El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-16
HUNT FOR MAN To
DEFEAT GOTCH
IS NEXT
Good Wrestlers Are Not 80
Plentiful as Boxers
and More Uncertain

Chicago, Ill, Sept. 16.-Yhe wrestling
excitement is over and the champion
ship. like Americas cup, seems des-
tined to remain in this country for
many years.
Doubtless the thoughts Of that $751;
600 gate at the Comiskey park.
Chicago, on September 4, last, viii I'M
pei wide awake managers and proEot-
ers to scour the highways and by
ways of the world in the hope OF scar.
ing up a worthy opponent for Frank
Gotch- IN all likelihood the startling
news will be Forthcoming after a while
inch chest and arms and legs in pro-
portion, has been located, somewhere In
his native land, or that the very lat
est thing in Turks Is coming to this
country to put the smiling gentleman
from Humboldt to rout- But what
will it all avail? The public has
sense enough to know that. worth
while wrestlers are not discovered
weekly They are not unearthed as
pigs unearth truff1es.
Wrestling, more than any form OF
much schooling and practice before
proficiency is reached, and, such being
the case, 1t viii be TO laugh when the
plague Of ouflandish hip and thigh
such a plague is thought Inevitable.
Figuring Chances.
The best way to figure the chances
of any unknown wrestler in q match
with Gotch is to reflect on what hap
pened to Hackenschmidt.
Here was man acknowledged to
be the superior Of all the Turks and
Poles and Mohammedans that ever
hold While hiding his time until
Gotch should agree TO meet him a
second time, he went around the coun-
try tossing all the champions Of far
ha ms
slams Lions roar had been heard all
over the universe from St Petersburg
TO Botany Bay and whenever II was
heard, the men of the mat tumb1ed
Yet, in the hands OF Gotch, the stall
wart neryy American, the supposed
car OF the wrestling kingdom was as
hands of a chef. So helpless, indeed
that in the argoJ Of slangsters.
the show was rotten" Had Il been
ordained that Gotch instead OF Hack
wretched display the public would
have felt towards wres ting as it did
towards boxing when fear shaken JEFF
ries collapsed at Reno
Some persons I know affect 70 be-
Ieve that the end OF the Hacken-
schmidt-Gotch wrestling feud is not
yet, that there win be still another
match next time in London
English Believe fn "Haek.-
Maybe the English sports were al
ways strong believers in the Russians
game. I know they were astounded
when they learned OF his defeat the
first time he tackled GOtch. and read
lily accepted report that Hack had
not received the fairest Of fair play.
More than likely sney VIII find ex
cuses for the more recent disaster
that befeI the Russian the more
especially If he begins i European
campaign this winter and throws the
best man on the continent with as
much regularity as he did on former
tours.
In such case there are things less
likely than a third reunion between
Hackenschmidt Of Russia and Gotch OF
Humboldt
Gotch Is Peerless.
Well. let London nave the match by
all means In the meantime G0tchS
triumph does not presage a revival Of
interest in wrestling IN this country by
a long shot We know there Is no one
who can hold a candle TO Humboldts
Frank. and what's the use Of becoming
excited.
Wrestling. you see, Is not like boxing.
When all human cards have been
shuffled a few times. the exact value
and rating Of each mat specialist is es-
tablished- There are no. lucky punches
as there are in pugilisticS, moth
ing to justify the occasional pitting OF
a sturdy novice against a seasoned
champion You can grade a cham
pion almost as surely as you can bill
lizard players, and this means that the
elements of chance are largely reduced
Feeling that way ABOUT 1t, 1T looks
as though Gotch's future operations
IL he insists upon kSeping before t-se
public, will consist mainly of exhibit
OF those denominations Hnown as handi-
cap Manifestations IN which he VIII
undertake TO throw men in his line so
many times by the clock