Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-30
ROEBER-PARKER FAKE.
Boston People Are Taken h By the
 Fake Wrestlers.


 Fake Wrestlers.
 Boston, April 3o.-The wrestling match between Ernest Roeber of New York and Harvey Parker of Brcckton, Mass, terminated in a disgraceful wrangle. Roeber claimed that the agreement was to wrestlc one hour. and if there was no fall the bout was a draw. They were to. wrestle three bouts, and the first was Graeco-Roman.
 Roeber looked porcine and must have weighed about POO pounds. Parker was fifty pounds the lighter. For twenty minutes there was considera- ble wrestling. Both men got Nelson. half-Nelson and hammerlock holds but Roeber was too strong to be held long Tn either, and Parker did not have the strength to take advantage of his greater agility. He was quick and made a remarkable showing.
 For the last forty minutes of the contest they were on the mat with Parker as the aggressor. Roeber broke all the holds with ease. but showed no inclination to rise and get aggressive. sstss 9s.e Ei
 lt was peculiar proceeding, as after the nrst round Roeber. retired to his back. " II
 Referee Buckley called for him to continue, as the former had been ir,- structed that the match should % on until fall was made. sRoeber re- Iused. A member of the Boston Ath- letlc association, who had bet $500 on Koeber,. tried to get at him oassault him with gun.
 Roeber told Martin Walsh, who for meriy backed Kid Mccoy, that he had been instructed not to throw Parker. When Roeber started toago to his dressing room several persons threat eneQ hlm and he retreateds to the mat. He sent for Sergeant Rufus of the Bos- ton police force and said somebody had pulled a gun on him and he wanted protection. The contest ended in great confusion, and the 5000 persons in at- tendance went home muchlmystified as to the Inner essence of the affair.
 Tn the preliminary New England Lightweight tourney there were seven bouts, and John J. Little of Brockton won.
 Tom Jenkins, the Cleveland wrastIar who is meeting all corners at Miners theatre on the Bowery this week, had TWO soft marks to tackle last night. Carl Schmidt, the first man to 90 on. lasted just four minutes when Jenkins won fall. John Reilly then tackled the Clevelander, and after three min utes of wEat looked to be child's play Tor Jenkins, he suddenly grabbed Reilly around the body and in hug ging him dislocated one of his ribs. A physician attended Reilly and the cur tain was rung down. Several ambi- tious wrestlers showed up at the Lon don theatre to try out Nouroulah but after they had looked over the G feet 3 l inches and 346 pounds that make up the massive Turk they hurriedly left the building. No one could be secured to meet him and Nouroulah did a i've minute turn with his partner.
 The Times suggestion for another match between Little and Kelly hit the Waterbury man just right. To- day a letter was received from him, in effect as follows: 'I have just learned that MT Little appears very anxious to wrestle me. think he is trying to make the public believe that in our match on Dec. the best man lost. Now, in order to set aside any doubt that might exist in his mind on the re- suit of our last meeting, if he will show some of his money, I will again meet him on the mat, and think that this time I will make it little clearer to him that both times the best man won.'' Little is perfectly willing to meet Kelly, and another match in the near future Is strong probability Brockton Times.