Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1911 — WILL WRESTLE GREEK. [ARTICLE]

WILL WRESTLE GREEK.

Billy Stewart to Take On a Lafayette “Rassler” March 4. By the Recently Developed Athletic Critic Another wrestling match has been arranged for March 4 between Stewart and a Greek from Lafayette. The Greek agreeing to throw Stewart twice in 40 minutes or lose the match, it is said. Unless this Greek is quite a “rassler” he should have his hands full as according to report he and Stewart are about the same weight, and 40 minutes is not so long. ** * * The sporting editor of the Republican arises in his “mite” and says that Mr. Stewart informed him (the aforesaid sporting editor) that the hold by which Stewart had thrown Maple was a “waist hold.” With all due respect to both the official announcer and Mr. Stewart, we beg to differ. First—Because in “wrestling phraseology” (my hut I love those large words) there is no such hold. And 49 other reasons. A “waist hold” may be the proper caper at a social function, or one of those soiree tilings, hut you can take it from me, the average man at the ringside wouldn’t know a “waist hold” if it was offered to him on a silver platter. . ■ “Bear holds” and “squeeze holds” may be the goods but you can gamble a “yellow back” to 10c Mex. that they are unknown outside of the official announcer’s vocabulary. (What do you think of that word, bo?)