Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-28
HARVEY PARKER TALKS.
He Iss.After Not Only Kelly, but All M the Others.

s1NOI DuL <ai1s the Others. < 1.-The following interesting story is from the Brockton Times, and may att tract the notice of some of our wrest- lers:s.y ~rYs-. $sT
 Harvey Parker arrived here from New York on the 12:30 train to-day. He says he is in condition to wrestle at once and he is after the chance to meet somebody. Tomorrow he is to join show in Lynn. After appearing with the company. meeting all com CTS, in that city, for three days, he will go with the troupe to Fall River, Low ell and perhaps, other places, three day stands being made in each city. If Parker gets any money as remuner- atiOn for his presence with the com pany he will remain with it. Other wise he will quit it early If he goes he will receive S100 per week An nOuncer Dunn. who officiated at the recent wrestling tournament in New York, is managing the company, which is a new one. and Matty Matthews and Jimmy Handler, we'll known boxers. are with it, Parker presuming they are back of the enterprise
 Parker relates his experience in the New York tournament as being very humorous. There were eleven entries in the middleweight class. until he appeared. Then the others left him alone in the class. His reputatio had preceded him. It was then LID to him to get into the lightweight class, with Bothner, Pikinsky and some others, ''who can't wrestle a lick" as Harvey puts it. He weighed over 1JO. He had fOrty-eight hours in which to lose over twelve pounds, the limit of the class being 13S. He did it by a med ical process, surprising himself as well as all others interested. When he weighed in in the afternoon of the day he was to try in the preliminarieS he tipped the scales at III pounds. There was no one else present but Dunn. When 1t came to the finals Bcthner re- | marked that he had not seen Parker ! weighed and Parker had to go through ] another reducing act and just made the required weight He found Both 1 her easy. He thinks Pikinsky, who was somewhat maligned by New | York newspaper. q better man than Bothner The latter had to split sec Ond money with pikinsky. or wrestle it eff and chose the former course. | Parker received S12O
 Parker formed the acquaintance of the heavyweights. Foust and Peining, and offers to WreStle either, catch-aS- catch-can, for any amount winner to | take all. FOuSt weighs about 210. Par
 ker thinks he would have a sure thing l with him. and this afternoon began nc ! gotiatiOns with Manager Cross for se- ] curing the theater for matches with ] either Foust or Peining. if such can be made. Parker has q very fair opinion | of ''the Butcher boy" as Peining is ! called, and does not feel quite so sure | of being able to defeat him. Rnt he will get q match with him, if possible ! and for stake.
 While in New York Parker went to ! Billy Brady and offered to ~wrestle
 POns for any amount, winner take all.
 Brady would not listen to the proposi-
 tiOn. Neither would he allow ROeber
 to meet Parker Brady, by the way, / is managing both -Itoeber and Pons. ! who are matched flor the worlds
 championship" Parker tried to get some information as to who Martin
 Julian is managing, but learned noth- | ing.
 There is to be a catch-aS- atch-can tournament in Madison Square Garden, | New York. ill January, and Parker is
 to enter himself and Little in the
 lightweight class. He says lie can get
 good lacking in New York city and | hopes to make q strike soon that may | make uD for some Of hlS recent III
 luck. He is now ready to meet Kelly I of Waterbury, and will try to get a
 match with CarrUlls man at 14O
 pounds. or he will agree to throw l>el-
 1y five times at catchweightS. At i that Parker would weigh less than 143.
 He is ready and anxious to wager any
 amount his backing being ready, that
 he can make the victor over Little
 look like q schOOlbOy in very short
 order Kelly will be informed of Par
 ker'ss offer today.
 After he concludes his tour with the
 show Parker will return to BrocKton
 and try to get q number of matches
 He, says all of the New York ''cham-
 peens" are afraid to meet him on the | leYtl