El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-05
GREAT WRESTLING
SCHEDULED FOR
SEPTEMBER
Greatest Events of the Year
in Wrestling Scheduled
to Be In That Month.

San Francisco. Cal. Aug. Slow
well do / remember;
TT was in the sad September
So sang the poet from something far
removed from upper jabs and toe-hold.
but the lines were signally suggestive
just at present The coming Septem-
Der is sure TO be a sad one for some
folks OF the sporting persuasion
Look at the schedule:
Carl Morris VS.. Jim Flynn
Frank Gotch VS.. George Hacken-
schmidt
Ad Wolgast VS.. Packey Mcfarland.
With a sporting calendar like that.
September should be remembered as a
red letter month. the one event, the
wrestling match worlds champion
ships to be decided In another
the Mcfarland olgast bout-a cham
pion is taking chances of having his
reputation frreparably damaged, even
though he may maintain his title. In
the other, a white hope" is risking
his all. which, by the way. is not very
much. He7I mean Carl Norris
radically hopeful that he will prove
himself fully entitled to a crack at Jack
Johnson, the undisputed champion OF
the world.
Motifs Peffed Novice.
Morris is the most petted and most
prominent OF all the novices who have
been mentioned as possible opponents
for Johnson The majority of the
others have either disappeared entire
" or have had their dreams shattered
by defeat
Morris has a millionaire manager
at least so they say-and this manager
with seeming seriousness and sincerity.
voices his belief that Morris can beat
Johnson. 1t goes without saying that
Morris feels the same way about It
Morris IS to go against Jim Flynn
somewhere in New York on Labor Day
(Septenber A.. and by that event he
will stand or fall II he loses to Flynn
he will be joke. for Flynn is pro-
nounced second rater with but one
fairly bright spot on his side. namely.
his victory over Al Kaufman
If Morris should do away with
Flynn, the future will be luminous
with promise for the Oklahoma heavy
weight. Flynn apparently has his lin
itations. He can never hope to be
champion while Sam Langford and
Jack Johnson are actively engaged in
fisticuffs, but he is a very formidable
trial horse just the same. He Is right
willing worker. possessed of more
speed and strength than accuracy.
and he takes kindly to close milling
He is a heartbreaking subject for any
inexperienced boxer to tackle and. IL
Norris should defeat him decisively,
there may arise a demand for John
SON Morris match
If things go awry, Morris may as
we'll turn his thoughts to some pur-
suit other than pugilism- Occasionally
a fighter of proved quality, who has met
with a reverse, is given another
chance" but an untried and practically
unknown man like the Sapulpa giant IS
not due for anything OF that kind. II
he is found wanting in his first test.
it would be considered a waste OF time
to try him again
The Hackenschmidt- Gotch worlds
championship wrestling match, which
is TO be decided in Chicago on Septem-
Der f. is of vast importance
Even though Gotch won from the
Russian Lion a couple OF years ago.
and has enjoyed ever since the prestige
that attaches to the premiership, it
has always been felt that the circum-
stances attending the first struggle
call for another
Hackenschmidt Defiant.
Hackenschmidt has moved heaven
and earth to secure a return meeting
and has publicly challenged Gotch with
being afraid to wrestle again. In every
thing Hackenschmidt has done he has
displayed a spirit Of defiance and SUI
preme confidence and the public has
watched the slow progress Of the
with much OF the inter
est that was manifested while Jeffries
CONTINUED on next pagel