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Show HACKENSCHI IIDT WILL BE THE FAVORITE t - KANSAS OITT, Aug. 7. Unlaaa they mortgaga a few farm naar Humboldt, la., Oaorg Haekanaehmidt will b a f a-vorlt a-vorlt otw Frank Ootck when thay meat, In Chicago Saptambar 4. It la rathar itranga, bat a majority of th wraatUng xparta" pick th sUssian to win, aitboogh th don't git aot any uum us muym ana goa vo aaow way ke ahoald ba rMonwd th rictor. On Chicago sporting writer haa thi to ear about to match: "George Harkenechmidt ia going to b tb la-orit la-orit over ank Ootch when they meet la the arena in the Whit Box pfrk on th afternooa of Ropt ember 4. Thi ia almoat a certainty. Already odda bav been potted with tb Bueeias tha favorite at 10 to 9 and it I xpetd that tha betting will b 10 to I by tb time th match ia tarted." Why! Four year ago Hacknachmidt couldn't throw any part of tha chata- fioa and there i no reaaoa to baliev bat th far famed "lion" ba im-evd-iae a-,iut bfee-tk aaaa from Iowa. It ia a certain fy that Ootck haan't "alipped" to any great extant ; In fact, many believe that th champion ta better today than ever befor. Ootch U gaibiag ia weight omething that will help him if h continue in th gam. Then Ootch haa led quiet, peaceful life. Th bartender and th ''pear toters ' ' never worried th gent from Iowa. In th winter Ootch wraa-tlas wraa-tlas continually; in th summer h hike to bis farm, lays off a few head and does th heavy work himself. A man who can deny himaalf tb pleaaurea of lire ana epena nve montns tn a year on a farm woa 't go bark ia a harry. How. ever, a majority of tha writer ar giving giv-ing Ootch th "com back" poaiuoa and heralding Haekanaehmidt aa th greatest of all wrestlers. , To get down to plaia facte "Hack" 1 tha man wha must show eaasidsrabl "mm back" ability. Aa a matter of fact Haekanaehmidt naa really bean oat f tb wreatling game for nearly seven yeara. When ha fall before Ootch four years ago his answer waa that ha had been out of- tb gam too long that was one "alibi.'7 Now, since that memorabl strurgl Hackensrhmidt ha been "doing" the eoncort balls aad last winter waa really tha only time in tb last six yeara, at laaat, that a drotd any enidrable tima to wrestling. Laat winter "Hack" engaged In a number of matches. H did 't tackle anything vary hard, bnt njoyd a good workoaC But ther ia ao dop ta ahow why Hackansekmidt should rule favorite over Ootch or any figures to ahow why he should have vn n vn break. Ao-ording Ao-ording to all dop Oateh figures a at least a 7 to 10 favorit. H 1 the ehampioa and naa never been defeated. |