Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-12
GOTHAM GETS INFO
! ON ONE ]. STECHER
Jack Curley and Yousiff Husssne
Return to New York and Spill
News to Damon Runyan.
AND DAMON PUTS IT IN PAPER


Stecher at Lincoln on T.ents living.
Damon Runyon. one of the cleversst
sport writer's In the metropolis. drop BED
in on Curley and the Turk AMI the fol-
Stecher Some wrestler.
Yousouf Hussane. the Turk wrestler,
and Jack Curley, his manager. have re-
turned from Lincoln Neb.. where Hus-
sane was beaten on THANKSGIVING day by
Joe Stecher. the new western mat marvel
Stecher won in two straight falls devot-
ing about four minutes to the subject of
the sultan the first time and slightly
more tAan that for the second fall.
When Intercepted about the matter up
in Curley's office. Hussane walked the
floor, failing the air above his head with
his arms.
''oh-o-o-o, 1 am so nervousy' he said.
''Oh-o-o-o-yes, yes Something's Il hap
pens. 1 do not know MOI ! am so
nervous! Hussane, he is defeat In nine
mlnyutes. What business is thisl 1t
better was that 1 be drunk. 1 could not
have done worser. Nine minyutesl Hus-
sanel Oh-o-o-o! am so nervousv"
He hasn't quite recovered yet" said
curley. "Stecher got him with a scissors
hold for the first fall-that hold with the
two legs around the body which the Ne
cheney. The second time Hussane got
behind him. and was working on him,
when suddenly one OF Stecher's ham like
hands shot out, grasping Hussane around
the wrist, and threw him around in the
air 1t was all over so quickly that
could scarcely realize what had hap
pened. AS for Hussane-well, you see
him"
Il am so nervous" said Hussane. walk
ing the floor.
'Hussane Is a good wrestler, and had
you told me any man in the world could
throw him twice in nine minutes I'd
have laughed at you." continued Curley.
This Stecher is the greatest wrestler
I've ever seen. In my opinion, he is the
greatest anybody has ever seen. II ever
he meets Gotch, and he probably will
within the next year. out around Omaha,
I'm going to bet all can borrow or beg
IfOn Stecher."
II should shoost as we'll be drunk 1
could not have done worser," insisted
Hussane.
Joe Ia n Farmer.
''Stecher Is % years old, and was born
and reared In the little town of Dodge,
Neb.," resumed Cirley. II never heard
of Dodge before in my life until 1 heard
of Stecher, but 1 am told that another
of our American great wrestlers. Clarence
Whistler, came from there. l always
thought he originated in Baltimore, but
1t seems not.
''Stecher never had a wrestling lesson
in his life All he knows about the game
he has picked up himself, and IL he can
beat Gotch. as think he can, 1t will be
ono of the most wonderful accomplish
xnentB in the history of wrestling.
''Stecher is not an exceedingly big fell
Sow, being OF medium height and weigh
ing about 100 pounds but he Is -amaz-
tngly strong and fast on the mat. All HIS
preliminary wrestling was done with his
brother and sister out on the farm. They
tell me his sister can easily throw the
average wrestler.
1.-THE scissors hold apparently came
natural to Stecher. but he has perfected
It in many ways. When he trains he
takes a sack stuffed full of wheat and
straddles It, bringing the pressure Of his
legs to bear upon 1t until the bag bursts
I've heard it said, too, that he used to
straddle cows and horses, and crumple
them up by the terrific pressure of his
limbs; but this story sounds bit far
fetched.
''Stecher has never wrestled an exhibit
out 60 win, and he wins so quickly that
1t really isn't much of show. He has
thrown eight men in seventy-eight min
utes in his last eight matches-sixteen
falls. Why, any man in this wrestling
tournament that Is going on here now
would be mark for him. in my opinion"
II am so nervous" remarked Hussane.
Curley shows How.
I,
bling Bill Farnsworth, who wandered into
the office at that luckless moment, 'I'n
show you how Stecher took Hussane on
the second fall" And before the
astounded Bill knew what was coming off
he was down on the floor and the indus
trious Jack was using him as a lay figure
TO illustrate his lecture.
We have seen and heard "Hurry-Up'
Yost reel off one of his movie scenarios
OF foot ball game. and we have OBJ
served George Stallings at full speed in
base ball conversations, but they have
nothing on Jack Curley when the topic
is wrestling. Jack Herman, a Chicago
wrestling promoter who is now bringing
the original zbyszko back TO this country,
came In and added to Prof. Curley's audi
ence.
He's thrown such men as Cutler and
WeSIeIBdaIu ana AMBITIOUS WITHOUT Ine
slightest trouble" said Curley, meaning
Stecher. when he wrestled Cutler a
--big chunk of money went out of Chicago
10 bet on Cutler. l know of over $4,000
from one source that was gathered in by
the Nebraska farmers At that time the
wise lads in the wrestling game thought
he was a sucker, but they've changed
their minds. Gotch had bet on Cutler"
Hes pretty good, that Stecher." af-
firmed Herman. 1--WE seen him work.
Still. 1t seems to me that most of the
fellows he has wrestled were made to
order for that scissors-rather thin fell
lows, mostly. 1 don't see how he could
get his legs around Zbyszko, he's such an
Rbnormally big man"
Can Beat EN- All.
Mark what tell YOU" said Curley.
"Stecher will beat him sure. And you
can take half a million dollars out there
and they'll cover 1t for you. After
Stecher had beaten couple of chaps, a
telegram came from Minneapolis. the
home of Henry Ordeman to a man in
Nebraska asking IL there was a chance
TO get a match for ordeman under an
assumed name.