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The last two of
a big litter of
kittens at the
home of Eliner
Gifford,
wait patiently
for a passing
motorist
to pick them
up and take
them to a
new home.
Gifford had
no trouble
disposing
of the whole
family
thanks to the
sign and the
pleading looks
on the faces of
the kittens.
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To a greater extent most
athletes, wrestlers have rr ups
and downs•. both pro,fessionaily and
financially. RigItt nzw, we are happy
to say. some three :ad or so
huge inen actively ettga-g..! in the
wrestling game are looking forward
to their most profitable season in
20 years. And that we are happy
to say" was not written with fingers
crossed or tongue in cheek either,
as we are extremely fond of pro-
fessional grapplers. both indivicluaily
and as a class, et -en 'though we
seldom get around to seeing them
in action these days.
* *
Just a few years back you could
count the profitable wrestling
centres in Canada and the United
States on your fingers, and have a
few left over at that. But now
crowds af cash customers nurnb•er-
ing from 10,000 to 15,000 are not
-unusual, even in comparativ•ely
small towns.
The principal reason for this sud-
den outburst of popularity seems to
be television—for video viewers,
who not only get a closeup picture
of the grimac and contortions, but
also an in "' 'earful of the groans
and grunts, have gone for wrestlers
in a large nna.nnert and it is reported
Turnabout — When photo-
graphers lined up in the White
House to snap President Tru-
man opening the annual Christ-
mas Seal Drive, the President
pulled out this miniature
camera and focused it on the
cameramen, "1 can really take
care of you fellows now." he
said,
that the perfumed fan mail received
by some of the more horrendous
performers is coming to equal that
of a popular moaning baritone or
tearful tenor, radio variety.
* *
Feature writers for some of the
big -circulation magazines have been
taking the wrestlers apart and try-
ing to find out what makes them
tick— the latest of these being Sant
Boal, in the New York Sunday
Times magazine. Mr. Boal's picture
of the wrestlers themselves is
neither .intimate or very revealing.
"He studied", the editorial blurb
states, "wrestlers at ringside and
aver television at a number of pri-
vate and public houses." And this,
you may take it from one in a posi-
tion to know, is no method at all
of getting the real low-down on the
wrestler as an individual.
However, some of Mr. Boars
observations are of considerable
interest. "A wrestling show doesn't
reveal a great deal about wrestlers,"
he states, "but it does reveal a very
great deal about the .andience...-„,
People butt outin real anger a•
the .villaiiffinf apparetitt, _
countering Frankie Sinatra or 11/el
Tonne. * *
Boal tells .of the two questions
c. ntinually put to wrestlers•by their
fans then, himself, tries to give
the answers, the latter making.—
well, about as much sense as most
stuff written about wrestlers. The
two questions are: Does all that
punishment really hurt? — and— Is
every wrestling match fixed?
* *
In general, those dolorous moans
coming from a wrestler are not
caused by pain, any more than the
moans of an actor playing Richard
the Third are caused by real pain.
If either wrestler or actor suffered
as much as he appears to be doing,
neither could last a week. That
ghastly thump the audience hears
when a wrestler is thrown over
another wrestler's head, doesn't kill
him, as might seem certain, On the
other hand, it isn't exactly a caress.
The wrestler simply knows how to
hit the deck. His feet hit first, mak-
ing the principal noise, and then his
shoulders hit.
* * *
His head never hits, unless he
makes a mistake, in which case he
could be seriously hurt. As it is,
a broken ankle from just such a
performance is by nc means un-
common, The fact is that if a
wrestler picked an untrained man
from the audience and hurled him
to the floor, maybe that man would
get up again and maybe he wouldn't.
Wrestlers do get broken ribs, lacer-
ated ears and other woundia0::
these may be regarded as indits '
accidents.
