Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-16
GOTCH TO MEET
RUSSIAN LION
MATCH BETWEEN
THESE MEN WILL DECIDE THE
CHAMPIONSHIP OF WORLD AT
TCH-As-CATCH-CAN STYLE.

CATCH-AS-CATCH-CAN STYLE.
CHICAGO, H., March 14.-In the
Coliseum in this city, on the night
of April 3, George HackenschmIdt
the world-renowned wrestler, Will
contest for the worlds champion
ship with Frank Gotch, the Amori-
can champion. The bout has attract
ed attention on both sides of the At
lantic, and should prove the choicest
tidbit that has been offered Ameri-
can followers of the game in years.
The men will wrestle to a finish, the
winner gaining two falls out of
three and carrying off the lion 5
share of the gate receipts, besides a
large side bet and the championship
title
Hackenschmidr, VINO is popularity
known as the Russian lion," is not
q stranger to America. He visited
this country some years ago, meeting
all corners and returning home with
the scalp of Tom Jenkins, the Amer
lean champion of that time, dangling
at his belt Since that time, how
ever he has added to his reputation
by his continuous success on the
padded mat until today he is regard
ed in Europe as invincible.
II ~ IN P1lC-
STA and received a liberal education.
At college he became a GraecoRo-
man wrestler and defeated all the
0mateurs he met. Afterwards he
went to Paris and won all the tour
naments there, including the inter
national of Europe, and later turned
professional On his first visit to
England he defeated Tom Cannon,
then the champion Graeco-Roman
wrestler of the world In turn he
defeated Anton Pierre, the Terrible
Greek" Madrali, the celebrated
Turkish wrestler.
Tom Jenkins, who then held the
American title, went to England and
challenged Hackenschm' DIT to a
match. The Russian defeated him
4 at the Albert hall in 10 and Fl min
utes respectively, in two straight
falls. Hackenschmidt then toured
! America and Australia and defeated
all corners.
Contrary to the popular concep'
4 ton, Hackenschmidt is not a giant
in stature. He is only 5 feet 8 II
i inches tall and weighs in condition
210 pounds. He has a chest measure
ment of So inches and wears % "
& inch collar. His waist measurement
ment is only 80 inches. His thighs
are very heavy and the calves of his
legs also, but for all this he is re
markably light on his feet,
Frank Gotch, who is picked upor
as the most likely man to wrest tht
worlds title from the Russian, Il
4 still comparatively young at tn
wrestling game No so many years
8 ago he was working on, a farm IL
Iowa. Farmer" Burns owned tn
farm, and it was he who introduces
Gotch to the wrestling game. 1t di'
not take Burns long to discover tina
Gotch was a born wrestler, and n
proceeded to teach him the I'm
I points of the game. The young mai
was raw at first, but before long h
/ learned the science of the game an
began to attract attention. In tn
course of time he succeeded in get
ting on matches with various wrest
lers of prominence. Among the me
he met were "Gripman" Rooney G
Chicago, Leo Pardello, the italian
Jim Parr, the Englishman, "Lank
Rogers and Fred Beel the Wisconsin
wrestler. Gotch shot through tn
bunch until he met Tom Jenk1n
and then he stopped--temporarily
Later he met and defeated the Amer
lean champion, and then he mad
oyertures for a match with Hacken
schmidt. $50 49,. 4 49, - -
/ But Haekenschmidt at this tim
was sticking to the Graeco-Roma
style of wrestling, while Gotch wa
| familiar only with the catch-a'
cateh-can game. Since then Hacf
enschmidt has become an adept
catch-as-catch-ca wrestling, an
this is the style in which the tw
will contest in their coming mattel