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Wrestling Measured in Tons WRESTLING is the most strenu ous eport on the face of the earth. For -wrestling brings into play every muscle of the body. Not only strength but suppleness is needed. The nruaclee of a wrestler must be developed in an entirely different manner from those of a boxer for instance. A fight er's force and power are directed away LIFE BOATS FOR 5,200 ON THIS SHIP The Imperator, Newest 70,000-Ton Transatlantic Liner, Also Has a Theatrical Stage and She's Longer by 149 Feet than America's Loftiest Skyscraper Is Tall. THERE came over to America about three months ago a little, half-bald old man with a beard and from him. A wrestler needs all kit strength and power to pull his adver sary toward him. His muscles must be compact, to bring out all his strength.. The fundamental principle of wrest ling is not to break out of the holds of your adversary but to prevent yourself from falling into the traps set by him. With plenty of strength at his com grizzled hair, stooping shoulders and a very German way with him. But age couldn't dim the keenness of his mand, any man can breaa any hold. But by keeping out of traps a wrestler eaves his strength and thus Is able to wear out his oppouent, for hie effort* to throw you will have robbed him of much of his vigor. Take the recent match between Stan- Zbyszko, the Polish giant, ana Raymundo Cazeaux, the champion 01 Italy, at the Madison Square Garden, I eye, and it was plain to : see that when jhe walked down the ; gangplank of the ! steamer which brought him from How In a Straggle on the Mat Heavyweights Zfbyszk© and Cazeaux Converted Strength Into Foot "Ppiuinds Until- tlhe Victor Had Lifted .am Estimated Total of 44 Tons, New York City. " The Pole allowed; the Italian to lire himself out In the first ten minutes of the match. Then, being the stronger man, Zbyezko pressed his shouldere to the mat after a terrific struggle' lasting four minutes and thirty-three seconds. . ' ! :■ During those tour minutes and thirty three seconds Zbyszko lifted Caseaux on the mat fourteen times. As Cazeaux. Hamburg he ■;was a person of much consequence. 'i !As soon as he got his baggage safe , ■ . . . ' ■■.. ; ' weighs 210 pounds, the Pole lifted 2,490 ; pounds—almost a ton and a half —in : that brief space of time. However, it I was actually more than twice that j weight, owing to the : resistance of j Cazeaux- In addition Zbyszko had to i resist Cazeaux, who succeded in lifting I him from the mat five times. The Pole weighs 255 pounds. _ Besides this Cazeaux worked himself The model of the Imperator, and its builder, Fritz Shodl. ashore in New York and h found hie hotel a taxi whisked tielittle old man downtown. There in a big building they■', took him to a room where stood the model of a mighty steamship— the \ Imperator. -■Fritz Shod!, i foremost model-maker of Europe, had come to y put the finishing touches on his own creation, a : perfect replica in ; minia ture of the real giant of the ocean. ■ "It's nothing," he laughed, when he was complimented on hie skill. ."I've been making little ; boats , since I was a boy, so; and I'm fifty-five years old; already now. Never did I make so many little lifeboats—B3 of them! The Imperator, he carries them ail; enough for 5,200 souls." *. .. -. The latest instrument for keeping j the course straight as a needle, the gyroscopic compass, not affected by magnetic disturbances, has ; been In stalled. There was also submarine sig nals and a wireless apparatus capable lof reaching at least one side of the I Atlantic at all times. . b. .-.■■■- -.■ v ■ ■' ~ .-■ ■ ■.■■■■ ■■■■ ■ . ■;■,■■. ■■■■■•■■■■■■■ . ■■, ■■■-. ■' :\ ■.■ ■ ■ ■. out of half a dozen ' half-Nelson and crotch holds during those four minutes and thirty-three seconds. : The strength required to do this is even greater than mere lifting• of .- the ' man. The . bout finally ended when Cazj&aux, tired out, allowed Zbyszko to - get an arm bar. The Pole then pressed the Italian's shoulders to the mat. .In the second bout "byszko lifted I Imperator'3) tonnage ■; is 70,000. His length exceeds the height of the Wool | worth Building, highest in the world, by 149 feet. Hβ lacks two feet of being 100 • feet - beam. His mast trucks tower i 246 fee* above the keel. . The funnels—each of ■■ the . three —69 • feet I long, 28 feet ) wide : and 18 feet - broad, are as big as an ordinary house. The rudder weighs 90 tons. ;■ This biggest steamship is not alone [a floating hotel, it is more like a city block at v sea. :.. Not r only ■; is there a main dining room, but a Ritz-Carlton i restaurant, a grill room, a tea garden,, a veranda cafe / and I several private I dining saloons as well. There is a ballroomi too, equipped for dancing and ; provided with a working stage i for theatrical performances and concerts. And you won't- be seasick when you look on, either. ;■. The ':'- big i ship has "compensating tanks, ,, iV which stop I much of the . roll :ofi a:' steamship ■in rough weather... . .;: ;, You don't _ have to go to bed in a | Cazeaux from the mat eleven times —« dead ; weight of : 2,320 pounds. During the remainder of the match the Pole; lifted his opponent twenty-five times. It was; like } shouldering a dead weight iof 5,260 pounds. , , ,"'- ' In pushing, resisting and lifting It Iβ estimated that the victor exerted strength equal to forty-four tons dur ing the bout. ■ - x ' bunk on the Imperator. All the first class stateroom* _ have metal bedsteads of shore proportions. There are also single bedrooms for passengers trav elling alone, so that strangers will not have to share a room together. There are telephones in every room. " ; Take a walk around. Isn't it like a city?. Here is ) a drug ; store ; and there a" florist's shop. Books ; are sold in an other store; there is the information bureau. v • : : There is a Roman bath amidships, with a Pompeian swimming pool 4 39 feet long and 21 ; feet wide. Of course there is a gymnasium and ft squash court, and if you feel like more exer else' you can use the running track to your heart's content. ' v ;. Imperator has a horse-power of 62, --000 and • a speed of '22% knots, deV'cf--, oped by quadruple screws. Each of the immense rotors in the turbines has 50,000 blades, big enough for an or dinary steamship.. ,