A finish bout was scheduled by promoters in Chicago and a large audience was expected.
The much talked about match was held on June 1, 1910. Zbyszko lost the first fall in 6 ¼
seconds. An amazing feat for Gotch and not so for Zbyszko, but the match continued.
After an additional 27:36, Gotch won the second fall with a bar arm and wrist lock. Many
commended Zbyszko’s ability to stay with Gotch after an embarrassing 6-second loss in the
first frame.
An E.T. Kapp of Denver wrote an article to Otto Floto, columnist for the Denver Post, which
was printed in the October 26, 1925 newspaper. He described being at the Gotch-Zbyszko
match in Chicago, explaining how Gotch dominated the affair. Gotch "broke all holds with
ease," he wrote, "and tossed the Pole around like a child." Kapp also witnessed Gotch's
match with Hackenschmidt, saying that the latter was "handled like a kid in the Chicago ball
park."
Kapp finished by saying that the "Gotch-Zbyszko match was so one-sided there never was
a clamor for a return match by the public or sport writers. Zbyszko, of course, made a
return challenge - and so did Firpo - but the result would always have been the same. I
want to say this much for old Zbyszko - he is one of the best that ever came across the big
pond and in his prime, when he met the great Gotch, he certainly would have made short
work of the present day crop of wrestlers."
Floto, however, disagreed. He wrote "Had the men ever wrestled again we feel certain the
big Pole would have reversed the verdict." Floto indicated that there was more to the
Chicago match between Gotch and Zbyszko than most people knew, but wrote, "the less
said of it the better. It's gone and forgotten and Gotch has passed on."
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