TV Guide (November 20, 1953)

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June Byers, left, Betty Hawkins and shoe¬ less Nell Stewart, right, posing prettily. Of The Springs, Columbus, O. Her analysis of a man probes deeper than his bank balance. Her findings have been disappointing. A Crusader’s Purpose Miss Green came into wrestling by fulfilling a dare. Her brother put her up to it and thus the ranks of prac¬ tical nurses were depleted. Miss Hor¬ ton entered the sport as a crusader. Her purpose is to further attract at¬ tention to the fact that a woman can be as useful as a man. Available evidence indicates wres¬ tling is no more injurious to a woman’s health than gymnastics, ballet or aerial acrobatics. There is httle strain, for wrestlers are taught to cooperate when a lifting hold is applied. Oc¬ casionally some one who is poorly coordinated requires longer training in the gym. Generally this applies to a man. One noteworthy example, former heavy¬ weight boxing champion Primo Car- nera, instinctively stiffened at the moment he was intended to become airborne, according to a matman who took his basic gym training at the same time as the human leaning tower of Pizza. While women are more graceful than men, occasionally one accident¬ ally alters the shape of her ring companion’s nose or, almost as bad, elbows out an incisor. A man accepts such fate with a shrug, a sigh and an aspirin. But not women. Unfortunately, arenas were built before women invaded wrestling. Con¬ sequently, at most places, all of the women on a show must share a single dressing room. When a mishap oc¬ curs in one of their matches, the real battle begins when they return to the privacy of the dressing room. Cherchez I..a Femme Anyone physically fit and athleti¬ cally able, man or woman, may be¬ come a wrestler without enclosing any box tops or filling in the last line of a limerick. Simply make your in¬ tentions known to any wrestlers’ booking office. There are four prominent agencies for girls, among them the Women’s Wrestling Enterprise. According to Ruffy Silverstein’s count, there are at least 50 booking sources for men. “And no chains bind you to any one,” points out Ruffy. “What other sport offers complete freedom? Base¬ ball players are bought and sold like cattle, ’i^enever a wrestler wants to change booking offices, he (or she) is free to do so.” No Quarrel With TV Television, however, presents a fresh problem to Ruffy, the well-in¬ formed Illinois three-time National Collegiate AA champion whose lone departure from wrestling came in World War Two, and some of his as¬ sociates. He has no quarrel with TV. Nor is he displeased with the manner in which Wayne Griffin, the favorite of many wrestlers, and Russ Davis de¬ scribe the matches. Certainly no harm is done when the able Davis, describing a head hold, admonishes the applier with: “It won’t come apart—no dotted lines.” Next Week; PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT 22