Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-13
MANOGOFF DOWNED BY GOTCH
Iowa Wrestler Easily Takes Two
Falls from Armenian.
DELIVERS TALK ON THE GAME
Willing TO Meet HRckenschmidt and
Mahmout. but They Must Comply
First with Some Condi-
tionH.

Frank Gotch wrestling champion, APP
peared in Omaha before a crowd of wildly
enthusiastic fans, who packed the Gayety
theater Saturday night. Gotch's wrestling
stunt consisted OF putting Ali Bahia Mano-
goff the Armenian, down in two straight
falls, body holds, the first coming in nine
teen minutes and forty seconds and the
second in five minutes.
one Of the interesting parts Of the pro-
gram put on by Gotch was short talk
in which ne restated to his Omaha friends
his position in the wrestling world.
"I believe in fair wrestling and in treat
ing the public fairly" he said. In regard
to wrestling championship matches | am
going to wrestle but one more. Now I don't
care one bit more for one foreign wrestler
than another but I believe in fair play
''Hackenschmidt and Mahmout are con-
sidered the two best in the wrestling world
today and before either of them can wrestle
me for the championship, he must throw
the other. for otherwise there would be no
satisfactory way OF settling the champion
ship. When such. a match is held l will
post $4,000 and take on the winner"
Has Bad Cold.
Cfotch was looking bigger than he ever APP
peared before and. in fact, bigger than he
would in the best wrestling trim He de-
clared that in spite Of all the wrestling he
was doing he did not lose much flesh and
that IL he wresued any big matches he
would probably have to train off ten pounds
or perhaps a little more. While on his stay
/ in Omaha, Gotch was afflicted with very
\ severe cold, which kept him coughing be-
! tween the first and second bout
/ The match with Msnogoff was really an
exhibition Of what Gotch was and was
/ I'm no way a wrestling match Gotch joked
the Armenian continually and let him up
several times when he could have put him
over by merely exertlng himself to put
his weight upon him. The old time skill
of the champion was plainly evident as he
handled the big foreigner with ease.
Manogoff, although far outclassed, proved
that he would be tartar to a smaller man
than Gotch. He actually slipped out Of one
or two holds and worked like a Trojan
to protect himself. One of the most anus
ing things of the evening was the sight
of Manogoff trying to lift the Iowan from
the mat.
Mra. GOtch Looks On.
| Mrs Gotch was In the audience and
seemed to take lievly interest in the work
of her husband She declared afterward
that she always enjoyed the matches and
laughingly said she was quite fan"
The preliminary matches were fast and
showed good wrestling knowledge among
! the Omaha amateurs. In the first Jack
Meyers threw Walter Thompson In two
! straight the time being twelve minutes
and fifteen seconds for the first fail and
| eleven minutes for the second. Thompson,
! who was much the smaller man. received
! the cheers OF the crowd for the clever
| manner in which he broke many Of the
holds OF the larger man.
In the second match Anton Ruby, who
! was 20 have thrown Paul Huge inside OF
twenty minutes. not only failed to throw
his man. but was on the defensive the
greater part OF the time himself Hoge
seemed to be the eel that wiggled, slipping
| out OF every hold.
Farmer Burns will DO seen IN Omaha
| again this week lie will appear at the
| Gayety theater next Saturday In a wrest-
/ ling stunt with Oscar Wassem.
Farmer is appearing here Just three days
after his fiftieth birthday, February IS.
He has often wrestled I'm Omaha and his
local friends will probably flock down TO
see their favorite,