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Hackenschmidt and Gotch met again on September 4, 1911, at the newly opened Comiskey Park in Chicago, which drew a crowd of nearly 30, 000 spectators and a record gate of $ 87, 000.
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Frank Gotch vs. Georg Hackenschmidt at Comiskey Park
After trading the title with Jenkins and Fred Beel, Gotch set his sights on the World Heavyweight Championship, then held by the undefeated Georg Hackenschmidt.
Gotch and Hackenschmidt finally met on April 3, 1908, at the Dexter Park Pavilion in Chicago.
Showing his contempt for Gotch and for American wrestling in general, Hackenschmidt was not in the best condition.
The wrestlers stood on their feet for two full hours before Gotch was able to get behind Hackenschmidt and take him down.
While on their feet, Gotch made sure to lean on Hackenschmidt to wear him down.
Hackenschmidt complained to the referee of Gotch's foul tactics and asked that Gotch be forced to take a hot shower to rid his body of an abundance of oil, but the referee ignored the complaints and told Hackenschmidt he should have noticed the oil before the match began.
Gotch tore him off the ropes, threw Hackenschmidt down and rode him hard for three minutes, working for his dreaded toe hold.
The wrestlers then retired to their dressing rooms before coming out for the second fall, but Hackenschmidt refused to return to the ring, telling the referee to declare Gotch the winner, thereby relinquishing his title to the American.
" Hackenschmidt later reversed his opinion of Gotch and Americans in general, claiming to have been fouled by Gotch and victimized in America, and calling for a rematch in Europe.
Gotch met Hackenschmidt again on September 4, 1911, at the newly opened Comiskey Park in Chicago, which drew a crowd of nearly 30, 000 spectators and a record gate of $ 87, 000.
Gotch clinched the match with his feared Toe Hold, which forced Hackenschmidt to quit.
Gotch reigned as the World Heavyweight Champion from his first victory over Hackenschmidt in 1908 until he retired in 1913 after defeating Estonian Georg Lurich April 1, 1913, in Kansas City, Missouri.
As Mark Palmer pointed out, “ For starters, George Hackenschmidt and Frank Gotch were major sports superstars of the early 20th century.
In fact, a large number of high school and college wrestling programs can trace their roots back to the 1910s and 1920s -- the era when Hackenschmidt and Gotch were still household names, and highly respected athletes .”.
The four men continually rated as history's greatest wrestlers are, in this order: the Great Gama, Gotch, George Hackenschmidt and Stanislaus Zbyszko.
Gotch soundly defeated Hackenschmidt and Zbyszko, and Gama headed west in 1910 to challenge Gotch, but stopped off in England to wrestle Hackenschmidt.
But in America Tom Jenkins had been rather easily beaten by Hackenschmidt, so there was no American to capture the nation ’ s fancy until Gotch ; and none of the other great wrestlers had either the amazing physical attributes or the gift for self-promotion that Gotch possessed.
When Gotch defeated Hackenschmidt, the domination of professional wrestling passed to the Americans.
Hackenschmidt and met
" He is the king of the class, the greatest man by far I ever met ," Hackenschmidt said.
Although he at first called Gotch " the greatest man by far I ever met ," and explained how his muscles had become stale and his feet had given out, and that he knew he could not win and therefore conceded the match, Hackenschmidt later reversed his opinion of Gotch and Americans in general, claiming to have been fouled by Gotch and victimized in America, and calling for a rematch in Europe.
Hackenschmidt and again
Madrali recovered, and the two would face each other again, with Hackenschmidt winning just as easily.
Jenkins put up a hard battle, but Hackenschmidt again won in two straight falls, the first in 31 minutes, 14 seconds, and the second in 22 minutes, 4 seconds, and could now claim to be the rightful free-style heavyweight champion of the world.
Hackenschmidt and on
Georg Hackenschmidt was born in Dorpat, Russian Empire, on 1 August 1877, where he lived with his parents, Baltic German Georg Friedrich Heinrich Hackenschmidt and Estonian Swede Ida Louise Johansson, and a younger brother and sister.
He thought he had found such a man in Ahmed Madrali, called the “ Terrible Turk ,” who tangled with Hackenschmidt at the Olympia in London on 30 January 1904.
