The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-04
Bic PLUNGERS
REMEMBER RENO
Men Who Wager Large Sums
Afraid to Bet OIL GOtch-Hack-
enschmidt Match.

CHICAGO. Sept 3.-Frank Gotch. Inc
Iowa GARNER. and George HacRenscHIn'u'' =
the cultivated Russian student tomorrow
viii determine who is the mlSuieo.
wrestler In the world. tor '9as'U Snrn st 4
the American league park mere a. 80,
O'Clock. these premier grappivrS VIII '"
to settle the supremacy ,,, - Ch,-
Gotch Won their former matcn In ~.
cago, April g. 1905 but ne did not pm ,he
shoulders OF the Russian ZION 10 tne
mat For that reason he mas never pe'"
given universal credit Tor his victory.
Tomorrow however. both contcsthnts
declare the match will not end unul one
man has obtained Two falls II may DC
necessary 10 finish the contest uhoFr lnu
glare OF the giant arc lghts that eIross aTo, =,
the roof OF the grandstand, but regardless
OF this the wrcstlers are determined 10
settle their dispute beyond all possio1e
doubt before they leave the park. .u
With the contest less than twentN-iour
hours away, there is great interest TO-
night i'm the match. From all parts OF
tbG country followers OF the sport are
coming in; All hotels In the ,oon 1ls,r,S, ,nw1
ticket office was busy dSsposlng OF cou-
pons The total sales up 10 tonlsht ap.
proxlmated $4,000. II Is expected tnat tnat
a. least q. 900 persons viii attend Inc
contest and that the gross receipts VIII
be I'm the neighoorhood OF 500 1000. What,
ever they are IL Is certain that they VIII
he larger than any that nave TAKEN p'aSe
In any previous wrestling contest.
Odds Are Now to i.
Although the turnstiles AT the park VII
not begin TO rcvolve until II o'clock 70
morrow. tonight ardent dovotecs OF me
sport had began to gather outside me
grounds 10 seek vantage points LOT hu
carly entrance 10 the field Many oi 'ne,,, ,
were already provided With tickets, but
thcy did not desire 10 be caught in the
crush a few hours before the contestants
enter the arena.
Stories of Ciotch's wonderful condition
which have been circulated since he ar
rived here Friday have forced the bet
ting odds on him mp 10 to Nnle
he was stil trsinng IN n,dr, rHmooiss snt his has
work here has caused his stock TO rise
rapidly RGspy u,ps netting ,s being done. how
ever. As an explanation for this condl
tiou. veteran sports say hat the ele-
mcnt that habItually plunged on big con
tests of ali kinds has not forgotten the
prize fight In Reno on July 4. 1910.
The so-callcd talent plunged and los'
on that occasion. and although this metcf
seems IN no way 10 resemble that one, the
big bet,ors having once been bitten, are
still timid.
Gotch partisans maintain that he vii
win because he IS the clevcrcr catch as,
| catch-can wrestler. n quicker thinker snc
perhaps as strong as his opponent lheS
Insist that ne displayed his superiorltl
| i'm every department of the sport at thel
| last match and that in the last three
years he has improved greatly.
| on the other hand. followers Of Hack
! enschmidt say he is the strongest wrest
| ler that ever lived. and that In this con
! test which. Il is generally conceded, VII
| be one requiring great endurance, he VII
ouilast his opponent. Hackanschmidt ha:
devoted the eeratar part Of his training
for this contest toward making himsel
faster,
Dr. b. II. Roller, himself a scientific
wrestler and an old running mate o
| Gotch. has been the Russians chile
trainer Americus. another speedy crap
nlcr. has also been I'm the camp. Bot
cssert that Hackenschmidt has great!
Increased his speed and thnt Cotch vii
not have single trick that will baff
| their pupil.
Both men say they arc tit. TO all out
ward appearances they are But whcl
this phase OF the match is under dis
! cussion old timers who have been a
the ringside or matside OF every import
| ant event in the last decade again refe
| TO the Jef(ries johnson match, pointlnl
| out that the greatest experts though
the alfalfa farmer was In shape. Some
how the sporting element cannot forge
| that Reno battle,