Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1914 — AFTER FRANK GOTCH’S CROWN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

AFTER FRANK GOTCH’S CROWN

Effort Being Made to Get Zbyszko, Polish Wrestler, to Take Part in Elimination Matches. Zbyszko, the Polish wrestler, who has been competing in an open tournament in Paris, has been offered one of the largest guarantees ever made to a wrestler other than a world’s champion to return to America to

take part in elimination matches planned by a Boston promoter. Foreign stars now here include Gustaf Fristonsky, the Bohemian heavyweight; Ivan Mamutoff, a member of the Czar of Russia bodyguard, and Alex Aberg, the Finland champion. So, 'with Zbyszko and Mahmout, the Bulgarian, these men constitute the most prominent of the contenders for the crown held by Champion Frank Gotch, who has retired.

Zbyszko, Polish Wrestler.