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Show H H Sturdy lowan Takes Nineteen Minutes to Win H From the Russian Lion Secures First Fall in 1 Fourteen Minutes and the Second in Five H Minutes. ,- ! H -- Facts of tho championship -t- i Hj - match: -f 1 H -r "Winner Frank Golch of Hum- H - bofdt, Iowa; obnmplon of tho -t- M i world. H i 4- Losor Gcorgo Hacken- H 1 ' . schmldt of Dorphta, Russia, Eu- H .' -- ropean champion. H "- First fall Gotch pinned -t- H J Hackenschmldt with a reverso V v-f- body hold. Time, U: IS 1-5. H -- Second fall Gotch 'pinned 4- H i n-f- Hackenschmldt with a too lock, -f H -f- Time, 5:.'21-o. Total wrestling time-- - --- 10:50 2-5. -t- B -- Attendance 30,000, estimated. H . -- Total receipts, ?S7,053. Hl' Gotch's share ?21.000 and 50 4 4- per cent moving picture profits. H'E 4- Hackcnschmidt's Bhnrc ?13, -4- i 4- 500. H i i -!- Jack Curlcy, manager of 4- H v s 4.. Hackenschmldt, received $29,- m 4- 000 as his tjhon 11 4- Empire Athlotic club's sharo 4- HV 4- ?G,250. H ' -4- Expenses $16,36fi. 4- H,'i , Refereo Edward IT. Smith H ! 4- Chicago. 4- H l 4- Timekeeper "Walker II H, Rokersall, Chicago. 4- H- ' B, , CHICAGO, Sept !. The geograph- 'i ical center of the wrestling world was Hi I more than ever fortified at Humboldt. H I Iowa, ihe home of Frank Gotch, to- Dj I day. Moreover, Referee Edward "W. H V Smith, who proclaimed the world's HJ champion victor over George Hack- H cnschmldt in two straight, quick falls, B declared that for the next ten years K . there would bo no shift of tho wrest- H , ling capital, unless Gotch should H choose to change his place of resl- H fi Tho Russian's showing was pitiful. H t The crowd decreed that he had "quit,' H j hut tho dofcated challenger, throuch Hj fj copious tears, averred that ho enter- H j' cd tho arena with, a wrenched knee, H 3 on which Gotch worked and speedily Kj reduced him to almost an helpless ' ; Jn any event it is certain that tho H' ' -foreigner's nerves wcro on edge. Ho H I spent a sleepiest; night and was palo ' i whon he crawled through the ropes. K v Dr. J. J. DavlB, who examined both B1 l wrestlers boforo they went to the H jj mat, declared that while there might B -", be something wrong with Hacken- Schmidt's knee, It was not evident H during tho examination. h i t line it look, vjoluq louricon luui- H U utcs and eighteen and one-fifth aec- 1 1 1 , . ondg to gain the first fall, tho scc- H ! ' nd fall required only five minutes 3 f an(l thirty-two and one-fifth seconds, HH i If which Hackcnschmidt's friend a- H fiert, proves that his knee was in bad B R condition. , Refereo Smith is authority for tho B statement that when Gotch secured iH i -r the fatal toe-lock, which won him , tho second fall, Hackenschmldt cried ' out: "Don't hurt my toe," and a soc- . ond later, "Don't break my leg," and K - . fell with his shoulders to the mat, H -frothing at the mouth. The first fall B resulted from a reverse body hold & I nfiar the men had struggled 14:18 1-5, H J I That terrible toe hold for which Gotch H 1; famous was responsible for the sec- Hci ;' ond fall. He clamped It upon the left H'j fot of Hackonschmldt and ended the H' second fall in 5:32 1-5. Scarcely had H he obtained the grip when Hacken- M-, schmldt acknowledged defeat with bis Hd j i shoulders. Hackcnschmidt's own I statement, that It was the easiest world's championship ovor won tolls tho story of tho bout. I Gotch never was in serious difflcul-i difflcul-i ty nt any time during the match. Neither Nei-ther was ho forced to extend hlmsclT to win. Tho lowan got In all half a dozen dangerous holdB on his antagonist. antag-onist. Hackenschmldt had Gotch worried wor-ried but onco. During the first bout Hackenschmldt obtained a body hold on Gotch that brought him to tho mat. But the champion was on the canvas but a few seconds. Then he was down only as far as his knees. Almost beforo the "Hon" realized his opponent was in a dangerous predicament, predica-ment, Gotch had wriggled out of the hold and was bounding across the ring to safety. For his dofeat Hackeuschmidt offers of-fers but one oxcuso that his left knee was injured in training two weoks ago, weakened under the pressure pres-sure of tho iron hands of Gotch and it was useless to continue at the risk of being permanently injured Hackenschmldt Hack-enschmldt went into the ring witb the knee in a bandage. But regardless of whothor Hacken-schmldt's Hacken-schmldt's knee was in bad shape, ho was In no state montally to enter the contest. Hackenschmldt was unnerved before he entered the arena. "Whether k was from worry over his injured kneo or his frottlng over the match it Is not known. Like Jeffries at Reno, tho Russian spent a sleepless night before the battle His trainers tried overy means to make him at ease. They had him room with Johann Koch, a German, and one of Koch'q chief duties was to sing songs of the Fatherland to the Russian and try to make him feel at ease. But Hackenschmldt Hack-enschmldt would not bo calmed. After trying vainly for several hours to go to sleep, ho pleaded with Ills trainers to givo him drugs that would glvo him rest. They refused to do this and Hackenschmldt retired to fret the night away. In