Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-18
WITH THE wREsTLERS.
The Game Is Still Forging Ahead and
 Matches Are Being Made.


 Tom Jenkins, the worlds champion catch -aS-catch-can wrestler, has writ ten to his former manager, George Iuohey, asking the latter to again aS- sume charge of his business affairs Jenkins won the championship of the world while under Tuohey's manage ment, and among the men he defeated were Morad Ali and Kara Osman, the Turks; Ernest Roeber, Muldoon, Roo- ney, the Giant Gripman, and other prominent mat artists. Jenkins has been offered a match with the winner of the Pons-Roeber contest, which will be decided at Madison Square Garden, and has asked Tuohey to go to New York to sign articles.
 Several wrestling matches were de- cfded at the Germania Assembly rooms, 293 Bowery, last night Steve O'Donnell, the old-time master of cere- monies. managed the show, while Leo Pardelli. the Italian champion, acted as referee. With the exception of the stellar bout between two heavy weights. August Foust pupil of Ert- est Roeber, and Dennis Gallagher of Buffalo. the entire program was ad- here to. For some reason not SatiSfac- tOrily explained, Gallagher would not go on. O'Donnell was ready to place the purse money, $10O, in Pardellis | hands, but all kinds of persuasion failed to induce Gallagher to appear. As q consequence the match was called off. The first pair was William John- son of Vermont and Gus Le Rose of New York at collar and elbow style. The conditions were best two out of three falls. Johnson won the two last falls and the match. Willie Lawrence of Brooklyn and John Wolf of New York next came together. They wres- 1 tiled under Graeco-Roman rules. Law renee was plucky, but outclaSSed. The winu-up was between George Bothner, l the Pastime A. c. crack, and J. Will ! son of Philadelphia, catch-as-ca tch-can | style. It was clear as soon as Wilson l tackled Bothner that he was not in l it.. He cavorted around the stage for i a while. but Bothner soon corralled him and pinned him to the mat in ? | minutes and 30 seconds. After d brief rest the twain went at it again. and 1 Wilson was thrown in 3 minutes and 1 10 seconds. Wilson was much dis l tressed at the finish, while Bothner 1 did not show any signs of fatigue.
 As the days go by Manager Carroll of Waterbury. who is looking after the | interests of Wrestler Kelly, gains in 1 tItdStt cOHlluelct III HIS Ilau, stlltl o i letter received from him this morning says that his man is going to win in his opinion. He says that he is con- | dent of victory. as he considers Little,
 whom Kelly beat here last month just as strong and capable as Parker.- Brockton Enterprise.
 The New York Evening World Tues day prints picture of Harvey Parker
 and the following paragraph: liar vey Parker lays claim to the Graeco- Roman and .catch-as- eat tch-can wres-
 ting championship of America. In
 support of his claim he is wrestling
 all corners this week in connection with Johnny Dunn's farce, Mir Coney's Isle,' now engaging the attention of
 East Side theater-goers at the Third ! Avenue theater. A peculiarity about Parker is. that he doesn't care if his opponents weigh a ton. Johnny Dunn
 thinks Parker is wonder. and he says l he can do all kinds of things to Ern- \ est Roeber if given chance. Others
 who have seen Parker hold the same | opinion as DuDn.'