* * *
In general, wrestlers do not itVgn-
tionally hurt each other. They dlan't
try to, moreover, because they an't
afford to. Some wrestlers may Work
as many as six shows a week, s� it
stands to reason they have t�: be
reasonably certain they will windup
a given show more or less in nne
piece. Some of the wrestling holds
which appear positively gruesome
are almost gentle. And if, by chance,
a wrestler is really being hurtly
another, he uses a signal that is
universal in the business. The
squeezes his opponent's arm or;•;leg
with two rapid motions and ,•the
painful hold is relaxed instantly.
• *
We went along pretty much in
agreement with Mr, Boal so far in
his article, but when he attempted
to answer his second question, we
thought he skidded slightly off ,the
rails. "The only honest answerqo
the question, "Are all wrestliDg.
bouts fixed?" he says, is 'Yes a4d
no.' 2\[any wrestling matches:,•,
planned, but some are not. )
wrestlers in the preliminary bn$s
get the same money, .win, le*
draw. Often they are told Ny
going to win, , and ,specici.,
what hold "
'is-cruliciiirg the hero's neck to bt * *
Women who would normally be as
and cry out wild curses at wrestlers.
gentle as lambs. shake their fists
Others mutter at them as they enter
and leave the ring. And in homes,
families sit before their TV sets.
completely enchanted."
* • *
Yet how, Boal wants to know,
could anyone over the age of 12
believe in such a figure as Gorgeous
George with his platinum hair,
scarlet and golden robe. his English
butler and the atomizer with which
his corner is hygienically sprayed
before the show? Or the Gorilla,
who is wheeled to the ring in an
enormous cage whose bars he rattles
with roars of tortured rage? Or the
wrestler billed as the Bat, whose
wrestling technique consists in
flailing his arms up and down like
wings and who appears to be about
to suck the blood of his victims,
as a vampire is supposed to do?
* * *
The article also mentions Mute
Mike, who purports to be deaf and
dumb and signals to the referee in
deaf-and-dumb language, and points
helplessly at his mouth to indicate
that he cannot howl in protest at
the terrible agony his opponent is
causing him. Also "Mr. America",
a nobly handsome youh, now the
reigning favorite with the bobby
soxers, who swoon when they meet
him, just as they once did on en -
Playing In Japan—Frank "Lefty" °Tout, manager of the San
Francisco Seals baseball team, now touring Japan, shakes hands
with Prince Akihito and Prince Masahito before a Tokyo game
with the Eastern All -Stars 'of the Japan Professional 1..eague.
The Seals, who have won every game of their exhibition, shut
out the Japanese club 40.
Then he goes on: "It is in the big
bouts, with names that draw crowds,
that the fixes do not apply so gen-
erally. This is not a moral issue,
but an economic one. A case in
point is Primo Carnera, who up
until a few months ago, made so
much money out of wrestling that
he cannot be compared with any:
one else. Carnera was such a suc-
cess because of his size and also
because of his skill. He drew huge
crowds and naturally shared much
more of the profits than a less pop-
ular man. As of May 20, 1949, Car-
nera had never lost a show. He
had won 321 bouts, an unequalled
record, On that night, however, he
wrestled with Antonio Rocca — the
current sensation of the sport. Rocca
beat him. Since that time Carnera's
earnings have decreased consider-
ably because fans know he was
'beaten."
* *
But in his next paragraph Mr.
Boal shows signs that he should
have -- in order to get a real under-
standing of wrestling,— got a mite
closer to the core of matters than
a televison screen or even a ring-
side. "It was obviously to Camera's
disadvantage to lose. Yet he did
lose and it cost him a lot of money.
Would Carnera have taken orders
from somebody to lose when he
knew that his position as a drawing
card would give him the power to
refuse?"
* * *
Mr. Boal obviously thinks that
the answer to this is a loud and
ringing "No". We would hate to
disillusion even a sports expert, but
we might just gently hint to him
that Primo Carnrera, besides being
a wrestler, knows the value of a
dollar. And he knows that plenty
of bouts, even at a reduced figure
per appearance, will buy far more
macaroni and spaghetti than sitting
idly on the sidelines, getting no
bouts at all.
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AS A
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BLACKBOARD' BOTHER
YOU e
•
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1
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DON'T EVEN
SEE HIM'
SAY
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