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Show "I WILL NOT MAKE A RUSHING BOVT OF IT" nUUTK GOTCH. Champion Declares That He Will Be Cautious When He Meets Hackenschmidt on Mat Monday: It Will Be Question of Endurance He Declares', Both Men in Tip lop Condition; American Is Stili 5 to 4 Favorite. CHICAOO, Sept. 2. Ti principal in tht International wrettlini match which U ebduld to take lc at th whit wax baseball park nxt Moo-day Moo-day afternoon at 8 o'clock betas tarty today th lsst of th training for th contest. Frank Ootch, tho champion, wont from hi hotel to th Chicago Athletic Ath-letic dub, whoro daring tho day ho will wrootl wtth hi training partner and do som Ught gymnasium work. George Hackenaehmidt, th Banian chaUonger, we np airly at hi camp on ' th north aid, and wont for a walk along th lak ahore. "I am going to wroatlo carefully, and all thee atoriea about me making a rushing bout are false," said Ootch. "If I allow Backanachmidt to get hold of me at the start he 1 liable to break some of my bone with hi . mighty atrength. H I a hard customer to handle because of hla power, eon-pled eon-pled with weight. ' I km going to do my belt to keep tht title in America. "I believe it will simply simmti dowo to a ease of condition.. The man with the greatest endurance wIlLwin because bote of us are strong ano able to stsad a long, gruelling match I am in condition, and when ) say "I cannot n; that I have outlined ni plan of attack, and probably won't until I have locked beads with him for five or ten minutes. I can appreciate ap-preciate the fact that Hackenehmiat rat improverl greatly and learned more since I last met him. It is because of this that 1 moiit he careful for 1 mat r am -rignt' you can tass it iron me I 'm ready. "I intend to do a little work today which will consist mostly of wrcstliua with my trainers. This will be the lest wrestling I will do until I enter tkt ring Monday. Tomorrow I intend to do a little iy mnai'ium work, and then my preparation will be ended." Ooteh Baa Deadly Hold. Martin Delanev, physical director oi the Chicago Athletic club, eaid today that Ooteh looked fa perfect condition, "ttotch showed me some of his holds, and the best one, to my way of think ing. is one lie ealla the 'new tip-ender,' tip-ender,' " ssid Oelaney. "It is a sim- Fle Improvement on' the old hold of be same name. It is leg scissors applied ap-plied from behind, or when the defensive de-fensive man ia on the mat. . With the scissors ia place, Ootch aits down and. uaing hie leg as a stanchion, he hae a pry with the other leg and both arms. The wrestler who gets into such a hold has nd thence td get out, end the more- he works against tha hold the essier it is for Ootch to win, for the man in under works s gainst himself." him-self." Hackenschmidt expressed a desire to meet Ooteh after the champion arrived from Iowa yesterday, and it may be the two will visit between bow and Monday. Hackenschmidt has done most of bit training in aecrst. Frequently he has hsd his trainers up at 5 o'clock ia the morning, and at other times has been on the met at 11 o'clock. About gSO.OIIO has been takes In at the box to date, and before Mohdav it is expected the receipts will reach 75,-000. 75,-000. The prevailing odds are S id 4 oa Ootch, though betting hag been light. |