The Detroit times., 1911-02-15
HACKEMsCHMlDTIh.
Characteristic
TRIUMPH
Russion Lion Devours Three Pieces
Of Cheese for Delecta-
ton of a Crowd Of
Detroiters.
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Best Managed Athlete Before the
World Today Shows How He Made
That Million Bones. nj
TRUTH AND SINCERITY
BY PAUL HALE eRuskE.


Time was, In the old days here
abouts. that devotees OF wrestling
used TO throng an arena where con-
} test was to take place. They came
: 20 see one uniform style of match.
Two men were 10 match holds and
: the better I'm two out OF three falls
was the one who took down the
money.
The bugs used to take their lunches
/ along, too. They were there to see
- contest OF combined strength, skill
land endurance.
Such affairs are out OF date now.
A wrestler of the first class seldom
allows himself to be matched with a
req rival II he does sign CONTRACT
OF this sort, one party or the other
wiggles out OF IL. Instead, numerous
matches OF the handicap order are
staged, The best managed wrestler
IL now the man who can be kept be-
fore the public longest as chal-
lenger for the title, and still gets
away without ever really placing
himself In danger Of losing fall.
Introducing Mr.. Hackenschmidt,
the best managed athlete In the coun-
try Just now.
The Lion Roars.
Hack has been raging up aud
down the United States with enough
roaring to justify dozen leonine
titles. He has defed Frank Gotch
from q hundred platforms. While
Frank was In retirement, Hack made
bold to claim the worlds title. When
Frank emerged and showed himself
ar able to defend that title as he was
on former occasion-of which Mr..
Hackenschmidt does not like to be
reminded-he straightway starts a
farewell tour and heads back for Eu-
rope
Hack" has been In this country
for several months. In all that time.
he hasn't met a good man In a match
where he took the least chance of be-
ing thrown. Even with Zbyszko, or
whom Gotch made such short work,
Hack. wrestled handicap match in
which he was on the defensive most
OF the time. -
Yet Hack has been. getting the
money and has added materially 10
that million he has stored away
abroad.
AS We remarked above. Mr.. Hack
enschmidt is well managed athlete.
Anybody who can get the money as
he does, must be conceded that honor.
Last nights bout in the Light Guard
nrmory was q typical Hackenschmidt
affair. The Lion appeared against
three hyenas whom he took on, one
sitter the other. and disposed OF In a
style that suggested frequent rehears-
ala Just which one OF them was tho
regular wrestling partner wasn't en-
tirely clear: they all performed their
parts SO well.
/, The first piece Of cheese was one
Brugglio, alleged a Pole. This bout
WAS more like wrestling than either Of
the others. Hack let the Roquefort
wiggle out Of several holds before he
finally pinned him to the mat In IA
minutes.
He next devoured piece of Camem-
bert introduced as Sampson OF Chi
caeo or Copenhagen. Herr Sampson.
~ from the latter hangout, failed 10
produce the proofs of real ability. He
doccooked around for Ave or six min
utes. posing In burlesque that kept
the crowd In a continual litter. Final
AZ he and Hack came to close holds,
waltzed around three or four times
and subsidized, Hackenschmidt on top.
Harry Tuthill eloQuently described the
grip as "a body hold from In 'front.'
Climbing the capax.
The final sport was provided by a
husky chunk of Limburger called
Arnst. His burly person mopped
about the mat for nine or 10 minutes
3 when the most astounding event oc-
CURED. Hack threw Arnst over his
head, back-somersaulted on top OF him
as he lay bridged, and then kicked