Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-04
Drmmers Give Omaha Beating GochHack Trim
READY FOR GREAT MATCH
GOtch's Condition Brings Odds Up to
Two to One.
LITTLE PLUNGMG BEING DONE
Talent Remembers with sorrow
what Happened at Reno and
DO Not want = Heavy

Loss.
CHICAoo, sept. az certainly expect
TO win, for I am basing my plans for
victory on my condition, which il better
than ever before In my long wrestnne
career. I also believe that Will be able
to meet Hack, trick for trtoks ana outlaet
him, II the match becomes an endurenoe
contest. Just how I will try TO osfset
Hack I cannot say. Ny tactics VIII de-
pend somewhat on his. am prepared 20
wrestis an night, II S nscessS SSra man 80
defeat. It win be q match in which gen
eralship, a. won az strength, Will COUNT.
ny greater experience should bring me
I'm all OF my professional wrestling
matches nsver have tried to predict the
outcome. I will not boast. All can sey
IL that I am feeling fine and have trained
faithfully, and I want TO sail for home
September a. the worlds wrestling
champion. I never have been gatstted
with my other match with ootch, when
he was credited with defeating me-
have learned more since then ana nave
moro confidonce."-Hacken
CHICAGO, Sept 3-Frank Gotch, the
Iowa farmer, and George Hackenschmidt
the cultured Russian student, tomorrow
will determine who is the mightiest wrest-
Ter in the world. For tomorrow, at
o'clock in the American league baseball
park here, these two premier grapplers
will meet to settle the supremacy.
Gotch won their former match In Chi
caGo April g. 1905 but he did not pin the
shoulders o. the Fuss l.' tun 10 I'VE
mat For that reason he has never been
given universal credit for his victory.
Tomorrow, however, both contestants de-
clare the match will not end until one
man has obtained two falls. 1t may be
necessary TO finish the contest under the
glare Of the great arc lights, but regard
less of this, the wrestlers are determined
to settle their dispute bovond all possible
doubt before they leave the park.
Many SpOrtsmen on Way.
with the contest less than twenty hours
away, there is great interest tonight In the
match. From all parts of the country fol-
lowers are coming in. All OF the hotels In
the loop district are crowded. Throughout
today the down town ticket office was
busy disposing of coupons. The total sales
I'D to tonight amounted to approximately
$4,000 1t is expected that at least 20'VOO
parsons will attend the contest and that
the gross receipts will be in the neighbor-
hood OF 100000. Whatever they are, 1t Is
certain that they will be larger than any
that have been taken in at any previous
wrestling match.
Although the turnstiles at the park wills
not begin to revolve until II o'clock to-
morrow, late tonight ardent devotees OF
the sport had begun to gather outside the
grounds to seek vantage points for an early
entrance to the field. Many OF them were
already provided with tickets, but they did
not desire to be caught in the crush that
will ensue a few hours before the contest
ants enter the arena.
Odds Are Two TO One.
Stories of Gotch's wonderful condition
which have been circulated since he ar
rived here Friday have forced the betting
odds on him up to to l. While he was
still training in Humboldt. Ia, he was but
a 6 to s favorite. But his work here has
caused his stock to rise rapidly.
Very little betting is being done, how
ever. AS an explanation for this condi-
ton, veteran sports say that the element
which habitually plunged on big contests
of all kinds has not forgotten the mem
orable prize fight which took place in Reno
on July 4, 1910. The so-called talent"
plunged and lost on that occasion, and,
although this match in no way resembles
that one, the big beeors, having once been
beaten are still timid.
Gotch partisans maintain that he will
win because he is the cleverer catch-as-
wrestler, a quicker thinker and,
perhaps, as strong as his opponent. They
insist that he displayed his superiority in
every department Of the sport at their last
match and that in the last three years
he has improved greatly.
Hack the strong Man.
On the other hand, followers of Hacken-
schmidt say that he is the strongest
wrestler that has ever lived and that in
this contest, which 1t is generally conceded
will be one requiring endurance, he will
outlast his opponent. Hackenschmidt has
devoted the greater part of his training
for this contest toward making himself
faster. DR.. B. 2. Roller. himself sci
entific wrestler and an old running mate
Of Gotch has been the Russians chief
trainer. Americas. another speedy crap.
pier has also been in the camp. Both as
sert that Hackenschmidt has greatly in
creased his speed and that CIotch will not
have single trick which will BATTLE their
pupil.
Both men say they are fit. To all out
ward appearance they are But when this
phase Of the match is under discussion old
uihers VINO nave been at the ringside or
matside OF every important event in the
last decade again refer 10 the Jeffries-
Johnson contest pointing out that the
greatest experts though the alfalfa farmer
was In shape. Somehow the sporting ele-
ment cannot forget that Reno battle.
Humboldt Deserted.
Humboldt, Ia. G0tch's home, virtually
10 deserted village tonight. Scores of its
citizens, who have known Gotch since boy
hood, swarmed in on him today and were
the champions guests at the Chicago-St.
Louis National league ball game. Gotch's
aged mother, his wife and members OF her
family also attended the game.
In the morning the champion took a
brisk run to loosen his muscles. That was
the only work in the way OF training ne
did. He spent the evening in his apart
ments reading the hundreds OF letters and
kilograms wishing him good luck and
victory.
There was no signs of worry on the
champions face today. He beamed with
smiles in responding to the cheers of the
baseball throng and laughed boyIshly
when the crowd shouted: You will trim
Hack sure tomorrow. Frank"
Wayne Wins from Laurel.
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