The evening world., 1911-08-17
Rackenschmitt Has Trained
Hard for His Big Wrestling
Match Labor Day Against
Gotch and Is Once More at
His Best.
owfsM 1911. ~ Tbe Prsa Puhfshins %.
The New Yort workl.

cIhe Ne~ ion No'nI
- Eofo
NJ p@sseo through Ne~ iork yes
tefusy on MS way 10 Chcsso'
fh"X was 80 anxious 10 reanh the
1919 oI ms oo.nhs mhlon win r'ehA
ufoenn Liat no aunt ringer long IN our
Hsnst
HACK ,ooNs axe tho "tus"'an LION.
AGAIN. ne say mat MS long period OF
framing IN England low the hard
.tnrse months or wrestling In this coun-
ttry under tho management OF Jack
Iclriey, has brought him into his old
~tocnsfition.
1 1vss match wfI, ,e -,b.~,..,o.. r~,
,-~aIr .,n. a.. ,sa~S. C"a-
:. 'onn'o"
s"'~ ns"o' ~ VIII % he'd IN coIh-
lsAeys DILL parh IN chcago, and JGck
Curiey says tnat are being car
RED through ON such . scale that tho
promoters have laid out $40. 900 in ed.
vance e~Ypenses beroro ts,sn. IN a ao,-
enormou,--s record ,r.as.r -rn. ~.
is.n 49, :. ..1n. .a" ois
Ute, .r..,a,a,.
rh,. - -
,rh. 800 ~..-n m~'on.
a. n,.,or- -, 49, NJ.
,,v. !, ..human ,n..r..,., ,"~""oN
associated r,,,h oh.wn...n,S
i,ompe,ition.
when u~ack~~ohm.6, -
lea TO xre.tle Cao,ch Aua, q ,s~ ~
didn't take thu ma 49, .~-u~E
lie knew that Tom Jonatns haA s..,iv
defeated 0otch. and Hackmsohansdt
had beaten Jenkins w1eh sass On two
occasions. What he didn't reckon on
was the great improvements of 0otch
himself for years Heokcnsohmidt had
~ -. nIoa.a "uI.H q them
in,ver iouches the NJ ~ n~s haa
himself absolutely invfn<dhaa o. -
lcame along without takinS the trouble
10 tram Tor the match In advance. The
Only thins no feared wa that 0otch
"isht set 500 rect n withdraw.
IN CIhcaSo hankensdhmidt trained
ies 1nys Al inc chicAxo A. A. He
"'""' so' MO Soou condition
i-ur -
$500 srueiiinG AFFAIR.
i ''Voh' VINO had been trained for
months under the watchfui eye
'of Farmer Burns n two or three other
famous and foxy masters OF thu ram.
went IN with tho intenfion NJ ua.rtu-
m ckenscbna, do.,n ~ s
luscx go, a. nv hne" 'hat
""'n III ior = iohs contest. so he
'"Aeu ana ran and managed to keep
OUT OF tho Lions grip. For wceks-so
Farmer Burns told me at Reno-.hev
had rubbed cocoanut oil into Ero,L..
ihids on waa r,h,o, g., d.. ~
,n...n "a h,. ''.' ooio'e t""
-, 'Oo s'i"s OUT 10 the ring
az ''Iuen' trhces OF IL had been sponged
or win alcohol. After q few minutes
Of hot work the sweat brought the Of,
from his pores and he became ,s ain.
pery as a seal Uackenscbm,a, -
"a. n,,h, 800 -. - ' ny ~
" "o' "o'u d Erip IN the
is""' "heh M caught Franks
wrist FRANK broke the hold without any
trouble. And at intervals Gotch, who
was n boxer as well AZ a wrestler,
Jabbed his fingers Into Hackenschmidt's
eyes. half binding him. For two hours
they tugged and struggled around the
ring.
HAckenschmidt. in ~resign,ny, claimed
that he was unable 10 see because OF
the way Gotch had speared him win
his fingers, but the referee refused IN
recognize any claim OF foul.
IA a matter OF fact, total exhaustIon
was the thing that beat the Russian IioD
Gotch had shown himself a master ~
hefense. He kept out OF the Lion's grin
Hackenschmidt went back TO England
otter losing his worlds championship 10
.foteh' a heartoroken man. For the
80 uhe IN ms ne he recognized the
va.. "a me- So.u iose, re tried IN
- Go,rh 80" m'a'ei, pul
a fortune and he rensed en- -,.L 49,
title ne had won.
Hackenschmidt didn't train aga,r
ReriOusly until during his vacant torr "a,