The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-07-21
Gotch Still Wrestling.

Humboldt, Ia, July 14.-(Special.)-
Frank A. Gotch, champion catch as
catch can wrestler of America, returned
here this week from months wrest-
ling trip east. The greater part of his
time was spent in Buffalo, where he had
two important matches. He agreed to
throw Clarence Bolden, better known as
the Cuban Wonder" twice in an hour.
He was able t throw him once and
started for the second fall when time
was called. Bolden is regarded as one
OF the most speedy and clever wrestlers
OF his weight in America, but Gotch,
outweighing him by many pounds, sur
passed him in both. But the most i'm
portant bout was with James Parre,
champion catch as catch can wrestler of
England. PARE is great favorite in
Buffalo where the match was given and
had boasted before the match that he
would make Gotch look like thirty cents.
His leg holds no one yet had gotten
away from. Gotch won the best two
falls in three, PARE getting none, in
about fifty minutes for the two, Gotch
showing the eastern people great ex-
hibition and considerably humiliating
Parre, whose leg holds didn't seem to
bother Gotch in the least. The eastern
people were much surprised at his work
! and became great admirers of him. The
dailies gave him. compliments that they
had given no other professional, speak
ing of him as a manly man and true
gentleman as well as wonderful wrest-
Her.
Frank, as his friends know him, left
tonight for the west in response to a
telegram from his manager, stating that
he had arranged match with Dan
Mcleod, who is well known over the
| United States as a wrestler of consider
able ability. Mcleod has been going
over the same ground which Gotch
covered last year in his wrestling tour.
He has defeated many of the same men
Gotch won from in considerable less
time which has caused him to think he
could possibly win from Gotch. The
match will take place at Vancouver,
British Columbia, where a sporting club
has put up a large purse in order to.
havesthe men come there. The date set
|is August 7th. Gotch will train in
washington and will wrestle a handicap
match with man in that section as a
preliminary try-out.
Mr.. Gotch likes the west much better
than the east for wrestling. In the east
there is not so much enthusiasm shown.
nor are the people SO anxious to paw
nice prices to see a good bout The
west is the field for the wrestler accord
ing to Mr.. Gotch and he will probably
remain there for some time.
George Hackenschmidt, the Russian
lion, champion Graeco-Roman wrestler
of the world, is still writing to Gotcl1
Offering any sum Gotch cares to put up
to meet him in this style Of wrestling.
Gotch is far from anxious to meet him
in this style, but if Hackenschmidt
comes to America next year, as it is re-
ported he will do, Gotch will try for a
match in catch as catch can style. But
that is where the Russian does not care
to tread and whether these two great
est of present wrestlers will ever meet
or not is now an interesting question.
There is no doubt that the Russian is
the best in his favorite line of al the
world. His speed in defeating Jenkins
two falls in about thirty minutes each,
was surprise. His power seems to lie
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