The Detroit times., 1911-09-02
THO WINNERS TO
BIG WRESTLING
MATCH?
Neither Gotch Nor Hackenschmidt
Can See How He Can Fail To
Be Returned Victor On
Labor Day.
betting stin Favos Gotch at 5 To
8, But There Is Little Doing
in Speculation.

0ofch and George HackenschmidI OBJ
ponents In Mondays battle for the
worlds heavyweight wrestling cham
,pjonship, put In their last heavy
training today.
B Both men will spend Sunday In abb
solute quiet. ready, they say, for the
supreme test Of Monday, when they
pit their almost superhuman strength
and endurance against each other In
/ what IL clearly the greatest wrest-
1 Hing match OF the decade.
( Although Hacks system or train
ling has been positively unique In It's
|laxity since he has been IN America,
4 those who have seen the two giants
3 declare they both are In perfect ply
!eicaI condition, and that the loser can
never set up the claim that he was
not IN good shape.
cotch. trained to the minute, de-
clared ne was never stronger or bet
Ter IN his long mat career.
iaI Can't Lose," Says 0oteh.
"Put Il down for me-" he said.
s-That I cannot lose. am far more
4 confldenf Of throwing Hack. than l
was when met him here In Chicago
! Inst time. and yet I beat him then
II shall throw him Monday. But II
/ ehouId lose-I don't see how I can
~ want TO kill on any chance for
iexcnse making by saying that am
.ln the hest condition ever have been
when l went into the mat. II lose
Il viii be no fuke-it WIN be TO q
better man"
Hack was equally confident today.
He declared he had been unjustly
criticised for his loose training since
rs had been I'm Chicago.
..This match" he said, has been
arranged for months, and DR.. Roller,
Koch and myself have been training
faIthfully at my home In Shoreham.
Fnrland. No man ever worked hard
80 than / have for this match, for l
realize what II means to me. was
N nrime condition when came to
Chicago, and took no chance OF get
ting stale by doing an excessive
amount of work. did claim the ias.
time wrestled Gotch that ! was not
IN good condition can set out no
such claim II I should lose this tme,
for | have never been more ut In my
These statements, coming from the
wrestlers themselves, naturally have
"a be taken with q grain OF salt, but
those who have seen the two big
Fellows IN their work declare their
words are true.
cotch FavorIte, 3 20 3.
The betting today favored Gotch
nv 10 g, with little money In sight
IN either man. The Hackenschmidt
men claim they have right TO ex-
! rect longer odds, In view OF the fact
thai their man has once lost to Gotch,
4: and they are holding out for 2 to !,
: With the prospects that they VIII get
/ A at the White Sox park Labor Day.
4. That Hack. was stirred to greater
( <fPorts by the arrival Of Gotch and
/ <8porta Of his prowess was manifest
! "a about his north shore training
J rsrnp yesterday and today the Cham
/ rion Of All Europe" throwing aside
an MIA lethargy and doing some real
-o,,rh and tumble wrestling with
'iooller and Americas. He handled
{bo Seattle physician az he would a
'lIrhfweight. trying out every trick he
knew to pin Rollers shoulders 10 me
4 MAJ. with Americas he went at top
u &U#EU. In an cuOTt W tCbb MS "Ana
and speed, and at the conclusion, OF
the two long bouts declared himself
satisfied.
Gotch planned TO do more mat work
this afternoon at the gymnasium OF
the Chicago Athletic club, which has
been thrown open to him during his
stay IN Chicago. Early today he did
4 long walk and run through the
south Side parks, accompanied by
Farmer Burns, Rogers and Wester-
raard. He returned to the gymnasium
IN good shape and declared his wind
was perfect and that IL II became
necessary, he felt he could wrestle
an day at top speed.
II Is believed that the gate" will
amount to 100000. Large parties Of
ont-of-town sporting men already are
arriving for the match, which has at.
fracfed more attention In sporting
circles than any event since the JEFF
s. fries-J Johnson affair at Reno.
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