The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-09-07
COTCH BEATS RUSSIAN
FOR SUPREMACY NTHE
BIG WRESTLING MATCH
Humboldt Man Disposes Of
Russian in 10 Minutes and
SO Seconds.

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Gotch secured the first fall
with a reyersa bodv loci, IN IL
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ana 10 ana Id SECONDS;
the second fall ren1irad exactly
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ACCORDING To the general COM
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lie looked like a loser. Gotch
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master OF the situation at every
stapa The second fall lacked as
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d Pltldpie Spectdcle. u
Bio Ovation for Winner.
ciotch held a leyee lust outside the
platform of the arena. while Mrs. Gotch
held another in The grandstand. She
said.
"What3do 7 think of ,tp Well think
IT was rather easy wasn't it. Frank
really can wrestle some trough I can
not saw very much as Frank is really
the more iionnrtan member Of the
family. Thank ~vervhc for tha nice
way they stood by my husband"
Police v,ere renuired tn clear thel
aisles in order to afford a passage for
the champions wife. Gotch said:
Honest I did not think it would be
so easy. I expected to win. but not
with the case with which it was accom-
plished.s l had not been in the ring
8 minute when / knew that Hacken-
schmidt was even less to be feared than
he was three years ago.
"Hack' Is Silent.
81 have nothing "a saw the defeated
to his dressing room, with fhe assistance
Of his broad shouIders and a SQUAD of
noline He waded through the crowd
like a big Atlantic liner going through
a f,eet Of tugs.
= In nc drassing ,oo,, H.cLenscbmi5t
broke y, down ana criea and With the
noo6rate Of his tears mis- tonpI1e was
1ooseneS and he said.
Il was in no condition 20 wrestle.
Two weeks apo r wrenched NV left leo
nv trainers told me I could go in with.
out iniuring the member R,,t we had
scarcely got to work when siotch began
to pull and twist my left leg. I real
lied that / was in no condition to con-
tinue the match. / ans no gutter.
Neither do I desire to charge that I
was not treated squarely. My defeat is
one entirely due to the injury. / feel
deeper than words can tell the loss of
this match: however. I did my best. No
man could have done more"
Gotch First to Appear.
cotoh No. tho srst r.. epter tho . wan.
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vic WIZ axayninad botb conteSt,nts
nrono,,nced Cntch in narfect nonditinn
h,,t s,as 1ass onti,,,istic as RI tba NO
Russian - 80
acsenschn,i6 he said wa na,e and
evidently in q ]nervoIs state Following
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IF Hacl.enscbridt, legs which uyas re-
norted to he q bit ont of condition on
Account of a training accident b1It
could find no apparent defect.
Gotch posed outside the arena for
an army of camera men and hen
climbed through the ropes into the
southwest corner which had been
draped with a silken American flag.
Gotch, in a blue bathrobe, faced the
audience with a grin of recognition of
the plaudits directed. at himself. He
the sat with his back to the audience,
exposing a four-inch bald spot.
"Hack" Has Bald SPOT.
The Russian, his tights covered for
the time being with a bathrobe of
brown, came to the field at s:07 p. M,
seven minutes behind Cotch. The mass
ing years were exhibited with him in
the encroachment of badness over his
forehead.
The crowds attention was still cen
tered on Gotch, and Hackenschmidt
nearly a tranger in a strange land,
was given a little applause. Burne,
Westergaard Rogers and Hassan. the
Turk, were as Gotch's sec
onds. Hackenschmidt's seconds were
DR.. Roller. Americus, and kotch.
The megaphoned that the
match would be the best two out OF
three. pin falls only to count. The fav.
oritism of the crowd was plainly eyi.
when he said:
George Haekenschmidt, of Russia