Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-30
MYTH THE URESTLEg.
Swanson and Kelly May Come
 Together Again.
Swanson Wants the Weight 40 at 3 o'clock-Kelly Desires 13s ct Ring side-Each Would Like Winner to Take All-Jenkins Has Issued Def to Dwyer-Other Wrestling Talk.

Take All-Jenkins Has Issued Den to Dwyer-O Other Wrestling Talk. The following challenge was re ceiyed by the sporting editor of the Democrat to-day:
 Yonkers, N. Y., Dec 2S.
 Sporting Editor Waterbury Democrat. :. 1 Hearing there was challenge III your paper from John Kelly, IS man ager and packer of Alex Swanson do l hereby accept Swanson to meet Kelly at 40 or 142 pounds at 5 o'clock, l catch-as-catch-can style, for any amount Kelly wants to say. Winner l to take all preferred An early reply will be appreciated.
 Respectfully, BILLY LEE. 1 In reply to the above Kelly says that he will wrestle Swanson at l3S pounds. weigh at the ringside, for side bet of $1O0, the winner to take everything. That statement has been sent to Swanson's manager and prob ably reply may be received within day or two.
 Cleveland, O., Dec 30-George V. Tuohey, manager of Champion Tom Jenkins. Saturday forwarded chal- | I0uS04 IO M. J. 1JM gCI. lIc NItASlA 5SeiSl" ern wrestler, offering to match Jen- kins against Dwyer for a handicap match il1 which the champion is to throw his opponent three times ill one | hor1r at catch h-as-catch-can style. Some | time ago DWyer wanted to arrange q | handicap match with Jenkins, who l was then in the east, but owing to having number of important engage ments on hand Jenkins did' not care to take a chance with the teacher. | Jenkins has been resting the past month and is going after all aspiring wristlers with a vengeance. He is ready to meet DWyer inside of three weeks if the eastern man accepts. Tuohey says that in future all handi- caps in which the champion takes part must allow the strangle hold. as the extra number of falls is considered .-andicap enough for any man.
 l Lloyd Van Horn, a clever Bu.faio wrestler is out with a challenge to meet any 135 pound wrestler in the business. Van Horn principally sims his def at George sBothner.
 Rube Ferns, the former welterwei@nt pugilistic champion, made his debut as wrestler the other night It Buff falo. His opponent was Farmer Da- wis, who has good reputation on the mat Davis undertook to throw the pugilist within fifteen :ninules at catch-as- -catch-can style. The Harm err hauled and tugged away at Ferns but the latter was very strong and at the end of the bout was still linde- | feated Ferns says that lie is going to l try and test his skill against either Harvey Parker or George Bothner.
 Jim Parr, the English catch-as- catch-can champion, who recently ar- rived in this country, las gone to Ham ilton, Ont where he secured an en- gagement meeting all corners. Parr received a rousing reception on his first appearance. He met several good men and threw them quickly. Lew Whistler of San Francisco, who is said to be a nephew of Clarence ANhis- tier, the old time wrestler, has also ar rived at Hamilton. Whistler, who weighs 175 pounds, has challenged the Englishman. Parr says that he will take on Whistler catch-as-catch-ca style, best two out of three falls, pro yided the latter can muster a side bet of $500. This Whistler says he will do.
 A letter received from Harvey Par ker by a friend in town reports the wrestler as feeling little out of his usual fine condition. That bother some leg, along with slight stomach ] trouble, have been troublesome. but l he has been throwing his men just the same. In the early spring, as soon as he gets through his engagement on --Ie road With the troupe he is now with, narvey is coming back into this coun- try to give the boys a chance here abouts. He has ip mind a return match with Dwyer at Waterbury. a match with Lundin at Worcester. and a go with Leonhart. whom he defeated nere. and who wants chance to.meet in in his own city of Newark Brockton Enterprise.
 A few days ago John Piening tha Butcher Boy" issued challenge to meet Tom Jenkins, the crack ,5leve, land wrestler. In answer to this deii George Y. Tuohey, Jenkins's manager. has this to say "Piening can have q
 match With Jenkins, and 1 expect to cllnch things in a few days i have received an offer from a New York promoter, and the chances are thar the match will come off within four weeks. Of course, if Fleming ..s defcatad by Nehmet Nachad, the Turk, negotia- tions will be off. in regard to Dan Mcleod and his charges that lie had to throw Jenkins four times before q fall was allowed, I wish to remark: On November s, at the armory i'll Cleveland, there were 5000 persons present who saw the contest, and | am sure that none will agree that Jcn. klilss shoulders were pinned to the mat until the fall allowed by. the ref cree was gained fairly. I do not care to have any further discussion with Mcleod. For the present he is ont of it. Jenkins is after other game.