Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-22
PARKER BEATS BOTHNER.
The Brockton Wrestler Gets the Decis-
 ion Over the New Yorker.

The Brockton Wrestler Gets the Decis-
 ion Over the New Yorker.
 Not fall was scored last night in the finals of the championship wres- ting bouts in the Grand Central Pal ace. New York, the preliminaries of which were decided on Wednesday night. John Piening. the Butcher Boy" won the heavyweight champion ship, and Harvey Parker of BrocktOn Mass, a light mi,idleWeight with pleas ant smile and lieSurely ways. carried off the hOnOrs in the lightweight class.
 Piening defeated August FouSt Ern- est ROebers wrestling partner. and Parker won out from George Bothner. the heretofore unbeatable champ. on, and Harry PekinSlli, whose clevernesS al twisting out of tight places was somewhat marred by his disposition to use his head. elbow and shoulder in putting and polling competition.
 Parker iS not Il lightweight class wrestler. l was said on Wednesday evening last that he had entered as q niddleWeight: but aS that class did not til Ee was pitteu against a lightUsig ghr. whom he defeated with ease. In two days Parker took off ten pounds, and according to the announcement made from the arena last night he was tONn 10 b lDQhuS-
 Even Bothner admitted that Parker did not weigh pound more than the lnnir while lie himself weighed 133 pounds. Parker had BOthner on the defensive from tht, first call of time. lie was unable to turn him over on the lnat. however, although during the struggle on the floor Botllner content cd himself with lying close 10 tue can vas. and put up rather Il poor fight for thr championship which hp has claimed. Indeed. il was ;t surprise to the friends of the New York crack to see the manner in which Parker held him and iuggled him around.
 John Fleming had q hard proposition in August Foust. Not that Fo1st did any great damage. He went into Ill" rim" with the evident intention of hold ing on. and as he weighed twenty pounds more than the Butcher Boy hN held on with a vengeance. It was 10 be the best two falls out of three, oth- erWiSe two fifteen minute bouts. with q rest of five minutes. and if the contest then was not decided. q len minute hout. with a rest of five minutes.
 Pienng put Foust down. and in his eagrrncSS to gain a fall. lost his hold, and Foust got him around the waist. Struggle as he might Pienin% could not --e@ in his feet of twist on top, although he made several desperate attempts to do so. In the second bout Fleming twice had Foust's shoulder on the mat. l but his position was an awkward one and he could not hold the German there.
 The Butcher Boy ha all the best of the third attempt. but toust proved too strong for him within the time limit. Foust only had one hold. and In with grip. It served the purpose. however, of preventing Fleming from getting q fall. ROPber'S partner didn't do much wrestling himself and he prevented Piening from giving q hair-raising ex- hibitiOn.
 Only a handful of Specta tors saw the l bouts. In the dreadful hope that more ticket holders would find their way through the gates the mana cement i prolonged the agony until nearly 10 i o'clock. when the first bout was called l Charlie White was referee. and he 1 pulled through all right. although the l wrestling was about as slow q game i as ever was put OH the boards in New 1 York. Even the gallery that follows ! it's idols from prize ring 10 wrestling mat Was vacant. and those who were i'll the house lined up two or three deep around the ropcd arena.
 AllCE l iIhtI Iiu SdlHcu lnt GtclSlOn 1 from Rothncr and after the heavy weight bout had been decided. he wres- tied Harry pekiniSki. who had won | from Jack Harvey. the Brooklyn strong boy. two nights previously. | Parker was much superior to PciinSki in every way. and would have thrown l him without trouble had not his hard bout with Bothner tired him consider | ably. ptknSEi was warned three i times for foul tactics. but as there was | nor at any time any danger of Pekin- 1 skis winning lie was allowed 10 stay
 the limit The Brooklyn strong boy, 1 who knows as much about wrestling as he knows about juggling cannon | balls. challenged the winner. Johnnie l Dunn announced int Lou HOusemnn
 had q prUtpge he would match against
 the winner. and Parker and Pekinski
 continued their tumblng act for five
 minutes longer. Leo Pardello with
 drew from the heavyweight class.
 The summaries:
 Iightweight laSs-Harycy Parker
 BrocktOn. Mass. beat George Bothncr
 New York: no fall. Time of bout. :2I
 minutes. Harvey Parker beat Harry
 Pekinski. New York; no fall. Tune of
 bout. 13 minutes.
 Heavyweight class-John PiennG
 New York. beat August Foust. New
 York: no fall. Time of bout 40 min
 utes.