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...simple, direct method of sitting on opposite sides of a table, inserting their middle fingers in a leather loop and pulling. Well ballasted by beer, a hefty Bauerbursche (farm boy) can jerk an opponent belly-first across the table. At wedding receptions and opulent wakes, muscular champions of Fingerhackln (finger wrestling) customarily duel for a girl's favors. Last week in the market hall at Rosenheim, 76 burly Bavarians met for the Fingerhackln championship of the entire state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Finger Exercise | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

...seconds they grunted on even terms. Then Lehner, his face contorted like a gargoyle's, inexorably forced Glatz's fist over the line, rose to declare: "I'm blessedly glad that I've won today." With that the big brass band oompahed into the Fingerhackln Hymn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Finger Exercise | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

...doing Fingerhackln For the courage that it takes, For the knuckles that it breaks, For the pleasure that it makes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Finger Exercise | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

...please learn Fingerhackln well Otherwise, you go to hell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Finger Exercise | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

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