The evening world., 1911-09-07
Says All Bets Were De.
clared OF in His Mat Bout
Against Gotch Because He
Wanted to Protect Public on
Account OF His Badly 0isIo-
Gated Left Knee.

Copyright. 1911, by The Press Publishing Go.
THE New yort World.
ING-A-L1NG.
That was the telephone bell.
Hello, - this Mr.. Edgren7"
Hello automatically! who Is this7''
This Is Koch-um-hum-. Who IL on
the phone7"
'EdEren."
''oh! This is Hackenschmldt. I am
registered .nd.r ~. name ~ koch-my
friend. Koch. who Is with meat the
Hotel -. Yes. It Is because that /
wish not TO be seen. No. / do not wish
10 90 TO the Aston and be stared at.
can YOU come to see me for n few min
rtes before ! leave for E%urope?'
IN the Hotel - ] found Hacken-
schmidt. He was waiting for me In
the lobby-aione. No one was star
Ing at him. for II was an out of the
way place. and he was not recognized.
II Is this way with champions when
they lose. The stares are FOR the other
Fellows. and they can be found along
the Great Waite Way. under the lights.
Hack rose ana stepped toward me.
holding out his hand. l noticed tina;
hs had a slight limp.
you .ne who,e Story SAID
".snt nave SAID the who'c
''y put ne cur OUT the meio-
-" o".y 'ooneu sau'
We adJourned TO Hacks apartments.
pan'ea oy hr' koch' a European
george said j. the Chicago re-,
ports said you lost because you were
ses OF condition. and hog fat. How
Abeu itr'
"Fat" almost exploded the Lion.
"tAt!"
"Yes-fat."
1t y not true said Hackenschmidt.
i was better than ever before but for
~ thing. In England trained as I
never trained for another match. I had
thrse famous champions. and I paid for
my training expenses-their ,aiarles and
~ that-no less than 81, J0o-bcfore |
came to this country. Every day for
months I worked like a dog. I denied
myself everythinE-everything, I grew
50 strong that one OF the greatest
wrestlers In the world could not las,
more than twenty-five minutes at the
D0Dfs ana ELK mOntnH DpfOre ne wnl nj
least my equal. I took tho ,hrso an.
after another daily. n, the road ! ,a,,
no fuii OF ufe-ah. 4, was vona.r,nt
that 7 couid .nr,nt .u,.y tr,, 49,, al
] came 10 America in marvelIons cor.
dition!"
''But how about the fat?r
IN his enthusiasm Hack Immediately
stripped TO The waist. Il will show
You. he said. Now. after three
weeks without work. ] may be fat a
iitue. But when ! reached Chicago |
was better than ever In my hfe.'
TO tel the PLAIN. unaduiierated truth.
HACK didht snow an ounce OF fat. !
was surprised-hsving seen him wrestle
Heyssko' he was tho Hackenschmid
VINO wrestied jenkins In the Garden
years ago lie was a clean-cut marvel
OF muscle from waist to neck. Great.
t0ls'hs' muscles.
but wha' 40 you mean by three
weeks without work-and the match
"n,s 'As. o"oay
wiz 'en you. sad HACK u donf
"''n " """e e~'"'e "o'en " a won
"e'.a' ~'es"e'' W OBSERVES al inc
hay. ..,,sn :. 80. "o"
.nre bs w~o,Ian.,"hw, ,on ~ '
wr..,I.d hi,, .I,b at.,oaa,ns 'a' :
..What,"
w.. orr,.a A., ch,
,.a., IN sur,a. a,.asa ""'
~. m.,ch ma. v"nr,,a "'1''
VII, poi,.r w,s nna" - ~
away from ,naerne,,n IL, pouaHn
on ion I ,ossed him on - 80
asia. "a o., IN ma Zoo, A, ~, -.
49,. 80 Ia "s'an
"' 49, .aus"' u"uor '"e "se OF IN
mat anu i'o'ier' jumping over me- cam
down solidly on the side OF my leg, VI,
left knee was disiocated-terrlbly.