Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-08-14
WITH The NRESILERS.
The Gentlemen Who Work on
the Mat Are i'm Evidence.

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Weight Isl Made Ireland Can Boast
of Sturdy Wrestler-Other Wres-
Ting News.
The following challenge to John !.
Kelly of this city was received by the
sporting editor of the Democrat yester-
day:
Hartford, Aug II 1902.
Mr. E. L. Maloney:
Dear Sir: would like to ask OF you
for space for the following in your val
liable paper in behalf of Oscar Johnson
of Hartford:
/ do hereby challenge John e. Kelly
of Waterbury to a wrestling match TO
decide who is the best 145-pound man
in the state. II a.r Kelly wants TO
wrestle catch weights we will make
side bet as large as he wants 1t, any
| part of $500. Johnson has met every
man in his class who wanted to meet
him and has defeated them all without
any trouble, and we have tried very
hard to match him against Mr. Kelly,
| but without success. Now hope MI
Kelly will come to the mark and we
will be ready to make the match at
once.
Hoping to hear from you or Mr. kelly
| / remain, Respectfully.
593 Main ST Hartford, Conn.
Wrestler Kelly was seen ia reference
| to the above and he says that he does
not lay any claim to the 145-pound
championship of the state, but that II
| Johnson will weigh in at 1873 pounds
he win give him as big side bet as
/ 4. Yyl.S. x+aAo In0
sent to Mr. Anderson and his reply IS
awaited.
Charley Reinecke of Pittsburg, who
| has good record as a catch-as-catch
can wrestler, wishes an engagement
with any of the welterweights. Rein
ecke is willing to come east.
A challenge has been received from
| Tommy Bartlett of Connecticut. He
is ready to try his skill against any
man in the business not weighing over
14O pounds, in bout best three in five
falls, for a side bet and purse. Bart
lett does not bar any particular wres-
tier at catch-as- catch-can rules.
Tom Jenkins, the champion catch-as-
catch-can wrestler of America, has
signed articles to meet Edward j. Ath-
/
| New York state, at Dellinger's opera
house, Batavia, N. Y, tonight. The
contest is for $500 side and Jenkins
will undertake to throw Atherton three
i times in one hour or forfeit the entire
side bet and purse. Interest in the
struggle is great, owing to the fact that
Anterior has been improving lately and
has fine record.
Harvey Parker is in no way nettled
over his defeat by Prof Hjalmer Lun,
din, who threw him at Worcester the
other night, for he is anxious to meet
his conQueror again. arker is ready
i to go on with another bout with Lun-
din under similar conditions. In let
4 ter Parker. who just now IS making his
home in Worcester, writes: II ex-
poet to meet Lundin again While /
was thrown fairly / don't think that
the professor can do the job again.
am ready to tackle him, If he will I'M
der take to throw me twice in one hour
| for a side bet. I am now negotiating
for a match with Max Wiley at Roches-
ter. I would like to have the contest
come off before Sept 1, when start
out on the road meeting all corners.
After brief visit to his native heath
Jim Parr, the crack catch-as-catch-ca
/ wrestler of England, is to visit America
again. Parr was here about four
months ago. He arrived in the United
4 States late in the fall of 1901 and in
seven months stop participated in over
one hundred contests. His most note
worthy victory was over Dan Mcleod
in handicap match and he was con-
sidered invincible until Tom Jenkins
4 took his measure. Parr in letter to
a friend in Buffalo writes that he will
1 be ready to meet Jenkins again, but
| will insist the next time they meet that
the match be held under revised rules
(which permits of flying and fat falls.
i without requiring one wrestler to hold
i the other down for any length OF time.
4 In his match with Jenkins Parr gained
/ two or three such falls. According to
reports from the other side Parr has
i grown heavier since he was here last
and thinks that this will be bene fetal
to him.
4 Ireland can well boast now of a
sturdy and clever wrestling champion.
i The other night at Buffalo, Jerry Don
nelly of Dublin took the measure Of
] George Winzenr.ed, clever Buffalo
i heavyweight, in a match at catch-as-
falls to count. Winzenried is a big
fellow, but he was like a. pygmy in
Donnelly's hands. The Irishman threw
his opponent three times in succession
i'll II minutes and 80 seconds,7 minutes
and 1 minute and Is seconds respec-
lively. The last fall was made by Dom
nelly on the protest of Winzenreid, who
i declared that the previous two at
tempts were no test. Donnelly's show
ing was gilt-edged and he punished his
1 man badly, especially with hammer
lock in the first bout, when he nearly
dislocated the big Buffalo mans arm.
Donnelly is now after match with
the best of the big fellows. On the
same evening Walter Willoughby, an
other clever wrestler of Buffalo. de
feated Tom Riley of London. Will
loughby downed the foreigner twice in
succession. He made the first fall in
minutes and the next in minutes.
Willoughbv used a half-Nelson and a
4 crotch hold in each bout.
FRED JEANS ACT.