The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-16

vance sale exceeds that for any pre-
vious similar event Lundin's VIC
tories over Samuelson, and his steady
ascendancy of the path to wrestling
fame by wins over Nick Elliott of New
York, Tom Sharkey, Passed., the French
expert, Tom Jenkins, in mixed match,
and MI. Dwyer of Hartford, has caused
him to be possesSor of an immense
local following.
jenkins lack of knowledge of the
Greco-Roman style is foundation for
much of the sentiment favoring Lun-
din, but it is believed by many that
Jenkins will be able to demonstrate
superiority In his other match with
Lundin, the catch-as-catch-can cham
pion was handicapped by having time
limit before him. With this barrier
removed, both men Will be forced to
show offensive and defensive ability.
Tom Jenkins was born in Cleveland,
o., Aug 3, 1872. He began wrestling
as an amateur nine years ago, and soon
became prominent in and around the
Forest City. His early career on the
mat gave great promise, which has
since been fulfilled. 1t was while a
boy in the Aetna Rolling Mills in
Cleveland that he learned the rudi-
ments of the game in contests with fel-
low workers during the MONDAY rest.
and even now he states that many of
his hardest struggles were those in
which he participated for fun.
At the time the Cleveland Athletic
Club was in it's zenith, DOC" Payne,
who achieved more or less fame as
the sparing partner of Kid Mccoy, was
considered the best amateur middle
weight wrestler in the country. The
Cleveland Athletic Club held a tourna-
ment in which both Payne and jenkins
were entered and they went through
the preliminaries and semi-fnals with
out trouble. This brought them to-
gether for the final bout. Jenkins was
working on the night shift at the mills
but was excused for a few hours to go
ahead with the contest. The struggle
was a desperate one, Payne working to
uphold his supremacy and jenkins
fighting for recognition and reputation.
The result was a draw, with orders to
continue the bout the following night
for the possession of the medal offered
by the club Jenkins could not get
away from his work and Payne won by
default.
Jenkins shortly afterward became
professional and has never suffered in
his own style except at the hands of
the giant Turks. Yousouf and more re-
Gently Nouroulah, wha weighed 325 and
1865 pounds, respectively. Hall Adali, an
other $50 pound Turk, struggled with
jenkins for over three hours in Madi-
son Square Garden, New York, with
out result. All of these giants cred
tied the Cleveland man with being the
best man of his weight in the world.
Jenkins has never lost catch-as-
catch-can fall, except to the Turks, and
only Roeber and Wittmer have secured
Greco Roman falls in mixed matches, in
which jenkins won the final decision.
His other contests have resulted in
the defeat of the following men, Ernest
Roeber (twice), Farmer Burns
(twice). Denny Gallagher. Duncan Ross,
Tom McMahan, Moradi Ali, Kara
Osman Gwice), Dan Mcmillan, Martin
Muldoon. Pete Schumacher, Tom Can
non, Hall. Turk No. g, Herb Hale, Billy
Moore, Nick Elliott twice, Tom
Sharkey Chandicap), Peter Maher. Jack
Mccormack. Dan Mcleod (handicap),
Carl Schmidt, Aug. w. Johnson, Fl. P.
Hanson, Charley Moth, Charley Witt
mer, and others of lesser note.
During his theatrical work Jenkins
has defeated over 200 men, in bouts
ranging in duration from to min
utes. But one man, Nick Elliott of
New York, lasted the fifteen minutes,
and that was at Greco-Roman style.
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