"Thank Adam Hats for the Thrills"
Sport World, October 24, 1934

Surprising indeed are the thousands of wrestling enthusiasts who find it impossible to attend the shows, but who stick close to the microphone to get the hold-by-hold description of the championship and near-championship mat bouts staged by Jack Curley and so ably presented by Sam Taub. Taub is fast recognized as the ace sports broadcaster.

Thanks to the courtesy of Adam Hats, who have always sponsored important fight and mat bouts, including all of the championship bouts staged in the Madison Square Garden and the important contests held at the 71st Regiment Armory, the horde of mat enthusiasts have been able to get a bird's-eye version of the show right through the ether.

The technique of these broadcasts, like blow-by-blow in boxing matches and play-by-play in baseball and football, also enables the listeners-in to become throughly acquainted with every important hold.

They call wrestling the game of a thousand and one holds. That is true, yet for the most part the grips the fans are acquainted with are the headlock, flying mare, flying tackle, the body scissors and the leg scissors, the Japanese arm lock, the half and full nelson, the bar lock, the wrist and body pull, the cradle hold, the leg split, the spread eagle and others which space does not permit to enumerate.

That is why radio and wrestling go so well together. The ether familiarizes the fans who must remain at home with the technique of the game, the manner of delivery and gives them such a knowledge of the sport that when they do turn out to witness a match they can appreciate every move made by the contestants.

Broadcasting boxing bouts, which Adam Hats have done for so many years, has always helped the game, but we doubt if Sam Taub ever gets more of a thrill out of announcing sports events as in chronicling the hold-by-hold work of the wrestlers. And Adam Hats has always been the sponsor for the Jack Curley wrestling carnivals.