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O An old, worn-out fighter flamed Lee
Savold was mercilessly battered until he
collapsed the other night. He was pitting
only courage, and a fistigally worn -cut body,
against a youngster named Rocky Mercian,
who may not be a great heavyweight, but
had lithe and resilient youth on his side.
And so the veteran went the way of all other veterans when they
meat the sharper reflexes, and the fire of youth in the battle -pit.
I think that before any veteran fighter undertakes to tackle a
youngster who is on the upgrade, even though he feels he can
flatten anything he can hit, he should take a trip up to New York's
crowded, noisy Harlem. There any sunny afternoon, he will see a
stout, ainiable Negro plodding his sightless way along the streets,
He will be exchanging jovial greetings with those friends and
acquaintances who know hila as a familiar figure, and he will go
chuckling on his way, through the darkness that has befallen hila,
because he was always chuckling, sometimes, even, in the ring.
The stout blind man was a great fighter, once. He was the
Canadian -horn heavyweight Sant Langford — in our book the
greatest of all the black dynasty of champions and near champions,
Harry Willis, Joe Jeanette, Sam McVey and even Jack Johnson,
whom Le once chased half -way around the world, seeking a beet.
But Johnson had boxed "Thant" once before, and that was enough.
So Johnson fled to Australia and fought Tommy Burns instead.
Sam lives today on a small pension, closing out in the shadows
a career of great renown without ever having been given a chance
at the title,
And perhaps if any veteran fighter Consulted him about "just
one more match Langford might tell him about the night in Bos-
ton, when he sat in his chair at the end of six rounds with tall,
long -armed Fred Fulton and after 16 years of fighting against all
the opponents of a great heavyweight period, was unable to leave
his seat when the gong rang for the start of the seventh. For he
was blind.
The sight of one eye had already been lost, And the long arm
of Fulton had put out the other—at least for the night.
Langford completely lost the sight of both eyes later and never
regained more than fractional vision. Still, he hung around the ring
for an over-all period of 21 years, and knocked out by mediocre
fighters that, in his hey -day, he could have flattened with one of
those thundering left hooks.
So a great fighter, who tried to fight the years, went on to the
inevitable disaster. Veterans who have been great, or even good,
should consult Sam Langford before taking that "one more fight",
which might spell physical disaster, and take warning from his
unhappy finish,
Perhaps too much stress is laid on courage in the boxing ring,
We believe "I Can Take It" is a vicious slogan, despite its popular-
ity in boxing circles. There was that fine,young boxer Babe Usher,
of whom it was boasted he never took a backward step. He too
wound up his career blind. Adolph Wolgast, one of the great
lightweight champions, a boxer noted for his bulldog aggressive-
ness, is finishing out his days in a mental institution. What price
courage? What price that "just one more" fight?
Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed
by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calved House, 431 Yonge St., Toronto.
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Of course nobody nowadays—ex-
cept
owadays—except the very young and very ex-
citable—takes wrestling seriously.
The modern grapplers, or at least
those of them who draw the big
money, are about eighty per cent
actor, ten per cent tumbler and—
giving thein all the best of it—
ten per cent wrestler.
* * *
In fact it is doubtful if anybody,
even those in the business, could
say with any certainty who would
emerge as champion should there
be a wrestling tournament staged
strictly on the level. Personally,
we believe that Ed. 'Strangler"
Lewis, who must be well over 70,
could trip) nine out of ten of the
moderns without drawing a deep
breath, s
That last is, of course, a strictly
personal opinion; and we could be
wrong. But one thing we are dead
certain regarding—that is, that be-
fore an "on the level" match had
gone a quarter-hour, the grapplers
would be playing to empty scats,
the paying customers walking out
in droves through sheer boredom,
* * *
The Police Gazette, which in its
new form is a mighty interesting
periodical, has been running a ser-
ies of articles about old-time wrest-
ling, and one of the latest tells
of a match between two wrestlers
who could really turn it on with-
out the aid of grunting, groaning
and grimacing. One of then was
Dr. B. F. Roller—and the other
was Frank Gotch, considered by
many the daddy of them all,
About a year and a half before
Gotch took the world's title from
George Hackenschmidt at Chicago
he had been held to a draw by
Dr. B. F. Roller at Seattle, Wash.,
in a bout that lasted a full hour.
Neither had gained a fall, so Dr.
Roller came forward to dispute
Gotch's claim to the world's hon-
ors. The two came together in a
finish match for the championship
at Seattle, July 1, 1908.
* * *
Probably no gamer man ever
took to the mat than Roller, a
faster San with his hands and
feet than the mighty "Son of
Iowa." Handicapped in brute
strength, height and weight, Roller
gave one of the finest exhibitions
of stamina and grit ever witnessed
on the wrestling pad. Ile stood
punishment that would have made
Many a man cry quits.
* * *
Gotch usually Lame out with a
rush, and the quicker he got his
man down the better he liked it.
