The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-07
FRANK C0TCH IN 4:
GLASS 0F:MS OWN
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The Oh Champion ii Wrestler Has
Tight Grip on the Worlds
Title.

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The local; fans are going to have a
! genuine treat in the form Of a great
matfest in which will appear the
worlds title holder, Champion Frank
A. Gotch, who will show here on. No.
Svemher IA. And Frank Is. coming in the
very pink of condition. fresh from
MS very decisive conquest of George
Hackenschmidt, late of Russia, who
caught the, first boat home after Gotch
made him look like a selling platter
! va1nly endeavoring to qualify as a Der.
by winner. And what Gotch did to
Hack was only a sample of what the
humboldt boy has been handing out tc
the rest of thern-and in the fix OF
Alexander. of, old. with mo more
worlds to conquer" Frank is going to
take this 1one. last. red hot, sizzling
tour and then retire to the quiet life
fof his Iowa acres. -. -.
: There isn't a wrestler on earth who
wouldn't be 'tickled to: death to take
the loser end in a match with Frank
Gotch can't see 1T that way. Most
Fof the foreign wrestlers have NOT fur
nished him with more than a comfort.
able workout, and the same thing is
true, in. varying degrees. with the
American bunch. High and lofty in
his ability Frank stands SO terribly
falone that he knows the world doesn't
FSSSS "A opPoiACiS " championship
honors. irrespective of the many CLAIMS
persistently set forth.
AS Emil. klank. manager of Gotch
put It: They r all setting up a
howl OF what they would do to Gotch.
Some of the papers have listened to
the noise, and yet. Hackenschmidt was
admittedly the master of the balance
of the bunch. Does the public want
to see Gotch wade in and trim these
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Ihat is exactly what would occur, and
has happened, and Frank isn't going to
humbug the public by lending his
name to any more of these challenges
Ihere' was the case. of Hack. His
packers were all agreed that he. was in
the finest shape of his career. They
believed in him so hat they backed
MIN with all the money they could lay
their hands on. Then; when they saw
Frank stripped for action. they .speedi-
~ developed cold feet, ~implored the
referee to save them by calling the bets
off. and he complied. After the match
they told the world about a bad knee
Hack possessed. Let me tell you
something. Frank was the one with
the bad knee. He hurt it in his train.
ing in Humboldt 1t bothered him
considerably. but he didn't complain
"Curley and. the balance of them,
SSNH 81 ~ nix" doOuc Idth :
injury, and what did they. do but an.
%propriate it to Hack? The injury to
Hackenschmidt was in his heart. The
yellow started there and branched off
with n channel coursing down his
spine, n the other attacking. his
mind. Hack was outclassed so terri
bly, that. he had to grasp about for
an excuse. He went against a differ
ent Gotch and he got trimmed SO hard
there is no room for explanations OF
a comeback. And besides. you could
mo drag Hackenschmidt into the ring
with Frank again if you had Il steam
crane. You couldn't ever get him in
with Mahmout, the Bulgarian Tiger
who will accompany Gotch on his tour
These fellows can put up all the brands
of talk they know. but they can't find
q way OUT And now. they are sore
and they would rob Frank of his glory;
That's all the good it will do them"