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Big Hackenschmidt Having- Blown Up We Will Now Dispose Of Some Base Ball Wonders
h 1. ATHLETES AT SPRING WORK
HACK CROWNS. COTCH KING
Declarei American Greatest Wrestler
'in All the World.
Outdoor Practice Begins at Nebraska
1 University.
Basket Ball Team-that Has Made a Wonderful Record
S BASE BALL OUTLOOK . IS BAD
CONCEDES HIMSELF NO MATCH
Amn lit Nebraska. Break In F.ffort
Gotch Offers Retara Contest, hut
tho Russian I. Ion Says .o,
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LINCOLN, April 1 (Speclal-iV-The Indoor
athletic wuon at the University of Ne
braska came to a close Inst Saturday with
the annual gymnastic . exhibition In the
armory, and regular outdoor work was In
ugurated thin week by the candidates for
the spring athletic teams. The base ball
ulna opened the season In three (tames with
tha Lincoln leaguers on Thursday. Friday
and Saturday, and the track nyn, respond
ing to the flrat official call Issued by Direc
tor Clapp, made their Initial nppesrance
f tha year on the cinders Wednesday and
began training for the meet with Minne
sota, Tha Oornhuskrr bass ball team, although
-tly1nc the Ineligible freshmen, made a
miserable showing In the first game against
tha Greenbackera and was walloped by the
acore ef If to 0. This start on the season
was practically a repetition of the opening
ef a year before, when the' varsity lost
to Ducky Holmes' bunch by a big margin.
The supporters of the Cornhuskers had ex
pected them to make a good showing this
apring and the result of the first contest
Was a disappointment. The chilly weather
tif Thursday Is held to blame for the failure
ef tha Nebraska nine to "Make good."
Captain Bellamy claims his players were
"frose tip" and were unable to show their
real ability. Nearly all the students, how
ever, are convinced that the varsity nine
la doomed to repeat the heartrending ex
hibition of last season's team, which won
about five games during the entire spring's
playing.
, staaeaja Expect Defeat..
y "It the team Is disgracefully beaten,"
they argue, "when the Ineligible freshmen,
who are the strongest members of the nine,
are allowed to play. It surely will be run
over by the college teams when the fresh
Jnen are barred. We expected a good bunch
this season, but now we see that the team
Is going to be no belter than last year's
allure. If the nine braces up and makes
a good showing we will be surprised."
The Cornhuskers will play several games
with tha leaguers this week and next, and
then will rest for two or three weeks, or
until the eastern trip Is begun. No home
games are scheduled for this spring, owing
to the fact that the university has no place
on which to pull off the intercollegiate
contests. Arrangements have been made so
that games may ba played at Antelope'
park, when the grounds are not being used
by tha Greenbackcrs, but this Is a decidedly
unsatisfactory plan as It has been hard
for Manager Eager to get teams here.
When the league ntna is away, and it Is
probable that no further attempt will be
made to place any contests on the home
schedule. Kansas university wanted a
couple of games for April 15 and 16, but
as these dates coma during the Easier
vacation at Nebraska university, the Jay
hawkers had to be turned down. No fur
ther action has been taken toward aban
doning the eastern trip and Manager Eager
may consent to tax a the Cornhuskers on
their annual Invasion of the neighboring
0 states.
A fair sized bunch of men responded to
call for track candidates Wednesday. There
are several new men on the squad, who
give promise of dotng good work and the
team may be stronger' this spring- than
had been expected. Three or four . new
weight men. In addition to Collins, a tstar
shot-putter, assure the Cornhuskers of
some points In the meets next month. The
men who are trying out In the sprints and
burdles look good and possibly will de
veloped into point-winning form before the
first meet next month. ' -
Meets Ahead at Cornhuskers.
