Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-07
GREAT WRESTLING DRAW.
Roeber and Pons Fall to Throw Each s- ~ -.~ Other. ~a ~%

teen minutes in the Madison Square Garden Ia t night, t..e duc-s.on D~.ns draw. Neltu.r mIA s,a.n,d tIl. in thaI tine and ac,o- d.Ag to the r aSrrom nt t4t reIer, Q Aal ID q ter n.t.ve Wn>n the niI-AgAt hour ar rNtd. or some uiik-IU,vn rIasJn tJ- Ice I4S Q. .Ur InumI,-o4 Ue id-Q h Il tlIe bot co IL Eot con,in-e att [ l2 o'c-ock n t-.e arl4 WAer4 t'r, ncn b..iIs a.ld s.X-day D cyCl1 re h .ve attracted pto. l. to staS al. nl h.. he MaJOr.t. If the spe- tlt~r,, i4clu~ in , Rti cree Ch..ll~y W n4te, declared tLa the boat was contested on the lev l but th1Ie We're some pess- m4sts who sad that 1t WAS a fake "unaer new cCnditi. .ns.'
 If a decision had been rendered on the am punt of worL d~ns, Pons woull ] probably have received 1t, as he was ths aggres.or g greater part of ths t.ma. but in knowledse of the gam } and in showing real sc4ence RGsb T was the master, for the E'renchman, though bigger and stronger, was clear ly lacking in tue rld. ments of tue sport AS it Is, the men will proba- ply meet again in the near future. AL most COCO persons saw the match, which was pIt on too late because of slack malaS cement.
 The first pral .minary brought to- gether Charles Leonhardt of Newark. \. J., and Albert Kramer of New York. Leonhardt won both falls han dily, the first in a trihe more than two minutes and the second in five min utes and q fract on. Leonhardt g t the falls W tn a half hammer lock in both cases, having his opponent on the mat most of the time.
 1 bil kreig of the Hell Gate A. c. and Joe Erdman of New York were the next pair. Kreig had easy work with Erdman from the call of time. He pul h shou ders down after a couple of minutes hustlng on the mat. In the s1cJnd bout Erdmaa tugged at Araig without making any impression whatever. Then kreig rolled over on his man and held him down.
 George Bothner, instructor of the Pastinle A. C.. and Bob Griffin of Fla l River gave fast exhibition of catch as-catch-can work. They were al. over each other for five minutes, then Rothn.r got a half hammer lock and scored the fall The second bout was furious throughout. but Bothner Won 1t after a hard grUellng.
 Then Nouroulah, the Turk, with Julian. got into the ring. Julian had 1t announced tn t he would post to- day S1 900 to wrestle the winner Of last nights bout.
 Hello. Neura gia.' yelled the gal lery gods, and the gigantic Turk smiled D easantly in response. H man If he fell on him. John Piening, the Butch Boy" was also intro- duced with a challenge to meet any body The crowd was stil yel ing tor the big Grs wh Il it was generally announced around the ring that Pons was favorite at 100 to 50.
 Ii was noticed that the wise men, those who are supposed to know when there is anything do .ng.' were ready to back Roeber. The prosperous ok ing Fr hmen around the i"g thought that Pons was sure thing and many of them got -tAeit coin ou- Pons was the first to enter the ring He entered 1t pra cllly unnoticed. one, when Roeber got into s:glt Pens was six feet o1a inches tall and weighed 24O pounds. He wore black golf stockings and red trunks.
 Roeber was two heads shorter and weighed 19S pounds. When they were getting ready Police Inspector Thomp- son fitting about the ring whisper n2 to his men who were evidently on tha alert for someth ng. He also got up in the ring and held conference with Referee White and Announcer Harvey. After that there was a short Wrangi' over the conditions. Whi'e this wa going on the bet ng shifted so that Roeber was well backed at even money.
 It was announced that the match would be decided best. two in three falls, Graec0- Roman style, fall to D secured anywhere ins de the ropes D falls to count The police olSo had th crowd informed that the bout would have to be stopped at midnight, th man q tting one fal'. if nee szary. b. fore that time to win. or the bout t. be call q draw.
 As they shook hands POns. with hi tr. mendous reach. so d up strait h and made lunges at the crouchlnE Polber. The latter was wary; an pons push him about at arm < length. After much fOotwork Pc F rushed his man to the ropes. getting hls arms around his body. tried t. turn him over by main str ngth.
 Pons seemed to be puZzlfd as to the best method to pursue ard was both slow and deliberate. Roeber, mean while. was resting easily and kept his head. Pons again put h:s arms aroun the stomach and slueez so hard thit Roeber's eyes bulged from their sock cts. But Roeber didn't budge.
 'Good boy Roeber"' yelled man in the gallery. "The whole French army couldn't w,n you over.
 Roeber finally wrggled out from un- derneath and tried for the strang @ hold. The crowd yelled madly, but became quiet the noxt moment as th9 bulky Franchman climbed on Ros ber :; back again and resumed his deliberate efforts to win q fall. Pons was now sweating and shaking s head. as 1T q ecourag Roeher sprend out h s legs and arms and lay still. Tn Frenchman. still on top pulled, haUled, grunted and kept on shaking his hoa1 Referee White. with arms folded, looked sgusted White even sat down on one of the ropes and mopped i his head.
 "say. Pcns, take them Salvation Army pants off," screamed a fellow up near the roof and everybody laughed ! It was tame then. but the next mo- ment there was action when they t upon their feet and slapped away In