The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
Capture PhiI|ies Series American League Averages
Hack and GOtCh
Ready for Fray
Both Confident of Winning Worlds Wrestling
Title-Russian Lion Faster and Better
Versed in Fine Points of Came

know he is strong. but I also know
that he does not use his strength to
the best advantage ! discovered that
he wasted lots of il in our first match
three years ago. and l do not think
that he has improved sufficiently since
10 overcome that fault
| when we meet the knowledge I
gained three years ago will be of the
greatest benefit in the world to me,
for the reason that I will not hesitate
to attack as l want to. will not have
to play IT safe this time. for l know
| myself. and without bOasting I want
/ to say that I believe in myself thor
| oughly"
| Regarding the strength of his op-
ponent and the effect is might have
! on the outcome OF the battle, Gotch
! has this to say:
! Strength. Bear in mind that II is
! immaterial 10 me how much Hacken-
schmidt can raise Off the floor. THAT
counts very little. l knew a man up
in Canada who had the reputation OF
! raising a dead weight of one ton with
out harness, and little Freddie Beell
cleaned him in less than a minute.
weight and strength have their place,
but the application of both determines
| the direction a match takes.
Hack IS strong. I can't say that
he is stronger than I am, because his
been weight litter. and l presume
there are thousand men in Iowa who
can beat me at that feat Yut-and
make red mark there-I can slap on
a leverage and stay with it, NV grip
Is there; my time and distance were
never better, and when one grappler
gets to the other in a short space Of
/ time he has the better portion of the
argument
Joe Rogers is a stronger man than
Hack. Joe is equally as quick. and
IN condition would give anybody a
battle worth while For brute strength
l think ZbyscO has il on Hack easily.
Any statement relative to the Rus
SLAMS actual physical force should be
accepted with due qualifications"
Many Friends with Iowan.
One thing that struck me particularly
was the difference in the atmosphere
around the quarters of the rivals. At
hacks stamping grounds there was an
air OF secretiveness. No one was there
excepting those who were actually
needed TO care for the Russian. But
Gotch was surrounded by a circle Of
triends-wrestlers and sporting charac-
ters-all chatting pIeasurabIy of the
coming match. Gotch did not seem a bit
worried, and the confidence pervaded his
entire caravansary of trainers and others
who worshiped at his shrine.
Farmer Burns. who supervised the
camp Of Jeffries before the Johnson fight,
was one Of the most sanguine. He has
had personal charge of the champions
work during the last month, and de-
clared he was in a position to know
what he was talking about "Gotch's
condition is great he said After
working on the mat with him, 1 have
learned that he is in better shape than
ever before. and am confident he can
throw the Russian. He is now by far
the greatest Gotch have ever known"
Big, awkward Zbysco, who was de-
feated by Gotch year ago. was another
OF those on hand. He expressed the
opinion that Hack didn't have a chance,
and was seconded in ii by his manager,
Jack Herman.
Complete new rules will govern the
GOtCh-Hack match. The new rules were
made necessary by the fact that there
was not single set OF rules in print,
that completely covers a match of this
Importance. The new rules were drawn
up by a committee of wrestling experts,
submitted to both principals, and after
several alterations. approved by both It
is expected they will in future be used
TO govern all wrestling contests of what
rules left practically every point t5 the
Judgment of the referee. In the new set
all of the limitations on rough work,
&C, are defined.
Event Like that of Reno.
In many respects the event of Monday
will be not unlike to that little affair
at Reno fourteen months ago The
celebrities will be there en- masse. as on
ba Of
of sports are coming or have come, and
the arrangements for accommodations for
the crowd border on the colossal Presi-
dent Silvy Ferretti, of the Empire Ath-
letic Club, which is staging the match,
declared tonight that he has fixed
things so that 10000 persons can get a
good view Of every movement in the
ring.
During the day and evening have run
into oeyies of prominent sporting char
acters who have come hundreds Of miles
especially to see the match. l encoun-
tered them on street CORNERS. in hotel
corridors, and, in short, every other kind
of place where you would be likely to
find a sporting character. Eugene Corri,
the famous London referee and promoter,
and Manager BottisOn. of the National
Sporting Club, of London, were fan
ming" genially with Billy MuldOon, the
celebrated physical culture expert, and
Harry Pollock, the New York sport au-
thority, when I came upon them. The
two Englishmen We're drawn clear across
the ocean and half Of this continent by
the magnet of attraction. II. II. Frazee,
the theater magnIte, who once proposed
a world tour for Jeffries and his camp
in the event OF a victory over Johnson,
was another. Paul Armstrong, the play
wright and pioneer sport writer, was also
well to the fore with his jovial good
nature and keen humor. Other digni-
taries on hand represent the higher
poets, Congressman,
II ais.
They are all talking about "the event
Of the century"