The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-08
TOP NOTCH WRESTLER OF
WORLD TO BE SEEN IN
SEATTLE.
Several Big Matches Have Been Ar
ranged to Take Place on the
Mats.

Seattle lovers of wrestling are to be
the champion of the world on the mat.
Gotch will arrive in Seattle next Fri
day from Buffalo, where he had a
couple of matches, and will wrestle
with John Berg, at the Grand Opera
house on the night of July 20.
Gotch being the champion and
bigger man than Berg, has to give the
Bellingham strong boy odds. He
agrees to throw Berg two falls in one
hour, and if Berg wins a fall he wins
the match. This boy Berg is improv-
ing SO fast that he is a dangerous man
for even Gotch, despite the difference
in weights, and he has plenty of
friends in this city who will risk
money that Gotch can not down him
twice in an hour. q
Gotch Is Very Fast.
Gotch is conceded to be the fastest
big man in the business today but he
is not as fast as Berg. AS a matter
of fact, Dan Mcleod is the only man
in the business who has anything on
Berg so far as speed is concerned
and even Dan has to be in the finest
kind of shape to get around faster
than the Bellingham favorite
Berg is learning new tricks about
wrestling all the time. A year ago he
was too eager to be at his man, and
did not care much how he got in, but
now he wrestles more carefully, and
takes advantage of every slip of his
opponent. He is a, giant in strength
and has a bull neck that makes it
practically impossible for another man
to do any business with a half Nell
son hold.
Gotch is undoubtedly the best
wrestler in America today, and the
only man who has a chance to beat
him is Dan Mcleod. Since coming to
the coast about two months ago, Dan
has been working quietly at Hastings
just outside of Vancouver, with the
avowed intention of winning back the
worlds championship. He is the log
zeal opponent for Gotch. and the
champion cannot afford to ignore the
stocky Canadian.
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An announcement was sent out from
Bellingham yesterday that Gotch and
Mcleod had been match to wrestle
for the championship of the world
there August 2, and if Dan is down to
175 pounds, those at the ringside will
see the two fastest heavyweights in
the world at work.
This match with John Berg will
give the Seattle sports a line on GOtch
for any man who can down John Berg
twice in an hour is going some in
the wrestling line. Berg will be in the
best possible condition, as usual. He
is never out of condition; he has no
bad habits, and he is always out to
win. By his splendid exhibitions
here he has won a larger following
than any of the wrestlers.
Veterans Will Meet.
on the same night Duncan Mcmillan
the old war horse, will try to throw
Joe Carroll. manager for Gotch. two
falls in an hour. the conditions of the
match to be the same as the Gotch-
Berg go. Carroll is the best leg
wrestler in the country, and those who
saw him go on with an unknown at
the Grand Opera house, stopping only
long enough to remove his outer
clothing, need not be told that he is
a game. clever man.
Carroll saw Dan Mcleod wrestle
the Indian in Seattle and said that
night that Dan would stand a better
chance to win from Gotch than any
man in the country. Duncan McMil-
Ian and Dan have been working to-
gether. and Carroll was not surprised
when he heard that they were getting
ready for GOtch. The champion is
ever ready to wrestle; he is always in
good condition, and he started for Sc
attic as soon as he learned there was
a chance to make a match.