Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-28
FRANK COTCH IS
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HUMBOLDT GIANT IS cLEANEsT
y LIVER OF ANY BIG ONE IN
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IA UNIQUE CHARACTER
Champion, Wrestler Combines Keen
Business Head With His oper.
v ations on the Mat-WiIl
.ar Retire Soon. J5

Ottumwa wrestling fans will nave
their eyes focused on Kansas City to-
morrow night, when Frank Gotch,' uni.
versally known as the worlds cham
pion wrestler, will grapple in what he
declares will be his last attempt to
defend his title This farewell ap-
pearance of the Iowa farmer will be
staged before the Missouri Athletic
club of Kansas City, and will be col
laborated in by one Munroe, who
comes labeled as the champion OF Eng
land. Ordinarily, these farewell ap-
pearances'' of those who have been
hogging the spotlight are taken with
bunch 2of seasoning condiments, as
there are. few men gifted with the per-
spicacity and strength of character
and lot Of other things like that to
ooze gently and voluntarily out Of the
limelight before they are either
thrown out or knocked out. But those
who know Frank Gotchys personally
take what he says seriously. It's q
habit you get from hanging around IN
the immediate vicinity Of the Iowa
farmer. $3.50 ....
Is a Banker, Etc. y
Most anybody who ever takes a
slant at sporting page knows Frank
Gotch, champion wrestler. But it is
given to a favored few to know Frank
Gotch, stock raiser. banker, president
of street railway company and an
electric light company. of Humboldt,
Iowa. 1t is the latter person OF whom
the entire population of Humboldt
wakes eloquent, and it is Frank Gotch,
the man.; who most impresses those
fortunate enough to come In contact
with him outside the roped arena.
While Wrestler Gotch has been grab
bling undying fame through his abil-
ity to grasp an opportunity by, the
toes and twist his gambrel joint into
his hip pocket, it is Gotch, the man.
who has been whacking far more
enduring dent in the hearts OF those
with whom he has come in personal
contact, through his impressive per
sonality. g .<2a s.-.G
When the subject of wrestling
comes up for discussion the average
mind turns instinctively to the "abys-
NAL brute and "cave man" stun.
The mental picture of a champion
wrestler is hairy bulk Of humanity
with an abnormal development and q
streak for brow, an, exhibit that
would cause a jury to render a YER
dict for the Darwinian theory without
leaving their seats. To those who
have had this mental chrome plast-
cred in the art gallery of their mind,
an introduction to frank Gotch is q
revelation that crabs the whole ex-
hibit. a. e~at 80 e - m = ~
coteh's Impressive Personality.
Not in the whole country today Is
there man with a more impressive
personality than Frank Gotch, man
who at once so thoroughly imbues you
with the idea that he possesses more
essentials of human superiority than
any OF those present. This impression
OF the man is not born fro ma knowl-
ledge of his physical prowess, nor
from any outward appearance OF
physical power. 1t Is deeper, more
indescribable force, not surface indica-
lions that are carried to the mind
through the orbs Of vision, but sort
of oxidation OF the underlying super
iority that is felt rather than actually
known. A man who, eliminating any
knowledge Of his physical prowess or
even of his identity, would impress the
beholder as vigorous man of great
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force Of character
You find few men gifted with this
magnetic personality. When you do.
you find a winner in whatever line Of
endeavor he happens to be engaged
in, whether it be preaching. politics,
or pugilism. His success is victory
Of the mind and the strong will rather
than one of the physical organs. The
pity Of it is that the wrestling game,
fallen on evil days through the sharp
practices and shady tactics of its ex-
ponents, has not known more men like
Frank Gotch and Billy Muldoon.