Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-25
GILLIGAN WAS SILENT.
For That Reason Kelly Has Become
 Disguised and Retires for Present.

Disguised and RetlreS TOT PresenI.
 Some weeks ago Jim Gilligan of Lawrence. sent q challenge to the sporting editor of the Democrat for John B. Kelly of this city. Gilligan claimed he was the lightweight wres- tier of New England, that is, the cham pion lightweight wrestler. Kelly i'm mediately accepted the challenge and sent on a letter to sGilligan telling him that he would wrestle him at 13S pounds for $50 a side and half the gate receipts. Then articles of agreement were sent to Gilligan, but he did not even reply to those and Kelly is now of the opinion that G Gilligan had a lot of hot air that he Wanted to dispose of and he did so.
 John F. Roach, who has had $10 forfeit posted in the Democrat office for the past week for a wrestling match with Danny McCarthy of Brook lyn. withdrew that forfeit to-day, noth- ing having been heard from Mccarthy or his friends
 The Parker -Reakes match at the City theater, Brockton, on Friday night ing feature of the match will be the fact that Ernest Roeber is expected to appear as Reakes' second and watch Parker work out, thereby getting line on the ssIittle Demon that may be useful to him when the German meets Parker next Monday night.
 Parker is doing steady work on the road, and ought to be in the finest of condition on Friday.
 John J. Little describes Reakes as a man who seems to know the wrestling game pretty thoroughly. He saves all his powers till there seems chance to use them to advantage, and then he goes at his man with tigerish ferocity, and works to win all the time.
 The New York Clipper records show some proud successes for Reakes. He defeated James Faulkner for the light weight championship of the world Again he wrestled Max Littleberg for the championship of America, going three hours to draw Defeated Tom McMalon Q60 pounds), Charles Moth d98 pounds). Bob Harrison, heavy weight champion of Canada (235 pounds) in one hour thirty minutes: Henry Shellburger, the Michigan giant (218 pounds; Tom Canon of England, Charley Green, heavyweight champion O.s poundsl, heavyweight champion of the Pacific coast; Charles Perkins (2O7 pounds, Mervin Thompson, ssThe Thunderbolt'' (245 pounds), in thirty minutes: Billy Gibbs, fsthe Kansas Demons" Pete Schumacher, the cham pion middleweight of the Pacific coast, and has wrestIed i'll all over 300 matches, including two with Harvey Parker, beating him once, and wrest-i ling four hours and twenty minutes to draw.
 William IT. Watson and John ]. Reagan. Robert Butler and Joseph J. Burbank signed articles at the Brock ton Enterprise office Tuesday night to wrestle again, this time on May 17. Watson is to try ands beat the trio in an hour. He will try to get three falIsin an hour. He is to be allowed one rest at the conclusion of .,any fall he may see it to select. The time he takes to restsis to be taken out of his hour, and he may therefore take. all the time he wants. He will try to take q fall out of each man, and they will try to stay or take two falls out of him. Watson has, however. the right to name the order in which the trio shall come on the mat to meet him. this order to be. stated by him when the men come on the mat the night Of the match. The strangle hold is barred. Thomas 1Sel- ly is to be referee. The winning side gets 75 and the losing side 25 per cent of the receipts. The match will be held at either the rink or Armory hall. Brockton.
 Wrestler Tom Jenkins witnessed the Nourou1ah-W Wittmer match in St Louis Monday night, and has written his im- pressions Of the big Turks work in a letter to his manager. Jenkins says that he was suIsrised at the speed .Julian's man showed against Wittmer. and adds that the Turk showed know1- edge of the fine points of wrestling. T had an idea that Nourou1ah was 3 big, strong fellow, with only 9 fair shape of science, depending mostly on his great bulk to defeat his opponent I know how that I am going against a tricky fellow. with a big advantage. over me in weight, but while impress sed with the Turks showing, I am sat- isfied that my chances are as good as his I feel sure can outgenera1 him and make him use his great strength against himself.