Wrestling Championship.
New YorK, April 7. Gotch, the American wrestler, severely punished Hackenschmidt at Chicago during a two-hours' catch-as-catch-can contest, and finally threw Hackenschmidt heavily. Though the referee disallowed the fall, Hackenschmidt refused to continue, thereby forfeiting the world's championship. New York, April 7. The New York World states that Gotch jammed his thumbs into Hackenschmidt's eyes, punched his face, drawing blood;' Hackenschmidt repeatedly complained to the referee, who declined to interfere. The "Russian Lion" states that Gotch dug his finger nails into his face, tried to pull his ears off, and.instead of wrestling, fought like a cat. The Daily Chronicle's Chicago correspondent states that the spectators consider Gotch's methods somewhat foul, but the opinion is universal that Hackenschmidt was overmatched.
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Waikato Argus, Volume XXIV, Issue 3752, 8 April 1908, Page 3
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121Wrestling Championship. Waikato Argus, Volume XXIV, Issue 3752, 8 April 1908, Page 3
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