Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-02-25 | Page 8 | Gotch's Mat Battle

S MAT W BATTLES rJ r- r J I The Worlds World's Champion I Wrestler and His Instructions on I I How to Wrestle as az Told by Him Himself 4 r and Associates to Sanders 41 GOTCH'S GRAPEVINE HOLD Of Ot the many weapons of ot attack I In itt thi mat repertory of the worlds world's chant chant- pion plon the grapevine p deserves es special 1 mr mc Gotch ha has pinned few v dangerous dan dan- opponents with this hold for or deciding falls faIth but it is amon among r the tue tor foremost foremost fore fore- mo most t of th the f subordinate hoJ holds s used h. h by him In leading up to the effective com corn with which h he lie wins tin th the ihs ma nua- of ot his hard matches The 11 rapidity with which the thc champion shifts shirts from ono hold hobi to ton in tn nother other bewilders his less alert oPP opponents monts and c bJes him to trick them therol Into lIan dangerous po positions The rIte grapevine ln aa RJ used b by Gotch Is Ie Isone Isone one of ot his famous amous shifts whereby b he ite tr 4 w 4 w r t d N Gotch Gets otc Grapevine and Head Lock secures his half nelson and crotch ansi and with such precision tha that t It t has caused the thc downfall or et some ome or of the th test greatest wrestlers In the tho world Gotch Cotch males the thc grapevine e shift ovet- ovet hl his a opponent on tho the mat rant A w Alien lien hen the defensive wrestler Is 18 on hl his hands ti anti and nd knees 1105 G Got h holds him i down I b by working back and well to the 31 side icle 10 r his hla victims victim's near leg JUg near nal tho crotch Tho rue worlds world's chain cham- plea lIon feints for tOt a further le Je leg m- m marm arm hold or some troine other grip to dl distract tract hj hn hit opponent attention As S the lat latter latter I Is looking away from front the rC real roal 1 point of ot attack Gotch Golch suddenly ral raises s his opi op- op Opt i i near 1 r leg ls and and- It lf working working- on OH the left lurt side Jumps in J. with his rl right i ht leg under r th tho i ht Ic leg CK of ot his la opponent whIch i K has hns bt been en raised with Ills his I right tIght leg 1 ho he the victims victim's far 1 l 1 S. S With iti tills f leverage le the tho champion has his opponent easily n Im- Im tE leg of ot the tue defensive o wrestler I itt thus thu tendered rendered powerless As s the th opponent turns Gotch suddenly re reverses re- re verses hold hohl into a half halt nelson t with t a a. crotch It was told Gotch In 1011 Hll that hat nn t American II wrestler who wished II d t to Set see him hint defeated had b been tutoring Hack Hack- en n against the tho grapevine inc hold bold r leading to the half nelson lon and arid crotch Th The worlds world's champion at those stories He lie said ald the till lion was privileged to practice the thc thema ma maneuver er all nil h he plea pleased ed but ho hI would defeat him In one fall tall b by this same rU ruse e. e This remarkable prediction actually came to pass When 11 met Golc tor dr cc tho the second time tinte In Chicago Chi Chi- cago he Ie was wag cOach coached cd to tho the minute to avoid this rapid fire attack of ot Gotch lotch It Ii was the thc means menns of ot his hi downfall in th tilt tho first bout hout Gotch put Hack M off 1 I is guard raised his near nar leg Ice ln d hl nib his far one and then reversed re It into a half huH nelson and crotch crotch with tile thc lion was pinned pinnell for tor the first fall fail In 11 ho lie bitterest t defeat of ot his career el Tilts Tho grapevine may be secured se on an the arm and with the tho aid of or a cro cross cros s buttock buttock- an au opponent mn inn may be lie heavily JJ to lo the canvas n Gotch has sel sei- odom o- o dom doni use used this his grip however lie has hns avoided holds whereby an nn opponent might be killed in flying falls but has hns I used his quick brain to advantage ad In crushing hi his opponents b by rapid manu maneu- In straight ht wrestling Golch has s seldom eldorn used the grape grape- tine he In pinning an an opponent Hi His de de- de feat fat of ot Policeman John J j. j Honno In chicago with a rape grapevine ancl ham ham- In 1906 was as an nn execution exception Copyright 1913 by Joseph n B. B Bowles