The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-09
Corbett's Daily Letter On
 Great Sport Topics
pv JAMEs J. CoRBETT.

accomplish his purpose. The Pole was a man of awesome strength and he was well schooled in the tricks of the game. These two assets stood him in good stead when he was called upon only to save himself from being pinned to the mat within 60-minute period
 The fact that he had held off Gotch for an hour influenced Zbyszko and his many followers to believe that he could defeat Gotch in a finish match. None of that group knew that all the time that Gotch was grappling with the Pole in Buffalo he was studying him learning his weaknesses and his strength and so storing up knowledge which would come in very useful if a finish match ever was arranged
 The agitation for a match between Gotch and Zbyszko became worldwide. Before the handicap match in 2Szfalo, the Pole had gained a wonderful repu- tation in Europe and even before he wrestled Gotch in Buffalo he had es- tablished himself as a phenom among the American devotees of the mat game. Through the early part of 1910 the success of zbyszl<o continued and on every side it was said
 There's man who looks good enough to take the measure of Frank lGotch."
 And then Gotch joined the discus sion by announcing:
 T will wrestie zbyszko a finish match. anywhere any time, any purse. purse.-
 Articles were signed and the match was put on in the Coliseum in Chicago on June 1. 1910. before one of the hugest crowds that ever sat ins for a contest between grapplers l Csn4ch eata hliSbed n rorord Tn, match which probably will endure for all time, by tossing Zbyszko for the first fall in less than seven seconds. In a grappling match the contest starts the very instant that the referee calls Time" Dick Fleming. who of 1 fciated at the Gotch -Zbyszko affair, looked into both corners, saw that the men were ready, called 'sTime"-and the match was on.
 The men advanced to the center of l the ring shook hands-.and then 1t happened! With a lightning move Gotch grabbed Zbyszlco, Topped him to the floor and by the use of bar arm and half nelson. showed the shoulders of the mighty Pole to the mat for the first fall, while the crowd sat for a time in dumb amazemeut over the suddenness of 1t an--and then lhurst forth in a tunult of mighty Icheers.
 A newspaper expert. commenting on the achievement of Gotch, had this to say:
 "Gotch really won the fan En seconds. although the records off cially make 1t 2-5 seconds. It took only four seconds from the call of
 time for Gotch to pin the shoulders of the Pole to the mat. The referee saw it then and touched Gotch on the back to signify that he had won the H,,f off of ba touch of Fleming or wanted to make the fall dead certainty, so he con- tinued holding the Pole pinned to the mat for trifle more than two sec londs longer"
 Gotch won the match by pinning minutes and 36 seconds. outclassns Zbyszko in speed, In cunning in gen. eralship and even in strength.
 Gotch attempted during the second fall to throw Zbyszko with his favor ite toe hold, but the Pole was wary and broke loose from at least doze@ lof them Zbyszko put up a smasteriy. defense during every minute and iron, the outset the issue never was in doubt Gotch never was in danger, lt was only question of how long !. would take him to win. There was never any doubt in the minds of the audience that he would be the ulti- mate victor
 Gotch continued on the aggressive through every minute of the second bout and was on top of the Pole al- most constantly. Trying a variety of holds in his efforts to pin his gigantic rival to the mat. Gotch finally att Itempted a bar arm and wrist lock. It won the match for him, Slowly but Isurely Gotch forced the shoulders ot the foreign grappler to the mat and then held him there for at least five seconds after the referee had signified that Gotch had pinned them fairly. Many persons have claimed that Gotch. in his match with Zbyzko, rose to the supreme heights of his great lness.
 (To be continued tomorrow.)