Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-26
MYTH THE WRESTLERS.
Atlas Defeats Perrie and Dwyer
 the Unknown.

Roman Style-Perrie the Best at
 Catch as Catch .Can-Dwyer Makes
 an Offer to Any Man in the House Jenkins Has Challenged Dwyer. A more orderly crowd of enthusiasts
 over wrestling never attended 9. con test before in this city. That was the l remark that was generally passed after the tournament was over that was given at the Auditorium yesterday afternoon. Over fifteen hundred were l present, too, although many had said that the wrestling game was dead m this city. 1t is very much alive, and the reasons for this are that in the | first place everyone who has attended, 1 has been given a good run for his money and there have been but very 1 few who felt disgruntled. Of course you must expect to find q few disap- pointed ones, for if all thought alike the sporting field would be devoid of interest. It takes arguments to make
 matches, and it takes arguments to create interest, and once the match is made and the interest is aroused the rest is easy.
 All who attended yesterday were anxious to see the much heralded un- known, whom Prof Atlas was to bring from Bridgeport to throw Dwyer.
 When the hour of 3:30 arrived the un- known hove in sight and he proved to be James Mintie, a husky looking, youthful Bridgeporter, who tipped the scales at 190 pounds. He looked big enough to eat Dwyer He evidently was not big enough, for before Mintie had time to look over his opponent his feet were kicked from beneath him and DW.yer began to play. with him as a cat would a mouse It was fun for the professor and NIintie evidently did not like it, for he pushed himself on top couple of times only to finding himself in minute rolling over like q barrel and landing beneath again. Mintie was strong, but he was not up in all the scientific tricks. At the end of nine minutes Dwyer secured a firm half-Nelson and crotch hold and the unknown was pushed to the mat for the first fall. The second fall took the same length of time and again did Dwyer toy with his man until he thought time enough had been spent, and, securing another half-Nelson, which with an arm lock sent the Bridgeporter to the mat loser of the offer of $50 made by Dwyer if he could not throw him twice in thirty minutes.
 There was another wrestler in the house who wanted a part of Dwyer's money and his name was John Her. schel. The professor thought he might as well exercise little more and MT Herschel was asked to doff his clothes and get into his wrestling garb. This he did and he appeared likely sort of chap. Dwyer agreed to throw him once in fifteen minutes, and he did it ill less time than that. Herschel is a strong and wiry chap and he kept the professor lodging for some minutes. At the end of ten minutes however, lie secured his fayorite half-Nelson and with the crotch hold Herschel had his shoulders planted firmly on the mat. Both Mintie and Herschel were given good applause for their work.
 Next came tbs big match, and there were many Bridgeporters present who had plenty of the long green to wager on the result of the match between Gid Perrie of Boston and Prof Atlas of Bridgeport. Perrie is a big. tall man, while Atlas is shorter, but more robust and exceedingly strong. The condi- tions of the match were the best two m three falls in mixed style of wrest- ling. In the toss for first choice Perrie won and he selected the catch-as-catch can style, at which he. proved superior to Atlas. It was nip and tuck between the two. with Perrie showing some of the tricks he has learned in wrestling With Prof Dwyer. Atlas was an az gressive fellow and several times it looked as as if he had the Boston man in bad position. He did have what would have been a fall had his own hands not prevented it. They were locked around Ferries. shoulders. and While one of the shoulders was touch Ing the mat the other was held from the mat by Atlas's hands. The refer ee was on the point of tapping the pack of Atlas for fall as he was slipping his hands from beneath the shoulder or Perrie when the latter by supreme effort rolled out of danger ana took the aggressive himself. Final " at the end of eleven minutes Perrle secured half Nelson and crotch hold and try as he would Atlas, could mi prevent his shoulders from touching the mat
 ro$NO11At Atlll tNdSt SGcuI0Q- DV Ar las in the Graeco- Roman style of wres. ting. Perrie had confidence. .bnt Atlas had more, for he. was now wrestling his own style. First one was on ion and then the other. Perrie worked re- peatedly for a hammer lock. but Atlas was too strong and broke away from them. At the end of five and .one-balf minutes Atlas got three-quarter Nel- son and quickly slipped his arm into . strangle hold. He was cautioned bv the referee and with the three-auarter Nelson he forced Perrie to tbe mat and honors were even.
 The third and last fall was also taken by Atlas. As he had tfe short. est fall he selected Graeco- Roman as his style again. Pelrie gave him great battle at his own game however and was beaten only after a hard struggle. Twice Atlas lifted Per1ie in the air and tried to dash him to the mat Perrie was too big, however. and both went down together. After a mighty struggle of seven and one half minutes Atlas secured the deadly full Nelson and try as he would Perrie could not get away from it and slowly his shoulders sank to the floor, and the tournament was over, and everybody cheered the wrestlers.