The Detroit times., 1910-01-26

.ae r,,., lers now campaign
WRESTIERS ing the United
IN 4 trust: States are occa-
A stoned. according
to a Detroiter who has some excellent
sources Of information. by the fact
that the grapplers are all members OF
gigantic athletic trust, the head OF
which is none other than Frank Goteh.
| champion OF the world
Sounds like one OF those Wild dope
stories. doesn't Il? But there may be
something in il. after all.
According TO the Detroiter, Goteh
falling 70 ind any further competition
I in the United states which would real.
! ly stir up the enthusiasm OF the sport
( ing public and thereby bring in the
coin 10 the Gotch Golfers. personally
Imported Hackenschmidt. supposedly
the king OF them oil took a chance on
match and got away with it. after
| developing the broadcast streak OF yell
| low in his competitor ever seen In \
sporting event of such Importance
I The Hackenschmidt experiment hav-
ing proven a success. Gotch went
abroad and got line on the European
talent, without engaging in any match
worth mentioning. He discovered
Raoul de Rouen, the Frenchman; Man
mout. the Turk. and Zbyszko. the Poie,
with all of whom he made arrange
ments TO come across. on their Ar
rival Gotch fitted them up with mana
gers and gave each nice little tour
with opportunities 10 get the money.
OF course. each secured enough OF
reputation to warrant match win
the champion. He has already thrown
Rouen and Mahmout. The Zbyszko
match Is said TO be on the tapis Tor
about April l.
or course. the above facts are pro
pounded as a theory merely, not al
actual condition. IL any case IT Is hot
maintained that GoIch Is not WreSt-
ling the matches cut TO sincere
finish. None OF the importations nave
beaten him yet and none bid falr 10 DO
so. though there is always a chahee
that Zbyszko may be the one TO turn
the trick. FRANK is merely stmulat'
ling the demand for his services by the
exploitation OF his rivals.
Several circumstances 60 TO support
the theory at that IL is a notable ta-t
that each OF the foreigners mas Oeeil
under the management OF man close
lly associated at some time or otnSF
with Gotch. II is also notable that the
preliminary campaigns OF the various
foreigners have been conducted VITA
due caution. None OF them are IN
clined 10 take a chance with tough
hard customer like Fenby. Tor IN
stance the condition working con
siderable hardship on the American
wrestlers. who seldom get chahce AT
a erst.class match OF late. Perhaps
mis- exclamation may be the correct
INC n IL is one cannot find ii in his
heart To entertain symptoms other
lthan admiration for the great business
head OF the man who planned II al.
Harry Edwards resents the imputa
tioU that one OF the Cleveland pitchers
can't write. hotly asserting that ever
mans signed contract is on hle al tue
J club office. But did he or anyone else /
see all those documents signed D.
careful Harry. or Well offer you q |
little private wager
Detroiters are pleasantly spending
the week. kicking about the cost OF
living and blowing themselves 10 l5i"
motor cars.
We are perfectly willing 70 SUP
scribe to the superior lung power Oh
Nj Jefrries as compared TO that OF MI. |
Johnson. but what use are lungs II not I
provided with adequate facilities TOT
communication with the outer atmos-
phere?
The thorough campaign OF Frank j.
Navin has left the Detroit paint I
ers not a single holdout over whom 70 /
hold a little daily worry.
Jim Jeffries says, after a personal
Investigation, that he'd be willing TO |
fight in Utah. But what does Mrs
JEFF say about IL?
II would have been a shame TO leg
.islate against the hidden ball trick |
ANYHOW. The loudest outlaws ever I
heard on the Detroit grounds have /
been occasinned by Bill Coughlin 1
through its means Any time a run /
ner goes TO sleep to such an extent
as 10 make the trick possible. he de-
serves what IL coming to him from
an alert infelder.