The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-05
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 (Note: This is the ninth of a seric of articles which MT Corbett is writini concerning the career of the late Fran Gotch. who went to his grave the unde feated heavyweight wrestling champio. of the world. The next installment wi. appear tomorrow9
 Frank Gotch got more glory out of be- ing defeated by Tom Jenkins in 1905 thar did the victor. The wrestling tan' throughout the country, after readinf accounts Of the match, were unit 1T their belief that Gotch had been handed one of the ra west deals in wrestling h1s- tory On every side it was pointed oui that only the referees blindness to the fouling by Jenkins saved the Ohioan from going down to defeat.
 Upon returning to his home, Gotch is- sued a challenge to Jenkins, but the champion ignored him. fingered by this Gotch determined to show to Jenkins and to show the world at large that there wasn't living man whom he couldn'' down in square and fair wrestling bat tie.
 So during the next 12 months Gotch took on every formidable foe who cared to try conclusions with him. Just to show what wonderful deeds the mighty western wrestler performed between June 5, 1905. and May 14. 1906, I am giv- ing herewith a list of the men that he met and conquered, without one defeat being charged against him:
 Beck Olsen, Alex Samuelson, Duncan McMillan, Jack Carkeek. Doc Fillmore. Hiding Ardahl. Emil Klank, Yankee Rogers, Dan Mcleod, Emil Haupaus, Charles Hackenschmidt (three times), Apollo, Farmer Burns, John Voss Charles Kaiser, George Gray, Con Al bright Jim Parr, Hank Rogers, Charlie Olsen, Karahanoff and Pietro.
 Confronted by this amazing record oi 2 straight victories in g weeks, Jen- kins was forced to yield to public clamcr for another meeting with Gotch, and tna two bitter enemies met in another thrill ing encounter on May 23, 1906. in Kan sas City.
 It was another hair-raising duel be- tween two giants almost evenly match-d and moved to mighty action by bitter hatred for the other.
 There was whirlwind action through out every minute of the first fall. But in that bout there was a rather sur prising lack of the rough-house work that had characterized all their other meetings. That was due to the fact that at the outset Jenkins had been cau- toned by the referee that any repeated fouling on his part would bring about q disqualification.
 Jenkins, fearing that he might lose on foul did not resort to the use of the strangle hold, as in the other bouts, nor did he attempt to slug Gotch. But the Clevelander inaugurated putting attack. He got away with it once. Then Gotch butted back and seemed to have the harder head of the two. At any rate Jenkins found he was getting the worst of the 'butting" and aban- doned that trick.
 After 20 minutes of fast working Jen- kins got Gotch under him and by the use of a headlock succeeded in gaining the first fall in the total time of 26 min utes
 Gotch, realizing that he had been put in a '.hoe by losing the first fall, went after Jenkins like wild man in the sec ond bout, and fairly rushed the Ohioan off his feet He picked up the veteran repeatedly and slammed him to the floor. Once, the two men closely clasped. eacn struggling to break loose, stumbled through the ropes and out into the audi ence When they got back into the ring they rushed each other. head-on col lision resulted and Gotch, slipping to the floor. triciied Jenkins into believing that he had been dazed by the impact. Jenkins, unwary, piled on top of Gotch and immediately the nimble- brained Iowan grabbed the foot of Jenkins, twist tl,a Ni,,<r int haf ar, Jenkins flopped over on his back. Then in the flash of an eye Gotch got Jen- kins in half Nelson-crotch and downed him. Time. IA minutes.
 Jenkins returned for the third bout limping. The Gotch treatment of his foot in the previous fall had hurt it con- siderably. Gotch recognized the golden opportunity and rushed Jenkins off lis feet. Jenkins was down and Gotch on top. tiotch reached for the wrenched leg of his foe and worked on it until Jen= kins was on the verge of collapse iron. pain. And then. with quick shift, Gotch secured an arm and head lock and crushed the shoulders of Jenkins to the mat. Time IT seconds.
 Kansas City never before-nnd never since--has heard greeting wilder than that which came from the crowd when Frank arose to his feet-the ruler once more in the American wrestling world.
 Gro be continued tomorrow)
 Editors Note.-This is the tenth of a series of articles which MT. Corbett is writing concerning the career of the late Frank Gotch, who went to his grave the undefeated heavyweight wrestling cham pion of the world. The next installment will anpear tOmorroW)
 A bump on the head lost Frank Gotch his crown for 16-day period; and brought to Fred Beell worldwide fame as a grappler and enough money to make him comfortable for the rest of his days.
 After Gotch regained his title from