The evening times., 1911-07-25
GOTCH STARTED
TRAINING WORK
Next Five Weeks will Be
Strenuous Ones For Big
Wrestler


Monday the real serious part OF
Eotch's preparation for his match with
the Russion lion next labor day was
started. The work Of the next five
weeks here is to be no frolic for
Frank for the man he is to meet will
be wiser man than he was in 1908
and he will enter the battle with far
less reliance on his reputation to send
chilblains down the back of his ad-
kersary.
So, while everyone expects Frank
to win, he will not win, it is likely,
In an easy fashion. The great ele-
ments which Frank will count on will
be speed and endurance. These two
things will be what he will constantly
strive for. At present he is doing ten
to fourteen miles Of road work, wind
ing up his days work with short
walk In the afternoon. This is keep
Ing his muscles in shape 80 that he
will not become sore and stiff with
the hard work that is coming and in
cidentally knocking out any great
surplus Of flesh Gotch now weighs
214 pounds which will be reduced
about ten pounds. while Klank, who
keeps him company on the runs, says
he himself has lost twenty-four
pounds.
The arrival Of Yussiff Hassan, the
young Turk, in town from Dallas,
Texas, his home for the past two
. years, marks the coming of the first
of the we'll known wrestlers to aid
Gotch. Yussiff is only twenty-four
years old. finely proportioned, quiet
and unassuming and yet having the
air of earnestness and determination
about him which .corroborates the
emphatic opinion which. Gotch and his
manager have Of him that he is the
most promising wrestler for future
championship honors now known in
the strenuous business of wrestling.
Coming from the old country three
years ago where he had already done
considerable wrestling he has steadily
kept working and learning. He threw
Charley Olson Of Indianapolis, who
has no mean reputation in that sec
ton Of the states and had annexed
the. title of William. Demetral, the
Greek champion: During the past
six months he has been meeting all
comers through the east, offering "a
good purse for all those staying with
him for fifteen minutes.
But the event which brought him
suddenly and lastingly into wrestling
prominence occurred last January
down in Texas at the time Hacken-
schmidt was touring the country
picking up easy money and looking
for easy victims wherever possible in
his exhibitions. The big Russian ex-
pected to find some soft picking in
Dixie land, where people were inter-
ested, though supposedly pretty ig-
norant of the game Of catch-as-catch-
can. For the most part Hack found
things to his liking; big crowds, good
receipts and, best of all, poor wrestl-
ers. When he got to Dallas the local
men were again called upon to Of
fer themselves up Ito the mighty
George. And now entered Hassan, a,
big, strengthening fellow to Hack.
He had heard something of the Turk,
but supposed he was green and clum-
sy. So Hack started the match with a
light heart and an inward smile at
the finish that was coming to Yussiff.
But the Turk was thinking along diff
ferent channels. At the finish Of the
first hour Of wrestling, with the Dali
las spectators yelling with delight at
the lions" embarrassment, things
began to look serious to the meetel
of all comers. Hack began getting
rougher and rougher as his anger in
creased. Several times the police
came near stopping the match, and
there were loud cries Of protest
against Hacks treatment Of the Turk,