The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-09-07

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forum for public meetings and
musical entertainments. It would
give Princeton an opportunity to
hear symphony concerts, and to have
occasional conventions. It would
make meeting place for such a
gathering as the Northern Minnesota
Development association.
But the council refuses to appropri-
ate the $4,000, or even $1,000. For
some reason, best known to it's men,
bers, public opinion, the wish of the
taxpayers and the good of the city
cannot bulge it from it's rut of penny
wise, pound foolish economy. It will
not give twenty cents for dollar. It
will neither hatch the eggs nor get off
the nest.
The best it will do is to put the city
to the expense Of a special election to
vote on the appropriation of 81 1000.
It would cost no more to vote on re-
call, and this seems to be one instance
where that nostrum of progression
would seem like the proper dose.
Gotch Vanquishes Hackenschmldt.
Frank A. Gotch of Humboldt, Iowa
on Monday, in Chicago, was an easy
winner over Hackenschmidt the So
called "Russian Lion" for the worlds
wrestling championship. In the first
fall Gotch pinned Hack with reverse
body hold in 14:18 is. The second
fall he won with toe hook and the
time occupied was 5:32 Is.
Hackenschmidt, defeated by Gotch
with such ease as to make the match
appear farcical, is only the trapping
of a master-man. He is all shell-all
pretense. He does not possess the
courage of a cornered rat. A rat will
fight when cornered. Hackenschmidt
cries and prostr ates his broad back
upon the mat to escape punishment
totally inadequate for the amount of
American money he receives for show
ing his craven heart to 100000 on
lockers. Hackenschmidt stands today
stripped of all that competitive
athlete values in the way of reputa-
ton for bravery, courage, strength,
stamina, and even honor. He is going
back to Europe and will probably
travel by the lesser lines and seek
oblivion. He may deserve the shame
heaped upon him-but it is more like
~ that he is one of those freaks OF
nature who followed the only course
his mental processes would permit.
Gotch took two falls from the Rus
sian with ludicrous ease. And the
winning in such style must have filed
the Humboldt grappler with a mad
rage when he thought of his long
hard hours of grinding training in
the hot July and August suns-hours
spent needlessly. Gotch could have
thrown Hackenschmidt just as quickly
as he did without an hour of training.
The Iowa man had, barking back to
the wicked two hours of work in Dex-
ter pavilion, trained as he never
trained before. He was determined to
win and was courageous of heart.
He worked in the Riverside camp like
a galley slave under masters lash.
He was determined to be in the pink
of condition when he met Hacken-
schmidt again and he achieved his
purpose. He was in superlative form.
He won so easily as to make the
hours of work at Riverside seem al
most a total loss of time-sheer waste
of youthful vitality and muscular
tissue.
The gate receipts at the match
aggregated SS7,053, of which Gotch' S
share was S2l, 900 and so per cent of
the moving picture privileges, and
Hackenschmidt's share Sl3, 500.
Mock Sad ALI at Opera House.
The Mock Sad III StooG oornnop1