El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-02

pie with the huge Russian, Gotch does
so confident that he will be returned
the victor whether it takes him only
q few minutes or if the struggle is pro-
longed for hours. One thing can be put
down here and that is that the cham
pion means to terminate the battle just
as quickly as he can.
Gotch Must Work Fast.
There have been many who believed
that Gotch's chances of winning would
be lessened the longer the match goes.
Some of these who are strong in this
belief are versed in the game. too, but
Frank Gotch has his own private
views.
.I've certainly got everything in the
game, although there was some doubt
when / started training as to my err
duranee to outiast Hackenschmidt If
the occasion demanded" declared Gotch-
.sNow as the result Of hard work fig
llre that have worked myself to the
point where 1 will be able to stand
the grueling that is sure to result just
as well as the Russian I know he is
strong, but I also know that he does
not use his strength 10 the best adj
vantage 1 discovered that he wasted
lots of II in our first match three years
ago, and do not think that he has i'm
proved sufficiently since to overcome
that fault.
when we meet the knowledge
gained two years ago will be Of the
greatest benefit in the world TO me,
for the reason that I Will not hesitate
to attack as I want to. I will not have
to play safe this time, for 1 know my
self and without boasting 1 want to
saw that 1 believe in myself thorough
1y.
Gotch Unafrafd OF Strength.
Regarding the strength OF his OPP
ponent and the effect 1t might have
on the outcome Of the battle, Gotch
has this to say:
strength, Bear in mind that it is
to nae how much Hacken-
schmidt can raise off the floor. That
counts very little. I knew a man up
In Canada who had the reputation of
raising a dead weight of one ton
without harness, and little Freddie
BELL cleaned him in less than min
ute. Weight and strength have their
place. but the application of both de-
termines the direction a match takes
Hack is strong. I can't say that he
Is stronger than I am, because his
strength is different. I have never been
a weight litter, and I presume there
are thousand men in Iowa who can
beat me at that feat. But-and make
a red mark there can slap on
leverage and stay with IT. My grip is
there: my time and distance were new
ser better. and when one grappler gets
to the other in a short space of time
he has the better portion of the ar
gument."
Toe Rogers is a stronger man than
Hack aloe is equally as quick, and IN
condition would give anybody bat
tie worth while.
For brute strength think Zbysco
has Ii on Hack easily. Any statement
relative to the Russians actual physi-
cal force should be accepted with due
qualifications
The Russian Is Secretiye-
One thing that struck me particu-
larly was the difference in the at
mosphere around the quarters Of the
rivals. At Hacks stamping grounds,
there was an air of secretiveness- No
one was there excepting those who
were actually needed to care for the
Russian But Gotch was surrounded py
a circle of friends, wrestlers and sport
ing characters, all chatting pieasur-
ably of the coming match Gotten ala
not seem a bit worried, and the con-
fidence pervaded his entire caravan
sary OF trainers and others VINO Wor-
SHIPPED at his shrine
Farmer Burns, who supervised the
eamp of Jeffries before the Johnson
fight. was one of the most sanguine
He has had personal charge, OF the
champions work during the last month
and declared he was in POSITION 10
know what he was talking about
'.Gotch's condition is great he said,
After working on the mat with him,
I have learned that he is in better
shape than ever before and am con-
fident he can throw the Russian He is
now by far the greatest Gotch 1 have
ever known"
Big. awkward Zbysco, who was de-
feated by Gotch a year ago, was an
other of those on hand. He expressed
the opinion that Hack didn't have a
chance and was seconded in it by his
manager, Jack Herman.
Complete new rules were drawn for