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Show tiin reaemhles the pugilistic field. The mat champion, Gotch, Is not being be-ing bes'esed with challenges from even- town and conn;rv, as is Johnson, John-son, but there nre two men now active ac-tive who claim that they are JiiHtlfled in asking for a match. They occupy alrout the ame platen in regard to the wrestling title a.s ln Kaufinann and Lnngford In the pugllKlic field. Perhaps Per-haps Mackenschm'dt ami the Indian wiesller, Guina, have more enthusiastic enthusias-tic backers than the two boxers. At any rate, both the Russian and the Indian have signified iholr Intention Inten-tion of coming to this comity in the winter and necking a match with Frank Catch. A report states that a t'ar.i'ornia flgln promoter fabled to the Russian, saying that he bad sc-; sc-; cured dV'tch's consent to a match, and a 1 Islnt; Hackenm hmldt to come here. I The latter p:rt-of Nox ember has been . mentioned ns a possible date. j ONE MORE MATCH FOR GOTCH. j New York. net. 19. In pome re-I re-I sped the heavyweight wrestling sltua- |