Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-06
WITH THE VREyLERS.
Everything Ready For the Big
 Wrestling Tournament.

Dwyer and Parker Are Here and III
 Excellent Condition-There Is no Fa-
 vorite and Each Man is Backed at
 Evens-A Tremendous Crowd Elk
 pected to Witness the Exhibition
 Many Visitors From Other Cities
 Are Now Awaiting the Match Roach and Foley in the Preliminary F Are A1se in condition-Greatest
 Wrestling Event in the History of
 Sports.
 Possibly no event outside of the Me Govern and Young Corbett contest in Hartford ever attracted so much atten- ton or created more interest than has the match between Professor U. J. Dwyer and Harvey Parker, who will face each other on tine mat tonight to struggle for the championship in wrestling. Never has such a purse been offered for two wrestlers in New England. and never have two men trained so faithfully as have Dwyer and. Parker. It will be q contest worth going miles to see and hundreds are coming, those miles to get q look in at the exhibition. There are no two men in this country today who could be-sO evenly matched in skill and strength. There Is q slight difference Tn the weight of the two men. Dwyer will probably weigh on the mat to- night 1jS pounds. Parker will tip the Tn- uW Parker Is possessed of just as much strength as is the professor. Their chest measurements are the same and the only advantage that Dwyer seems to possess over the Brocktonian Is in Tlae legs. .Eacll~i is a clever mat work CT and each knows every trick i'll the game. It will be .a battle between two men who know each other and the contest will 20 to the man who takes advantage the quickest of any little opening offered. It will be science, eleverness and strength pitted against each other.
 The preliminary is also attracting at tention for both men have been on the mat at different times and both have been anxious to get at each other. John Roach has proven himself very clever wrestler for his weight on sev- eral occasions and his friends feel cer- tain that tonight he will demonstrate that he can keep pace with the best of them Foley has not appeared so often in this city. but where he is known in Naugatuck he has made q good record. Each has put in some good training and each feels confident of victory There will be plenty of fast wrestling for all who are present and everybody will get his moneys worth.
 All the arrangements have been completed and each purchaser of a ticket will be assured of his seat be- cause Manager Harrington has sold coupon tickets and ushers will see that you get your own seat. and if is occu- pied br-anOther m officer will be present to see that you are taken care of. The referee has been decided up- on and nothing has been left undone to make the match one of the best conducted ever witnessed in this or any other city. The prices of admIis- sion are 2J. 50. T5 cents and $1.
 - Harvey Parker Is. s0 confident that lie will beat Professor Dwyer tonight that he authorized Manager Harring- ton to state that he will have $500 at the ringside to bet on himself. He will make no conditions. but will give everybody a chance to take q bet or two. He would wager the whole of it or a portion. This is another guarantee that the match will be a cOrker.
 Prof Dwyer was notified of the offer made by Parker that he would ba K himself for $J0O. and he immediately sent word to the Democrat office that he woul6 take the whole of the S.JoO himself and that Parker need not look fartb sr for takers. He has as much mo < ready to bet that he will win Inc IF .tch- There certainly will be some sning doing this evening when these two glGdiators meet on the mat.
 A very interesting wrestling match was decided on Tuesday night between weight wrestler. and Teddy Sitter, a welterweight aud member of the Mon Sauk wheelmeT, at Akron's Casino. Brooklyn. The contest was to a fin ish. one fall, at catch as catch can style. Sitter was clever but was thrown in fl minutes. Meyer had the advantage in weight.
 Everything is in readiness for the wrestling bout tonight between Raoul de Cahors and John Peining. s.tlie Butcher Boy.- in the Grand Central palace. New York. X ring has been built in the center. of the hall and the seats so arranged around it that every one will have good chance to view the contest. Both men have trained faithfully for their bout and have spared no expense in getting them selves into trim for the gruelling con test expected. The match calls for q finish. bout. all holds to go and all falls to count. Tn addition to the main event there will be two contests. Young Corbett will attend the match and will be introduced.