Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-04

United States Representative in
Venezuela.
tenn which no one can break down.
For an hour and 45 minutes he eluded
every attempt of the Russian lion to
fasten a grip on him. Gotch side
stepped, roughed his mans features
with his knuckles, butted him under
| the chin and generally worried Hack
enschmidt until the foreigner was to-
tally at loss how to proceed.
But when in the clinch that finally
came Gotch slammed his opponent to
| the mat and came within an ace of Sc
| curing a firm toe hold following this
up by lifting. Hackenschmidt clear off
| the mat, and slamming him ON his
shoulders with terrific force, the Eu-
ropean exponent was heart broken.
Lines slowly deepened on his face, the
boots and gibes of the crowd hurt his
feelings, and after considering the
matter for a few seconds he decided
lit was time to quit. Few spectators
but were willing to give Gotch the
palm. The Iowa farmer was in better
condition, quicker and trickier and
| showed a far better knowledge of the
game.
| Hackenschmidt refused to explain
his action to w. w. Wittig, promoter
of the bout, simply shaking his head
and refusing to reply when asked why
he had not surrendered merely ths
| first fall and taken another chance
with Gotch. His handlers were at
loss to account for Hackenschmidt's
actions.
| Match Started Mt IO:2s.
Hackenschmidt entered the ring at
1914 and Gotch three minutes later.
Time was called at 1928. Hack
crouched and they spared, with Gotch
circling around. This jockeying con-
-Itinued three minutes; then Hack clinch-
led.abut they broke again. Gotch seem
led nervous, but the champion was cool.
FAfter 10 minutes tugging, Gotch start
teasroughing it, and Hack kept his tenn
per with difficulty Hack finally tried
for a body grip, but could not reach
t6otch. The Russian complained to the
4
ed leg hold next A half hour of
hauling and sparring failed to satisfy
the crowd
Fifty minutes after the bout started
Hack slapped Gotch to the mat. The
latter bounded to his feet, and the
lpulling and hauling continued. An old
lieut. under Hacks left eye was opened
land bled profusely. Both missed leg
land body holds, Gotch taking the often
lsive for the first time. One hour after
the start nothing approaching hold
had been gained by either man.
Fifteen minutes mere of tiresome
work followed. Then Hack suddenly
lattacked with fury, but Gotch wriggled
away, and shoulder to shoulder the
tactics began again.
Hack Seems Puzzled.
Gotch's defense puzzled Hack com
lpletely. After AN hour and three-quar
tiers of fruitless attempts to get hold
he Strengthened up and looked at his
Opponent with disgust written in every
= feature Come on and wrestle," said
Gotch. The crowd cheered the Amer
lean. At 12:15 Hack asked the ref
leree to call it a draw, but Smith told
them to continue.
Results I'm Preliminaries.
The first preliminary was scheduled
lat $3.50. Tommy Rooney and Young
jenkins were the contestants, the
weights being 11S pounds. Rooney
won, time S:45.
In the second preliminary, weight 13a
pounds Young Biliity downed Ernest
Limberg, time 1872; las class, Ted
Tonneman lost to Dick Torrens, time
12:41. Americas, A Baltimore wrest
Ter, won from Harry Landenback oil
Chicago, time 1:59. William Demetral
won hard bout over Mort Henderson
in $40.
In the semi-windup Emil Stegemuel
Ter, Hackenschmidt's wrestling part
ner, agreed to throw Henry Ortmanr
of Minneapolis in 10 minutes. Ort
mann took the offensive. He slammed
the burly German to the mat and fol-
seven minutes gave Stegemueller ne
chance to get hold. The last 80 min
Iutes Ortmann was on the defensive
but managed to wriggle out of all hold.
! and easily stayed the limit.
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