The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-03
Cotch and Hackerschmidt
Will Meet for Worlds
Title at Chicago.
BATTLE OF MONSTERS
Lovers of Sport All Over the
Country Have Eyes on
This Big Mill.
BY MONTY.

CHICAGO, Sept 2.-"The event OF
the Century"-Frank Gctch versus
George Hackenschmidt-i is the topic
on every tongue in Chicago tonight.
The eyes of all the sporting world are
turned toward the White Sox ball
park, where these two great expo
nents of physical prowess in the
worlds history will battle for supre-
macy Monday--at three in the after
noon--and this western metropolis is
wrestling-mad.
1t will be battle of monsters, the
clash of two veritable man-mountain
marvels of speed, strength and endur-
ance: and--a fight to the fipish. By
shutdown Monday, one OF two things
will be fact. A champion raised on a
pedestal of glory and lauded as never
before has a champion been lauded,
will have justifed the admiration that
has been his or he will have fallen
before one of even greater prowess,
and with him the pride Of the Ameri-
can people.
Roofing For Gotch.
For the entire country is wrapped
up In the success of Frank Gotch-the
big, brawny, wonderful Iowa farmer,
who has fought his way upwards by
persistence and courage. Nor are the
hackers of the Russian Lion want
ing, which are shown by the odds that
arc prevailing tonight, just two days
before the big match-even money
and that despite Gotch's victory over
the Russian in 1909.
1t is a new Hack" that will step
through the ropes on Labor Day. His
months OF training in England have
given him added speed, weight,
strength and stamina. and what is
more, he has now fully mastered the
catch.as-catch-can game One OF
Gotch's arguments for victory is
that the Russian was brought up in
the Greeco-Roman game. That argu-
ment also works the other way. 1t
can be used to explain Hacks defeat
on the former occasion and to show
how much difference his knowledge
of the catch-as-catch can game will
make.
These men have trained for the
match as never before have athletes
trained. Their preparations can almost
be said to have dated from the time
of their last meeting, nearly three
years ago Gotch claims the title of
worlds champion by virtue of his tech
meal triumph over Hackenschmidt,
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without fall. the Russian protested
foul tactics by. Gotch and withdrew
when the claim was disallowed. Gotch
then realized that experience would
improve his rival and therefore has
striven to improve himself.
Worked Like Trojan.
At Gotch's home town, Humboldt
Iowa. he worked like trojan. Every
day he tossed about on the mat with
the foremost wrestlers of the country
among them such stars as Yusiff Rus
sane. Henry Ordmann. Jess Wester
4 gard. Joe Rogers. Charlie Olsen
Fred Beall, Farmer Burns, lib Asbell
Domke Reimel, with his ever-present
4 manager, Emil klank, overseeing ev
erything with his eagle eve. Since the
\ champion broke up his Iowa camp and
came to his present quarters at the
Chicago Athletic Association a week
ago he has taken things easier, aim
ing toward further mastery of the new
holds he has invented to supplement
the terrible toe-hold.
Hackenschmidt has worked ever
harder than Gotch. When he boarded
the liner for England to start condi
\ tioning. he took with him Dr. b. F
Roller. the Seattle physician-wrestler
who is believed TO know more about
Gotch's style than any other man
While his manager Jack Hurley. stay
ed behind him IN this country to lool
after his interests, Hack tolls away a,
his villa, "Fairhaven," at Shoreham
England. Besides DR. Roller he work
ed against. the German champion
Adolph Ernst; Johann Kock. antohel
German mat artist, and Dusty" Cole
man. the famous English trainer o.
athletes When he boarded the Olym
pic to come across the Atlantic. hi
was accompanied not only by all these
but added to his retinue the veteran
Tom Jenkins. At New York. he was
Joined by Americas. and Charlie Cut
: Ter entered into Hacks training sys
TEN when he arrived in this city ant
opened his gymnasium OH the Nortl
Shore. He also brought along Will
him a special chef to cook his meals
and ten barrels of French spring wa
ter, not wishing to take any chance.
with a change of diet.
waylaid the big Russian in hi
North Shore establishment tonight
just as he was contemplating an earl,
visit with the ''sand man." and aske,
him whether he was confident.
Russian Confident.
Confident? OF course I am" an,
the Russian giant smiled blandly pat
ting his enormous chest. mo. no. d,
not ask me to set a figure on the tim,
1t will take me to beat Gotch. am no
a rapid worker. but l should say tina
] will win two falls in less time thai
was consumed in our first match. No.
would not say that am going to viii
in straight falls He might get one;
cannot tell. But | will be the nltimat.
winner. you may be sure of that.
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