Show I 1 why v alac lenschmidt Hacken ken schmidt cave e t t A f up aft P to F frank r il u k cotch fio tho the pictures of f the gotch hachen schmidt wrestling match which aro a re now being exhibited in chicago show that the russian lion had good reason for quitting in his hia match with the american champion cham plon without casting any reflection on R enereo eddie SI smith it must be stated that gotch used the foulest tactics raver ever employed in a wrestling match and had the conceit st taken place in any city but chicago the foreigner would have won on a foul gotch not only stuck his thumb into Hachen eyes until pie lie drew blood and practically blinded the I 1 russian lion but he be deliberately slugged Hacken schmidt on several occasions and also struck him hard blows with his elbows I 1 on three different occasions during the contest hackeny stopped wrestling and appealed to the referee C i for a square deal but got little satisfaction and finally quit and ran out of the ring the manner of making his escape was unexpected d and really humorous in the pictures show him appealing to referee smith and when smith shook hla his head hack got up tip and ran to his dressing room before the spectators know knew what happened tho the american was wag immediately surrounded by friends and carried around on their shoulders and was kissed by carkeek tho the cornish wrestler who acted as gorchs second impartial sporting men who witnessed the bout while rejoicing at gorchs victory condemn tho the american style such a well known kno wn devotee of wrest ling a ag bob cantwell the white sox rooter who is the amateur wrestling champion of chicago says that hack eng chmidt ja adopted the only course left open to MM him as he apparently had little or no chance to win and might have been injured for life had ho he con coil 1 abo match mr cantwell Cantwe 11 also stated that ho thinks Hacken schmidt Is ig tho the bettor better man bt the two and would je be able to win from gotch under ordinary conditions the watch itself was wag uninteresting one except in when the men 1 I 1 I 1 J really did ai a I t we work for almost two hours the they stood od shoulder to shoulder pushing and tugging without results and it was during that time that gatch tried to blind Hacken schmidt they on the ole mat not moro more than ten of tho the entire time and when gotch was back of the russian ho he was unable to move him his toe hold bold ggs was ineffective as hack broke away awa 1 from it with ease on several occasions occasion n s |