The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-09-07

FRANK GOTCH
both his hands and tried to break tn,
hold and finally succeeded IN getting |
out of it and lying flat on the mat
lie gained his feet in a few seconds
but scarcely had lie done SO when
Gotch secured another knee hold andI
sent him to the mat. Gotch did not
obtain an effective hold that time and
the Russian was soon standing. Hack,
enschrnidt then obtained a body hold
on Gotch and the Iowan dropped to his
knees. He was up in an instant smil-
ing good naturedly.
Wins First Fall Quickly.
Frank Gotch won the first fall from
Hackenschmidt in 14k minutes. unof-
fetal time. with a crotch II half Nell
son hold. 1t took Gotch just il minutes
81-5 seconds to get 4 reverse body
hold on his bulky antagonist and tho
crowd sylit the air with their yells
and cheers. The Russian fell to tho
! mat with Gotch holding his legs in the
air and pinning the Russians big
schmidt crawled through the ropes
paler than ever and submitted imne-
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 a
half nelson and crotch hold.
Interest in the match being over for
the minute all eyes turned to the box
wherein sat a slender worna 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, Ill bet they are making a noise
in Humboldt now. l guess Frank had
him beat before they ever shook hands"
In the interval challenges to the win
ner We're issued on behalf of lbysko.
Karlo and Mahmeout.
Johnny Coulon, bantamweight cham
pion of the prize ring, and Packy Nc
F'ar!and 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
in 5 minutes 80 Is seconds.
Thousands of Spectators.
Drawn by the promise of a finish
struggle this afternoon. thousands OF
wrestling enthusiasts ave gathered
from all corners Of America and even
from Europe. Hundreds Of visitors
We're turned away from hotels last
night, unable to secure accommodations
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 it's quota.
but it remained for Iowa, the home
state of Gotch, to e the largest
delegation. Humboldt. where Gotch
has lived since boyhood, was repre-
scented by nearly all of it's male pop
%uiation.
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
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 We're snapped up in large
quantities by late arrivals.
A conservative estimate placed the
: throng which will jam the park al
10000. 1t was calculated early today
that 100000 had already reached the
box office. This amount. it was be-
l1SNeu, WOulu Dt S"SllSu r. W SiD,uOt
before the match begins, while some
predicted that the gate receipts viii
reach 500, 900.
I ;en:ze Gctch
Frank Gotch appeared in the lobby
: of his hotel after breakfast and immed.
lately was surrounded by an enthus.
s iastic crowd of admirers, including
E many farmer friends from Iowa. On.
farmer with long whiskers and carry.
ing a large valise approaching Cote;
said:
Frank. I'VE got some of the fines
apples ever grown in Iowa in this her,
satchel and I want you to eat a few
S OF them before you go out there t.
wrestle thai foreigner"
Gotch smiled. but refused to eat an,
$ of the apples. 3fne big wrestler thel
> went for q walk followed by a crow.
of more than 500. He walked a mil
d and returned to the hotel where TIN
: crowd was SO dense he was unable t
enter the rotunda. He thon stepped in
e to a taxicab and was driyed away afte
sending word to his managers that h
{ would not return until / O'Clock. !
n crowd of several thousand stood il
z front of the hotel eagerly awaiting t
h get a glimpse of Gotch.