"Nearly all countries had their ancient form of wrestling, such as the colorful glima of the Icelanders, the schweizer swingen of the Swiss, the Cumberland of the Irish, the rough Lancashire style of the Scotch. Graeco-Roman wrestling, still popular in foreign countries and still on the Olympic program, stipulates that legs cannot be used for attack or defense and that every hold must be above the belt. Wrestling is older than civilization in India and China and has been popular in Germany for centuries. In fact, several of our crack American wrestlers were husky men of German extraction: Eugene Sandow, Max Luttbeg, Frank Gotch, Joe Stecher, Ray Steele and Dick Daviscourt. In America the prevailing hold is catch-as-catch-can, in which only the strangle hold is barred. All American wrestling was amateur at first. Friendly scufflings were held outdoors at picnics and fairs like the backwoods bouts of young Abraham Lincoln. However, soon the best wrestlers went on tour, meeting all comers, and the sport widened."