Tha Cornhuskers will participate In at
least two dual meets snd the Missouri
iValley .conference track .. contest. . Min
nesota will send a team here early In May
for a meet with Nebraska and following
that event the Cornhuskers will journey to
wrence to meet the Jayhawkers. The
conference will hold the first annual Mis
souri Valley track contest in Kansas City,
May 28 and 29. According to present
prospects tha Cornhuskers will not be able
lo win points in any of these contests.
I'ha Nebraska team Is weak, owlne to a
Jack of old material, and must put all its
dependence In the new men. Borne of
these new candidates may develop much
before tha first meet is pulled off and in
rase they do, Nebraska probably will make
a better showing on the track than is now
txpected.
Ames and Nebraska were unable to agree
n date for the annual foot ball game and
Will not clash this year on the gridiron.
The Iowa Aggies wanted the Cornhuskers
to play at Ames, but the dates they desired
to play on at home' were filled In the
Nebraska schedule and the Idea of playing
In the 'Hawkeys state had to be''glven
tip. Manager Eager offered to bring the
Iowa Aggies to Lincoln, but they flatly
refused to agree to come, claiming that
(' they had been here enough times until
the Cornhuskers paid them a visit. Two
plates are now varan t on Uie Nebraska
, schedule and it seems probable that Crelgh
. ton will get one oT them. Manager Eager
,. said today that he wanted to play the
, Omaha collegians and would give them
jcvember 21 for a game providing he could
11 N6vember 14 with an easy contest,
s things now stand November 2,1 and No
vember 7. or It, are the vacant dates.
Kansas Is contracted to come here either
on tha 7th or Hth. If the Jayhawkers
take the later date, the Crelghton boys
will have to go without a contest, for
Manager Eager does not want the boys to
have two big games snd a touch struggle
with Crelghton on three succeeding foot
ball dates. Should Kansas be played on
Kovember 14 snd Crelghton on the 21st,
it is . figured thst the Nebraska eleven
would pot be. In fit condition for the Wa
bash contest which comes on Thursday,
November 26. If Kansas, however, takes
November 7 for the annual struggle and an
easy game Is arranged for for the next
Saturday for the Nebraska schedule,
Crelghton will bo given Novcmb. e 21 and
the contest will Ive pulled off In Omaha!
Shorter Athletic schedules.
The present agitation among the middle
iwrst snd eastern hooli fir shorter alh
letio schedules had not aff.-cted the attitude
of the Nebraska board as regards tho num-
ENTRY BLANKS FOR TRYOUTS
Ameriean Olympic , Committee Sends
Oat Invitations to Preliminary
Competition.
NEW YORK, April 4.-Entry blanks
have been Issued by the executive commit
tee of the Amerk-an Olympic games for tho
American tryouts, to be held In Philadel
phia, Chicago and San Francisco. The
Philadelphia meet will be held at Frank
lin field on June 6 and the San Francisco
trials at Berkeley on May 9. The time and
place of the trials in Chicago have not
yet been settled, but In all probability they
will be held on Ms 23.
Tho committee .at Us last meeting de
cided that the distance of the Marathon
trial would be twenty-five miles.' and not
fifteen, : as heretofore discussed. Many
of the Marathon runners objected to a filr
toen mile' tryout. It la said on good au
thority that tho committee will ask the
Boston Athletic association for the piivl
cg4 of having Its Marathon race on Vprll
19 known as the Marathon tryout, and from
starters In this race will select the Ameri
can representatives.
The committee has decided not to enter
walkers in the Olympic games, owing to the
fact that we have no walkers who are
qualified to win a place. Throwing the
Javeiu., free style, wtll -be eliminated alao.
The teams for the two team races on the
program will be selected from the athletes
who win places In the tryouts. A member
of the committee said the other day:
"Special appeals must be made and ener
getic work must be done at once by the
finance committee and all members of the
American committee toward raising funds
to send a team abroad. Quite a sum of
money' has been contributed from Npw
York, but the south, - west and northwest
have not apparently organised for the pur
pose of giving money to help defray the
expenses. There can be no doubt, however.
that enough money has been secured and
promised to send a team of winners. But
that Is not enough. America must send a
representative team, and all sections of
the country must help, if tho necessary
money is to be raised."
