Kansas City, Missouri:  February 8, 1911
( ) ... World Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch b. Americus (2-0) (12:23, 20:22)
Notes:  Gotch's wrestling was said to be "rough," which did not make the crowd happy.  
The wrestlers competed on an "elevated platform without ropes," and at one point, they
fell to the floor.




On December 3, 1911, wrestler Alex Munro (Munroe) agreed to wrestle World
Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch on December 27 in Kansas City for the Missouri
Athletic Club and promoter Scoville.  Reportedly, the Missouri Athletic Club was going to
guarantee a $10,000 purse with 75 per cent going to whomever wins.  Munro was said to
be the wrestling champion of Great Britain, and was en route to the United States.  In
usual Gotch fashion, he claimed the Munroe bout was going to be his last for awhile, as
he was sailing for Europe himself on January 10.  He said, "It is doubtful if I ever will
appear again." Munro arrived in Kansas City around December 14 and began training.  
He reportedly weighed around 225 and had been wrestling for six years, winning from
Tom Jenkins and others.  One report claimed he'd wrestled fewer than 50 bouts in his
career.

Munro used the toehold, and admitted that Gotch invented the maneuver.  Gotch went
into training for the bout as well, and his manager Emil Klank predicted that he'd be in as
good as shape as he was when he faced George Hackenschmidt.

Gotch arrived in Kansas City on December 26, 1911, again claiming that his bout with
Munro would be his last.  There were no financial backers behind Munro for betting in this
bout, and it seemed assured that Gotch would emerge victorious once again.

Kansas City, Missouri:  Wednesday, December 27, 1911
( ) ... World Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch b. Alex Munro (2-0) (12:00, 8:05)
(half-Nelson and crotch hold) ... Jim Asbell vs. Jim Wallace ... (promoter:  Scoville)
Notes:  After the match, Gotch declared that he was finished.  In his own words: "Boys, I'm
done.  This was my last appearance on the mat." The report stated that this was his
"easiest" match he'd participated in, in several years, and that Munro was outclassed.  
Wallace was booked to wrestle Jim Westergaard next week.












Research by Tim Hornbaker
Kansas City Wrestling Results - 1911