The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-27
Worlds Champion Wrestler,
Gotch, Says He Is in Best Con-
dition Of His Career.
is sUPREMELY CONFIDENT
Similar Feeling Pervades Rus
slams Camp; Mrs. Gotch to
See Match.

Supremely confident. Frank Gotch
world champion heavyweight wrestler
arrived In Salt Lake City Sunday after
noon for his finish match with Jack Leon,
the Russian giant Il: The Colonial the
ater this evening.
With the champion were his bride OF a
few months and Emil klank, his man
ager. Mrs. Gotch shares her husbands
confidence to down the Russian giant
Mrs. Gotch witnessed the match betwccc
her husband and Tom jenkins at Denver
Friday night and in all probability VIII
attend the match here. occupying box.
Gotch and his 0arty were schedrt:1 TO
arrive over the Denver Rio Granae at
215 o'clock Sunday afternoon and an IN
mense crowd OF wrestling fans and ad-
mirers gathered at :he depot To receive
him. but the party had taken an earlier
train which reached .he city at l.31
o clock. consequently the crowd was ais
appointed.
Go to Tabernacle.
Harry Hcagren. promoter OF the match.
and others met the champion anu his
party In an automohlle and whirlcd them
TO the Knltsford hotel after winch MT.
and Mrs Goich attended the services at
the tabernacle, Taen the champion ran
into an old Iowa schooima:c with whom
he and Mrs. Golch spent the rest OF tEe
afternoon and part of the evening:
Gotch today will take long walk INFO
the foothills to keep on edge for his work
tonight. Leon 2 actialiy broke lralnihg
Saturday night AMI outside oi htMiie ne
entire lay, spending large part ot ms
time in sc slng the city, IN AL ErohaoillS.
Leon went out to the Great Salt lake
Sunday morning and TO the tabernacle IN
the afternoon. As Leon passed out of the
temple groIuls he met NJ. ana MIS-
Gotch going III, The advcrsnEiss CT TO.
night exchanged cordia, greetings AitGr
leaving the taoernarle Leon 1Dddc UP
over the city IN sightseeing car.
Both Sides Confident.
- ~, -. -, ,,,., J,;,, con- ,sf corfi5coCe
| seems to euvalop both camps. E'cn man
| ager says mis- ;aan IS in the BEST pos slhle
| condition and expresses confidence 'nal
his mar viii win Said hla"k' ''''eh
| .Gotch is in The bc't condition ot rs
career and will win llthrti.n ne nay
have so,ue trouble in DONG so. Ll:lIh
before some of his other matches. Gotten
| is rot overturned and stale. bet is on
Said George V. Tuoh.y. manager Io'
''' "I con s. N such eycellsnt condition
that | am afraid to allow him 10 lake
a chance in this rarc air III further ~ ~. III
ing at roughing It and he Will spend mos
which he is ]elghteI. Outside Of a a IT., IT.
tie WORT with two po;nl dumb bells nc
will loaf all the Lay
DO YOU know that there is something
of the fatalist about me-" continued
| Tuohcy Like many other sporismeh
believe that things go in threes' a
have trained two men "npm, "n ~ 80 i,hiTG
! time will be the charm. Gotch is chali
pion today. but another man may Dc
champion tomorrow. ,yoo,,o,,.
"The coaching Leon got from HAcKen'
| schmidt thc last week of his eastern
tramjng will be Of immense benefit.
think that Gotch will have ,ns, lot ~ ~
I'm Leon has an excellent chance lt
win. win. Somehow or other I never ielt less
worry over the outcome iusl pctGtbb nGtber
big match; I am not owerconaael''' '''''
lust hopeful and easy. ,,,royars,
The Gotch- -Hackenschmidt c9n.rUTIe,S', 9lnIon' :, ;,
broke out afrcsh with the chanI,p,otr ro n,
arrival here. Gotch recelVcu d t--- -.