Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-24
NTH HE NRES1LERS
Parker and Bothner Wrestle
 Without a Fall.

At the End of One Hour and Twenty
 Minutes the Police Stopped ft- Parker Was Aggressive All Through While Bothner Played His Old De-
 fensiye Tactics-Dan Mcleod Has Undertaken a Hard Task With Jim
 Parr.
 There is possibility of match be- ing made between Tom Jenkins and famous Norwegian wrestler named Fred Wendell, who has just come to this country. Wendell, who is stop ping With some relatives ill South Bos- ton, yesterday asked to have it ar- ranged so that he could go on with Jenkins at the Old Howard. Wendell and his party went to the Old Howard yesterday afternoon, prepared to chal- lenge Jenkins, but the management would not permit it. The matter was then brought to the attention of Jen- kins on the stage, and lie said he would wrestle Wendell if he could get l any backing. Wendell has the make up of great athlete. He weighs 200 pounds, is 26 years of age, and has won many big wrestling events in his own country. He travelled for a few ! years with the Norwegian champion, Norbeck. In explaining why he was so anxious to Wrestle Jenkins, Wen dell said, through his manager, that, although he was in no condition, he was ready to show the public how good Il wrestler he is. If he cannot get the match with Jenkins, Wendell is open to meet any man ill America.
 There are more wrestling matches | in the city of late than ever before. The difference from former times is that most of them are semi-private sorts of affairs, of which few but the l friends of contestants know. There is scarcely a factory in the city where one or more friendly matches have not l taken place between the employees within the past few weeks The num- Der of these bouts is increasing. Not infrequently they are for quite a little l stake, too, and occasionally pretty large sums change hands among the I friends of the contestants on the side. 1 It is only matter of short time when these bouts will develop more l important matches in public Then again, the cleyerest youngsters in tna ! country at the game are located right here. Money is not so scarce but WhaL most of them can get backing. It is reasonable, then, to suppose that some of the professionals looking for snaps will drift this way. A good many of them have been beaten here, and the record shows that very few newcomers nave left this city with a victory scored up to them. Kelly of Water l bury won victory and lost one Fleming won out against Parker once here, but Professor Dwyer, Herrick, | Newton, Gilligan, Pardello, Lundin. Houghton and others suffered defeat. l-Brockton Times.
 For one hour and twenty minutes Harvey Parker and George Bothner l struggled for lightweight honors at catch-as-catch-can wrestling at Lenox Lyceum Saturday night, and the result was draw, neither getting a fall. captain Lantry of the police stopped the bout at 11:50 o'clock. Parker was on the aggressive almost throughout. Bothner defended with his wonderful leg holds much of the time. There were four good preliminaries.
 
 l The McLeod-Parr wrestling match l will be decided in Buffalo during the week beginning April 14. Mcleod has the reputation of being a shrewd matchmaker, and many argue that he would not have given the handicap if 1 he did not think he could win. The conditions of the match are not all in h1s favor, but sporting men admit that the terms are but fair. Mcleod wagers that he will throw his opponent three times in an hour. The side bet is $500. Parr wagers like amount that he will gain fall. Should Parr get a fall and yet be thrown three times he will 1 break even. Should he lose both bets he will be out $1,00O. But the per- centage basis gives Mcleod q great ad- ] vantage. Should he throw his op- ponent he will get 75 per cent of the I winners share of the gate receipts. A recent wrestling match in Law renee netted two of the wrestlers. one of whom was Brocktonian. ten cents to divide between them. Another in
 this city netted $7.-Brockton Enter prise.