| Show GOTCH'S GOTOH'S SECRET OF OP SUCCESS I Copyright ht 1913 b by Joseph B. B Bowles are re four requirements ments of a 1 great wrestler who can cnn keep kep a title Ulle for tor years without having ha his shoulders pinned to tho ho padded canvas can Strength endurance speed sliced and skill Probably no flO man in all tho the annals of wrestling has had elements so 80 mingled In him In the thc th proper proportions as Frank Gutch Gulch I 1 have heard d men of or giant stature and seemingly Unlimited strength assert assert assort as as- sert sort the they could do nothing with Gotch because ho was s too strong for tor them Others have ha pronounced the Humboldt Hercules the fastest big man In the world Ills endurance was vas given gl the t. t l' l I i tH M t Gotch With liar or mid and Arm Aria I ck Hold supreme test In his first encounter with George Geor c When the mat had tugged and pulled and antl shoved for morn morr than two hours and both were VerI sU supposed cl to be at the end of their thell tether rJ Gotch showed tl a flash lash of oC his wonderful speed and marvelous of or endurance lie He picked the power nU Lion off tho mat and hurled him to tho the canvas as ati though he were child chilli a n An In Inspection of oC tho the pictures shows that the lie American wrestler was over or his opponent holding his hand on the back of or the nus Russians Russian's lans lan's neck Hacken- Hacken schmIdt was under tinder with one otie leg ox- ox tended In n this way Gotch's Catch's full weight with th the pull of his hands added added was exerted on his hII opponent T allY any person stand In that position Lit Lut ten minutes and ho hI i may tinder tinder- for tor starlit il what Gotch was doing lb Ho JIa WitH ing g the strength lh of while ho lie was J resting himself And If It f secret of Gotch's Golch's success ItIs It jt ItIs there pe Is I ft l always has sought to 10 Is this this- o travel tho the route In as quick time as ns possible possible pos pos- sible and antl make his opponent exert eert more energy and become more fatigued in resisting resisting- him butt than the he champion spent In the thc attack When hen I met Tom Torn Jenkins Jonkins at B Bellingham Belling- Belling ham and won the American belt I was wa up against a wrestler of great strength and superior experience says sa s 's Gotch However I was waK mor more durable at the thc end nd of 0 thirty minutes of wrestling The wear and tear of the battlo battle had hall its ef effect ef- ef feet on this old oid mat gladiator He Ho had wasted more energy than I. I Inasmuch as I was as stron strong as Jenkins after atter thirty minutes I r had him him at m my p n nercy and und ho resorted to fouling foulIng- t tactics The he fellow who can travel over thelong tho the tholon lon long route and antl remain fast last and strong always alwa's has It on the other oIlier fellow It if their strength I Is' Is anywhere here n near ar equal In Iii tho the case of ot l I have often otten been asked wh why tho the Russian was able to put up such a strong front In our first battle and yet seemed so In Inferior In- In to me in our match Itt Jit baseball park The answer to this I Is simple I J had been told of or the tho wonderful strength of at thu Russian Lion I 1 was a told that he would tear ti-ar me me Unit limb from limb I was wa sure suro I 1 could stand t off and aud retain tho the strength ll n th W ta defeat him I was disillusioned In that match and since that lint time line I 1 have gono after all those Europeans to Lo d detest defeat feat them as ns quickly as possible The defeats ts of Mahmout Zb ko and are examples J t conf confess ss that I tore Into Hacken- Hacken schmidt t In our second meeting In harder fashion than I ever ripped Into an op- op In mv my Ti m I octo t A n j v l merits tl t n of oT facts ts concerning gO gOo our o first t. t match his treatment of our party when wo we toured r England and his misrepresentations ns In America on only I served to tomake tomake tomake make me wish to humiliate him the tho more mor I didn't want vant him to have a leg Jeg to stand tand on This talk taUt about his havIng having hav hay ing fag a n. bad knee Is only an alibi at the most was Injured In Inthe the lie l heart eart When ho he saw sa that he was wasa a gOUer he begged for mercy and that showed his true colors |
