El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-07
STECHER SEEMS SOME WRESTLER;
HUSSANE IS MERE PLAY FOR HIM
Jack Curley Hussane's Manager Says Turks Opponent
is World Beaten Who Can Throw Gotch or Any
Else; Hussane Himself is Marveling How
Anyone Threw Him Twice in Nine Minutes.
BY pAMoN RuNYON.

wonderful accomplishments in the his
tory of wrestling.
"Stecher is not an exceptionally big
fellow, being of medium height and
weighing about f90 pounds, but he is
amazingly strong and fast on the mat
All his preliminary wrestling was
done with his brother and sister out
on the farm They tell me MS sister
can easily throw the average wrestlers-
THE scissors hold apparently came
natural TO Stecher, but ne has per-
fected it in many ways. When he
trains he takes a big sack stuffed
full of wheat and straddles it. bring
ing the pressure of his legs to bear
upon IL until the bag bursts. I've
heard it said, too, that ne used 70
straddle cows and horses, and crumple
them UP by the terrific pressure OF
his limbs; but this story sounds bit
fetched
"Stecher has never wrestled an eX-
hibition- When he steps on the mat
he is out to win, and he wins so quick
" that il really isn't much OF show.
He has thrown eight men in IS minutes
in his last eight matches-l6 falls.
Why. any man in this wrestling tourn-
ameut that is going on here now
would be mark for him, in my opin-
ion"
eHerei" said Curley. suddenly grab
bling Bill FarnsWorth. who wandered
into the office at that luckless moment,
I'll show you how Stecher took Hus-
sane on the second fall" And before
the astOunded Bill knew what was
coming off he was down on the floor
and the industrious Jack was using
him as a lay figure to Illustrate his
lecture
Yost reel off one Of his movie scenarios
OF a football game. and we have Cd,
served George Stalhngs at full speed
in a baseball conversations, but they
have nothing on Jack Curley. when the
4rrrz 10 a
Chicago wrestling promoter, who IS
now bringing the original ZDyszko
back to this country. came IN ana ad-
ded to Prof. Curley's audience
Hes thrown such men as Suffer and
Westergaard and Americas without the
slightest trouble said Curley. meaning
Stecher. When he Wrestled Cutler a
big chunk of money went out OF Chi
cago to bet on Cutler. I know Of over
$4,000 from one source that was gain
cred in by the Nebraska farmers At
that time the wise lads in the wrestling
game thought he was sucker, but
the've changed their minds. Gotch had
a bet on Cutler"
Hes pretty good. that Stecher." af-
nrmed Herman I've seen him work
Still. it seems to me that most OF the
fellows he has wrestled were made 10
order for that scissors-rather thin
could get his legs around Zbyszko, hes
such an abnormally big man."
Can Beat I'm All.
Mark what I tell you" said Curley-
Stetcher will beat him sure And you
can take half a million dollars out
there and they'll cover il for you Aft
er Stecher had beaten couple OF
chaps. telegram came from Minneap-
oils, the home of Henry Ordeman, 10
man in Nebraska asking If there was
a chance TO get a match for Ordeman
under an assumed name.
We don't care anything about the
gate, as we'll win enough on the side
said the telegram
They thought up in Minneapolis
that Ordeman's reputation would
brighten the Stecher people. but the
fellow who got II showed it to Stecher,
and he said
Send them an answer telling them
to bring Ordeman along under his
right name and well wrestle him
They never heard any more of the
matter.
We had an argument before the
Lincoln match" Jack went on. .'Hus-
sane always wrestles with his feet
bare and they wanted him to put on
shoes. The debate continued until We
got in the ring, and then Stecher ended
it by telling Hussane to wrestle as he
shoes. Then I'd have an alibi Don't
been in the wrestling game many a
year and he's the greatest ever saw
bar none"
q am so nervous" declared Hus-
sane.