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Show RECORD RECEIPTS AT M BIG GRAPPLING BOUT All Marks Will Be Shattered When Gotch and J Hackenschmidt Meet In Chicago. I- I WHEN Frank Gotch and Gcorgo , Hackenschmidt meet in their championship wrestling malch on Labor La-bor day In Chicago all records, so far as receipts are concerned, will be broken. This Is the one match that all tho devotees of tho grappling mat hao looked forward to and longed for for many months In fact, to be candid, it was thl match that caused the slump in the attendance atho wrestling matches In Chicago Tho press and tho public wero so continually shouting about Gotch and Hackenschmidt, and. their talk seemed to be only In that dlroc- tlon, that all Interest In other matches was lost sight of "Glvo us the big match botween Gotch and Hackenschmidt Hacken-schmidt before we will bo satisfied with tho other." seems to havo been their slogan. No matter how good a bout was dished up to them It was Gotch and Hackenschmidt that their minds wero set on, and If the match had not been consummated wrestling would not have been much of a sport in tho big city next year. Now. no matter who wins or loses. It will recelvo a ntw lcaso of life and place tho sport back where It wa3 a j car ago. If Hackenschmidt wins It will stimulate the gamo still further, for It will mean a new champion, and with a new champion now admirers aro created, which means new additions addi-tions to the followers of the game. If Gotch wins they will take It as a sort of foregone conclusion, and no new enthusiasm en-thusiasm will .be manifested as thero was after Gotch defeated "tho Lion" In Chicago a couplo of years ago. |