The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-12
WRESTLING.
Grapplers Compete More OFTEN I'm Their
Work Than Fighters.

| Tho average wrestler completes consider
! ably more often than the fighter If they can
| secure the engagements. tho grapplers will MI
| them as last as they come and never complain
! ofthe strain 1t is not the same with pugilists
| After champion fighter boxes two or three
times year he insists upon rest 1t Ia
I different with the grapplcr He Keeps wrest-
ing most OF the time One reason Is that
the emoluments from the sport are very small
! compared with those the fighter receiyes.
II wrestler wants TO lay OF he can do so.
hut at the same time he suffers a pecuniary
1883 me public forgets him quickly and
pHtronizes the next conner who shows any
ability on the mat
Frank Gotch. tho American champion
catch "a catch can expert. who Is matched
10 meet Tom Jenkins in Madison Square
Garden next Wednesday night. Is good
example OF the consistently employed
wrestler Ever since Gotch reached the top
OF his class at his particular style he has
been busy man Immediately after he
defeated jim Parr in this city few weeks
ago he went West where heShas been very
successful. Gotch's first stop was Wash
ington. There he downol Joe Grant three
times In one hour Following that came his
match in Cincinnati, where he met Charlie
Wittner. the G. n ottoman restL'r. Gotch
won IN ml>cd style match throwing Wttner
twice IN one hour at Wittner's own style.
AT Canton two nights later Gotch threw
Eddie Conley and Frank Burns three times.
both within an hour and half. Al Spring
held last Monday night Gotch pinned Eddie
Barr to the mat three times In less then thirty
minutes. Nov Gotch is after match with
George llackenschmidt. the Russian Lion.
ana says that if he conpuers Jenkins he will
Insist on the foreigner giving him a chance.
i understand that Hackenschmidt viii
not meet any ono unless tho contest is under
straight GrwcO-R Roman rules" said Gotch
This Il rather strange announceWeut
Tor Hackcn-chmdt to make The popular
style in this country Is catch IA catch can,
and Il the Russian Lion" viii agree to these
conditions will meet him Or II be Is satis-
He'd J viii consent 20 mixed, style Grpco-
Roman and cltch a. catch can. the man
securing any fan In the shortest tine to DO
allowed TO chose the style for tho final fall.
me American public. think likes 10 sea
matches ut catch IA catch can style, because
thi3 Kind oilers plenty of action. Nouroulnh
and number Of the big Turks who appeared
in America tiled IN this way. although
they were Acknowledged at their best at
Greco Roman.
Tom Connors. the veteran Grrco- Roman
champion Of England. Is on deck again after
"A long spell OF Illness Conpors Is over 50
years OF age, but just as spry and vigorous
as man OF 80 years. Counors wants to
VISIT America again, provided he Is assured
that when he comes here he viii get some
tiating for a 0ni-h contest with Paul Dupont
OF France. Dupont has done some capital
WoEk on the mat. and many French;nen think
hin. q worthy successor of Paul Pon-. the
Old French ChnwiiGn, Dupont j. also con-
temoltuc a trip to this country His visit
in "a way depends on hi- victory over Con-
nors. If Tue match Is arranged 1t is likely
TINT the affair viii take place.
Harvey Parker has not kept his word about
retiring for good from the business. Parker
IS az present somewhere IN the West whcre
10 has been wrestling a. an unknown
Parker says that ne changed his mind about !
quitting the game and adds that the reason
That he did not appear under his own name
was because he was compelled to do go.
You see. explained Parker, III an !
nounced myself would not have been able !
10 secure any matches somehow the present /
generation OF Wresilers light shy Of me THIS |
Is hard 10 understand. when you take in con- |
that am over 80 wears old. and have |
been in the game for twenty-five years. /
wrestler he somehow srut', ambitious rivals. |
who give him a wide berth. Travelling =
lnco gnlio Is no crime in nay profession /
cannot long conceal my personalitv a. am
rnco gni2cd a. soon ms entor the ring. | have
won number Of matches aud large wagers
on The outside
Frank Gotten added another victory to his
long list by defeating Jim Parr Of England
III last Friday night. The two met al Utica, !
y IN hf lil d hott ana GotGh tooS
10 seconds and the second IN - minutes. I
I he style was catch as catch can.
Efforts are under way - match Teddy sitter
II the National A. c., Brooklyn, against Phil
Kelly. Kelly is the wrestling partner Of Tom
,herkey. and when In any kind Of trim is "a
lif1oult man to beat; Chris Dalton. siuer's
or his man with Kelly any time the latter
ees At. An that Dalton asks s that Kelly
'osts forfeit. This undoubtedly Will be
resdy has dccepted paons e4s Afy
1atch will be held probably at saengerbund
iall, Brooklyn, within three weeks.