Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-07
WRESTLING TOURNAMENT.
More Wagers on Results Than on Any Contest Ever Held Here.

Ei@lt-Ihe PfOIeSSOF 1AleHuS lO
 Make It a Rush Bout from the Be
 ginning-Kelly Says He Will Find
 That He Can Do a Bit of Rushing
 Himself-The Bout Between Roach
 and Mccarthy Will Be Another
 Warm Affair.
 When time is called tonight in the Auditorium the sport loving people or this city will be given treat Ill the wrestling line unless something sefi- ous should happen before $ o'clock The preliminary bout is attracting as much if not more attention than the big event. John Roach and Danny Mccarthy are both well known in Wa terbury. and for months efforts have been made to bring the boys together. They were offered the opportunity to go on as "a preliminary to the pig match, and both lads gladly accepted. Roach put the finishing touches to his course of training in the Washington Hill Athletic club rooms last nght, and he is fit as a fiddle. and his train- CT. John E. Kelly, is confident that he will win. Roach will have big back d thy finished his work last night in the Brooklyn Athletic. club rooms. and he, too, is in prime condition and ready for the battle. His friends in Brooklyn will be on hand tonight to see that he is given sufficient backing. It will be one of the warmest prelfminaries that the people have ever witnessed.
 The big match. of course. will be awaited with interest. Prof Dwyer is just as confident to-day as he was when he first made the statement that he can throw Kelly four times in one hour. and he is willing to back up that confidence with the long green. On the other hand. John B. Kelly possess es the same amount of confidence. and he will step on the mat tonight with every prospect of winning that Sa0 for felt of Dwyer's. Both men are in per feet form. and it will be battle royal from the moment they shake hands. Each man has his friends and there will be plenty of money around to wa OCT on the result.
 The ring will be erected in the cen ter of the floor. so that it will be pos sible for those who attend to see the match from any part of the hall. Tickets are selling rapidly and the
  ence. The prices of admission are p, 50 and 75 cents.
 The prelfminaries in the amateur wrestling tournament under the aus pices of the Pastime A. c. will be held tonight at the club house. Sixty-sixth street and Avenue A. The entry list is q large one and the indications are that the snort will be exciting. A num- Der of well known wrestlers have en- tered. The finals are slated for next Saturday night.
 Tom Jenkins and Dan Mcleod of Buffalo are scheduled to meet at Cleveland tonight in a bout under catch-as-catch-can rules. Mcleod is both clever and strong and has good record. Jenkins. however, is the fa- yorite in the betting at 10 to 3 and much money has been wagered on the outcome at Cleveland. The men will wrestle best two out of three falls for division of the gate receipts.
 The date of the match between Jack Mccormick of Philadelphia and John Fleming. the Butcher Boy,' which was arranged several weeks ago, was decided upon yesterday. The two are to come together at Maennerchor hall, 2O5 East Fiftysixth street. New York. on November IS. The contest is for a side bet of S250 and 75 per cent of the gate receipts. The style is catch-as- catch-can, best two out of three falls to count Mccormick expects to weigh about 190 pounds. while Piening states he will train to TO pounds.
 
 Harvey Parker deviated from his customary style of wrestling. catch-as- catch-can. and met Angelo Napoli of Italy under Graeco-Roma rules at a Bowery theater last night. Parker usually has fifteen minutes in which to throw his opponent. but at the twelfth hour Napoli insisted on ten minutes. and his request was granted. Napoli was strong and lively and at the expiration of the time limit the Italian was still up and doing. Ac- cording to the terms of the compact. Napoli got the decision and a forfeit of $25.
 George Tuohey, manager of Tom Jenkins. writes as follows from Cleve-. land: "I have made plans for Jenkins to en@age in a series of wrestling con- tOolS lliiS WlulGI sluu Sl)flu1. The cnal- lenge to tackle all the pugiIists with wrestling ambitions still holds good. Tom will also be prepared after his bout with Mcleod to take OH the new Turk. Nachad. the Frenclman. Cahnrs. Fleming of any other man who wishes to test his prowass. We are thinkine of visiting England next spring OF summer. If We do we will throw the gauntlet down to Jack Carkeek and Tom Cannon. Carkeek is a clever fel- low but 1 feel confident that Jenkins can throw him. From England Wa will make tour through Ireland Scotland and Wales. Then we will visit France. Germany and Sweden. and see what we can do in repard to. bringing Beeh Olsen to time. Jenkins is learning the art of Japanese wrest- ling. popularly known in that country as 'Jui jutsu.' I understand that there are several exDonents of this kind just now i'll England. If so and they want q match. Jenkins will &C., commodate them when We arriye.''
 
 President Shearer of the Montreal baseball club stated yesterday that un- less money could be raised Montreal would not continue in the Eastern league and furthermore that the cap- tain and manager. Charley Dooley. had haan i11fa1sr,,oJ r.. !, z,