Identifier: sportsofworldwit00afla (find matches)
Title: The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918
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Publisher: London Paris New York : Cassell
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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e they the outcome of aspecial breeding system, as some globe-trottersdeclare. Thev come, for the most part, from thesea-coast or from the mountains, which is notremarkable when one remembers that Japan isalmost entirely one or the other. Few of themaie city bred ; they began as lusty lads eager toearn more than they could ever hope to by fishingfor someone else on the treacherous island coast,or cultivating minute patches of ground whichrest almost on edge on the mountain sides. Withthis desire for financial advancement they appren-ticed themselves to members of the wrestlingguild, and butted their way up, grade by grade,until they became seki-lori (place-holders^. Wages increase from nothing at all in the be-ginning of the apprenticeship up to about 12s.a day in tourney time for the first-class men.The management finds them in food and drinkbesides, and they receive many times their salaryin the form of presents from their admirers. Theyare in demand at entertainments even among the
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o a 96 THE SPORTS OF THE WORLD. aristocracy, when they dance in the ancientmanner of their guild, and obliterate comestiblesin a way that is ever marvellous. Taking it allin all the successful Japanese wrestler has whatthe Americans call a cinch. Another art of defence in Japan which is in highfavour is Jujutsu, or Judo in Chinese (as the

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