The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-05
KOCH QUIT MATCH
Big German Says Zbyszko Foul
ed and Hurt Him.
WrestIers Fought Fiercely for
IS Minutes.
THREWHIM OVER HEAD
And Then Koch Apparently il
Great Pain.
Referee Abbott Says the German
Showed His Yellow Streak.

After as minutes of vicious wres-
ting, Koch the German wrestler,
claiming Zbyszko fouled him, forfeited
the match to the Pole last night.
Inc men were near the edge of the
mat and down. Zbyszko tossed Koch
over ms head by slamming his head
INTO the Germans crotch That's all
the spectators saw. But Koch fell
outside the canvas on the bare floor
and seemed in agony. The Pole seized
MIN again, but Koch yelled STOP
to Referee Abbott and tried to explain
in broken English what had happened.
I didn't struck him." Zbyszko said,
standing over his opponent. And Abb
bott had seen no foul so he told Koch
he would have to forfeit the fall If he
quit This Koch did and walked I'M
steadily to his dressing room. A mo-
ment later he said he could not go on
Tor the second fall.
~''Zbyszko did not do that intention
ally. If he hurt you at ALL. it was
an accident. You know that can not
be avoided" explained Zbyszko's man
ager, ]. H. Herman to Koch in Ger
man. But the German would not be
convinced that it was an accident.
The big fellow quit, that was all,''
ia the way Abbott sized it up. He
had the wind knocked out of him when
Zbyszko threw him over his head and
showed his yellow streak. That's all
there is to it. There was no foul on
Zbyszko's part, buta little earlier Koch
bit the Pole"
The bout was fierce all the way. The
big foreigners charged around the ring
and into the spectators repeatedly and
often fell on the bare rough boards.
Many times they came near going over
the footlights.
To a few of the SPECTATORS who were
nearest him In his corner; Zbyszko said
just before his match, "They run that
man in on me down to Kansas City.
III give him enough of it tonight
The reports have it that the two have
had misunderstanding in the old
country before coming over and that
the Kansas City incident only fired
their animosity
At any rate the match was the
toughest exhibition staged here
Zbyszko punished his man severely
with repeated toe-holds. Koch would
break them by roughing the Poles
head and face or elbowing him. Some
times he sawed his neck with his fore
arm. Once he bit. When he freed
himself he would spring to his feet.
blowing like a whale.
The giant Pole wrestled in his bare
feet and seemed not to mind the rough
boards on the edge of the mat. The
batt1ers were on their feet a good deal
of the time jabbing at each others face
and neck. Koch seemed the rougheT
of the pair and the crowd sometimes
hooted him. When Zbyszko was de-
clared the winner, he was applauded
in spite of the suspicious circum-
stances connected with the termina-
ton.
In the preliminaries, Thomas Scott
the Englishman, won his handicap
match with Jesse James and Ed Crafty
handily. He threw Crafty in 7 min
utes and seconds, after a pretty bout
To onnnUnnnH a who
had turned to the mat because of few
er legal restrictions, was said to be in
his first match. However. he started
things Immediately and remained or
the aggressive until Scott caught him
unawares in full Nelson. This fall
took 9 minutes and 20 seconds.
Joe Wood lost two straight falls tc
Jim Ketchel of Kansas City, the first
in minutes and the second in 8 min
utes.