Only on 2 July at the Royal Albert Hall the Russian Lion faced the American champion Tom Jenkins, a vastly underrated wrestler who would prove to be Hackenschmidt ’ s toughest opponent to date, under Greco-Roman rules.
Hackenschmidt defeated the Scottish champion Alexander Munro and Madrali in a return bout at the Olympia, and on February 6, 1908, defeated the American wrestler Joe Rogers in straight falls inside of 14 minutes.
After defeating Jenkins in 1905, Hackenschmidt held the world title and remained undefeated until he and Gotch finally squared off on April 3, 1908, at the Dexter Park Pavilion in Chicago.
The wrestlers stood on their feet for two full hours before Gotch was able to get behind Hackenschmidt and take him down.
While on their feet, Gotch made sure to lean on Hackenschmidt to wear him down.
At one time, Gotch also punched Hackenschmidt on the nose.
Hackenschmidt was already hospitalized at St. Francis Hospital in Dulwich, a suburb of London, when he died on February 19, 1968.
Hackenschmidt would later go on to create a name for himself in weightlifting and wrestling.
Hackenschmidt and September
Program from Hackenschmidt v. Gotch, 4 September 1911.
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Historians rate Zbyszko among the four greatest wrestlers of all time, they being 1 ) Frank Gotch, 2 ) Georg Hackenschmidt, 3 ) Stanislaus Zbyszko and 4 ) the Great Gama.
Hackenschmidt and 1911
Gotch's measurements for his 1911 victory over Hackenschmidt were: Age-33 ; Weight-204 pounds ; Height-5 ', 11 "; Reach-73 "; Biceps-17. 5 "; Forearm-14 "; Neck-18 "; Chest-45 "; Waist-34 "; Thigh-22 "; Calf-18 ".
On display are the wrestling shoes he wore into the ring in 1911 against Hackenschmidt, his Mason ’ s sword and leather scabbard, the roll-top desk that sat in his living room in Humboldt and many other rare items.
Following the 1911 rematch, one newspaper described Gotch ’ s easy victory and then added that “ In the parlance of the sporting world, Hackenschmidt is yellow … He quit when his position became dangerous .”
Frank Gotch vs George Hackenschmidt, 1911 at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois
Hackenschmidt and at
The night before his second match with Hackenschmidt, he attended a Chicago Cubs baseball game at Wrigley Field with his wife and in-laws and took his seat down front.
Frank Gotch vs. Georg Hackenschmidt at Comiskey Park
From his earliest years, Hackenschmidt devoted himself to physical development, particularly at the Secondary Science School ( Realschule of Dorpat, as Tartu was then known ), where he took advantage of the gymnasium.
Hackenschmidt left Cochran ’ s management to tour Australia, and then sailed to America for an extended tour and a rematch with Jenkins at the Madison Square Garden under catch-as-catch-can rules, which Hackenschmidt by now preferred.
Following his second defeat at the hands of Gotch, upon returning to England Hackenschmidt was preparing for a match with Stanislaus Zbyszko to take place the following June, but when he began working out he felt such pain in his right knee that it was painful even to walk.
It necessitated surgery, but Hackenschmidt decided at that point to retire and pursue his other interests in philosophy, physical culture and gardening.
He was cremated at West Norwood Cemetery, where his memorial plaque records him as George Hackenschmidt.
As he aged, Hackenschmidt also expressed a high regard for his old opponent, Tom Jenkins, by then the wrestling coach at the United States Military Academy at West Point.
There was some face-mauling, just as there always is … but at no time did the vaunted Hackenschmidt ever make a serious move toward slapping down his opponent, never showed much in the wrestling line during the entire two hours … Again, I say, that as the referee of that match, I thought that the ‘ Russian Lion ’ quit .”
But Hackenschmidt probably would not be so well remembered today were it not for two things: 1 ) His enormous standing in the world of physical culture, and 2 ) his two defeats at the hands of Frank Gotch.
The H. J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports at the Todd-McLean Library and Special Collections in Austin, Texas, has a digitized version of a nearly 600-page scrapbook owned for decades by Hackenschmidt and bequeathed to them by his widow, Rachel.
" Cochrane, who was previously Hackenschmidt ’ s manager ; and he engaged in a series of prominent encounters against Turkey ’ s " Champion of the Bosphorus " Kara Suliman while performing at the London Pavilion and the Gibbons music halls.
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