COMMENT AND GOSSIP ON ATHLETICS
It is the fattest
and greatest and heaviest that wins in the most popular Japanese wrestling
game. In the strictest sense jiu jitsu is not wrestling but a system of
self-defense. The real sport exhibitions of which are periodically pulled
off before the mikado, is for two men to come together in scanty trunks
and attempt to shove each other over a mark. In this it is obvious is weight
to be cultivated, and endurance. The champion of this style is Mr. Umegatani,
who is now on the Pacific coast preparing to show through the country perhaps
Butte. Notwithstanding Mr. Umegatani's corpulent build - and he really
looks like a washerwoman on dress parade - he is said to be a very powerful
man and possessed of unusual staying qualities. The emperor of Japan has
often said to be very enthusiastic about this type of wrestling.