Andrew Carnegie haa subscribed SjOO to
the fund.
James E. Sullivan, president of the Ama
teur Athletic union, has received word from
the, officers of the Buffalo Athletic asso
ciation that it is the intention, of that
association to hold a monster athletic
carnival in the next few weeks In the
armory of the 8eventy-fourth regiment at
Buffalo, and .that a percentage of the
profits will be set aside as a contribution
to the Olympic fund. This is the first move
in this direction, and It Is confidently
predicted that other athletic clubs will
follow the lead. . . . ,
YALE MEN HOLD FRESHMEN MEET
Chance for Yonng College Athletes to
Compete.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 4. Because
of the barring of freshman athletics from
the annual intereulleglate track and field
meet held under the auspices of tho I. A. A.
A. A., the Yale track management haa de
cided to attempt an intercollegiate fresh
man track meeting following the lines of
the 'varsity coutests. The meet will be held
in New Haven on May 30, the same day
that the I. A. A. A. A. meet is being held
In Philadelphia. Invitations for such a meet
have been sent to the athletic associations
of Harvard, Princeton. Cornell, Pennsyl
vania, Columbia and Dartmouth, ao that If
all accept there will be seven teams en
tered. If. however, several of the colleges
decline the plan, will be abandoned . rather
than hold a meeting with but a few com
petitors. UNHOLZ MAY GO FOR BIG JEFF
Boer Likely to Break Away from
Jimmy CoaTroth.
1X3 ANGELES, Cat.', April 4. Rudolph
I'll hols may reconsider his determination
to fight for no club but that run by Jim
Coffroth out in Frisco, for Jim Jeffries has
sent over a bid for a bout between Joe
Gans and the Boer, to be held at the newly
born Jeffries Athletic club, while the fleet
la In California waters. Jeff first plfered
I'nhuls a bout with Packey M Farlami. but
Rudolph held out on that proposition and
now Jeff says he will offer 60 per cent of
the gross receipts, : snd they will bo big.
for a twenty-five round fight for the Old
Master and the Boring Boer. That offer
should look good to both men.
CRICKET. TEAM . FOR HARVARD
Athletic Board Saartlon t.'asue and
Flayers Ut Bnsy.
BOSTON, April 4.-FolIowiiij the permis
sion of the athletic committee at Harvard
for tho formation and recogn'tion of a
criuket team aa a college organisation,
gained by a petition last fall, the men in
terested In the game are bestirring them
selves that a seLedule or the remaining
months of the college year Is well on the
way to completion.
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PA DEVOURS THE YAN1GANS
Omaha Skins White Sox by Founding:
the Ball.
TRIPLES AND DOUBLES GALORE
Householder Leads In the Walloping,
Though Others Are Close Behind
' Champa Outplay Chicago
All Aronnd.
Pa's champions simply outlayed Com
lskeys niinfits, os they won the second
game of tho exhibition series at Vinton
street park Saturday afternoon by the
score of 10 to 6. Tho game was full of
Interest from start to finish; there was
plentyof hitting on both sides and a
scarcity of errors on the part of the home
team, the only webble being in the last
Inning, whea Welch dropped an easy fly,
which cost a run.
Pa worked three pitchers and all showed
well, although noah, who was not trying
to bend them at all, was hit quite freely.
The Ysnlgans used two pitchers, a youth
named Olmstead, who started out well, but
who was finally driven to the stable by
the avalanche of doubles and triples, which
the Colts turned loose in the fourth and
fifth Innings.
