>>14701727"Stanislaus was quoted by Harry Grayson for an article printed in the October 24, 1953
edition of the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin as saying: “A man
hurling himself through the air is off balance. His opponent merely has to give him a shove to
topple him to the mat. His opponent simply can sidestep and fall on the other man when he
lands on the mat. That’s why Antonino Rocca’s dropkick, which seems to impress the crowd, is
so laughable. An honest wrestler could pin Rocca in five seconds by grabbing a foot and
pouncing on him when he landed with his body out of control.”
Zbyszko blasted Rocca, something that was improbable if he was the man’s trainer and friend.
Rocca was also a noted “worker,” and Stanislaus was a man who held the wrestling sport to a
high standard, unimpressed with the dramatics of grappling in the 1950s."
