The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-28
C0TCH IS WONDERFUL
WRESTLER
A BRITISH EXPERT SAYS IOWA
FARMER WORKS WITH BRAIN
AS WELL AS BODY.

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| man he has yet persuaded to meet him
| in that land of loud smiles-George
| Dnnie, the crack wrestler of Sheffield
| Gotch recently wrestled Dinnie before
house jammed to it's capacity, throw
| ing him first in / minute and so Sec
onds, second in so seconds, making
| the two falls in less than three min
| utes. Dinnie once staid with HacF-
| enschmidt for 10 minutes and Zybsco
| for 16.
Emil Klank, Gotch's actor partner
has sent copy of the Sheffield Even
| ing Mail containing an interesting iu-
| terview with Dinnie, showing that the
Englishman regards Gotch as the
greatest of wrestlers. and incompar
! ably superior to the Russian Lion
| The Briton even says the toe hold is
| quite fair"
Most Wonderful of All.
Here is the Nails story quoting
| Dinnie:
"Gotch," he exclaimed, lis the most
| wonderful of all the great Wrestlers
! have met. Hackenschmidt altogether
| takes a back seat.
"Gotch worked with his brain as well
as with his body in a way Hacken-
schmidt never did and never could do >
said Dinnie. He is a master of ring
craft. l have never met or read of a
man like him. There is not an ounce
of science in the ring that he does not
know about. He uses pure brainy sci
ence, In every movement there is
something in the background.
THE people who were shouting
says Dinnie, did not know what they
were yelling for.
He wrestles fair and in legitimate
way. 1t is new style and we know
nothing about it here. Yet there is
nothing about wrestling he don't know,
and he always keeps within the rules.
"Gotch is a straight, gentlemanly fell
low and l don't think he would do any
thing outside the rules.
III he We're beaten he would accept
his defeat like a Britisher. He would
not shake hands and then go away
and say things about his opponent. If
all Hackenschmidt now says is true,
why did he shake hands with Gotch in
friendly way after the contest? Why
did he not leave the ring disguised
Gotch is not only straight man, but
he is gentleman.
But when he goes in the ring"
added Dinnie, 'he means to win, and
he follows you like a lion. 1 have
never experienced anything like the
bouts l had at the Sheffield Empire
with him.
There is something about every
touch he gives you.
A Wonderful Brain.
HE wears you down. His brain
works with a wonderful rapidity.
Hackenschmidt takes long time to
think, and then those opposing him
get away. The people then say, oh,
Hack might have had him that time
If he liked. But really he could not
Il could last another eight minutes
with Hack any time. When I wres-
tied him I had only been four days
out of bed.
1.-The Americans thoughts are like
| lightning. He follows things up one
after another, with extraordinarily ra-
| pidty. If your brain does not work
| nearly as quickly you are done for
This is apart from the fact that he is
| a well trained man of colossal
strength"
| Dinnie went on: I'VE do not under
stand his style of muscular develop
ments. His muscles are not contract
ed in certain parts; he is full
| of muscle"
Toe Hold Quite Fair.
~ IA H.
| the toe hold. 1t was a terrible thing
but was not what the name suggested
| The whole foot was seized and not
| just the toe.
He could express nothing but ad-
! miration of the Americans wonderful
| knowledge of catch as catch can wres-
ting, and GotCh used the toe hold be-
| cause he knew that it was within the
| rules and that he could win by it.
| Gotch went into the ring to win.
THE people at the Empire" he con-
tinued. saw l was on the ropes dur
ing the first few seconds. 1t was just
a bit of ring craft on his part. He
| made me lose my balance in a second
He was on me like lion and carried
me to the middle of the ring I was
hurting lltll very much Wien was
struggling, although he was smiling
at the time. Gotch has been a boxer,
and he first learned ring craft from
using the gloves.
black" Handicapped.
"Hackenschmidt is seriously handi-
capped in this respect. He is a very
strong man, and can Wrestle, as we
have had wrestling presented to us
He came along, and no one could beat
| him. The Russian became our ideal
we have made a tin god of him, and
we cannot understand his being de-
feated. But against his strength the
American uses this ring craft and his
brain. This cyclone style is new tc
| Hack and he will not pick it up
| Hack was two stones heavier thar
Gotch when they met. But the Ameri-
can wore him down until theil
strength was equal, and then he vigor-
ously attacked. You can see it on the
film. Hack is not a brave wrestler
and he cannot accept defeat. The
Russian could not reasonably complain
of the toe hold; it was within the
rules.
''The Russian is a crafty wrestler
but the American is full of brain.
| have never known a more perseverins