| Show S MAT The Carter Career of the Worlds World's Champion Wrestler and His HL Instructions on How to Wrestle as Told by Himself c and Associates to Elbert Sanders Sand t tr r r GOTOH GOTCH DEFEATS HIS MAT TEACHER becomes victor over O the I. I P PUPIL master maRter of or tho the mat mal December 11 11 1903 10 at nt Wash On that day a Farmer Burns went down to toan toan toan an honorable defeat for the first time limo before Frank Gotch his youthful ro Tho The Humboldt lIo boy had applied ap ap- ap- ap plied himself faithfully faithful since his match with Burns three years previous pre at l Fort on Dodge la in lIe He had bad studied practiced tle and dreamed of the timo when he would pin phi tho ho shoulders of ot hl his tutor tutor- to tho the padded canvas can for Cor the first time Burns Hurn had never lost a match I f previous pre to this encounter He lIe told Gulch Gutch h he ho would not acknowledge de defeat do- do feat tent at his hands hand without a struggle and the pride o of oC BI Big Rock flock Ia la kept hl his word I tipped Golch Gotch off orr to all TU m my tricks antI and then gave e a AWn away thirty pounds In this match How Is that for liberality liberal liberal- ity In asked Farmer Burns speaking of or this m memorable morable battle It was Gotch's Gotcha ambition to defeat ef nt Burns decisively nor did he spare tho the feelings of ot tho veteran Ho Ito rushed at Burns at the tho call of ot time and b by bullIn bullIns hulling bull hull In Ins ing It soon had his opponent down on his knees Gotch tried to get a n foot- foot lock and Burns Burn had difficulty In ing Gotch then tried for a a. headlock but Burns knew how to render tho the grip useless 1 Many tany a rn supporters of or th the Farmer were crr at the ringside c. c and the they applauded loudl loudly when Burns broke Gotch's waist hod hold darted out out and put Gotch to the tho mat Gotch had bad been coached b by Burns Burn's never to let et a 3 wrestler keep him on the mat If possible and the two wrestlers fought to the tho edge of ot tho the canvas and then rolled off oct on the floor loor back Gotch tried hard When they came to secure a A. hold holtI and aull finally floored Burns BurnE Ho tried for man many holds but Burns Burna broke broko them with consummate skill Final Finally Gotch secured a a. full Nelson Kelson and boro down with all his strength As Burns tipped and his feet dangled In the air Gotch switched to toH H 11 crotch and wrist lock and bore the shoulders of oC the tho veteran to the mat nut in 22 30 0 In the second bout Burns took the theng ng aggressive res o l from Crom the call of or time Gotch however how mann managed e 1 to put lUll Burns to the tho mat and hold him thelo for tor 10 minutes Burns tried desperately to rise BurnS Bums finally broke ana away but Gotch threw thre him heavily on hl his head rho Tho et veteran ran and his hili pupil mixed it savagely Burns HUIns secured a a. which Gotch broke with difficulty Burns followed up h his s advantage c t and nd fastened on a si double bar har lock Jock with which he Iw pinned pinnell Gotch to the mat for the second fall Call also In 2 30 22 2 30 Gotch rushed In to lo finish his tutor In quick order In iii the tue third bout but Burns BurnH by a n shift and a Mlp threw Gotch Golch nearly off oU tho the mat Gotch G ru rushed h d in desi desperately and put Burns Durns lo to I I t irP i Reverse TIson mIson ana Bar ar Lock Holds I the mat Ho ITo tried Cor fora 30 toe hold hotel but Tint Burns Durns finally broke tie Ue grip Gotch secured s a n halt halt- half half el an but Burns countered with an and put Gotch on his shoulder Gotch secured a too lock and anti had B Barns near a fall when the veteran with with a supreme effort brol broke c the grip grip and and camo came to the top In a Gotch secured a half half- Nelson after coming comins out of or u. u bad grip and won tho bout in 1610 Farmer Burns Jurns C veteran ron of ot a t thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand thrilling encounters ter on the tho mat ha had met hl his match at mst last In hl his proto c. c The rite master slowly but eurel was wnM going down before youth and strength and skill skill Burns had been able to defeat Go Golch Goch ch when ho know knew nothing about the thc science of oC wrestling hut but knowledge mode the youngster In In- In Burns trained by throwing Gotch over his head but hut that anI to tho the youngsters youngster's ter's ferocious attack and he pinned his tutor to the canvas for tor the tho deciding fall tall with a t half elson and rotch crotch in 1725 Burns addressed d tho the crowd telling them that Gotch GOlch was J In the grandest condition of ot his career and that he would certainly defeat Jenkins for the tho championship n I C Copyright 1912 In b by Joseph B. B rio Bowles l s. s I |
