Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-04-10
WRESTLING THE CHAMP IS
 SORE A BIT Gotch Pays His Compliments to the Russian and the Turk
 Gets in His.

ling game and said he had under con- sideration an offer to go to Europe next fall for S1;700 week to dem onstrate how he threw the supposed ly invincible Russian Lion." The gross receipts of the match, Promoter Wittig announced to-day were $44,- 900 and the expenses $29,O00.
 Gotch is indignant at the charges cabled to the London Daily Mail by George Hackenschmidt. The con- plaints made by the Russian Lion come as a complete surprise to Chi cago sportsmen, as Hackenschmidt Friday night, after the defeat, was profuse in his acknowledgements of his opponents ability and fairness. Here is what he said fifteen minutes after his defeat:
 ''I have no complaint to make Gotch had been so thoroughly mas saged for a week before the match that when his pores were open some oily substance came out and con- pletely baffiled my attempts to get hold of him. Still it was fair, as might have done the same thing. have no complaint to make
 Therefore, the following from Hackenschmidt's statement cabled to London came as surprise:
 "I complained bitterly to the ref cree about the grease on Gotch be- fore the bout started, but he paid nc heed to me and even laughed at my remarks. The spectators jeered and hooted me and I knew I would have been mobbed had got the American anywhere near a fall. I simply could not have won the match under any circumstances.
 Answering these charges Frank Gotch said:
 "Tke Illinois Athletic club furnish ed all my rubbing ointments and not drop of it was sticky or greasy. received only the usual rub-downs that boxers and other athletes get after violent exercise I will make affidavit to the fact that during Fri day, the day of the match, 1 did not have my street clothes off from early morning until after getting to the arena, and did not have a rub-down that day at all. My skin was dry and free from oil of any sort, and Hack enschmidt makes an absurd misstate- ment when he says I was oiled. Had Hackenschmidt thought I was oiled he should have appealed to the ref cree at any stage of the contest to settle it. My wrists were not oiled. I purposely trained lightly so as to perspire much early in the bout, and that made me slippery"
 Referee Ed Smith said Wednesday that Hackenschmidt at no time made any declaration that oil was used. He did complain of gouging, and Gotch soon stopped this of his own accord after the crowd began to hiss.
 Coord- -Derelli. the wrestler. is leav- ing no stone unturned to force Frank Gotch into a match, and his manager, Antonio Pierri, Is keeping the wires hot with cable messages to his repre- sentative in the United States. Al Lip pc. instructing him to make every reasonable concession to Gotch if he will only consent to meet the Turk.
 Coord- Derelli is well thought of abroad and by many experts Is looked upon as the worlds champion. indeed was so regarded even before Hacken- schmidt's defeat.
 Lippe writes the following letter:
 Dear Sir-I have posted S1 900 as representative of Antonio Pierri. the manager of Coord-Dcrelll. the catch as-catch-can champion of the world, now and before Hachkenschmidt was driven out of the Graeco-Roman style by Padoubny.
 "Hackenschmidt never was a cham pion at the catch-as-catch-can style. He took up this style of his own ac- cord to get away from the many claim ants of the Graeco-Roman style of whom he was afraid.
 "Mr Pierri proposes bringing Coord- Derelli to this country and he notified me to post St.OO0 on his behalf for Coord- Derelli to wrestle any of the fol- lowing men who claim to be catch-as- catch can wrestlers: Jenkins. Gotch, Rogers. Reel. Farmer Burns. Carl Pons or anybody in the States, bar none.
 'I saw in yesterdays newspapers that Martin Julian challenged Gotch on behalf of Ernest Siegfried:. of Ger many. What does this mean? Gotch is a catch-as-catch-can wrestler. while Siegfried Is a Graeco-Roman wrestler. Gotch refused Cconi-DerelIi's chal- lenge. saying that he never heard of him. but that when hc toured tho con tinent next year he would take every body on.
 "why has he not given Siegfried the same answer He has to import the latter from Germany. while Co0rsI- DcreIIi will be here in the course of month to force the American public to produce a man who can put his shoulders 10 inc mat.
 .CcorI-DereIli is the champion of the world and Is open to meet anybody in the world He has no clluiss. but as tiotch is under the impression that he won the championship the latter Is preferred IT he does moi meet COord -DereIli the first come will l.e first served.
 Yours truly AL IIPPE. Representative of Antoaio PierTf. Msnsger of CcsT,l-DerelIi.-