The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-06
AFTERMATH Of
G07CA MATCH
Protests Against Calling Off Of
Bets-Hack Leaves For
Home

schmidt left for New York Wednesday !
afternoon after offering to post $4,000
for a return match with Frank Gotch.
He was accompanied by Americas
and Koch. two Of his wrestling part
ners. Hack will sail from New York
Sept. 8. Hackenschmidt's offer for a
return match with Gotch was Offset
later by his contradictory statement
that after leaving New York he would
never return to America.
In the meantime the offer had been
carried to Gotch and accepted with
the provision that the match be held
within two months. This was not &C.
cepted by Hackenschmidt on the
ground that his injured knee would
not permit his return to the ring in
that time.
Gotch will leave for Humboldt, Ia,
either Friday or Saturday. He was
ready and eager to return last night
but his mother and wife were not
ready to leave until they had had a
chance to combine the pleasure Of
the wrestling trip with fall shopping.
Gotch's plans are incomplete but
he stated today that he would not be-
gin his round-the-world tour for sew
eral months. He wants to spend that
much time in Iowa.
Protest Raised
Calling of all bets on the Gotch-
Hackenschmidt wrestling match has
raised a storm Of protests.
Herman F. Schuettler, assistant
chief of police, last night explained
that all bets yer declared of by say
ing that such procedure is customary.
An added reason, he said, is that the
police are determined to stamp out
gambling in the city.
"Referee Smith," Chief Schuettler
explained, proposed that the bets be
declared of. His reason was that In
case the match turned out to be a
poor one, as 1t did, there would be
"a tremendous 'sQuawk' from the bet
tors and that the wrestling game
would receive a serious setback in
Chicago.
"You understand it is quite custom
,ary to call bets of in events Of this
kind. 1t has little effect as the bet
itOI0 WALL UoSh t40Ak Op0AAEVA0 OoSAN
less Of the announcement.
AFTER Mr.. Smith suggested It. I
took the matter up with Chief Nc
Sweeney aud he told me to use my
own judgment. I talked 1t over with
Mr.. Smith again and finally told him
TO make the announcement. I am
glad now that I did"
Schuettler said he could not fore
Gee what effect Hackenschmidt's poor
showing would have on the wrestling
game in Chicago.
II do not think we ought to COM
denim the game because Of the out
come Of this match" he said. "al-
though I will be frank in saying that
I will never sign q permit for Hack
enschmidt to wrestle In Chicago
again. Why there are several men on
the police force Of Chicago who could
make a better showing against
Gotch."
Schuettler was emphatic in express
sing his opinion that the match was
mot a fake. If it had been, he be-
lieves 1t would have been heightened
out for an hour or more. The very
fact that Gotch went after the Rus
sian and finished the bout so sudden
". he thinks, precludes the idea that
the 1owan had any certainty Of the
outcome.
ut is a shame" said Farmer Burns,
one Of Gotch's trainers. who had wag-
cred large sums for himself that
this sort Of thing should be permit
ted. They were debts of honor. The
men who covered our money and
made us put up two for one, hide be-
hind the technicality Of the order. The
chief Of police wasn't any more con-
cerned with the financial destiny of
those who wagered as far as l can
see than he would be with Great
Britain's appropriation for a flock Of
dreadnoughts."
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