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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1952-06-12, Page 6THE I trt SPURTS COLUMN + Pr dt An old, worn-out fighter named Lee Savold was mercilessly battered until he collapsed the other night. He was pitting only courage, and a fistically worn-out body, against a youngster named Rocky Marciano, 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 meet 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, be should take a trip up to New York's crowded, noisy Harlem. There any sunny afternoon, he will see a stout, amiable Negro plodding his sightless way along the streets, He will be exchanging jovial greetings with those friends and acquaintances who know hint as a familiar figure, and he will go chuckling on his way, through the darkness that has befallen him, 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 Sam Langford — in our book the greatest of all the blacic dynasty of champions and near champions, Harry Willis, Joe Jeanette, Sant McVey and even Jack Johnson, whom he once chased half -way around the world, seeking a :)out. But Johnson had boxed "Thain" 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 arta 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 front 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 Calvert House, 431 Yonge St., Toronto. DISTILLERS LIMITED AMiERSTBURG, ONTARIO Of course nobooy nowadays—ex- cept 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 them 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 trine nine out of ten of the Moderns without drawing a deep breath. :!: * 'r 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 seats, 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 them 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 man 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. He stood punishment that would have made many a man cry quits. * * * Gotch usually came 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 centre ring at the call of Referee Eddie Gaffney, and Roller dived for the legs, bring- ing Gotch 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 _hint around a few times and then bang- ed Roller to the floor, leaping on top at the salve instant. He literally routed Roller off the pad when the doctor locked his legs while Gotch was trying to grab for a first and finishing crotch hold. * * Gaffney ordered the Hien 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 onlookers. 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 from underneath hint, 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 his 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 hien." 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 t(r :Eke ropes and off the mat. Referee Gaffney signalled for' the men to come to centre ring - and Gotch, bending low, lifted Roller up in this arms as, though he were a child. * * * "Where do you want him, Gaff- ney?" he asked. The referee pointed to the mat and Gotch. slammed his man down hard. Roller jumped to lois feet, but Gotch grabbed him by one foot and, lifting it shculder 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 firm 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 fi ured Ile would, Roller would have had to bop over on his back or . have his leg snapped like a pipe stem, But Roller stood the punish, ment and, instead of raising his body, suddenly wriggled forwari an inch or two, at the sane 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 he got to his feet. Gotch came up with hint and dane4 ed before his man, routing him off the mat with short rushes, * * * Roller was extremely weak, but fought back gamely. Gotch grabbed.' Roller about the waist, stood the doctor upon his head, then right.; ing him, slammed him to the cane . vas, clamping on a crotch and a'� half-nelson when Roller was lite erally still in the air. Molding on tight to Roller, Gotch rose to his feet and, welking deliberately to centre of the mat, slalomed his ops' ponent to the canvas with a sinash •?:°' Roller landed on the back of his head and was knocked groggy. Gotch jumped in with a half -Nelson and Roller's shoulders touched the mat in exactly 21 minutes 54 sec- onds, He had to be assisted to his dressing room by Joe Carroll and Lnnie Austin. Still strong, Gotch leaped over the rope and ran to his quarters. What to Do About . Dangerous : ' rivers 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- tre for Safety Education, which has conducted a great deal of useful research in the interests of high- way traffic safety. As special subjects it has select- ed a number of drivers with long reco'ds of traffic violations. These haver been referred to psycholo- gists at the centre by various New York magistrates. Sentences against the offenders have been postponed pending the findings of the safety experts. The offences run over the usual range—those who grab the wrong traffic lanes, speed, pass red lights, cut in, hog the road, and otherwise make boors and nuisances of them- selves. The significant thing is that thse men know how to drive. Their actions reflect a warped out-. book rather than lack of skill. Dr, Herbert J. 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