The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-05
HACK ASKS FOE
TO SHOW MERCY
Russian Cries Out in Agony and
Then Drops Flat on Should
ers TO the Mat.
VANQUISHED WRESTLER
CRIES LIKE A CHILD
Champion Was Down Only Once
and Then He Was Up Again
in a Second.
Continued From Page One.

injured Hackcnschmidt went into the
ring with the knee in a bandage
Regardless OF whether Iiackcnschmidt
knee was in bad SHAPE. he was In no
state ncntally TO enter the contest.
Backenschmidt was unnervcd before ne
entered the arena. Whether II was from
worry over his injured knee or his frot-
ting over the match Is not known Like
Jenrcs at Reno. tho Russian spent a
sleeploss night before the battle hls
trainers tried every means 10 make him
At ease. They had him room with Johann
Koch. n German. and ono OF kocn :
chief duties was 10 sing songs "1 ttic
Fatherland TO the Russian and Try TO
make him feel at case. But 1iacken-
schmidt would not be calmcd.
After trying valnly for several hours
TO go 10 sleep, he pleaded with ms tram
crs 10 give him drugs that would make
him rest They refused TO do this and
Hackenschmidt retired 10 fret the night
away.
stand sat two women who did more. per
haps 10 cheer Gotch on 10 victory than
all the other persons In tho audience.
Frequently. whlc In the thicRcst of the
fray Gotch found time TO look toward
the two women and smile. During INC
ten minutes intermission between fails.
he did not 20 at once To his dressing
room but stood for moment in his oor-
nor smiling and waving at the two
women.
Uackenscimidt vas heart broken over
the result In his dressing room for half
an hour he sat In his wrestling garb.
crying and refusing the pronered atten-
,ion and cheering words OF his trainers
leave me alone
And then his broad chest would heave
and tho tears would flow unrestrained
Gotch only smiled after tho match was
over. He said tho result was exactly
as he thought II would he.
The story Of the actual wrestling ~
told Time called At B.11
n clock. The contestants Immediately
locked heads and began feeling each 9th
CT out.
For five minutes they tugged at each
others neck wrists and arms. but
neither obtained dangerous hold.
Champion Down Second
II was Gotch who hrst turned atten-
tion TO the legs. Ie made several fake
passes At Hackenschmidts knees before |
he finally obtained knee hold al the |
end OF eight and half minutes. Once
the Io~sn's massive hands were fastened |
on Hackenschmidts left leg the Russian |
and n subsequent hold OF the samc kind /
and then became the aggressor. AT ten
minutes Hackenschmidt got body hold
and put Gotch 10 the mat. But he was
down only a second or less.
After fourteen minutes OF wrestling
Gotch started Hackenschmidt downward
with a knee hold. faxed crotch and
then quickly worked the Russian into a
half Nelson. They struck the mat to-
gether. head 10 head Then Gotch piv
oted on his opponents stomach, clampcd |
on a reverse body hold and the first fall
WAS over.
The first nve minutes OF the second |
bout WAS replica OF that period in the
first
or a sudden Goicl reached down with
his right hand grasped Hackcnschmidts
left ankle and unbalanced the man. While |
IIackenschmidt was trying TO regain his
equilibrium Gotch struck the Hons In
jured leg with his right knee and the
Russian crumplcd into a heap on the
canvas. Instantly Gotch was on him.
his powerful right hand firmly locked on
the toes OF the under mans left foot.
screamed couple OF
times. rolled over on his shoulders and
gave up.