Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-16
ON THE MAT.
Harvey Parker Used a New Hold in
 Throwing Leonard.

CScu d NSW aolo III
 Throwing Leonard.
 The Brockton Enterprise thus de- scribes the fall which put Charles Leonard, for that is his right name, out of business and made Harvey Parker the winner of the match Wednesday night.
 Leonard was much larger than Par ker and q reasonably well built man. It was speedily seen that he lacked the lightning quickness of his opponent, and when they went to the mat Par ker immediately obtained his favorite position, working on top He gave Leonard a rather spectacular fall, which started the first cheering of the evening. Parker immediately started to carry through the consistent pur- pose of using up the big man. He started in to work on Leonard's left arm and face, and his work was de cidedly of a rough house order. Leon ard in working to get away drew him. self off the mat onto the floor, and the referee ordered the men back to the center. There Parker resumed his massage treatment, and Leonards grunts sohwed that the performance was anything but pleasing to him. Parker's arm was constantly employed, in twisting Leonard's neck, and also in an apparent effort to scramble his features. This performance was occn- sionally varied by Parker kneeling on his opponents arm and rolling him to his left side.
 Then came 8 bit of work which drew a mad howl from the spectators. Getting a firm grip on the middle Of his opponents body and on Leonard's legs, Parker rose to his feet and stood rp1v kept him there by main strength, and the head was well twisted on the mat. Then he worked a move which was a decided novelty in local wrestling. Getting in between Leonard's legs and still retaining his steel-like encircling grip about the New Workers body, he started in to break his man down and bear him by main strength to his
 shoulders. Leonard was in q measure helpless, and utterly unable to do any offensive work
 Parker rushed him over the edge of the mat and Leonard's head was ground along the boards. Harvey
 then hauled him back like a sack of
 meal onto the mat. still retaining his grip and his position. Leonard en- deavored to keep himself on one shoui-
 der. and twisted and turned and Strug-
 gled in q desperate effort to save him. self He was entirely unable to get
 out of the grasp of the Little Demon,' and the only move that he made or
 an offensive nature was to feebly push
 one hand into Parker's face and try to
 push him from the position he was
 holding. The move was ludicrouSly
 futile Parker got him squarely on
 one shoulder and then started to bear
 him down. Leonard rolled and twist T 1,;,
 but the strength and skill of Parker
 were too much for him. and oyer the
 edge of the mat he went and was held suuarely on his shoulders, with Par ker's head under Leonard's armpit,
 his body over Leonard's body. and his arms holding the New Yorker in wise. The fall was clearly Parker's
 and was so announcedby the referee. Parker jumped to his feet and went to his chair. He was smiling and | thoroughly confident Leonard had to l be assisted to his feet and tottered to l his corner There he pressed his | hands to his stomach and bent over | with a look of agony on his face. It | was evident that he was hurt, and in
 response to a request from his corner
 Referee Blanchard called to Dr A. E.. l Paine. who was seated in the balcony, | and requested him to come upon the stage. Leonard was assisted to his | dressing room. where Dr Paine exam | ined him and found that the cartilage 1 of the ribs had been loosened during
 Leonard's terrific struggles in the en- deavor to save himself.
 | George Bothner met Q Tartar at
 s:Pete'' Burns's Casino in Harlem last
 night in Jack Harvey. the Brooklyn Strong Boy'' The latter had great strength, and several times had Both
 ner in bad fix, but the ex-amateur | pulled out and in eleven minutes and | eighteen seconds rolled Harvey over l for fall.
 Nouroulah, it is announced will be matched to meet James McWeeney, l the Chicago wrestler, in q catch-as- | catch-can bout. The match will be
 decided at an early date. probably in
 New York. McWeeney will arrive in
 New York tonight, when probably de- | tails of the match will be completed. Martin Julian, Nouroulah's manager. 1 wanted a Graeco- Roman affair. but l Manager Essig, for McWeeney, insist ed upon the catch-as-catch-ca rules to l govern. f
 Paul Pons, the French wrestler, has gone back to his home in Paris not particularly well satisfied with the rG suits of his visit to this country. Pons came hore expecting to carry away@a chAmpaonship or two hut he pet with little success. He+won his first match, 1 taht with John giening, the Butcher
 .