The Washington herald., 1908-03-21
AHACK" REALMARVEL
Champion Wrestler Seen at
Convention Hall.
SPEEDY AS WELL AS STRONG
Russian Lion COnvinces More Than
n Thousand Spectators that He Is
Well Verscd in Science of the Mat.
Throws Turner and Mackey, in Ad-
ditiOn TO His Giant Partners.

| HackenSchmldt, the only Hack. that
marvel of agility and preponderant
strength; worlds champion wrestler for
six years. and as yet undefeated, was
seen for the first time in Washington
last night. when fully 1000 persons as
sembled at Convention Hall and watched
him toss his training partners, veritable
giants in size. about the roped arena
In addition Joe Turner and Rob Roy
Mackey. well-known local lights, essayed
to withstand the onslaughts of the ply
sical marvel, but they were as pygmies IN
his hands. and succumbed after a few
/ seconds Of unavailing wriggling.
Not only did THE Russian Lion"
convince the spectators that ne is the
strongest man in the world but showed
conclusively in his bouts with his train
ing partners that he knows the wrestling
game. Despite his huge size. Hacken-
schmidt is lightning fast and makes good
use Of speed.
The most striking feature of his work
last night was the consummate ease with
which he emerged from a hold. On sew
eral occasions he permitted his opponent
to get him in what would ordinarily prove
a troublesome position. but seemingly
without the slightest effort he would
break the hold. and in a fash by some
deXterous move be or top again
Throws Turner in Forty Seconds.
Hacks first opponent was Joe Turner.
Turner was caught around the waist and
gently laid on the mat. After a few
spasmodic struggles, Hack sat on him.
and Referee Pat O'Connor timidly patted
the big fellow on the back by way OF
announcing him victor. All this took Just
forty seconds.
For the second bout the Lion had as
his opponent Rob Roy Mackey. Nackey
surprised the crowd by staying one min
ute and twenty-three seconds. mainly by
racing around the ring, with the Russian
after him Mackey can lay claim, how
ever to have broken hold on Hack.
which he did by headspring after Hack
had gotten him down on the mat Hack
went right after him. and Mackey was
/ forced through the ropes. On his return
TO the ring. Hack obtained a Nelson and
body hold. and Rob went the way Of his
predecessor
Turner decided to try il again. and.
profiting by Mackey's example. retained
his feet as long as he could. and there
by heightened the match a trife Turner
proved as slippery as an EEL but Hacks
great strength enabled him 10 get a cross
arm hold, with which he threw him in
"a seconds.
Hacks next victim was a strapping
youngster named Henry Paulson. from
Minneapolis, who weighed 215 pounds.
against Hacks 30. Paulson showed some
superior strength told and with one OF
his famous neck holds, Hack finally
forced the Westerner's shoulders to the
mat in minutes and 15 seconds.
German n worthy Opponent.
After short rest the Russian went on
with Emil Stegemueller in what proved
to he the most exciting bout Of all Stege-
mueller, who travels with Hackenschmidt.
weighs 255 pounds and is strong with 1t.
The struggle between these two noun
tains of nerve and muscle reminded one
Of the descriptions one has read of the
gladIators of old.
In this bout Hael1enschmidt was not the
aggressor more than half the time. as the
big German proved a worthy opponent
and gave the crowd a hint as 10 what
may be expected when the Russian meets
Frank Goteh, the American title holder,
for the championship Of the world.
II was in this match that the premier
grappler convinced his onlookers thar he
knew how TO wrestle After having his
opponent wriggle out of several omi-
nOus-looking holds, he turned and grab
bed him around the neck and threw aim
over his head The German maintained
bridge which Hack failed to break and TO
obtain the fall Hack followed his opno-
nents example and bridged on top of him
with his arms around his waist. the
weight of which forced the Germans
shoulders slowly but surely to the can
vas. The bout lasted for six minutes and
sixteen seconds.
In the preliminaries Joe Turner threw
Frye Kingti in six minutes with a body
lock. and Mackey and Frank Huesmann
went ten minutes to draw