The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-04-15
GOTCH WINS
IN T FUR|OUS
MA TCH
Bulgarian a Child in Hands
Of Champion Famous
TOe,HOld Not Used

Chicago. April A.-Frank Gotch Of
Humboldt Ia. succeeded In retaining
his title TO the worlds championship
tonight by defeating Yussiff Mahmout
of Bulgaria, in fast and furious
wrestling match.
The Bulgarian was as q child in the
lands of his opponent Gotch Won
both falls with crotch and half-Nel.
con holds, in eight and nine minutes
ten seconds
The champions victory is all the
more notable as ho did not use his
famous toe-hold In bringing about the
downfall OF the powerful foreigner.
Gotch was able TO secure most any
hold he desired. so limited was the
Turks knowledge Of the game The
match was fast and interesting II was
so short that there was not a single
idle moment during the two falls
Gotch entered tho ring at 1890
and was cheered by the 10000 spec.
tators After tho staff photographers
had snapped all connected with the
match, the ring was finally cleared and
Referee Edw w. Smith called the
principals to the center of the ring
and gave them their final instruc-
tionS. 1t was IL o'clock before the
big match began.
For the first three minutes the two
men bulled It about the ring with
out either getting hold Finally, af-
ter three minutes OF wrestling Gotch
secured a hold on Mahmout's left leg
and threw him to the mat The Am
crican champion was after the for
eigner like wildcat and the Bulgarian
was responding with every ounce of
bis strength in his maniacal physique.
but could not break the hold Nah
mout brldged and used every artifice
he knew to forestall the inevitable
fall, But Gotch gradually forced his
opponents shoulders to the mat
Gotch secured half Nelson hold and
Referee Smith gave him the fall In
eight minutes. Mahmout's shoulders
we're pinned to the mat for the first
time since he has been in this coun-
try.
The sudden ending Of the fall came
as a complete surprise
Gotch and Mahmout started the Sec
ond fall at 1929. After minute Of
fiddling about, they mixed and Nah
mout got Gotch down on the mat AZ.
ter minute Of sharp work Gotch wig
sled out of the Bulgarian's hold and
assumed the aggressive. Gotch tried
repeatedly for the deadly toe hold, but
Mahmout fought harder than before
end the American was unable 10 secure
il Gotch secured bar-lock on Nah
mout but the men wrigglcd off Of the
mat Referee Smith called tnem 10
the center Of the ring Mahmout al
lowed Gotch his old hold. Gotch got
crotch and half-Nelson, but Mahmout
wrigglcd out.
Gotch then secured the same hold
that won the first fall for him,
crotch and half Nelson. Mahmout
fought desperately to break the hold,
but in vain. Despite the Turks i'm
mense strength. and ability. he was
Jinned to the mat for the final fall in
nine minutes and ten seconds. 1t ap-
peared early In the evening that the
match would not take place, as Nah
mout refused TO wear shoes In the
ring, AS demanded by Gotch. 1t had
been Mahmout's 8 custom TO wrestle in
his bare feet, but Gotch felt this
would invalidate his chances for OBJ
tanning the toc-hold.
Mahmout and his seconds remained
stubborn and insisted upon the Bull
garian entering the ring in his bare
feet Finally Mahmout agreed to for
felt $500 of his end of the purse to
Gotch and not wear shoes. Rather
than call off the match, Gotch ac-
cceded
Eugene Tremblay, of Canada. defeat
ed Ted Tonneman. OF Chicago, in
straight falls in the first preliminary
match The final fall went to the
Canadian grappler in "a minutes and
81 seconds on a deadlock. The
second fall was given to the westerner
as he was unable TO pin the Chicago
ans shoulders to the mat on crotch
and wrist lock In IL minutes and 33
seconds.
The second preliminary between
Henry Gebrlng of Cleveland and
Charles Postl of Buffalo, was declared
a draw in order to hurry the pro-
gram. Gehring won the first fall on
a half Nelson and crotch in 27 min
utes and Is seconds. In the second
fall. the men wrestled 25 minutes with
neither gaining an advantage,
The semi-final wind-up between
Fred Beell OF Wisconsin and Henry
OrGeman, OF Minneapolis, followed.
This was declared draw after TWEEN
ty minutes Of wrestling in which nei
ther had decided advantage Many
celebrities OF the mat were In the
ring. Among these we're Joe Rodgers.
Hjalmar Lundin. Ernest Siegfricd. the
German Oak" and Gus Schoenlein
and many others.
DR.. F. B. Roller. of Seattle. and
Martin Julian. Bob Fitzsimmon's old
manager. who is now manager of Sieg-
fried. also were present The pugll-
lists were not content to turn over the
ring to the wrestlers and "Packy" Nc
Farland, Johnny Coulon, the bantam
champion. and Battling Nelson were
introduced.