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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MAY 31, 1903.
FOR FAT MEjN G'REeO-'ROMAN WRESTLING IS THE BEST
THIS STYLE WITH HARD AND
STEADY "WORK WILL BUILD UP HEALTH
AND MUSCLE
UNLIKE CATCH-AS-CATCH-CAN
IT DOES NOT REQUIRE A GREAT AMOUNT
OF AGILITY
FIGURE Iir WORKING FOR THE HA3I3LERL,OCIC
FIGURE 1 BREAKING THE WAIST HOLD.
FIGURE IV BLOCKING THE ROLL FROM THE BRIDGE. .
THE phlegmatic, or the stout man,
who wants to take up an advanced
form of physical culture can And
nothing better suited to his temperament
and physique than the Greco-Roman style
of wrestling. Unlike catch-as-catch-can.
It does not require a great amount of
agility. It demands hard and steady
work, and that Is what the phlegmatic
man needs. If he Is to be developed prop
erly. Greco-Roman has been made a fat
man's exercise by the rule which declares
that no hold of any sort Is fair below the
waist line. There Is no leg wrestling
whatever, even tripping fair In the three
other recognized forms of wrestling be
ing barred. The legs are used simply and
solely as a base.
Above the waist line, howover. any hold
Is allowable, and, as In catch-as-catch-can,
it can be changed as often as de
sired. As a result, rsany of the holds are
the same or analogous to catch-as-catch-can
holds. .
Despite its jiame, the ancient Greek ath
letes did not strive with one another in
this fashion. They wrestled largely after
the catch-as-catch-can style, for all holds
were fair with them. They even went so
far .at times as to allow gouging, kicking,
breaking of bones and killing.
How this form of wrestling came to
bear a partly Grecian title is not satis
factorily explained. The supposition is
that the Romans, who used this modifica
tion of catch-as-catch-can, not only
named It, but created it. It was exceed
ingly popular In the latter days of the
Empire, and today It i3 favored above all
other styles In those continental countries
that the Romans invaded, such as France,
Germany and Spain.
In those sections of the United States
largely settled by Germans and Scandina
vians the Greco-Roman bout is held in all
its old-time glory- Each community has
its recognized champion who, when farm
ing Is not occupying all the time of the
immigrants. Is wrestling for his backers'
delight with champions of neighboring
communities. The Germans are especial
ly adept in this form of wrestling
According to experts, the defense has a
little advantage in Greco-Roman, of
which four of the more noted holds fol
low. As in catch-as-catch-can, many oth
er holds may be worked out by a little
study and practice of these holds.
Do not forget that the exercise should
bo taken moderately, and that holds
which might prove too severe should not
be carried out U the end. Be careful also
to see to It that your lungs will get an un
limited quantity of fresh air while you are
exercising, which for best results should
be a half-hour or an hour after a meal.
Breaking the Waist-Hold.
The waist hold can be obtained from
the referee hold, with which, as In catch-as-catch-can,
it is customary to start
Greco-Roman wrestling.
To secure the waist hold, put your head
against the chest of your opponent and
tightly clasp your arms around his waist.
Press hard from you with your head, and
pull hard toward you with your hands, so
that the opponent will be- bent backward
and borne to the floor.
To defeat the aggressor, the defense
should break the waist hold. He does this
by arching his back. Interlocking his
hands, pressing his bleeps hard against
the aggressor's elbows, and walking back
wards. (Figure 1.)
Such tactics will not fall to break the
hold, provided the defense has not been
drawn In very close by the aggressor.
In case the wrestler has been drawn
In very close, he should quickly loosen his
hold with one hand, and placing this hand
on the opponent's face, raise the latter's
head up and off his breast.
The Body Heave From Behind.
During the scuffling incident to the
referee or many other holds, grasp the
opponent by a wrist and throw him for
ward in front of you. While he is
going forward spin him around, get be
hind him, grab him around the waist,
lift him high In the air (Figure 2), swing
his feet out in front of you, and throw
him to the floor. Or, while the opponent
Is in the air, throw your right hand to
the back of his neck, taking care to keep
your right arm between his right arm
and body. This will give you the hold
kcalled a half-Nelson when on the floor,
and from that you should get a square
fall. (Hand back of neck.)
The opponent has poor chances of
breaking the heave from behind. At
tempting to open the aggressor's In
terlocked hands by pulling at the thumbs
Is about his only chance.
Working for the Hammerlock.
Perhaps all that you did with the
body heave was to land on top of the
opponent, who fell on his stomach, and
is now on his hands and knees trying to
rise, with your left arm clasped around
his waist, hindering him. But to make
sure that he will not regain his feet,
try for the hammerlock.
Keeping the left arm In Its original
position and your body on its knees
by the side of the opponent, place your
head in his right armpit, as a fulcrum.
