The Detroit times., 1911-12-27

eOTCH HAS FOUR GOOD
REASONS FOR RETIRING
FROM WRESTLING GAME
Desire To Settle Down Upon
Iowa Farm is One of
Greatest Weight.
GOTCH NO MILLIONAIRE.
Ii Will Do the Game Good, He
Thinks, To Get Along With
out Him For While.
GoTCH NO MILLIONAIRE.

Frank Gotch, the worlds champion
wrestler, who is 10 meet Alex Nun
roe, the Scotch giant, I'm a hnish
wrestling match at Kansas City TO-
night, has four very good reasons Tor
retiring. He admits that he VIII
wrestie IL someone beats Mahmout,
but otherwise there is nothing doing
He may go to Vienna for a theatrical
tour next fall, but not now.
Gotch's reasons are these He has
plenty OF money; he Is not The draw
ing card he once was because he has
beaten everyone and people are not so
anxious TO see him wrestle as they
were when there were some real con
tenders for the title; he considers II
the best for the game that he let the
others fight il out, and his last and
likely the most important reason. Is
the fact that he is married and wants
to settle down I'm Humboldt and be
with his wife and aged mother,
There are those doubling Thorn
asses" who will say this is another OF
Franks bluffs. But the champion
claims he Is really sincere and Jim
Asbeli who Is one OF Gotch's closest
i
tend 10 don wrestling togs again.
Emil Klank, his manager, tried TO get
him 20 accept contract calling for
1900 week 10 tour Europe and he
fiatly refused il. saying II he goes 10
Europe il will be next fall and they
will book their own time and work
when they feel like It. farming down
such contract certainly indicates
that he means business.
Many people have formed the opin-
ion that Gotch owns about half OF the
state of Iowa, there being so much
talk about his extensive land holdings
near Humboldt.
Jim Ashell threw a little light on
this subject when he said Don't
believe all Won hear about Franks
wealth OF course he has plenty OF
money bit II is mistake about him
owning thousand or more acres OF
Iowa land He does own a farm OF
$50 acres of the best land In that
state. II is likely worth more than
$Ie0 an acre He is also one OF the
stockholders of the bank in Hum
boldt and a director OF that institu-
ton. He owns a nice home in Hum
beldt His farm Is we'll stocked with
fiEe cattle aud other live stock.
imagine he has considerable money
in the hank. too OF course he has
enough money and lot OF us would
be well satisfied with one.quarter
what he has. but he does not own half
OF the state of Iowa by any means.
"People imagine that a man makes
lot of money wrestling because they
only see the size OF Nthe crowd and
draw their couclusio1s~ac
They do not figure that OH his the.
atrical tour he carries about seven
men and makes long jumps. All these
men are expensive and IL takes a lot
OF money TO pay the expenses. He has
TO spend a great deaf.
The fact that Gotch has accumu-
lated so much money should make
him want 10 settle down now and en-
JOY life. He Is way past 80 years or
age and having been married about a
year. II is natural that he is getting
tired of the one-night stands. He has
been travelling for years and II is by
no means an easy Job.
Gotch thinks that II is best for
him TO retire for a time at least. and
let the others fight it out He is so
far above all other wrestlers that he
toys with them He has beaten every
foreigner or American. who has chal-
lenged him and some or them have
been beaten by him many times. The
public grows weary OF seeing Frank
dump the same old crowd and SO cas-.
lily. or course he has not beaten
Munroe. but he Is the only one and
he expects to beat Munroe tonight.
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