." >> reporter: where roy phelps lives wrestling has a bit of an image problem. >> there aren't many people of color. >> reporter: he's from chicago's south side. >> two of my best friends were killed due to gun violence. >> reporter: but everything changed for him when the 15-year-old found wrestling through a group called beat the streets. >> i want to be better than i was at the beginning of the day, and i thought wrestling was a way to help. >> reporter: the program uses one of the world's oldest sports to teach lessons kids can use on and off the mat. mike powell runs the chicago chapter. what is a success for you? >> creating life champions. a life champion to us is somebody who has changed their lives, the way they function, their futures, right? >> reporter: when it comes to diversity, wrestling lags badly behind other college sports. a recent survey found about 7% of division one wrestlers are black. compared to 48% of players in football and 56% in basketball. >> being a minority in any sport's very different. you kind of don't know your place. >> reporter: ed ruth won thre

." >> reporter: where roy phelps lives, wrestling has a bit of an image problem. >> there aren't manyr. >> reporter: he's from chicago's south side. >> two of my best friends were killed due to gun violence. >> reporter: but everything changed for him when the 15- year-old found wrestling through a group called beat the streets. >> i want to be better than i was at the beginning of the day, and i thought wrestling was a way to help. >> reporter: the program uses one of the world's oldest sports to teach lessons kids can userts to teach lessons kid on and off the mat. mike powell runs the chicago chapter. what is a success for you? >> creating life champions. a life champion, to us, is somebody who has changed their lives, the way they function, their futures, right? >> reporter: when it comes to iversity, wrestling lags badly behind other college sports. a recent survey found about 7% of division one wrestlers are black, compared to 48% of players in football and 56% in basketball. >> being a minority in any sport is very different. you kind of don't know your place. >> reporter: ed r

they probably don't picture kids like roy phelps. did you know anything about wrestling? >> no.> reporter: he is from chicago's south side. >> two of my best friends were killed due to gun violence. >> reporter: i can't imagine what that's like. >> yeah. >> reporter: where he lives wrestling has a bit of an image problem. >> there aren't that many black people or people of color. >> reporter: but everything changed when he found wrestling and beat the streets. >> i want to be better than i was at the beginning of the day. and i thought wrestling was the way to help get me there. >> reporter: the program uses one of the world's oldest sports to teach kids in underserved communities skills on and off the mat. she took her first plane ride here from los angeles. >> speak out more, say more of what i think instead of saying yes to anything and being okay with anything. >> reporter: there are ten chapters from coast to coast, kids and coaches, gathered recently in chicago for two days of clinics and a tournament. a chance to learn and see what's possible from, for example, ed ruth, a

. >> roy phelps is already seeing the results.emarch, cbs news, chicago. >>> and that's the overnight news for this monday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online at cbs news.com. reporting from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm liliana luciano. >>> this is cbs news flash. i'm elise preston in new york. two people are hospitalized following a shooting outside six flags great america in gurney, illinois. at least one other person was hurt. park goers scrambled for cover as shots rang out around closing time on sunday. >>> a federal trial for r. kelly is set to begin in chicago. a key witness in a child porn case will testify she and kelly had sex on camera when she was just 14 years old. in 2008 they acquitted r. kelly in a similar case when the same key witness did not testify. >>> a u.s. delegation will meet with taiwanese leaders. this comes on the heels of nancy pelosi's controversial visit to . for more news download the cbs news on your app or cell ph