Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-28
COTCH SAILS FOR HOME LAND
Disgusted with Failure TO Meet Hack,
He Leaves England.
LION AFRAID TO MAKE MATCH
emil kIank writes that Haeken-
schmidt Has Evaded this Ameri-
csn World Bester ~ Every
Tarn Of the Read.

Frank Gotch, champion wrestler Of the
world. sailed from Liverpool for New
York yesterday. He returns on the steam
ship Deutschland.
This Information is conveyed 10 a mem
Der OF The Bees taft in a personal
letter by Emil Klank, Gotch's side partner.
who has been with him throughout his
European trip and Goteh adds a word for
himself to emphasize what Klank says
Of his disgust with the evRsive conduct Of
Hacksn schmidt.
Hack will never meet me and 1 am
tired chasing him, 70 says Gotch.
The Wanted Russian Lion can blow his
mighty voice over the British Isles and
make the Britons believe he's the real
thing, according to Klsnk and Gotch, but
he wont come to taw and wrestle the man
who mad q baby OF him in Chicago,
April 3, 1905.
Here Is HANKS letter:
Victorian hotel, Liverpool, England, jan
usry IL l9e-Dear Friend: Just a few
lines to let you know that We will sail
for the good old III. 5. A" the 9th on the
Deutschland. Goteh is tired of chasing
here offered $1,000 0o,o0O) for the match,
but Hack wouldn't come across. That's the
match, but there's no chance for the
match. Hack Is the sickest wrestler that
ever lived. He can bunko these people
Goteh is in good Shape and would make
short work of. Hack, sure.
we can sst twenty. more weeks in the
the way Hack is lodging him.
Hoping 10 see you soon.
MIL KLANK.
WRONG AnnOuncement Here.
u Is OF interest to note that this letter
N6s written on January II, the date on
which westergaard and Lundin met at the
Auditorium, where the announcement was
made that Gotch sailed that night for
America, although the Associated Press
had Just brought the information that he
would sail January q, as Klank says in
his LITTER. ~ f
Klank and Gotch have done we'll in their
vaudsyills skit, "All About a Bout" They
made good on IT In this country and then
went to England for t~wenty-eight weeks.
The stunt took over there as well as here
and gave Goteh opportunity for getting be-
fore the British public; which he could
not get on the mat as Hacks experiences
with him had taken all the tuck out OF
the Johnny Bulls and they laid down
like a lot or lambs TO the big Iowa boy.
Goteh did secure q match at Sheffield, how
ever. with the best man in that town,
George Dfunie. He threw Dinnie twice In
less than three minutes and Dinnie and
the sheffield Evening Mail pronounced him
the cleanest and greatest wrestler England
had ever seen. This same Dinnie had pre-
viously gene against Hackenschmidt and
the mighty zbyseo, holding the former fol-
ten minutes and the latter for sixteen. He
unhesitatlngiy declared Hack to be a novice
at the ,sams as compared with Gotch.
Gotch and the Turk.
There is mach gossip as TO whether Gotct
and the, Turk, Yousiff Mahmout, will ever
meet. . An impression has got out tina
Gotch declined 10 meet him. That is wrong
Whist. Golch said wass@i1et the Turk go
and beat somebody before he asks me for
a match. l will not wrestle until he has
shown me that he Is a top-notcher."
VIVA. has the Turk done? He has bester
Tom jenkins. but jenkins has been d
down-and-out wrestler for several years
Fred Beell beat him. The Turk also hal
beaten Beall and Americas, but Beel
has lost to Gotch twice and Americus hai
never come up to the class of = contender
The Turks meeting with Raoun de Rouer
does mot give him any great amount o.
prestige. What will determine the Turk
abilities and chances OF meeting Gotel
more than anything he has yet done will
be the result Of his match In Omaha will
Jess WeStergsard.
This. OF course. will be a handicap match
but that will make no difference. Wester
saard's marvellous showing against the bi
Frsnchmsn has placed him permanent!
in the top class and he 10 expected to Civ
the Turk a terrible run for his money.
Tho chances are Gotch will give the Turl
= match and that before any long time ha
elapsed. Certainly the Turk looks like tn
goeds-ss a contender, not the superior I
Gotch.