The Calumet news., 1912-11-09
COTCH NOT TO
WRESTLE AGAIN
Through With Game Because of
Dislike For Training

ChicaSo Nov. 9.-The mat game will
know it's greatest exponent, Frank
t;otch. no more.
The absolute horrors of training
outweigh in the Gotch mind the love
or need. as the case may be--of
money. In other words, the champion
will attempt to worry along now or
what he has accumulated-and live
IN peace and quiet Also he will live
without the torture of having to think
that within a certain time he will have
to start the hdeous grind Of going ION
the road" 10 get himself fit fer hard
match.
Dante never pictured worse torture
or narrowed n soul with such fright
tul ideas of an inferno than Gotch
cntertains about training.
It's strang situation, but n true
one. revertheless..- s..-.ana other athletes
who have reached a certain age after
iroublous years of the grind. talk in
much the same strain MS does Gotch.
Ask Jack Johnson and he will tell
YOU. IL he is in the mood.
Goteh Afraid OF Grind.
The other day | ran into Gotch ir n
downtown hotel. 1t was the Grst time
| had seen him since last fall whet
ne wrestled IIackenschmidt here. Clad
i'm a wJolly overcoat and under .. heavy
cloth hat. the Iowa star looked as
fat and sleek as a retired business
man whose enc aim was to eNtract
life. ioshed the champion for mis-
appearance but he simply took of his
coat and then gave me n survey.
Has Quit for All Time.
I'm but little heavier than | was
a wear ago" he said. ITS the coat
guess"
Cotch has just closed up the fall
work on the farm and is casting about
now for something else To occupy his
time. But a suggestion about wrcstl-
nG again brought out the old Gotch
smile and his ewes narrowed down IT,
little Sits rs he thought about II.
mo more for me" he blurted out
Did YOU ever conceive some hideous
idea of IIades? Well. I've got some
hideous ideas. too. but they're all
about training. The hereafter doesn't
bother me SO much.
Many Hard, Hard Weeks,
Every once in Wilde, usually at
night when I'm sitting at home and
ENJOYING the ease and comfort of %
nice place | think of the wrestling
game and wonder how IL would be to
start out again. Say the chils just
begin To creep all over me wcen' !
fancy those six weeks. or maNbe II
would have to he eight weeks this
time, of work tnat would be necessary
to get me into condition.
Now. I've had unpleasant things
come up In my life, and later on, whcr
think of them try to think tha.
il wouldn't be so hard To 60 through
them again. That's the way with
most Of us, guess. Eut with training
il is vastly different. The tortures of
training never will be erased from M
memory.
Money Was Well Earned.
People say ] got my money easy
because Il was lust natural for me
10 wiestle well. and ! liave all the
natural qualifications. | wish these
people knew the truth. It's the hare
est money man ever got.
"Thcy nre scollny me in some
quarters because don't wrrs'le
Xbysco again. They may keep on
scolding. don't care. I beat him
once. don't doubt that could do SO
again. hut ! haven't the slightest ~
ciinatun to try II. That's iirill and 7
don't care how strong you make IT,
Soon after Christmas We are g.
ing ont to California. In the southern
part Of the state I'm going to pick
out little patch IL land that isn't
too expensive and I'll buy It Fer Z WIN
ter home. Mrs. Gotch is Wild about
orange aud lemon trees and wants
them in the front yard. That's the
kind Of a place I'll get.
To Spend Summer In Iowa.
I'm have somebody run 1t the year
round, because In the summer we'll