Hollenbcck was the first to be tried out
by Captain Franck and he delivered the
goods. Four hits and no runs were made
off his delivery in the four Innings he
worked. Noah was then given a turn, but
he did not fare as well and though he
showed a change of speed and plenty of
speed, which delighted the fans. Mctz,
who had worked three Innings the day be
fore, wa ssent In for the last two innings
and did right well.
; Householder Star at Bat.
Householder was the star with the stick,
making a dnublo and a . triple. Autrey
made a double and a single,' Welch a triple;
Dolan a double when' It counted, Austin
two doubles and-Le Brand a triple. ' That
wss some hitting. Although the Sox made
twelve hits to thirteen' for the Cults, they
were not as fortunate, as . their hits were
mostly singles and were scattered through
out the game.
Omaha made the first scores in the last
of the fourth, when Autrey opened with a
double and Householder with a triple. Dr.
H. John Welch was hit on the heel. and
Dolan followed with a double, which
cleaned the bases. "Shorty" Weaver tnado
a wild throw to third, .which hit the runher
In the back and let the fourth run home. ,
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More Than Hundred Thousand Dol
lars llano; I i for the Har
ness Horses.
NEW YORK, April 4. A grand circuit
trotting meeting for 1H08, with a total of
even $100,000 In slakes, purses and spe
cials, looks like a very encouraging sign
for a successful and prosperous harness
raring season.
This announcement comes from tho
Driving Association of Columbus, Ohio,
the member which gives the eloping meet
ing of the year, and is, next to Lexington,
tho last big harness meeting of the entlro
season.
In a letter Inclosing the announcement
of his early closing stakes. Secretary
Harry D. Shepard divides the amount to
be hung up for his two weeks' meeting
as 'follows: $41,000 in stakes, $40.M0 in
purBes, - $lte00 in futurities and $1,000 in
special attractions, making the magnifi
cent total an even $100,000, a prize record
for the grand circuit In its entire history.
The early closing stakes included two
$10,000 slakes, tho Hoster Columbus Brew
eries and the. Board of Trade and Bank--v
era' purse, given respectively to the 2:16
and 2:13 class trotting; three $5,000 stakes,
the Hotel Hartman, tho Kong and the
Buckeye purses, for 2:14 snd 2:06 pacing
and 2:19 class trotting, and two ,$3,000
parses, the Columbus and the Board of
Trade, which will be awarded respectively
to the 2:09 class trotters and 2:07 class
pacers.
i The purse events which will be an
nounced later, but which will carry a
premium list of $40,500, will be divided in
various classes at $1,200 for each event.
The futurities are the Kentucky Stock
farm and the ' two divisions of the Chi
cago Horse Review purse, while the spe
cials will also be announced later In the
season.
MUSCATINE BASKET BALL TEAM
Iterord of m Splendid Bunch of Young
Iowa Athletes.
' M USP ATI N E, la., April 4. Special.)
The record of the Muscatine basket ball
team is believed to be the greatest ever
hung up. They have toured ' the United
States from New York to- California, play
ing seventy-four games, out of which they
won sixty-four and. lost nine. They also
played several games in Canada. The
total points by the Muscatine team is 3,219,
and by the various opponents 1,977.- Must
of the games that Were lost were played In
the high altitude of the western part of
the continent, - and the team was not at
Its best on that account. The trip has Just
been finished, having lasted for months.
This fa the longest trip ever taken by an
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RACE MEETS AND MATINEES
Horsemen Lay Out Flans for Their
New Track.
MONEY GOES INTO IMPROVEMENTS
l'. . Heanne of lovra Is Giving Ills
Zealous Support and "(able as
nucleus for the Move
ment. Horse race matinees and an annual raco
meet will bo added to the sports which
Oinahans enjoy and furnleho for . their
friends In the country for several hundred
miles around.
Tho driving club Is to be revived and the
old state fair grounds race track, which
cost more than $20,000 to grade and put in
condition, will be repaired and graded, while
buildings costing $15,000 will be erected by
U. 8. Reanne of Smlthland, la., who is to
come to Omaha with his thirty . or forty
horses and establish s permanent breeding
and training farm on the tract where the
racing course is located-.
