Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1911 — Strong Man Story. [ARTICLE]

Strong Man Story.

"You may talk about Gotch being a strong man,** said a gentleman from Butte, Mont., who is visiting in the city, “but I mft a fellow In Minneapolis who had i the prize strong man champton of the world story. . “It came out in a discussion of the Gotch-Hackenschmidt wrestling, bout; One man made the assertem that Gotch was about as strong’ a man "as there Is in the country or the wbrtd. The Norwegian was quiet for a moment, then interposed: “Ay got bruder in woods, he ban better man than Gotch.** “Better than Gotch? How do you make that out?” ‘ “Well, my brudder he drive team. One day team he balk And my brudder,he got so mad he tak’ one log 'bout ten foot long and three foot thick in one hand, and he tak* nodder log ‘bout ten foot tong and three foot think in odder hand and be smash dem together until all is lef is sawdust.’’ • .