As you push forward with the head,
grasp and pull the opponent's left wrist
towards you, and lift forward with the
arm encircling the waist (Figure 3). If
your strength and endurance are greater
than your opponent's this action will
finally result In your getting his right
arm bent backward on his back, which
is hammerlock. Then, if you care to,
you can easily turn him over on his
back and shoulders.
To keep the hammerlock from being
secured, the opponent, the moment that
the right (or left) arm is in chancery,
should place it under his body as far
out of the aggressor's reach as possible.
Even if the aggressor does get hold of
the wrist when it is well under the body,
he will be apt to desist in his efforts
to secure the hammerlock in a little
while, if both wrestlers are pretty evenly
matched in strength and skill.
It would be well not to carry the ham
merlock to Its full issue. In this way
severe wrenching, or possible breaking
of arm, will be avoided. All this Is nec
essary for the purposes of physical cul
ture Is to try for the hammerlock as a
point, and then loosen the hold.
In case the opponent Is about three
quarters down, with one-shoulder and an
arm on the floor, work around In front ,
of his head, get one arm under his neck
and the other In the pit of his upraised
arm and under "the middle of his back
(Figure 4). This arm Is thus put out of
business. Put all your weight on his
chest and bear down hard, which will
prevent him from resting himself by
rolllng from shouder to shoulder. The
arm under the neck will keep the oppo
nent from supporting, or bridging, the
body on feet and head, thereby clearing
the shoulders of the floor.
When you have your opponent In this
position, all you have to do Is to wait
until he becomes exhausted and logically
lies down.
This hold Is analogous to the crotch
hold in catch-as-catch-can. Each is used
to prevent rolling, and the action Is sim
ilar, despite the diversity of location.
ANTHONY BARKER.
(Copyright, 1903.)
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NCE upon a Time there was a Tapi
oca.
A Relative had died and left him a
large Bale of the Carnegie Library Com
pound. As soon as it was noised around
that the Mark was actually carrying
Money in his Clothes every Short-Card
Man in the Business began to break
through the Crowd, saying "I saw him
first."
In the Twinkling of an Eye the Legatee
was transformed from an ordinary hand-me-down
Plug to One of our Prominent
Citizens.
Many who had been unable to place
him while he was feeding at the $4 Oat
meal Resort on a Side Street now dashed
madly across the Car Tracks to give him
the Joyous Mitt and ask him to come up
to the House some Evening.
And he, like every other proud mortal
who is being pelted with Bouquets, fan
cied that his popularity was based upon
Ills own Sterling Qualities and did not
arise from the Fact that he was known
up at the Bank.
Those who doctored up the Bricks for
him did not take the Trouble to put any
Gold Plating on the Outside.' They Nailed
his current and then promised to deliver
the goods by Messenger Boy so as to save
him Trouble.
He learned that a great many Exclusive
Organizations wanted to take In a few
Members who were Socially Prominent.
Every time that he was handed the So
cial Prominence Gag he fell and signed
an Application Blank.
In a Couple of Months he had so many
Brothers and Fellow-Clubmen that he
could not turn a down-town Corner with
out running Into a Hot Touch.
Also he was Pie for the Dignified Gen
tlemen representing the Eastern Publishing-House.
Long ago this species of the
Hold-Up Man was known as a Book
Agent, but in these latter Days he is a
Speclal Envoy who brings Glad Tidings
of Great Joy to the superior Intellectual
Classes who are known to be there
with the Coin.
Every Hypnotic Salesman who cornered
the Mark sang the old Solo about giving
Special Terms to a few Book-Lovers in
order to derive a certain Prestige from
the use of their Names.
Take a Man who never has studied any
Volume except the Winter Book and tell
him that he Is a Bibliophile and he will
swell a few Inches, whether he knows the
meaning of the Word or not. '
In a short time the Prominent Citizen
had a Library that was greatly admired
by all who visited his Apartments, and the
Books were in first-class Condition. Ho
never took any of them down for fear
that he could not put them back in the
Right Place.
After about three Months he became an
Art Critic and a sure-enough Connoisseur.
He knew It because a great many Dealers
took him into the Back Room and told
him so..
Then they would throw the Light on a
Creation that had been In the Salon or else
tenderly remove the Cotton Batting from
a Bronze that could not be broken with a
Maul. He would try to convince himself
that there was a certain Difference be
tween these Masterpieces and tho Junk
that he taw In the S9-cent Stores. He had
to see a Difference or else he could not
have got away with the Connoisseur
Bluffs.
So he became a well-known Collector.