This much was determined at a meeting
of the horsemen of Omaha, South Omaha
and Council Bluffs, held at tha Murray ho
tel Saturday afternoon, when Mr. Roanne
made his private plans known and Invited
the horsemen, to Join him In arranging for
the matinees and an annual race meet.
Advantages In Omaha.
Mr. Ucanne said he was led to move his
race horse business to Omaha because of
the advantages whlch'were offered by a big
and growing city and was coming anyway
whether the race course was made a public
plant or not, but since it was learned that
he was to run the track for training pur
poses, many had suggested that his plan be
enlarged and the public taken In. He said
he had secured the necessary lease from the
Crelghton estate- and would begin work
Monday fixing up tho track and erecting
his buildings. He haa opened an office at
the Murray hotel, where he will make his
headquarters until the -move is made from
his farm at Smlthland.
8. A. Lewis, called the meeting to order
and after Mr. Reanne had made his plans
known a number of the horsemen present
discussed the ' plans for the public track.
O. E. Cobb, one of the admirers of fast
horses, said:
"I travel over the territory about Omaha,
150 miles In Nchraska andsome seventy
five or eighty miles into Iowa. There is. a
constant demand for a race meet "in
Omaha. ' I - am asked about the question
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Teams Will Take the Field for
The Spring- Playing
This Week.
NEW YORK, April 4. The college base
ball season Is at hand and before another
week is over, weather permitting, a num
ber of teams will take the field for their
opening games. Most of tho early contests
will be in the south, and theso will be In
teresting as giving some Idea of the prob
able strength of the leading nines for the
more important games later. It seems a
pity that tho intercollegiate championship
cannot bo decided by a regular series of
games." Efforts havo been made In the past
to organize an Intercollegiate league among
the prominent teams, but to no avail, and the
titlo this year Is quite likely to bo claimed
by two or more nines, as has usually been
the case In. the. past. Last year Cornell,
Brown and Princeton were the claimants
and opinions differed, although J'rlnceton,
by virtue of beating Yale and Harvard, was
generally awarded the palm. v . '
The fight this year should be more inter
esting . than ever, aa, so far , as can be
Judged at this time, Cornell, Brown, Prince
ton, Yale, Harvard, Pennsylvania and
Columbia will put strong teams in tha field.
Williams, Dartsmouth and Amherst should
be heard from also, and a ten-club league
made up of these nines would provide a
pretty struggle.
RACING DATES FOR OLD KENTUCKY
Seventy-Four Days Allowed by the
; State Racing Commission.
LOUISVILLE. Ky., April 4. There will
be seventy-four days of racing In the
state of Kentucky this year in accordance
with tht date allotments Just mads by the
racing commission, which, by the wsy.
will not only Issue licenses to the tracks
but also to all trainers. Jockeys, appren
tlces and valets. The season will open
at Lexington on April 26 and will continue
there for ten days. Then Louisville opens
on May 6, when the Kentucky derby will
be run. Louisville will have twenty-three
days, closing on May 30. After that the
scene -will shift to Latonia on June 2, for
a session of forty-one days. From all ac
counts this is more than the tracks ex
pected and naturally the owners of them
are well satisfied. If the Paris-mutual sys
tem of ' betting is a success here it will
probably be adopted at the other Ken
tucky tracks.
The Kentucky derby has - twenty-four
eligibles -as follows: Dr. MathewsT Wlnlr
fred Ryan. Scintillant-Trlana colt. Synch
ronlzed, ' Dunvcga. Marcus Aurelius, West
ern Knight. -Al Muller, Alomar, Cymbal,
Zagg,. Sir Cleges, Mulford, Balbus. R. C,
Rann, Stone Street, Frank Bird, Bill Her
ron, E. T. Ghlpp, Joe Moser, Banrldge,
Oilvedcar, Simon Weil and Pink Cap.
