Show II I I 1 fRANK COTCHIS GOTCH COTCH IS TRULY A AREAL REAL Frank Well ell wo wr have haves seen Champion n Gotch Goth and there is but is-but but one verdict verdict verdict-ho ho is ib a wonderful combination of wrestling wrest rest ling As was expected he lie had little cum difficulty tal talent nt I culty in disposing of the lo local al which h had been arrayed a against linn hun He Ile toyed with all of ol them and pinned 1 their shoulders when he got ready anti 11 after he ho fi figured ure that his iris scared opponents opponents nent had lead remained long enough h. h Gotch made himself popular from Irom with the first lust the outset Ho Imo toyed three of his opponents and then threw them gently and easily asil simply demonstrating demonstrating dem demo to the time au audience die nee how easy itis itis it itis and that Ho lIe Hohas is is when you you know how has earned his title of worlds world's cham cham- champion pion lie Ile did but one little thing which appeared to bring signs of displeasure dis- dis displeasure dis di- pleasure from the audience and that was time the manner in which ho he handled Yokel the popular little Y II ml 11 C. C A. A Gotch played instructor of this city with the tho preceding three opponents but buta a assumed his first serious look when he lIe faced Mike l lIe He seized Mike from the jump and dropped him pretty hard Yokel then succeeded in in getting gettin out of several eral bad holds but Gotch Goth put a astop stop to it all Ill by hy reaching for the tho toe toehold toehold hold JOld and jerking his lighter opponent mute into submission Yokel let et out a groan and went ent down The local boy bor walked off oT time tIle mat and some in tho the crowd hissed Gotch for what they terme termed un un- sportsmanlike conduct against a man who was ei eighty pounds pound lighter Gotch felt the situation keenly and stated that he had had no intent intention on of injuring or hurting Yokel but that he had merely decided to apply the itoe toe hold on Mike lIike because the audience had been bee callin calling for it and because he figured that Yokel was the best man manof manof of Jf the four and the proper man to use it on I Yokel limped as ho lIe walked 1 off the mat but he lIe took it all like a good sportsman and later shook Gotch's hand statin stating that he held no hard feelings feeling's against the champion Ed Ferguson of Ogden was as first and andas as ho was very cry aggressive he lIe gave a good exhibition Gotch liked his work and his one remark Well he heis heis heis is an energetic cuss showed the champion liked Fergusons Ferguson's s 's work At Atthe Atthe Atthe the end of seven minutes and three seconds Gotch concluded Ferguson had enough b and pinned his shoulders to the mat I Then came the thc great preat and only whiskers whiskers whis kers lers The crowd gave a great cheer as he stepped on the tho mat and Gotch allowed De to play with him for a few minutes Gotch went on the mat and let take tako the tho offensive and Whiskers I tugged and tugged away but there I was vas nothing doing At the tho end of five minutes Gotch settled set tIed Whiskers by I pinning him to the mat Then came Rose and to show the crowd how fast he could work ork Gotch Goth put Rose Town down in less than a minute Before the match Keefe and Williams Williams Williams Wil Wil- liams wrestled for thirty minutes s for forthe forthe forthe the championship of the fire depart depart- ment Keefe won on the first fall in thirteen thirteen thirteen thir thir- teen minutes and Williams won on a fall fallin fallin fallin in ten minutes The Tho third fall was called off The Tho two men are evenly matched and put up an excellent The bouts were attended by almost people i |