Many Friends told him he had Exquisite
Taste, and ho began to believe It. himself,
so he attended Exhibitions and began to
roast the Moderns
Whereas he had been known in the Old
Days as a Parlor Blacksmith, he now
discovered that he was a Strong Card
at Dinner Parties, especially if he stood
for the Check. He got many a Laugh
out of the antique Wheezes that he had
cribbed from the Joke Book, and when
he arose to spring the prehistoric Toast
everybody applauded before lie said a
Word, because that was the safest time
to Applaud.
Among other startling Discoveries made
by the Populor Leader of the Smart Set
was one concerning his Business Sagacity.
He received long typewritten Letters from
the Pneumatic Brothers, representing the
Smoke Syndicate, offering to let him In on
the Ground Floor provided he would rush
Check by Return Mall, otherwise it would
be Too Late.
It appeared from these Letters that the
Syndicate had acquired all the Claims on
the East Slope of the Bullkon Range and
were within 30 feet of the well-known
Mine that was turning out JSOQO a Minute.
Alread three shafts and the Original Cap
ital had been sunk and the Ore wa3 found
to contain German' Silver, Brass, Gold
Fillings, Celluloid, Borax and Pepsin, all
In Paying Quantities.
The Expert employed by the Company
had just completed his third Dream and
estimated that the Lodes somewhere in
tho Vicinity contained $40,000,000 worth of
Something and now it was merely neces
sary to go ahead and find It The Stock
offered at 8 cents a Share would be ad
vanced to $1.14 on January 1.
Accompanying the Confidential Letter
was a Half-Tone Picture of the Moun
tain, merely as an Evidence of Good
Faith.
The Mark had read somewhere that any
one who comes into Property is not con
sidered a True Sport until he takes a
Flyer at the Mining Game. He bought a
few bundles of Stock, the Par Value of
which made Senator Clark, of Montana,
look like a Piker, and although his Cau
tious Friends warned him. to hold out hie
Money and loan it to them, he persisted
in his Wild Speculations.
He put in more than $450 and at the end
of the fifth year received $L87 in Premi
ums and expects to be in the P. A. B.
Wldener Class if he lives until 1950.
In. the meantime he Is working at his
other Trades of Prominent Clubman, So
cial Leader and Art Critic.
Moral: Wealth brings Happiness only
when expended for Fuel to feed the Spir
itual existence.
(Copyright, 1903.)
FINE MARBLE- FROM AN ALASKA QUARRY
A GREAT BELT ON PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND
DEVELOPED BY PORTLATD CAPITAL
BEING
BEAUTIFUL monument, statue or
a magnificent building ever has
been and always will be a great
attraction to the human eye, most es
pecially so when made from stone, in
variably eliciting much lnqulr from
wfaench it came. Its age, and Importance
in art. Most rocks have a history extend
ing far back through geological eras and
beyond human computation.
The perfect adaptability of marble to
statuary and to buildings, as evidenced
by structures, both ancient and modern,
displaying great architectural skill, has
yet to attain its highest utility and ex
cellence. How far the superiority of Greek art
was due to the native production of mar
ble is a question; but there can be little
doubt that the excellence of Parian and
Peulltlc marbles had an Influence in
the development of tho Attic taste for
sculpture and stimulated the Greek ar
tists to aim at the highest results in
execution.
The marbles of Alaska, equal in every
respect to the finest marbles of the Old
World, rank next to precious stones for
durability, for beauty and elegance In
decoration. But, unlike the precious
stones, it is abundant, and of almost
unlimited variety. What a surprise to
know it is located within the easy reach
of all of the cities of the West, and
within a few months will be competing
with our sandstone and pressed brick for
first place in building.
There never before was a time In the
history of the United States when the
demand for marble was greater than the
supply. Hundreds of beautiful homes are
being built in the East of marble, costlns
many millions, of money. San Francisco
has taken the initiative on our Coast,
expending the rise of JS9S.O0O for marble
In the Postoffice building, for interior
finish only, which marble Is being shipped
over 9000 miles by water from the Rutland
quarries, or across the ocean from sunny
Italy, In the face of the fact that within
two days steaming from the cities of
Tacoma and Seattle, and almost on the
direct route of the regular steamship line
to Skagway, half a dozen empty ships
steam southbound past the properties of
the American Coral Marble Company,
containing millions of tons of the finest
marble in the world..
These marble properties are' located on
the southeastern portion of Prince of
Wales Island, at the town of Doloml, and
on the north arm of Molra Sound, mar
gining the Sound and affording navigation
to deep sea-going vessels for a distance"
of a mile and a half.
These marbles belong to the Jurassic
age, and are associated with crystallne
schists, which forms both the northeast
and southeast walls. The deposit, prior
to its metamorphlc state, was very likely
the bed of the ocean, the marbles having
been originally formed by sediment
carrying currents, principally con
sisting of corals, crinolds, mol
lusks, and other lime-secreting or
ganisms; later, during a statp of
metamorphlsm. was changed into crys
tallne or saccharold marble of finest tex
ture at the time when the island was
being forced from the bed of the ocean
Into a high range of mountains.
