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x By Art Qianslrv
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Almost allowing myself to
get talked into intramural
wrasslin' the other day brings
back some hysterical memories
of a professional sports craze
that swept the nation less than
a decade ago pro wrestling.
Although the sport still
exists and the pro tour
continues to sneak in and out
of many American cities, all
the glamour and mania that
once made the spectacle a top
attraction has died.
Names like Eduard
Carpentier and Gorilla
Monsoon once drew rowdy and
capacity crowds into the huge
arenas throughout the country,
momentarily pushing to the
background professional
basketball and hockey.
Thousands of fervent fans
jammed big name auditoriums
such as Madison Square
Garden, Boston Garden and
San Francisco's Cow Palace to
watch the grapplers pound
each other into the mat.
The ironic thing about the
whole craze was that it was a
big hoax, and everyone that
went to watch knew it.
Every drop kick, flying
mare and airplane spin was
preplanned, and the outcome
of every match was known
before any of the monsters
climbed between the ropes.
But the fans loved it. The
harder someone got hit, the
better they liked it. The more
shenanigans that went on
would just bring the crowd
back again for the next
scheduled card.
Probably the most popular
champion of the time was
Killer Kowolski, the enormous
dum-dum that used the feared
abdominal claw hold to punish
his opponents.
Kowolski took the
championship from Carpentier
and held it for almost five
years. Then the wrestling
promoters cleaned up more
than any other period,
because the mo$e times the
unpopular Kowolski
successfully defended his title,
the fans became that much
more anxious to see him lose
North Dakota State Hot
it.
Two of Kowolski's matches
especially stand out, both of
which enraged the fans to the
point of almost going after the
Killer themselves.
The first involved a veteran
pro wrestler named Lou Thesz
whose most potent weapon
was something called the
Greco-Roman backdrop. Thesz
pinned Kowolski to begin their
two-of -three fall match bv
dumping Killer on his head and
pouncing on him while the
referee dramatically banged the
mat three times to the delight
of the fanatical crowd.
Kowolski evened the score
shortly after by using his claw
hold which was supposed to rip
his opponents', stomachs apart.
He got Thesz on the mat and
then dived into his mid-section
like a leapord stalking his prey.
Shortlv before thp
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the time limit, Thesz pinned
Kowolski to apparently
capture the title, but the ref
claimed that one of Killer's legs
was under the ropes, nullifying
the victory. The crowd went
beserk.
The referee, whose name
his since been forgotten, was
immediately stripped of his
license by the wrestling
commission and decided to
become a grappler himself. In
his first bout the following
night, he was pinned in thirty
seconds of the introduction.
The other Kowolski match
was against little Pepper
Gomez, the man with the cast
iron stomach. Everyone
thought Gomez was a cinch to
take the title, because his
tough midrift couldn't be
penetrated by KowolskTs claw.
But after Pepper airplane
spinned the Killer into a pin,
the match ended in a draw
when Kowolski rallied to
knock Gomez cold with what
was supposed to be an illegal
punch.
The two met once more on
a Saturday afternoon television
wrestling show called "Bedlam
in Boston." Gomez, boasting
his cast iron tummy,
challenged Kowolski to climb
to the top of the ring post and
jump on his stomach. The
Killer accepted the invitation,
but instead of jumping on the
Pepper's abdomen, he leaped
from the ropes crashing down
with a knee drop on Gomez's
neck. You can imagine what
followed. They were still
hitting each other over the
head with wooden chairs when
the show went off the air.
And finally, there were the
women. One famous tag team
of June Byers, the ghTi heavy
champ, and the Blonde
Bombshell had a postr match
ritual in which they grabbed
each of their opponents in a
headlock and after a running
start smashed their noggins
together in the center of the
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The women would wrestle
last when there was no
championship bout scheduled
and many times it was a fitting
ending for the epitomes of
femininity.
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NEW YORK (UPI)-It's
hard to believe that a team
with a 9-0 record is helpless,
but that's North Dakota State's
current situation.
The Bisons, who completed
their regular season schedule
last week, know their hopes for
derailing San Diego State from
a third consecutive small
college championship lies
completely with the unbeaten
Aztecs.
San Diego State, which
retained its top ranking
Wednesday when the
35-member United Press
International board of coaches
cast 29 first place ballots for
the Aztecs, has two games
remaining. North Dakota
State's only hopes to surpass
the Aztecs now lie with
Tennessee State, which faces
San Diego State Saturday, and
major college Utah State, the
Aztecs' opponent the following
week.
New Mexico Highlands, also
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TEAM POINTS
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2. f?;DakotaSt.T3)(9-0) 302
3. x-N.M.Highlands(2)(9-0) ,:45
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6. Morgan St. (7-1) 105
7. Tampa (7-2) 102
8. W.Ky.(7-l-l) 51
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Kentucky (36); 12. Humboldt
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was sixth, followed by Tampa, International top 10 small
which dropped to seventh after college football teams with
being upset by Southern first place votes and
Illinois. w on-lost-tied records in
The United Press parentheses. (Ninth week).
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