and champions was not only a source of revenue for the tltlehoblcr. but a grent pleasure as well Zbyszko says soms of the American wrestlers do not make money because they InSiSI upon remaining idle and waiting for big matches when they could Knock out from Sloan to $5000 per month traveling about the country. 00 |