Salt Lake Telegram | 1909-01-15 | Page 16 | Wrestling Boom Will Soon be On

II WRESTLING BOOM Will SOON B BE ON NEW xi YORK voni Jan Tan 13 With j With Erne Ernest t Sir c the Oak Siegfried e the man German champion cham pion heavy weight ht wrestler of 01 tho the fatherland due duc to arr arrive arro o hero here and Frank Gotch the worlds world's champion comic coming back from England to meet niecE Yussiff the time Terrible Turk in Chica Chil Chicago go for foi a purse thin timings things in the grappling Hue line are arc Inn duo for another big boom in the near future Rie Siegfried fria i l j-l conceded on to be lie th the most powerful 0 of all tho timo mighty foreign mat artists and under Greco Roman rules is considered to be he invincible ini anti and tho time peer Pr of either Georgo the ho Russian lion Jion hysco or Peterson I I I Tho conquering all was feted b by his hits countrymen countrymon prior to his departure as only Germans can an fete and when he gets ets here all an tho tue New York foam fount blowers blowers blow blow- ers have hae arranged to meet th the young oun giant at the time dock in Hoboken where a parade consisting of members of the various arious G German societies and Turn Ye- Ye rein organizations will start preceded by a full bra brass s band Si Siegfried fried will with be escorted to an open barouche which bich will be drawn h by four sturdy horses and a g ala la day ay is in toro store for him His first appearance on the mat lUat inthis in inthis this country will bo be at Madison Iad On Square Garden ln on Thursday January 28 Il against l two of the h host best st heavy weight eight wrestlers whom hom he be will agree C to to throw thin thirty minutes minute's actual wrestling time timo or forfeit The Tho inducement should attract the time attention of John Joe J 0 no Rogers ers Fred Beel Lundin Lundia and do Rouen I The rhe appearance of tho the bi big foreigner ncr will arouse an amount of interest in the wrestling game Iame particularly particular as I Prof William Muldoon will aple appear r iu in tho the capacity of referee In the meantime wor word conies comes from Cram I London that Frank Gotch of tr try try- in lag ing to force into a I match i is is coming hack back to America to wrestle i Yussiff iff for the worlds world's heavy weight bt championship and th the contest will take tako in Chica Chicago o dur ing hit March Tho The Empire Athletic club climb of which Joe is Coffey matchmaker proposes proposes pro pro- poses pose a purse of for Gotch and amid and aUlI both hoth will accept for March arch