Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-21
WITH TIE VR[STLERS.
Everything is Now Ready For Match Christmas Afternoon.

in Secret With His Silent Partner
 Betting Now Favors Dwyer and Per
 Tie in Their Matches.
 The management of the wrestling tournament which is to take place at the Auditorium on Christmas after noon was given a temporary attack of heart disease yesterday when the report became noised about that no li- cense would be issued for the contest. It was told that kick had been made by somebody who wanted to injure the sport and that distorted reports had been given about the coming ex- hibition. AS soon as the managers of the affair heard of this they at once took steps to nail all reports and stories. and as soon as City Clerk Ryan was informed of the true state of affairs the license was at once is sued. One of the stories was to the effect that in the Graeco- Roman style of wrestling one of the men was liable to be hurt and hurt badly. True. this may happen, but it was shown that iii any game, football, base ball or fight ing, the contestants are liable to get hurt. The license was issued, how ever, and now there is nothing to pre- vent the people of this city from seeing one of the fercest battles that has ever taken place on the mat between two giants of the wrestling arena.
 Gid Perrie arrived in this city yes terday afternoon from Boston and he is looking in prime condition. He has taken no chances i'll training and there will not be spare ounce of flesh on him when he faces Atlas. He be- lieves now that he will beat Atlas not only in the catch-as-catch-can style, but he will beat him at his own game of Graeco-Roman. In fact. he is will ing to wager q few dollars that he will win the match Atlas has stopped talking and is working hard. III the early stages of the match he kept sending word to Waterbury what he would and would not do to Perrie During the past few days he has been silent and all that can be learned from him is through the Bridgeport papers, which say that he is training hard and is in excellent condition. There will be a special train from Bridgeport on Christmas afternoon and, fully 100 of .the Bridgeport sports are coming up to back Atlas against Perrie It prom ises now to be one of the heaviest bet ting contests that has taken place in New England. Tickets have been asked also from New Britain, Hart ford and Meriden and there will be fully 500 out of town people here on that day to see the tournament.
 The 'unknown" who is. to tackle Prof Dwyer in the preliminary is ere ating a whole lot of talk. Who is he? has been asked the writer many times, but he is kept in the dark and it will not be disclosed until the day of the match. It is not Tom Jenkins. be- cause Dwyer would hardly wrestle him unless he received a good handi- cap. He may be Dan Mcleod, and it matters not who he is outside of Jen- kins, Dwyer will tackle him. Betting on this match is slow, and the only one who wants to bet is Dwyer. who says he will throw any man of 16O pounds bar Jenkins. That all are bona fide matches is assured now that the money is all up and each man has side bet with the other. The men will wrestle for the purses and the managers will pay expenses and di- vide the gate receipts equally.
 Davenport, Iowa. Dec 21.-Moura- doulah. the .Terrible Turk No ;, was wrestled to standstill by a far mer, Martin Burns, last night The Turk attempted to throw four Iowa wrestlers. including Burns, within an hour. He disposed of the first two in eighteen minutes, but Burns kept him busy the rest of the hour. The Turk has been challenged by John J. Rooney of Chicago and has accepted.
 Tn Fred Moehl, the Terrible lee man, John Fleming, the Butcher Boy at the London theater last night tackled the toughest proposition lie has met thus far this week .AIoehl was Piening's only opponent last night and he was out in real earnest to win the $25 which Johnny Dunn offers to any aspirant whocani stay fifteen minutes with Piening. The rules were catch as catch can. Aoehl. to the surprise of the Butcher Boy,'' cut cut the pace. He at once applied full Nel-. son. which Piening broke. He then tried for hammer lock. which was broken. At the sixth minute Piening caught Afoehl around the waist and the e'O H1tSSASNA OAA lAC Hdl. When they got together again Fleming got q full Nelson and by easy stages got Aloehl down on one shoulder. The
 'Iceman'' made a stern resistance. but Piening finally subdued him and made q fall in eight minutes Jack T.eben- son, known as Young Acton" met two lads who outweighed him by many pounds. Acton's first opponent was Max Epstein. who was thrown in 6 minutes and 5 seconds. Harry Ie- roy of England followed, but was de- feated in minutes and 9 seconds. Both struggles were at catch as catch can style. Fleming met Philip Klein during the afternoon. Klein, while strong, was no match for the Butcher Boy" who pinned his rival down with crotch hold in minutes. Barney Meyers of Newark. weighing about 145 pounds, faced Young Acton. The lat ter lost no time in showing his super. iority. He threw Meyers in minutes and 10 seconds. Tonight Fleming is slated to meet Charley Kammerer of New York and Anton Essig of Brook lyn. He has contracted to throw n 41f. A.f-