The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-05
.|NRE5T'LERS WANT
TO co N INTO RING.
Believed iii Many Quarters That That;
Mat Will Furnish y Next ~ 81. Op-
ponent Of Jef.fliriicssS.
Big RUSSIAN V: l'''' \ ANXIOUS X '':)
Jccm Jcffries, 5vi III Him
Says IIackensclllnidt & Conf
dently Gotcll's Prospects. II
BIG RUSSIAN v'ERY ANXIOUS X IS;

snec,nI 70 Tho Times. 1,ispatch.)

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0 Especial to Tho Times Dispatch M 3i@
NEW YORK, March a. Despite the denials
from various sources, tho Impression Is grow
thai the next opponent & 1ini.sJ rleas mn "
como from, tho wrestling mat. The npparent'
zir,probabty TIM, the ring can furnish tho
&title holder with n worthy contender r has
caused inatchnnkcrss and promoters to look
elsewhere for q trained q thleto whose RECORDS
APPEAR to give him q chnnce with me .neayS.
TO furnish the only opportunity IN this, dlfec
ton. While 1t Is n far croy from, p,g lisn, to:
Wrestling, / he only big men available Mt pres
ont In athlettcs arc lii THE latter dlvision The
of u wrestler Is entirely dlite rent from
Chat p,ishcd by the boxer but th9a experts
In both clusses are capable II sustaining great
8physIca Y eXertion and enduring bruisng per.
sonnl conflict. t.,{S 38 ~ .yE TX n
Gotch and #Hack schmidt.
III scanning fthe wrest fling HORIZON for, pos;
Ssible opponents for JeTries two Wrcstlers stanu
FIN They y are po'T Frank G6eE. 81 this country
George Iiackensehmidt,5 known as the3sf * w.
sian Lion.' Both Of these athletes have pub
liey announced that they are seriously con-
9trinplating entering a ring career. 1lacken-
$sch,nidt,} WHO'S now touring Australia. meet
ing al! ccmers on the matnnd who rs
pgcte, to reach this n lew "e tlH'
i said recently in Melbourne: W, -, I,
4 ain learning boxing already and when
get to Amerlca challenge nSf
Bhe goot Int bpcksing, y on are toe DIE, Z VOC ~
strong too heavy + saEsto them, Ieem I 81
fries he taller heavier dan ne =, roi, pTas
would be TOD slow for cat ching him IN. ger
ring. YOU have seen me wIest tH !. Z,
G1l1 x fnfe1 30 nl Quick bes
argued uackenschn,idt. y and as for learning
4t;ooner. Moir ,cuches me- and n Know so'''e-
Ss., mi,ix su,oon, former wrestling champion
M another Who believes that It Is not an M,
+. gsble step from the wrestling mater . sns;
ring He writes OF Frank Gotehs en am syh h
Frank t;otch. thcss champion wrestler , !. OF
America, cannot become successtu n ,,a,,
and have good chance TO reaen ane o ~ his
pph fr.ieai ABILITY. The fact Of his being n
c cha wrestler should not be a detrment 10
hin on the other hand that faet h Is one IN
proyea by his success wrestling that hs,Fns
:Mnnderfnh endurance. the necessary -
sence, good iudEment ana nnSs'ea a. champion
hs ri SO has lilo advantage OF having -
The punishment that one sure Ie al
Hconend against In "a, cnamp'ons'' pan and
Sa.ss uo,np calls for IN entirely different
muscular trannf. hoxi the vs. AZ
AZ upon na ,nf e6ashse endurance and
s,ren,.,h depend entirely upon the f y y
muscles. For that reason, 4 this man !, 1nKe
IN boxing, he will give up IL
fs1irif the fiexo muscles are Kept aphor,i,s
na,eInned as they generally are In "a wrestler
that VIII interfere with tho proper dexeloH
nent Of the extensor IN o,htt y - NJ VI
1nr shold give up wrestling and begin ms
I mo "a RI ton, for boxing by spnrrng with every
4 i6dy WHO IL Wiling to put the gloves on WI
/ him lie SHOULD not try TO MT lts. u ~,
,inmdinr more on hts 8q,iickness, Judgment I o.
H;siane, and foot work 1t would take q yea 8 or
more OF constant practice With dilterent p913e,s
4 Of style and different sizes before ne wo";m NV ~
1 iti'to "a inst he second class men. lnGli
4 r. l,e succeeds in whipping these men he
/. can take Il shy at @chanplonshp st