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Si*. fGlad That “Hack” Accepted, Challenge and Desires Match at Once.Des Moines, Ia.f Dee. 3L—Tickled to death, declared Frank Gotch. over the telephone ■ today when told that Jack Curley, manager for' George Hacken-sehmidt, had acepted the challenge Is-'1 sued through Farmer Burns that Goteh •A’ould meet any man that would rut fip :x 320,000 side bet.4‘I am ail ready to meet the ‘Russian lion.1 as they call him, and show him that I am still world ' champion, : I would prefer that the match be. pulled oft in the next three of four weeks. After meeting him I wHJ stay on the mat as long as any of them can put up enough money. But I don't think there Is enough money In the whole bunch of them to cover- the Amount uiL the. challenge issued by Farmer Burns.”Curiey Ready to Sign Articles. Montreal Dec. 20.—Jack Curlcv, man-nger for George Hackensehmldt, tho Russian wrestler, left for Chicago today to- conclude arrangements for a ; match between his principal and Frank Gotch. Curley had previously wired, formal acceptance of. a challenge to. a contest for $ 2D. 000 a side.Fiancee Is Surprisch Des Moines, la,, Dec, 20.— Miss Gladys Oestrich, of Humboldt, fiancee of Frank Gotch. the champion wrestler, was surprised today when she was told over the telephone from the Daily Capital office that Gotch and Hackensclimjdt are going to meet again on the mat.“Why Frank did not tell me a thing about that, she said, as she gasped in astonishment. “He promised that he would not go back to wrestling. We had a talk, u short, time ago arid he did not say that he had changed his mind.Win you break the engagement if he returns to the game?Just a moment's hesitation. No, I would not want to say that, but 1 cannot say definitely until I talk things over with him. He promised rnc—but then I guess Pel bettor see Frank/' Miss Cost rich seemed surprised, but not indignant.-A- ' -f-!H IS WILLING f/i; TO MEET RUSSIAN
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Sioux County Herald
Orange City, Iowa, US
Wed, Jan 04, 1911
Page 7
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