The marble lies In one great belt, or
unity of belts, divided by small sheets of
shale, of a heavy blue, soapy character,
much resembling hornblend or serpentine.
These division sheets of shale vary in
thickness from one inch to several feet,
but there is no place visible within the
quarry where the shale does not merge
into the marble property.
The outcrop of this marble Is colossal
and incalculable. The entire body of
marble disappears Into the Sound, show
ing between high and low tide, the vari
ous characters and colors of the several
divisions of marble, which are here uni
fied and aggregated into one solid belt,
over 800 feet wide, the subdivisions or
smaller belts determining the various
colors and characters of the stone.
From where the marble disappears Into
the Sound, going northwesterly, for tho
whole distance of the property, this belt
of marble gradually rises until it attains
a height of more than 400 feet, and all
along that distance the outcrop stands in
ridges and cliffs, ver every portion of
which Is & heavy growth of moss. Upon
removing this moss one cbuld, with some
degree of reason, imagine that he Is stand
ing upon some ancient marble ruins, as
the removal of the moss reveals the stone
In nature, not polished, but as smooth
as thought It had been sand rubbed, tho
various colors so perfectly presenting
themselves that It would be easy to sup
pose that at one time the marble had been
polished! There are no sharp corners, and
neither Is there any disintegration visible,
other than that brought about by the
gradual wearing away, little by little, by
the heavy rains and rapidly melting Win
ter snows in the early Spring.
This marble is of many colors, the
jjray, or mountain-dark, predominating;
but there are many places where the stone
Is of a pure white, and also a velvety,
coal black, and a yellow or ivory cast,
a Connemara green, a very pretty light
pink with a veiling of green, also a won
derfully beautiful sea-shell pink, clouded
with orange, which Is equal to the finest
Mexican onyx, and numberless other col
ors which are commonly found in large
marble deposits. A number of samples of
the marble are to be seen at the office
of the American Coral Marble Company,
Tacoma, and also at their office, 39 Wash
ington block, Portland, Or.
These properties have been very thor
oughly examined at different times, and
each succeeding time has tended to in
spire greater confidence as to the facts,
first: The marble Is of exceptionally fine
grain; second., harder than most other
marbles; third, will take a higher polish
and hold a sharper arris than any other
marble; fourth, is perfectly sound, arid
will stand a very great pressure; fifth,
perfect stones of the largest possible
size that machinery could handle can be
extensively extracted from the quarries.
The properties have been prospected by
Portland capital with diamond-core drill
to a depth of 110 feet, with very satis
factory results, leaving no question as to
the final outcome of the proposition.
There are two streams of water coming
down and mea'hderlng through the quar
ries, carrying about 200 inches of water;
and about a mile away Is a waterfall
about 200 feet high, carrying from 300 to
.400 Inches of water.
There 13 abundance of timber on the
properties, consisting of red and yellow
cedar, hemlock and spruce. The avail
able transportation facilities will enable
this quarry to compete with any known
marble quarries in the world, and place
within easy command of the enterpris
ing builder a castle that will glow with
splendor.
SCENIC ASTORIA
ASTORIA Is one of the most pictur
esque of American towns, quaint and
old. having been founded by the early ex
plorers and trappers who came to this
country nearly 100 years ago. Long jthe
outpost of JoTin Jacob Astors trading
company, it was once taken by the British
and held as a. frontier fort. Placed here
on the steep river edge, where there was
rightly no room for a city, and finding' It
difficult to crowd Its way up the hill, the
town has reached out over the river, many
of the streets, banks, stores, hotels, can
neries and warehouses being set up on pil
ing, with the tide sweeping through un
derneath. Step off the sidewalk, and drop
20 feet into salt water; look through the
cracks in the little court of the hotel, and
see the "dark river swirling beneath, and
smell the barnacled piling. Even the rail
road that now reaches the town comes In
on legs, centlpede-Uke, a long bridge of
piers across a river bay.
It Is a strange. Interesting, not unambi
tious old town, set about with net-drying
platforms, slippery fish wharves, canner
ies exhaling the odor of cooking fish, the
little, low homes of fishermen and net
makers of many nationalities, from Nor
wegian to Portuguese; the crowded tene
ments of Chinese and Japanese workers in
the canneries; and, higher up the hill, the
more pretentious homes of the packers
and business men. Here -and there an In
dian or two, remnants of a passing tribe,
look on Imperturbably at the usurpation
of their ancient fishing places. When the
tide favors, the river beyond the wharves
Is busy with the heavy boats of the fish
ers, and often, more distant, on the
mighty, river one sees an ocean craft
bound up for Portland or down again to
the sea. Ray Stannard In the June Century-