The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-01-30
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ootch Doesn't Have to Wrestle
(. for a Living and II He Never
Again Completes He'll Always
y q Champion.

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y q Champion.
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CRANK GOTCH evidently isn't
starving whom he can afford to
refuse an offer Of $4,000 for
wrestling three matches. In turning
eeWu the offer 0otch just remarked
= ~ o6hand way that Il was nice
npasy-just ~ good a. any other
nousy-but that he didn't want Il
enough to 20 through q month Of
Aapd training and then fuss around
eth . lot Of wrsstlers for Q few
weeks moro.
Naturally. being . retired cham.
paeos 0otch doesn't care to wrsstls
asnAA unless he flrst trains back into
~ old condition. Now he has the
J eatisfaction Of being regarded by the
reet q Humbolt's population ~ .
regular champion. . very unusual
oort Of . citisen. II he wrestlsd again.
an1 lost. he'd become simply another
'has-bsso." nothing more. And -
wrestling has given him . number
- farms and bank accounts and
ether things. he figures that he's we'll
eaough on a. Il 10. Few retired
chAmpions know when they're well
-.
4 INVOLVEMENT by Joe Hum.
"a phrsys: Tho match between
Aiks Gibbons. the st. Paul
NFlsard, end Packey Mcfarland.
ChaeaGo's sensational lightweight"
what does Q lightweight weigh In
Ch1oa0o-or rather. what does q Chi
oaSo 1ightweight weigh. In Chicago
- anywhere elsef And do they have
~ sensational lishtweights" Judg- |
- from what we've heard Of |
ekey's weight ''ssnsationai light. |
4(1oht" isn't required 70 make III /
oalN1e singside.
~ NE All know what . .philadalphia |
uGAtWsight' u. A Philadslphia tight. J
VoA<ht 10 an ambitious young man |
vho once weighed ~ pounds.
RRATrY MATTHEW'S tells q good
M story.
"After I Knocked out Biliy
onlth for the championship I thought
J was . swell guy" says Aatty. II
eeugat N . plug hat and blew the
~ Of the bank-roll on diamonds.
! had EN- on every finger ana one -
~ - . walnut In my tie.
- oouple Of months aftsrwsrd
~ coming down from Buffalo ON Q
Pullman. There was only one other
Daessngsr In my car. I said to the
psgssr: Say. DO. we're . little shy
- company to-day. chr
NO.. boss says he. shy ON com.
pany. but IVES carrying . lot Of
neosvs think he has bis eye ON
~ diamonds. and I swell out my
ooeN four test.
'bose.' says No. what do you
0nk At that young man down at the
e0@ end Of the carr
~ ste W and walks down past
and discs him up. Thsn walk
- 40 stse him w again. He's
. eoooth. clean looking youne Eel.
-. dressed 10 kind OF Ordinary
4eo4Aes. but we'll cut. There isn't =
- O his hands. or . pin In his
1Ae only 5swelry he wears IL 4
~ sold watch chain.
g0eee hes bank clerk I said
ot3s porter.
Decs eays b. that's John d.
lGekefollove son.'
3 Valked down ana back AMIN and
snosnsr rood lamp at that guy.
learned ,s0mething. Here was
] pellow who could buy q third OF
- world. and he didn't have 4 niece
= rock On him. And here I vss. .
- prise aghter. nush one day and
eoo the next, with rings on INV
2eeo ana rtngs on my toes, spark. 1
81 over IKE . Tiffany Showers. ,
49, ~ reached New York I went
- oovntown and sold ali that
~. and never owned a diamond I
-1neo. The thing / learned i. that 49,.
Sowe that have theirs don't need IN
estiee. It's only the blufYer who
70 make nash and hang everv-
lng he's got on the outside"
Merk stopped at Havre do Grace
49, beoAune the Maryland Legisla.
y ccnstdering an anti -ra cling biII.
u3y tnQusAnd men out OF work In
- FrAnoteco. where racing used IN
pus,sh beoors the Legislature killed
one hundred thousand skilled work.
- ont Of work In New York state
y9ore racing interests used 10 Keen
sssds tn employment.
GeeRqs Chip has broken his hand.
IN tve oeorgsi You hit too hard. |
7 &eAnny Jolbane II TO hsht once or
~ week until he meets Atteil in
9!fernia. It's q safe bet thai Abe
= satisf'ed with the one night
~ Xilbans.
WAS SHORT FOR
RACE WON By KRAMER.