Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-30
KLANK WINS MAN-EirrNG GAME
GOtch's Beats DeRouen In
Rough and TumbIe

Here is a story you ought to read. boys.
II is from the Kansas City Journal and
tells the result OF Klank-De Rouen wrestle
in such a Juicy way that sports In Omaha
will certainly grab 1t. for they wot Of both
men: .
In a wrestling match which ended in q
bare knIckle fist fight and was stopped by
six burly policemen. Raoul de Rouen. the
Frenchman who lost to Gotch last Thurs
day night iu Convention hall. failed to
throw Emil klank, Gotch's manager. twice
in a half an hour at the Century theater
last night. lie gained one fall in % min
utes and 10 seconds. The bout was awarded
to Klsnk.
During the first fall there was consider
able roughing and Klank was on the de-
fensive all of the time. II was not neces-
sary for the Gotch trainot to win a fall
and 1t did not hurt to lose one. This was
the reason he made no effort to throw the
man from France. The agreement was
that they wrestle any place on the stage.
on the mat, on the floor, the footlights,
the audience or any place else as long as
they wrestled. This they did. When they
were on the mat they did well from q
SPECTATORS viewpoint, and when they were
off the mat the spectators on the stage
were kept busy getting out Of the exits
TO keep from being crushed under them.
They fell into the chairs. on the footlights
and all over, with Klank on the bottom all
OF the time. The fall was gained by 8
crotch hold and Klank knew that he would
win the match, as more than twenty-nine
minutes had elapsed. Therefore he did
not try to get out Of the fall because he
was afraid Of falling on the lights. He
said Afterwards that the fall was won
fairly.
But that was not the exciting part Of
the battle aud II was truely a battle when
they went back onto the mat for the last
fall. They had Just twenty seconds to go
aud they went at lightning speed. As they
met in the center of the mat Raoul de
Rouen jumped al Klank and struck MIN
in the face with his head. This angered
Klank and lie retaliated with a clenched
fist. II was a hard right swing for the
fanr hNNN uAn1 y~nI MI. LN.aAaLWAnA Than
saw that Klank knew a little about
pugilism and jumped into Klank, throwing
his feet into his abdomen. They fell TO
the mat and as they did so De Rouen
grabbed Klank by the wrist with both
hands and tried to break the wrist. At
the same time de Rouen set his teeth into
the fleshy part Of HANKS leg and was
viciously knawing that member when the
police pulled him off Gotch's trainer.
When de Rouen first jumped into Klank
the crowd swarmed on to the stage from
all sides and II took all the police pro-
lection present. which was inadequate. to
lake the FTenchman's teeth away from
Klank. As they arose 1t took the police
and more to keep them separated. Klauk
was eager 10 get a punch at the Fench-
man and the latter sought out a board
with which to whip the police. He was
quickly quieted by Manager George Ken
needy and the excitement ceased. II was
an impossibility for anyone to prevent
the bad ending OF the match. but 1t was
entirely due TO the bad temper and poor
judgment of the French wrestler. Klenk
wrestled a fair and square match and
did good work.
Raoul de Rouen leaves here today for
Central America. where he has a six
months engagement. II he tries any Of
his bull dog tactics in that country he
Is liza BILE to never see France again. II
is a wonder he got away with II here in
so many matches De Rouen came to this
country several months ago and has since
met several men. He was defeated by
Gotch and that settles him for this coun-
try, although fans seem to like to see him
perform as the Century theater was
crowded to overflowing last night. George
Kennedy says lie was satisfied witt the
match and thinks De Rouen will be a
good wrestler in another year but he ex-
poets to bring a man In this country next
wear who will beat Frank Gotch and will,
according to his own statement. spend sl0,-
900 to do II. Klank does not care for any
more man-eatlns wrestlers.