the minds of the vast crowds that saw tho match there was no doubt as to which was tho bettor ' wrestler Gotch outpointed, oiu-gen-erallcd and out-gamed his opponent. The lowan appeared to be faster than ho over had been before. His condition condi-tion was perfect. Ho entered tho ring filled with confidence and never once did he lose his coolness. At ev- ory stago of tho bout ho smiled as though he nevor had 'the slightest doubt as to tho outcome. On tho other hand Hackenschmldt seemed ill at ease During the first fall he went about his work with his face set and anything but the glint of confidence in his eye. After Gotch had P.llntVl tllrt flrqf frill ihn nrwtrnrrn of the Russian appeared to havo ooz-' cd out of him With shoulders stooped stoop-ed and oyes downcast, he sat In his corner awaltfng the starting signal. Up In a box in tho center of the grandstand sat two women who did more, perhaps, to cheer Gotch on to victory than all the other persons in tho audience They were his wife and his mothor Frequently whllo in the thickest of the fray Gotch found time to look toward the two women and smile During the ten minutes' Intermission between falls, he did not got at once to his dressing room, but 6tood for a momont In his corner, I smiling and waving at the two women. wom-en. Hackenschmldt was heartbroken over the result. In his dressing room for half an hour he sat In his wrestling wrest-ling garb, crying and refusing tho proffered attention and cheering words of his trainers. "Go away," he said to aU of thorn. "Leave me alone." And then his broad chest was heaved heav-ed and the tears rained from his oyes. Gotch only smiled after the match was over He said the result was exactly as he thought it would be. The story of the actual wrestling 13 soon tolo Time was called at 3:15 o'clock. The contestants immediate-ly immediate-ly locked heads and began feeling each other out For five minutes they tugged at each other's necks, wrists and arms, but neither obtained a dangerous hold. It was Gotch who first turned attention at-tention to the legs. He made soveral ako passes at Hackenschmldt'3 knees beforo he finally obtained a knee hold at the end of eight and n half minutes. Once the Iowan's massive mas-sive hands were fastened on Hacken-schmidt's Hacken-schmidt's left leg, the Russian went down He struggled out of that and a subsequent hold of tho same kind and then becamo the asgressor. At ten minutes Hackenschmidt got a body hold and put Gotch on the mat. But he was down only an instant. After fourteen minutes of wrestling wrest-ling Gotch started Hackenschmldt downward with a knee hold, faked a crotch and then quickly worked the Russian Into a half nelson. They struck the mat together head to head. Then Gotch pivoted on his opponent's stomach, clamped on a reverse body bold and the first fall was over. The first five minutes of the sec-j sec-j ond bout was a-replica of that period in the first. But of a tuddeu Gotch I reached down with his right hand, grasped Hackenschmldt's left ankle and unbalanced the man. "Whilo Hackenschmldt was trying to regain bis equilibrium Gotch struck the "lion's" injured leg with his knee and the Russian crumpled Into a heap on tho canvas. Instantly Gotch was on lilm, the powerful right hand firmly firm-ly locked on the toes of tho under man's left foot. Hackenschmidt screamed a couple of times, rolled over on his shoulders and gave up. MATSIDE, CHICAGO, Sept. (. The wrestling championship of the, world remains at Humboldt, Iowa. It took Ftauk Goteb, who made that tow'n 'famous 'fa-mous juBt nineteen minutes and fifty seconds to topple over George Hack-cnBchnUdt, Hack-cnBchnUdt, who thua twice failed to wrest the world's highest wrestling honors from the sturdy lowan. Gotch secured the first fall with a roversc body lock In fourteen mln-utes mln-utes and eighteen and one-fifth sec onds Tho second fall required exactly ex-actly five minutes, thirty-two and one-fifth one-fifth seconds. According to the general gen-eral comment Hackenschmidt entered the ring like a beaten man. He looked like a loser. Gotch was supremely confident and master of tho situation at every stage. Tho second fall looked as If the "Hon" from across tho water simply quit. It was rather a pitiable spectacle. spec-tacle. Gotch bold a levee just outside of the platform of the arena, whllo Mrs. Gotch held another one in the grandstand. grand-stand. Mrs. Gotch's Statement. "What do I think of It? Woll, it was rather easy, wasn't it? Frank can really wrestle some, though I cannot can-not say verv much, as Frank Is really real-ly the moro Important member of tho family. Thank everybody for tho nice way they stood by my husband." Follco were required to clear the aisles in order to nfford a pnssago for the champion's wife. Gotch said: "Honest VVr,n"t think it would bo V'v4&$te Is bX'-vi r " Si- . V.i - n ;.;.!