The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-09-08
DEFEATS GEORGE HACkEN.
SCHMIDT FOR THE WREST.
LING TITLE.
TWO FALLS IN 20 MINUTES
Two Falls Gained Rapidly, Foreigner
Losing His Nerve Before tho
Onslaughts Of Iowa
Man.

Chicago. nlinois.-In one Of the
greatest wrestling fiascos the game
has ever known. Frank Gotch Of Hum
boldt, Iowa. wrestling up to his form
as past master Of the art.
threw George Hackenschmidt of Dorb-
pat. Russia. winning the two falls
within 20 minutes and establishing
himself as the greatest catch-as-catch-
can mat artist the world has ever
known. The Russian did not once
make a show toward victory and aft
er offering but feeble resistance In
the first bout absolutely surrendered
In the second. Gotch won the first
fall in 1918 Is and the second In
532
Before 30. 400 ladies and gentlemen
of sporting instinct, in perfect wealth
err and with every condition agree
able to him, the much-vaunted Lion
made perhaps the sorriest showing
known to a championship contest and
from the moment he entered the ring
was beaten as badly as when he did
finally surrender.
Hack on the Defense.
In the first bout Hackenschmidt got
I'D from the mat once or twice after
Gotch had got behind him and 1t
looked as If his strength might help
him along. but Gotch kept after him
like fiend and continued to keep
him on the defense. Finally after Is
minutes of wrestling the champion
hurled his man to the mat again and
then showed the crowd the ability of
| his opponent by landing the challenger
by one of the commonest holds known
| to the game While Hack was worry
| ing about the toe hold. Gotch slipped
over n half Nelson and crotch hold
and as the Russian strove 10 break
| away Gotch let slip the half Nelson
| end of his grip This seemed to make
/ Hack think that he was getting away,
/ but quick as a fash the champion dove
/ in again and threw his man with
/ half-crotch hold and a half Nelson. II
was one of the old leg locks that
made Farmer Burns famous and the
hand of the veteran could be seen in
the first fall
The second fall came so quickly
that very few of the spectators real
ICED that the great thing was over.
Hack made an effort at the start to
get hold of Gotch's legs. but was
blocked and after five minutes of
work Gotch again sent his man to the
mat with a leg hold. Working over
him quietly and disgustedly. Gotch at
last seized one of Hacks feet with
his left hand. not expecting to get
the Russian on a hold which should
have been so easily blocked and IL
was just here that Hackenschmidt
surrendered forever his claim to any
standing in the sporting game. AS
Gotch twisted his foot the Russian
begged the American to let him go,
with an accompanying appeal from
Gntch 20 Go on and wrestle." and
the result that the foreigner sank
back on the mat to the worst defeat
a challenger for n title ever had In
years. With anything like show OF
nerve he might have pulled away and
continued. hut his heart was too weak
for the work and he preferred to be
called a quitter than continue the
gruelling that he knew must be In
store for him in long match.
The attendance WAS 10000. gate re
ceipts sS7,053. Gotch received s21, 00(
and Hackenschmidt $4,000. Jacl
Curley, Haekenschmidt's manager, re
ceived sa9,937 and the Empire Ath
letic club s6.250. The picture royal
ties were divided between the wrest
lers Walter Eckersall. the football
/ nlayer acted as timekeener