Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-03-09 | Page 12 | Gotch's Mat Battles

s V. V V T V Vr ff 9 r C oA oAr r W Wrestler r J. J r and His Hia I Instructions ana onH on H w to W Wr as x Hi Sanders GOTOH GOTCH ILL DEFEATED TWICE I Copyright 1913 by Joseph B. B Bowles Among the bitter disappointments ex- ex I ex-I ld by Gotch Gatch during tho the period when tho champion was In the making were ht his fourth and fifth encounters with Toni Tom Jenkins March 16 and May 1 19 19 1905 respectively i New J ew rv York fans lans wore eager to see ace tho the new mat sensation from Iowa Iown and Gotch Gatch o. o agreed t eed to the fourth meeting with J to be staged in the metropolis me Unfortunately ho lie contracted contracted con oon- a a. sev se sero ro iro cold makin making r i ht a 3 en on route Ho decided C d however to ke kern keep p tho e engagement Tho match wa at Roman Greco style I and Catch Cotch unfitted for tor fora a l rough and t tu tumble with like Jenkins Jen Jen- encounter a 11 mat tiger kips kins went down to an honorable defeat detent after taking ono one falL George the Russian Lion then In the tho of or his hils fame fam as asa asa a wrestler was on his hie wa way to America to meet mett the Yankee champion met and defeated Jenkins Jenkins Jenkins Jen Jen- kins at eatch catch can catch can but turned a n. deaf dear car ear to challenges s hurled at him by Gotch This was a 0 bitter disappointment disappointment to the Iowa lown boy who who had dreamed of off 0 wi winning the tho worlds world's champIonship cham cham- returned to Europe claiming that honor Gotch was eager to regain his lost prestige and remained in lii the east cast until Jenkins agreed to a n return match The Tho encounter took place at Madison Square Garden Gorden Mil May 19 and proved to be one of at tho mos most t savage In wrestling history Gotch Goch was still suffering slightly sl from his Ws cold and Jenkins was In prime condition The outcome of this match was a n bitter bitter bit bit- ter t-er dose for Gotch an and 1 tho the citizens of ot Humboldt never novel have forgiven tho me- me for Its treatment of their hero horo on rt ails s occasion Speak to an any old resIdent resident resident res res- ident 0 oC of Humboldt about It and he ho will tell teU you au that Gotch was robbed and beaten by bv the most moat outlandish exhibition exhibition tion Uon of at thievery ever evet per perpetrated In American sports Thc They contend that the referee winked at Jenkinss Jenkins's s 's rough tactics and permitted him to grasp the tho ever every time Gotch had him near a t fall Gotch Gulch however tools took his hs defeat ina in ina a a. sportsmanlike manner and b began au ft a campaign of oC training to regain his lost trophy troph Tho referee was wag Tim Hurst famous for hi his eccentricities as a n baseball um urn umpire urn urn- pire It was wis a grudge brudge match and tho winner took all the receipts At tho the call of or time Jenkins rushed In but was vas stopped b by Gotch Got who put ut the veteran down on tho the mat Gotch Goth held Jenkins down for nearly neaily half balt an hour hom Jenkins finally broke away n and Q landed a heavy blow on Colons Colon's s mouth Gotch protested but Hurst told him to lo KO go on and wrestle Jenkins grabbed Gotch around the for a n. strangle hold head and neter several sC minutes of protesting b bv by Gotoh In which ho he received a good choking th the tho grip was loosened When Then they clinched Jenkins took another strangle to hold and hold It t until Gotch went down despite tho the warning of or the referee Gotoh Gotch wriggled out and caught Jonkins Jonkins Jon- Jon kins by the feet tee turning him Into a double thigh and crotch hold Jenkinss Jenkins's head hend vas was forced down do until his shoulders shaul ders dots touched the mat mM but he grabbed the the rope Gotch protested but the tho ref referee reo ordered the th men to the center contoy cen con toy ter of at tho the mat where whore they began to wrestle anew Jenks Jenkins kicked kIcker id strangled Gotch IIo H fouled him Got Gotch h re retaliated to- to taunted with rough vo work l' l 1 Six times Jenkins caught tho the ropes ropes ropes- to A avoid v o d a n atall fall tall Each timo Hurst o ordered tho the men mento mento to the center to begin anew Jenkins caught Gotoh Gotch with a head hold which Tim Hurst Burst called a mug mug hold and Gotch went down to defeat In 1 Both Doth Both wrestlers were thrown from the ring In tho the second bout Gotch receiving receivIng receiving ing a bad fall tall Gotch won the second fall tall but ho was clearly weakened while Jenkins seemed stronger Jenkins rushed Gotch hard In the third 1 fall taU and crushed him to the tho th mat Gotch str struggled to his feet teet tottered looked about In a 0 dazed manner lurched forward ard and fell teIl full Cull length on his face It was nearly twenty minutes minutes minutes min min- utes before he could be carried to his dressing room