While it Is a bit early to get a good
line on a possible winner of this event, It
Is believed that Sir Cleges will go to the
post favorite. . .
ANOTHER BOWLING ORGANIZATION
Minnesota Men Are Talking of Form
Inn; One.
ST. PAUL, Minn., April 4. That the
middle western states are to have an in
dependent bowling organization of their
own that will In no way be connected with
the American Bowling congress is an as
sured fact. President R. F. Malone, of
the Minnesota State Bowling, association,
has taken the initiative and is now In com
munication with representative bowlers In
all parts of the middle west, who are en
thusiastic over his plan, and a meeting will
be called in a few weeks, either at Omaha
or Des Moines.when a permanent organiza
tion will be effected.
St. Paul,-which has long been the bowl
ingi'QrjJer of the northwest, will not send
a team til tho Pittsburg tournament next,
year on account of the cost of transporta
tion. They figure that by going to Omaha,
Des Moines or some other centrally located
city they can compete for much smaller
prizes and still come out ahead. This same
sentiment is prevalent all through' the west.
UPTON AND HIS NEW SHAMROCK
Sir Thomas Well Pleased with His
Racing Cutter.
GLASGOW, April 4. Sir Thomas Lipton
Visited Falrlle (Ayrshire) this week and in
spected his new racing cutter, now build
ing tin re. Interviewed on returning to
Glasgow, he expressed great delight with
the appearance of the boat.
"IP is a racer pure and simple," he said.
"It must not be called Shamrock IV., but
simply Shamrock. The lucky four-leaved
Shamrock I am reserving for my next
American cup challenger."
With regard to the America cup. Sir
Thomas said that li was willing to arrange
another series of races, but he could not
challenge again under the old conditions
governing the contest. U proposed to
launch the new boat on April 15, and hoped
that the first trial spin would take place
on May V
' What They Say. .
Champion Ootch X could have gone fo
hours longer. X will give ataoksasonmldt
a match any time and would throw mm.
Bg-Champtoai Xaokessohmldt X don't
wnat another match. X couldat wta,
Ooteh ta tho best man la tha world.
CHICAGO.' April 4.-By Long DIMsnce
Telephone.) Hackenschmidt this morning
msde this sxatement: .
"I simply met a man better than myse t
and better thsn I had any Idea he could
be. and what was tho use to prolong th
match? I never had any chance of throw
ing him at any stago of the game and
didn't csre to prolong the thing. Ooteh
barred and balked' me at every turn Of the
road. I exhausted my strength snd every
resource I possessed In my effort to throw
him snd failed. That Is why I gave up.
They asked me why I didn't Just give up
the first bout and go for tho rest or the
match. What was the use? Tha t first
bout was enough to convince mo I wns no
match for Gotch and could never hope to
beat him.
"There Is no man In all England who hai
a chance with your man Gotch. He ja
king of his class, the grestest man by far
that I havie ever met. After going nearly
two hours' with him, my muscles bcramo
stale. My feet also gave way on me. I
had trained so constantly against the toe
hold that I had strained the muscles of
my legs. When I found myself weakening.
I knew there was no use continuing. I had
no chance to win. That was the reason I
conceded the championship to him. 1 have
no desire to wrestle him again. A return
match would not win back my title.
"I not only concede tho championship cf
the world to Mr. Gotch, but I frankly
acknowledge him as tho greatest of wrest
lers." Gotch Good for Honrs.
Gotch seemed to feel llttlo ill effects to.
day from the two-hour battle. He arose
early and after breakfast took a long walk
with "Farmer" Burns, who acted as his
chief second last night
"I am not fatigued." he1 said.-"and wss
not tired when the battle ended. I could
have gone on for hours. I would ba willing
to meet Hackenschmidt tonight. If he de
sires it I will glvo him a return mnteli any
time be wanta It. Next time I will mil
him on his back."