So it was in the Roller match. They
met with a bang in centrering at
the call of Referee Eddie Gaffney,
and Roller dived for the legs, bring-
ing Gott!) down with a crash, He
tried to steal the champion's thun-
der in clamping on a toe hold, but
Gotch assumed a sitting position
and then leaped to his feet, at the
same time grabbing the doctor
about the waist and lifting him
shoulder high. He whirled him
around a few times and then hang-
ed Roller to the floor, leaping on
top at the same instant. He literally
routed Roller off the pad when the
doctor locked his legs while Gotch
was trying to grab for a firm and
finishing crotch hold.
* *
Gaffney ordered the men to the
centre of the mat and Gotch yank -
Move Out To Stay In—Leaning far out to counterbalance their
motorcycles, sidecar riders at a track in Heidelberg, Germany,
defy death and thrill o„plookers. Such breathtaking maneuvers are
common to German tracks, where fans are as fanatic as the racers.
Caught in The Act—An alert seagull, an even more alert camera-
man and a fish thrown into the air from a quay at Looe, England,
combine to make this picture of beauty on the wing.
ed Roller's feet front underneath
him, at the same time standing
him on his head. The doctor man-
aged to shake loose, but Gotch
followed him to the ropes, throwing
his man with a waist lock. Five
times in the next five minutes the
champion tried to get his toe hold
working and five times Roller kick-
ed his way free. Suddenly shifting
lis attack, Gotch slipped on a
crotch hold and, as Roller wrig-
gled forward, clamped on a half-
nelson, Frank then swung his left
leg over and kneeled on Roller's
arm and, with the new shift, Rol-
ler's shoulders slowly caved in to
the canvas. It was the first time
Roller had ever been thrown!
* * *
The big fellows were allowed
fifteen minutes rest before coming
out for the second fall, then Roller
came out fighting mad. The .,crowd
was yelling furiously for the local
favorite and calling for Roller to
"scissor him." The Seattle wrest-
ler had defeated Farmer Burns,
Westergaard and Beel with his
body scissors, but the one time he
tried it on Gotch the champion
simply walked out of it.
* * *
Gotch was smiling broadly as he
answered the call for the second
bout. He _ rushed Roller to the
ropes and off the mat. Referee
Gaffney signalled for the men to
come to centre ring and Gotch,
bending low, lifted Roller up in his
arms as though 11e were a child.
* * *
"Where do you want hint, Gaff-
ney?" he asked.
The referee pointed to the mat
and Gotch slammed his man down
hard. Roller jumped to his feet,
but Gotch grabbed him by one foot
and, lifting it sllculder high, had
the doctor hopping about. The
crowd cheered wildly Roller's ef-
forts to keep upright, but Gotch
yanked harder and Roller fell in
a heap, with the champion on top.
For the first time during the bout
Gotch got his toe hold on right.
Getting a first grip on Roller's
toes, Gotch slowly worked his
thigh in between the doctor's calf
and thigh and then began to put
the pressure on, bending the foot
upward. Roller lay on his stomach,
gripping the canvas with his fin-
gers and clenching his teeth in an
effort to keep back the pain. Gotch
only worked a little closer and
held tight. He was waiting for
Roller to move his body up the
fraction of an inch, just enough to
allow him to get his own leg in
a trifle closer to the crotch and
then increase the pressure to the
breaking point.
* * *
Had Roller played the game ac-
cording to custom, as Gotch fig-
ured he would, Roller would have
had to bop over on his back or
have kis leg snapped like a pipe
stem. Bot Roller stood the punish-
ment and, instead of raising his
body, suddenly wriggled forward
an Inch or two, at the same time
shooting up his free foot in a ter-
rific kick to the champion's nose.
The effort freed him, but he limped
painfully when lie got to his feet.
Gotch cane up with hint and danc-
ed before his man, routing heal
off the neat with short rushes,
* * *
Roller was extremely weals, but
fought back gamely, Gotch grabbed
Roller about the waist, stood the
doctor upon his Bead, then right-
ing hint, slammed him to the can-
vas, clamping on a crotch and a
half-nelson when Roller was lit-
erally still in the air, Holding on
tight to Roller, Gotch rose to his
feet and, walking deliberately to
centre of the mat, slammed his op-
ponent to the canvas with a smash.
Roller landed 011 the bark of his
head and was knocked groggy,
Gotch jumped in with a half-nelson
and Roller's shoulders touched the
matin exactly 21 minutes 54 see-
onds. IIe had to be assisted to his
dressing room by Joe Carroll anti
Lamle Auatin. Still strong, Gotrh
leaped over the rope and ran
his quarters.
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Dangerous Drivers
Why normally pleasant, well be-
haved citizens become rabid aggres-
sors the minute they get behind
the wheel of an auto is the subject
of a study now being conducted
by the New York University Cen-
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conducted a great deal of useful
research in the interests of high-
way traffic safety.
As special subjects it has select-
ed a slumber of drivers with long
records of traffic violations, These
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of working this cure. But his alter-
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improve is always the same—get
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The many jurisdictions that have
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Thirty Reasons
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Sonie drink to keep thein in good
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