The Washington times., 1910-05-14
Great Mystery About It, But
Kahoe May Land Prom
ising Youngsters.
ZBYSZKO TOO SLOW
TO CONQUER GOTCH
Impression Left by Bout With
Lihk-Does Not Know
Counters.
By THOMAS S. RICE.


There is something going on around
the Washington baseball headquarters,
which means that something IS going TO
happen
What the happening VIII be IS not In
ttnlated. but AIcAleer practically admits
BY inference. that q deal is on. although
there is small chance that It VIII be an
pJt6elder for a Chicago pitcher; nor is
there any intimation exactly what kind
of a deal it will be, but 1t would not
he surprising TO see one or Two Pror1is-
ing youngsters from the minors brought
here in a snort time
Mike Kahoe IS known 10 have made
tentative propositions about buying
sfis1e OF the talent he has spotted on
his present scouting trip, but Nike IS
loo cautious To become enthusiastic ana
has only told his observations 10 Nc
aseide-
II Zbyszko. the Polish wrestler who
Is TO meet Frank GOJch for the cham
pi6nship Of the world. does not have
more than he showed IN his nnlsh DolIL
when he ureStled with Shad Link or
Baltimore, at the Gayety IheaJer last
night. he stands a, poor chance Of car
ryiag -Off-ths title He IS a most Te-
markedly built man; he has an aston
fshine Development Of the calves and
thighs. with small ankles and feet ana
small knees From the hips I'D he IS
built on huge lines. but rather Well
prOpCrTiOned, except that he has entirely
TOO much SIOmaCh-uOre than he could
take eff in Two weeks between nov and
June J. when ne VIII pTODardy meek
GOtch IN Chicago instead OF May 90
He is said 10 weigh go pounds now
ana 10 have taken OF thirty pounds
since he came 20 this country In Sep
1enIber, losing most Of II by wrestling
fu all sorts Of matches. sometimes twice
IN one day in different cities The
Drauion Of Joe Grant. Gus SChOenelin,
P{srfe ]. Leonard Johnny O7Connor- PAT
O'COnnOr, and other experts who looked
hl-n over last night vas that he has
more 10 get OF II he expects 70 last in
ETueling match with Gotch-
Zhyszko showed small knowledge Of
the finer points OF the catCh-as-catch-
can game last night He knows the
main holds, but unless he kept some
thing Up ms sleeve-anc there IS reason
20 believe that ne did not extend him
SELF fully-he is lacking in the scientific
technique TO seize the opportunities that
would be left by a fast and bold crap
pier like GOtch- Link frequently laid
himself open 10 be grabbed by a quick
man. and that ZDyszkO failed to take
advantage Of this did not appear 10 be
due TO a desire on the foreigners s part
20 give the crowd a run for its money,
but to the fact that II ne saw his
chance he could not profit BY IT. On
o.
bOneheacs and several times got Link
in a bad way by expert application Of
the scissors IN a general rolling miE-uD.
Link was in extremely poor shape, due
10 the knitting he received in the left
side from q friend Of RaoUI de ROuen.
after ne threw the Frenchman in Non
treal TWO weeks ago This made him
very slow. and that was OF immense aid
10 Zbyszko. who soon got Link so ex-
hausted that the Baltimorean could not
protect himself and lost two falls in an
protect himself
IN Gotch the Pole meets a man Of
phenomenal strength and speed for such
big fellow. and a wrestler as WiTy and
uusCie-loOse as a boxer. His prospects
of-roHing Gotch into . scissors com bina-
1i0n are not bright ana II he got it he
could hardly pin the American, for he
evidently lacks a thorough understand
ing of how to make the hold effective in
the matter Of downing a man when Il Is
once obtained For every hold in wrestl-
ing there Is q counter, which not infre-
uuently puts the man on top in greater
danger than the one on the bottom
ZbySZkO displayed too little familiarity
with this detail Of the game 70 make
people who know the brains and science
Df-the willy GOtch-
Link had little trouble in getting the
toe hold on the Pole. while when the
Pole got Il on Link ne did not carry IT
through with any great judgment 1t
fS very DrODaDle EEl11L LDGEe was uE-
FlerstandinE between the men that
ZbyszkO was not to go after Links in
iuTed side. but the toe was sound The
Pole grabbed it and bent the leg well
CROUCH. but had little idea Of how to
combine that deadly grip with either q
Nelson or q hsmmerlock-
Link -'mugged" the Pole probably
about as much as has been his fate
since he came to the States The Bal
timOrean IS q past master at the rough
side Of the game In fact, the mug
Efng" and other such work should be
barred from wrestling when il IS car
RED 10 extremes ZbvsZk0 was CON-
pieteIy stumped BY these tactics. He
had no counter, nor could be stand the
punishment as he must stand il II he
expects 10 20 a long route with GOtCh,
who VIII undoubtedly make Il a point
10 win by wearing out his opponent
fzotch admitted after he failed 10 throw
ZbyszkO in an hour in Buffalo that he
could not turn him over, but that sounds
ike hot air. for ZbysZko did not seem
10 be fnuOvable even N the hands Of
The weakened Link Gotch IS a good
let when they meet to a finish