&,&$ FRANK GOTCH, THE UNDEFEATED CHAMPION. so easy. I expected to win, but not with the ease with which it was ac complished. I had not been in tho ring three minutes when I knew that Hackenschmldt was even less to be foarod than he was three years ago." "I have nothing' to sa)-," the defeated defeat-ed Russian grunted. Gotch mado his way to his dressing room with the assistance of his broad I shoulders and n squad of police. Ho wadod through the crowd like a big Atlantic liner going through a fleet i of tugs. In his dressing room Hackenschmidt Hacken-schmidt broke down and cried and with the floodgate of his tearG his tongue was loosened and he said "I was In no condition to wrestle. p Two weeks ago I wrenched my left leg. My trainers told me I could go 1 in without Injuring the member. But i we had scarcely got to w6rk whon Gotch began to pull and twist my left leg, I realized that I was In no' con- . ditlon to continue the match. I am ' no qulttor. Neither do I desire to charge that I was not treated squarely. square-ly. My defeat is due entirely to tho Injury. I feel deeper than words can tell the loss of this match. However, I did my best. No man could have I done more." I Dr. Roller's View. Dr. Roller said after the match: A gamer man man uacKenscnmiat might have continued the match There can be no doubt that he was injured. His condition now will show that. However, I havo seen other wrostlers who were suffering rrom injuries fully as bad as that of Hackonschmldt Hack-onschmldt go through their matches, until It was no longer possible for them to continue " Abo Arends, as soon as he could make his way to the press stand, told the reportois that when Gotch secur-ej secur-ej the toe lock Hackenschmldt cried "Lot go; it's hurting." and fell flat, bleeding at the mouth. .WRESTLING STATEMENTS. By Frank A. Gotch. "Honestly. I didn't think it would be so easy. Hackenschmldt gave me such adosporate struggle In our first meeting that I wns prepared and expected ex-pected to go through a hard, drawn-out drawn-out battle. Tho vf ry minute we locked heads I felt confident that I would win, but 1 really didn't think victory1' would come so quickly. "Hackenschmldt dtdn't display tho nerve and strength ho did In our former for-mer match. He was not aggressive. He appeared to bo afraid When I saw that Hackenschmldt didn't try to break down by defense or squirm out of holds. I became determined to cud it as quickly as possible. "I am sorry ho laid his poor showing show-ing to an Injured kneo. for I wanted to mako the victory a clean one When I defeated him three years ago It was charged than" won unfairly. Today I hoped that Hackenschmldt would bo at his best, because I wanted want-ed to prove that I was his master." By Georgo HaokenGchmldt. "It was the cheapest world's championship cham-pionship ever won I entered the contest con-test with an Injured knee and had my shoulders pinned to tho mat for the first time In my wrestling career J have no one to blame. T should not have gone Into the match, but I was advised that I could wrestle without further Injuring my kneo. "But I had hardly got to work when Gotch began to torture me with his too grips. I then realized I was In no condition to continue. I am not a quitter, neither do I deslro to charge that I was not treated fairly. "I am satisfied that my defeat was due entirely to the Injury. I would like to meet Gotch again, for I feel doopor than words can tell the loss of this match. I did ray best under tho conditions That is all I can say." By Refere; Smith. "Gotch won honestly and fairly Hackenschmidt did not show his usual gnmoness or aggressiveness. "I do not doubt that he was not in I tho best con lltion, for he looked worried wor-ried and fri?htened when the match began. He begecd Gotch to release his punishing toe hold and evidently was In great pain when Gotch forced him to defeat "On cloverness alone Gotch should easily romaln the champion for ten more years. He Is without doubt the most scientific man I have ever seen on the mat "His work In the first fall was marvelous mar-velous and so fast that I could scarcely scarce-ly follow It, although I was within a few feet of the men. "Gotch filrst faked a crotch hold, then suddenly he got a half-Nelson on Hackenschmidt In the wink of an eyo, Gotch nlvoted on Hackenschml-U's stomach, switched to a reverse bodv hold and downed his man. It was the speediest shift I havo eer seen on the mnt, "Hackenschmidt was In great pain during the period when Gotch had tho toe hold on him. 'Don't hurt mv toe.' ho cried at Prst. But Gotch continued to put on tho pressure. 'Don't break my leg,' wns the next shouted nppeal. The end came a second later. By Jack Jurley, Manager of Hacken-pchmidt. Hacken-pchmidt. "Deep in my heart there is a proud feeling that the American won. but I am very sorry trjat Hackenschmidt lost his match. Im all the more sorry sor-ry because 1 knofr positively that ho wont on as a favor. to me to save the show, when only two weeks ago he toro two ligaments on the si le of his leg, which laid him up so that he could not train for two days. "The calling: off of the hots was the result of the consultation among those interested, who feared that even If Hackenschmldt was confident that ho could deDend on. .his leg, there was some chance hat backers who wagered on him would not bo getting the same run for their monoy that they would If his leg was welU "I hope Hackenschmldt will recelvo another chance at tho title at the hands of the American sporting public" |