New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-04
GOTCH EXPECTS TO WIN
Champion Wrestler Declares He
will Defeat Hack" To-day.
RUSSIAN WILL NOT BOAST
tremendous Attendance Predict.
ed for Championship Con.
test in Chicago.

/ chicago. sept FRANK frfNClr INC IOWA
I farmer, and George HackenSchmidt n.
/ Russian student. viii determine tomorrow
| who is the mghtiest wrestler I'm tho world.
/ In the American League Baseball Park
I here these two premier grapplers siil meet
/ to settle the supremacy
| Gotch won the former match between the
! two IN Chicago. on April 3. 1893. but he ID
/ not pin the shoulders OF the Russian Hon
! 70 the mat For that reason he has never
I received universal credit for IFS victory:
I but tomorrow. both contestants Insist. the
match VIII not end until one man has OBJ
I tanned TWO falls. II may be necessary 70
I finish the contest under the glare Of arc
/ lights, hUt. regardless Of this. the wrestleys
are determined 70 settle their dispute be-
vond al possible doubt before they lcays
/ the park
Il certainly expect 70 win" said Gotch
\ tonight, for I am basing my plans for
/ victory on ny condition. which is better
I than ever before in my long wrestling
I career. / also believe that I viii be ahls
/ 70 meet Hackenschmidt trick FOR trick and
oUtlast him IL the match becomes an err
/ durance contest such as our former match.
/ Just how I viii try 10 defeat Hack ! can
/ not say. Ny tactics VIII depend somewhat
on his. I am prepared 70 wrestle ali night
I IL necessary Hacks great strength
makes him a hard man 10 defeat II will
/ be match in which generalship az well
as strength will count. My greater ey.
/ perience should bring ne victory
In all OF my professional wrestling
matches 7 never have tried TO predict the
outcome" was Hackenschmidts statement
( Il will not boast All can say Il that
am feeling fine and have trained faith
| fully. and 7 want 10 sail for home on Sep
! TENDER as the worlds wrestling cham
/ pion ! never have been satisfied with my
other match with Gotch, when ne vas cred
/ tied with defeating me. I have learned
more since then and have more conf
/ dence."
/ With the contest less than tvsuty.tour
hours away, there is great interest tonight
, in the match. From all parts OF the coun-
T try followers OF the sport arc coming in
and all Of the downtown hotels are crowd
ed. Throughout to-day the downtown tck-
/ ct Office was busy disposing OF coupons
+ The total sales up 70 s O'Clock tonight
amounted 10 approximately $1,000. Il is
expected that a least $500 persons viii al
( tend the contest and that the gross receipts
viii be in the neighborhood OF $1,000
/ Whatever they are, il is certain they viii
/ be larger than any ever taken IN at pre-
vious wrestling contest.
Although the turnstiles at the park Will
not begin 10 revolve until Il o'clock to-mor-
row. early tonight ardent devotees OF the
/ sport had begun TO gather outside the
grounds and seek vantage points for an
! early entrance 10 the field. Many Of them
were already provided with tickets but they
did not desire TO De caught in tie crush
that Will ensue a few hours before the
| contestants enter the arena
Stories Of Gotch's wonderful condition.
which have been circulated since he arrived
! here last Friday, have brought the betting
odds on him 20 2 TO / While he was stu
| training in Humboldt. Iowa, he was only
6 10 favorite, but his work here has
caused his stock 10 rise rapidly. Very little
betting is being done, however
Gotch partisans maintain that he viii
win because he is the cleverer catch-as-
catch-can wrestler. a quicker thinker and,
! perhaps, as strong as his opponent They
Insist that he displayed his superiority in
every department Of the sport IN their last
match, ard that in the last three years he
has improved greatly.
on the other hand, followers Of Hacken-
! schmidt say that he is the strongest wres-
tier that has ever lived, and in this contest
( which II is generally conceded. will be one
requiring great endurance, he will outlast
| his opponent. HackenSchmidt has DEVOTED
the greater part OF hts training for this
contest toward making himself faster. Dr.
/ b. r. Roller. himself a scientific wrestler
and an old running mate Of Gotch, has been
! the Russians chief trainer Amercus an
other speedy grappler, has also been In the
/ camp. Both assert that TIackenschmdt has
| greatly increased his speed and that Gotch
: will not have a single trick which viii
/ battle their pupil
/ Both men say they are ft To on ont
ward appearances they ere. But when
/ this phase Of the match is under discussion
oldtimers who have been ~ the rirgsde
or matside OF every important match IN
/ the last decade again refer 10 tho Jeftrics'
! Johnson contest. pointing ont that the
greatest experts thought the alfalfa farmer
was in condition. Somehow the sporting
element cannot forget thar Reno battle.
/ in the morning Gotch took a brisk rim
. to loosen his muscles. That was the only
work in the way Of training he did he
spent tho evening in his apartments read
ing the hundreds Of letters and kilograms
wishing him good luck and victory. There
were no signs Of worry on the champions
+ face
/ II was trying day for Hsckenschmidts
! trainers The giant wrestler Is as pstu-
+ liant as spoiled child. Dr. Roller says
/ this is "a good sign because II shows the
erappler is on edge. The Russian took
short run in the morning. slept couple
OF hours during the afternoon and wrest'
lsd with Dr. Roller, Americas and Johan
Koch just before dinner. Hackenschmidt
was 10 have umpirsd a baseball game to-
day but mis- trainers cancelled the engage
menr. explaining he was 100 nervous 70 Of
dciate His wrestling bouts to-day were
strenuous.
/ The rules for the match were issued last
/ night by r ". Smith, the referee. In Or
der that each wrestler VIII have &c 30 his
! share of the work Rule % has been Tor
mulated 10 read as follows. Both contest
ants shall DE expected % DO their share
of the wrestling work should one con-
I testant assume the defensive and persist
/ entity decline 70 act otherwise the referee
NAV. after warning him. disquahfy him
and give his opponent the match
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