Gotch will lematn In Chlcaaro until Mnn.
day and will then probably return to his
xarrn near liumboldt, la. Ho has been of
fered engagements at two local thratr-ru.
but may accept neither of them.
Hackenschmidt looked as if he had been
In a prlzo fight Instead of a wrestling
match today. Tho left aide of his head
was badly swollen Slid his left eye In
flamed. His eyelids were swollen snd lac
erated. He said this was dono by Gotch's
thumb. As lo plans while In America,
Hackenschmidt said he was not decided
on what ho would do.
As a matter of fact, Hackenschmjdt's
shoulders were not on the mat when he
gave up. He was face down. Gotch had
Just a moment previously twisted hlin with
a crotch hold on to the mat, but It was
only a pin fall and the big fellow tumbled
back on his fsce. Ho had been mumbling
something, which at first could not be
understood by either Gotch or the referee,
and finally, when he got his face a littl,.
to one side, ha said audibly, "I am beaten,
I give you the match."
Referee Gives Match to Gotrh.
ine rrieree men patted Gotch on th
back and the stalwart American aroc
with tho champion of the world, nmtd ihi
most deafening pandemonium and woulf
nave been seriously Injured by frcnzhd ad
mlrers had not the police protected him.
Gotch pursued the exact tactlca laid dowi
for him by Farmer Burns, those of wear
ing and tiring his antagonist, "even If yoi
have to lose the first bout." Gotch cer
talniy would have finished his msn nul,-ki
if he had gone for another fall. But thl.
Lion was simply flayed: there wasn't an.
other ounce of grit or aggressive force tc
mm when he gave up.
The result was a tremendous vlnrllratior
of the American method of wrestling thai
has made Farmer Burns. Gotch. Beell Ant
others famous the power of endurance.
f armer Burns and Erail Klsnk were will-
Gotch In his corner, the Farmer coaching
him constantly.. Tha .old .arladlator ' was kn
the ecstaclea of delight at the result. Ha
was confident Gotch would win.
Bin; Rasslan. Gives It I p. -
CHICAGO. April 2. Ueorcu Hacken
schmidt quit In his match with Frank Gotcli
lor the catch-as-catch-can wrestling cham
pionship of the world tonight, giving the '
tine to tne tcwa man by default.
After more then two hours of unavailing
tugging and desperate scrambling, the Rus
sian saia 'to uotch:
"I'll give you the match."
Refeiee Ed Smith at once declared Gotch
the winner.
The end came so uneiDecledlvthat th
great crowd of $.000 which witnessed the
contest could scarcely comprehend what had
nappened. Not until .the referee had an
nounced thst Hackenschmidt had sur
rendered the champlonshlD of tha world ta
Frank Gotch did tha full significance of the
event strike horns. Then the excited men
swarmed into ths ring, surging about Go ten
until tha police cams' to his rescue and
drovw ths crowd back through ths ropes.
Tha match was In some resoects' sensa
tional, but It served mainly to show that
Gotch has. a defensive system which no one -can
bieak down.
For an hour and forty-five mlnutea lis
eluded every attempt of ths Russisn Hog
to fasten a grip on him. Gotch side
stepped, roughed his man's features with
his knuckles, butted him under tha chin
and generally worried Hackenschmidt until
the foreigner was totally at a loss how to
proceed.
But when. In ths clinch that finally came.
Gotch slammed . his opponent to the mat
and cams within an ace of securing a firm
toe hold, following this ud by Itftlne- Hack-
enschmldt clesr off the mat and slamming
him on his shoulders with terrific force,
the European exponent was heartbroken.
The lines slowly deepened oc his face, tha
hoots and gibes of tha crowd hurt his feel
ings and alter considering the matter foi
a tew seconds lie decided that it was thus
to o.ult. V
.Continued oa fags Four.)
There wers few of tha spectators bA