Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-02
WITH THE WREsTLERs.
The Biggest Wrestling Tournament
 Ever Held in New England.

The Biggest Wrestling Tournament Ever Held in New England.
 As the night approaches when Prof NJ. J. Dwyer and Harvey Parker will face each other on the matlat the-Audi-
 torium, the interest is increasing, and everything points to one of the big gest tournaments that was ever held Fin this city. Both men are now in the pink of condition and ready for the bat tie. Tonight Parker meets George Bothner to try and throw him twice in one hour. Whether he Wins or loses he has posted a forfeit of SaO with the Democrat as q guarantee tnat he will be here on Friday night to meet Dwyer. Dwyer has posted for felt of $1Q0 in the same hands that he will be here on that night, and ne Is anxious to meet "the little demon of the ring to settle matters once and for all time Interest has not only been awakened in this city, but all over Now England people are coming to see tllis corking match between two clever men. Tt~wil be q battle royal and 1t will be hard to pick winner. Dwypr says lie will win just as sure asihe has won his other matches. and Parker has sent word to Waterbury that he will be on top when the fall is given by rhe referee. Tickets are now on sale at Harrington's cigar store and already the advance sale has been large one. ! There will be a number of wrestlers in the city on Friday night, and per haps few more challenges will go flying around. There is talk now of matching John E. Kelly and George Bothner, and that would make another good match for the city.
 The nralinlinaTy in tha biU b1ir1a will be between John. Roach of this city and Jesse Foley of Naugatuck. The match will be for one hours wrcs- ting time, and a purse. of $50 will be given the men. If there is no fall in the one hour the match will be q draw. Roach says there will be a fa1l before the hour is up. Each man has dep9s- ited SIG for his appearailce in the ring.
 Charley Leonhardt. the Newark ! wrestler. and Nechad, the Turk, whom Ernest Roeber defeated about q week ago, have arranged d match to be de cided at Haeberle's hall, Newark. No l date has been decided upon as vet. but 1 it is probable that the match will be decided within three weeks. The con- | ditions of the match are that in order | to win the Turk must throw Leonhardt | twice in an hour or forfeit S100. The ! men will wrestle according to Graeco- l Roman rules.
 Dan Mcleod, the Scotch wrestler, | met Ed Atherton of Portageville. \. | Y.. at Buffalo on Thursday night in q match at catch as catch can style, liln- | ited to one hour. Mcleod undertook to throw Atherton five times in one hour or forfeit the entire purse. Me | Leod won in 32 minutes and ' seconds, | throwing AthertOn five times in sue cession. In the third bout Atherton's | left arm was injured by q back ham, | mer lock and Mcleod had no trouble 1 after that in putting his rival down.
 Harvey Parker. the lightweight I champion of the world. and George | Bothner, the New York champion, will | meet in a bout for the championship f in the Lenox lyceum Fifty-eighth I street and Madison avenue, to-nis
 Parker arrived in New iofk last night | from Brockton, Mass where he has been training. He said he weighed about 140 pounds. He was .aceom- panied by his trainer. John J. little, | the recognized champion of New Eng land. Little will wrestle Eberhard Holm of Harlem. Bothner also is in excellent condition.
 Young Corbett, the conqueror of l Terry McGovern. is somewhat of a wrestler. Il think it is the greatest exercise in the world" said the little champion, Il am good at either Graeco Roman or catch as catch can style, but I prefer the latter rules because one can rough it all the more. Out in Denver I had several tilts in private, but I liked fighting better and decided to take it up.'' It was said yesterday that an attempt would be made to bring about a match on the. mat be- tween Corbett and some other pugilist, possibly George McFadden.