The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-09-07

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FRANK GOTcH y,
both his hands and tried to break til,
hold and finally succeeded in getting
out OF 1t and lying fat on the mat,
He gained his feet in few seconds,
but scarcely had he done so when
Gotch secured another knee hold and
sent him to the mat. Gotch did moi
obtain an effective hold that time and
the Russian was soon standing. Hack.
enschmidt then obtained q body hold
on Gotch and the Iowan dropped to his
knees. He was up in an instant smil.
ing good naturally.
Wins First Fall Quickly.
Frank Gotch won the first fall FROM
Hackenschmidt in IAN minutes unof.
fetal time, with a crotch and half Mel
son hold. 1t took Gotch just IA minutes
IL 1-5 seconds TO get reverse body
hold on his bulky antagonist and the
crowd sylit the air with their yell>
and cheers. The Russian fell to tho
mat with Gotch holding his legs in the
air and pinning the Russians big
shoulders to the cushion. Hacken-
schmidt crawled through the ropes
paler than ever and submitted imme-
diately to the ministration of his Sec
onds.
Body Hold Wins First.
Gotch turned around and grinned.
Although the referee announced that
the winnig hold was a reverse body
lock and this was later confirmed,
many persons In the stands thought
the fall had been accomplished with
half nelson and crotch hold.
Interest In the match being over for
the minute all eyes turned to the box
wherein sat a slender woman CARRIED
In white was smiling. She was Mrs.
Frank Gotch.
Smile Of Triumph.
Her smile was one of triumph. Turn
ing to a friend she said
|, My. I'll bet they are making a noise.
in. Humboldt now. guess Frank had
him beat before they ever shook hands"
In the interval challenges to the win
ner were issued on behalf of Zbysko.
Karlo and Mahmeout
Johnny Coulon, bantamweight cham
pion Of the prize ring. and Packy Nc
Farland were introduced.
3:45 p. m. Gotch re-entered the ring
followed Immediately by Hacken-
schmidt for the second fall. The lat
ter's forebodings showed in the slope
OF his shoulders and the droop Of his
head.
Gotch won second fall with toe lock
inr5 minutes 80 1-5 seconds.
Thousands of Spectators.
Drawn by the promise of finish
struggle this afternoon thousands of
wrestling enthusiasts have gathered
from all corners Of America and even
from Europe. Hundreds Of visitors
were turned away from hotels last
night, unable to secure accommodation
and many of them spent the night near
the baseball park, standing in line to
obtain general admission tickets.
From the east came many and the
Pacific coast contributed its quota,
but 1t remained for Iowa, the .home
state OF Gotch, to send the largest
delegation. Humboldt, where Gotch
has lived since boyhood, was repre-
sented by nearly all of its male pop
Late last night the line began to
form for the ticket sale opening at
IL o'clock this morning. Scores stood
In line waiting their opportunity to
sell their places or dispose Of their
tickets at a premium Early ticket
sales Indicated that by far the largest
crowd that ever witnessed a wrestling
match would be in the park when the
men entered the ring at 3 o'clock. Re
served seats were snapped UP In large
quantities by late arrivals.
A conservative estimate placed the
throng which will jam the park at
3U,UUO. IL was Cdlculateu early To-Day
that $4,000 had already reached the
box office. This amount. it was be-
leved, would be swelled to $4,000
before the match begins, while some
predicted that the gate receipts will
reach 100000. -,
Iowans Gionize Gotch.
Frank Gotch appeared in the lobby
of his hotel after breakfast and immed-
lately was surrounded by an enthus-
iastic crowd of admirers, Including
many farmer friends from Iowa. One
farmer with long whiskers and carry
ing a large valise approaching Gotch
said: ..
Frank, I've got some of the finest
apples ever grown in Iowa in this lrera
satchel and I want you to eat. a few
of them before you go out there to
wrestle that foreigner"
Gotch smiled, but refused to eat any
of the apples. The big wrestler then
went for walk followed by a crowd
of more than 500. He walked a mile
and returned to the hotel where the
crowd was SO dense he was unable to
enter the rotunda. He th0n stepped in
to a taxicab and was drived away after
sending word to his managers that hi
would not return until ! O'Clock. A
crowd of several thousand stood In
front of the hotel eagerly awaiting tc
get a glimpse of Gotch.