Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-04-20 | Page 13 | Gotch's Mat Battles

cr L S MAT BAIl MillS The Thc Carter o of the thc Worlds World's Champion Wrestler and His Instruction on en How to Wrestle as aa Told by by Himself and andY Associates Sander S L l GOTCH GOTOH FORCED TO MEET DINNIE IN rN ENGLAND T N the fall tall and winter Inter of or 1909 10 I IN Gotch toured tho the principal cities clUes of or England Ho lie had not prepared t ti engage In hi what the wrestlers term blood blooded d matches hut but Intended giving g exhibitions only unless he ho could force Corco who who was a hero In England at that time to to emerge from his shell At Sheffield George Georgo Dinnie a n. popular popular lar wrestler of ot that city ch challenged d Gotch from the platform The champion champion cham chant pion was accustomed to such missiles hurled at him him b by every ory Tom Dick and Harr Harry and passe passed It up as a a good Joke I The not next day dy when ho he went out for COl fora a stroll with Emil Klank Kiank his manager manag r newsboys s met them at every turn holding aloft alot on poles flaming headlines headlines head had lines which read Gotch ref refuses ses to meet Dares do de guy dat wont won't meet Din Din- nb mo nie yelled an urchin which r recognized Gotch as ho he approached approach That settles It it said Bald Gotch Ill meet that fellow If IC I hare havo to stay here a n. year ear To show his estimate of ot DInnie Dinni Gotch agreed to throw him twice In i I i i I t f 1 J t I ic 5 4 5 1 m I Gotch gets toe hold I I thirty minutes s. s The Tho music hall hail I agreed to stage singe the match and on th I night of tiC the three th thousand usan disappointed followers follower of were ere turned away avay from the hal hall Gotch Cobb stUng n b by the thc newspaper nc charges of at cowardice ico and lH the hostility of or the fans falls went Into Into ma make o quick work of oC hI his hla opponent Ho 1110 Ho downed the En 0 so quickly that the crowd sat fat un up a big big- howl how of or disapproval aJ when yelled that he ne had no not bc been n enough Gotch Catch won pinned J long e had haj the first taU fall In one ri minutes n C and six seconds and the 5 second In mo SIX seconds When hen the champion pinned IU for the second fall tall with a n crotch I and half halt nelson the Englishman rals raised d one shoulder when hen Gotch had released him him and anti then yelled that he was nut nt downed Tho The crowd of ot Dinnie partisans were wor howling for tor another fall and Dinnia was was as still sUll' showing signs of ot disapproval You had better co go out and tell teU the cro crowd you OU were down fair and square sal said Klank to Dinnie That fellow never h had Jl me mo down don retorted tho the stubborn englishman Ho He I knows I might down him In the s second cond run full Well go out there Gotch Is there and he will down you OU again said Klank This was one o 01 of the few times In his career since becoming champion that Gotch was vaa roused to anger by an opponent op op portent on the mat inaL Tho The champion was as wild with rate rage He motioned to to come on for tor another tall fall The Englishman Eng came forth and the crowd yelled Itself hoarse Gotch Cotch caught him by his right hand han pulled him in picked him up bodily an anti l hurled him hint IJ heavily to the thc mat In five seconds h he had hall Dinnies Dinnie's leg leg- up his back for tor a 0 toe holdIm holdIm hold Im do down Ini Im yelled the Englishman frantically poun pounding th the mat with his Jils p palms No 0 1 J dont don I I nl you ou are quite down clown said Got Gotch hi as S he lie pulled thi the leg lej br cJ a little mor more 5 Jt Jf f t you are arc absolutely sure euro you ou ar are down and anil arent aren t kl kidding mo me Ill I'll hit ot yen tI up said sald Gotch Cotch as he released hi hla hili grip Dinnie limped t to td f his feet teet camo caino to the footlights and spoke thus Ll Ladles Ladies and andl g I r want to ledge acknowledge that tha t Gotch Catch is my nn master r. r I understand hH hiLs' ability He lie Is th the tho greatest wrestler the world WOld has ever r seen s Copyright ht 1913 1912 by Jos Joseph ph B n. Bowles