Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-09
! WITH THE WREsTLERS.
A Waterbury Sport Is After Jim Burke
 and His Unknown.

The wrestling game is beginning to warm up around Waterbury once more. and if the numerous challenges that have been issued during the past few weeks do not bear fruit it will be surprising. Some time ago John E Kelly got after John J. Little of Brock ton and wanted to meet him for the 13S- pound championship of New Eng land. Little ignored the challenge al- trough he claimed through the col umns of the Brockton papers that he was Kelly's master at any weight Then came a challenge from man named Carroll in New York, who was des:Ious of meeting kelly or Jack heatiDg. Carroll must have known that Jack Heating is not in the wres- tling game any more and does not care to be mentioned in that connection Kelly ignored this challenge, as did Little ignore Kelly's. Then com6s James Burke of this city. and he issuesG challenge to Carroll of New. York. Kelly of this city or. any other man in New Englahd 'ats 13S ; pounds. HIS. man was an unknown, and an effort was made to Sget Carron of New York .to take uA the challenge, but eyidently that was nnsuccessfll. gHow seenes the fastest challenge from aa unknown sportsin this city and he talks right from the shoulder. He is after MT Burke with both feet and he wants to Dit an unknown against his unknown. The following is the latest challenge issued:
 Waterbury, Conn. Oct 8. 1901. To Sporting Editor of Democrat:
 Some time late in August or early in September MT Burke of this city issued a challenge through the col uInns of the Democrat to back an 1il- known 13S-pound catch-as-catch-can wrestler for S250 or more. Later on I read of Mir Burke trying to arrange a match with a wrestler named Carroll of New York. Now, if I may judge by the silence, this MT Burke was un- successful in finding an opponent. However, if Mir Burke will publish bona fide challenge and deposit S1OO With the sporting editor of the Demo- -erat-to show that-fp means-bHsiHess and is not cracking bluff, will meet him or his representative at your office and draw up articles and sign them. to match pair of unknowns for S25O or more. A. SPORT D Cleveland, O, Oct 8.-Tom Jenkins of Cleveland again demonstrated his su periority in wrestling last night when he threw John R. Rooney, Chicago's champion, in two successive falls at Central armory before 4,OOO specta- tors. The contest was for S1 800. S1,200 to the winner and $500 to the loser.
 John Fleming, the 'Butcheri Boy.'' met Claus Rodenbach of the Carl Abbs A. 0. at Miners theater last night aid defeated him in minutes and sec onds. Fleming tackled John Kamara. an East Side youth, in the afternoon. The Butcher Boy gained a fall in ! - r nm 'ites. 2I-e 6sCss gr f4
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 On next Monday night at Turn nall in East EightE-fifth street, New York, lack Mccormick of Philadelphia. who is under the managem ent of Steve O'Donnell. will undertake to throw George Bothner of the Knickerbocker A. C.. twice in one hour, in a catch-as- cafcli-can wrestling match.
 A large crowd witnessed a wrestling match at the London theater on the Bowery last night Harvey Parker. the Yankee Wonder,'' who is meeting all corners there this week, had Jim Calvin. husky Irish lad, as an op- ponent- Calvin, who is a protege of 4latty Matthews. the we1terweiyllt. weighed about 190 pounds. Parker went at his man with vim and. with hammer lock. pinned him down. The time was 10 minutes seconds. Par ker had tough customer in the after noon- Johnny Dunn offered S25 to any one who would meet Parker for fifteen minutes. and Anton Loutz. weighing about 175 pounds, accepted He was thrown in ' minutes with a double Nelson.
 Nehmed Nechad, the latest acuuis,- ton in the wrestling ranks, arrived in New York from Turkey yesterday. He stands a trifie over six feet and is built in proportion. He is only 9 years of age and is credited with being a very clever wrestler. Nechad can wrcstle at either Graeco-R Roman or catct-as-catch-can style, but is said 10 prefer the former rules De Metre. his manager, says that his man is ready to meet either Ernest Roeber. Dan Me Leod or Tom Jenkins. De Metre says that he will post $500 with Al Smith as forfeit to-day to arrange a match for the Turk. It is said that Nechat has defeated both Nouralah and Paul POns. the French champion. In 1899 he threw Kara Ahmed, the champion