Waterbury Democrat., 1902-11-25
NTH HE WREStLERS.
Tom Jenkins and Joe Carroll
 Meet To-Night.

Meet To-Night.
 Great Interest Centered in the Out come of This Match-Articles of Agreement Which Govern the Kelly and Reagan Match-Brockton May Send a Delegation to See the Contest -Piening Wants Another Chance at Bothner.
 Joe Carroll, the champion wrestler of Ireland and England, winner of the belt offered at the coronation games last summer, is to wrestle for the catch-as-catch-can championship of the world tonight in Madison Square Garden with Tom Jenkins of Cleye- land, the present holder of the title. The match is to a finish, best two in three falls, all holds, including the Etrangle hold, to be allowed. The main event will be put on at 9:3O, the first preliminary starting at S:30 sharp. Jenkins and Carroll are in fine trim for the struggle. The Irishman has trained for the contest at the New Polo A. c. in Harlem, where he has gained host of followers by his clever work and tremendous strength Jenkins's work has been done in Brooklyn. He always keeps himself in good form and now is right on edge, Tim Hurst will referee the bouts.
 The following are the articles of agreement as signed by John D. Kelly of this city and John Rober1 Reagan of Brockton, Mass, for their contest at the Auditorium on Thursday night:
 Waterbury. November 19. 1902.
 Articles of Agreement.
 We, the undersigned, enter into an agreement to wrestle for the 13S- pound championship of New England under the following provisions:
 The match to be catch-as-catch-can style. pin falls only to count. strangle and full Nelson holds barred, said match to take place at Waterbury, Connecticut, on the night of November 27. This match will be for $1OO a side, the winner to take everything, purse and gate receipts, after all expenses are paid. Each contestant must de- posit S25 as a forfeit with the stake holder on signing the articles of agreement and the balance to be in the shareholders hands on the day of the match ....E Each man must weigh 13S pounds or less at the ringside and. the one failing to do so will forfeit the S25 posted as a forfeit.
 The contest will be decided on the first two falls taken by either man. The match will be to finish and there must be decision. The referee and stakeholder of this match will be Edward l.. Maloney, sporting editor of the Waterbury Evening Democrat.
 (Signe0 JOHN J. REAGAN,
 JOHN B. KELLY.
 Buffalo, N. Y Nov 25.-Jim Parr, the English champion, has posted S250 in this city in support of a challenge to Tom Jenkins. the American cham pion. Parr says he is convinced that he can give Jenl-'.e = much as he can take care of and a little more besides, city but Cleveland.
 HI want another crack at Jenkins for the championships Parr says s'and I know he can come here and carry away a big bunch of money if he. beats me. would like to meet him within two weeks.
 'This fellow, Joe Carroll who is to wrestfe Jenkins in New York is nc more champion of England than I am of Borneo. He also calls himself champion of Ireland. and he comes from within a stones throw of my house.
 Mcleod says he will wrestIe me about January 15 That suits me but in the meantime will take crack at Jenkins.
 ssMy Buffalo friends are well aware that in my last two bouts with Jen- kins I was more fit for hospitaI than to engage in a wrestling match D1 Fred Priess. who lanced my arm OF the night previous to one of these con tests and removed a large carbnhcIt from it, advised me not to wrestle fol a few weeks. But I-llad forfeit o1 S250 posted and I could not afford tC lose it. went on and wrest1ed witI bandaged arm. and downed tho bis fellow one fall at that Tn our las bout was half dead with a cold ant malaria.
 ''Since that time have had two trips across the Atlantic and rest o1 four months on the other side. As : result l dIu IONfCe1H pOuIluS HeaVIel and a great deal stronger and .hn+tel than ever He will find me a differ ent man if he meets me"
 Jack Piening. the 'sButcher Boy" fl still of the impression that he ca1 throw Bothner four times in one hour and would like to get another chance to show that he can do it
 Alois Gonthier, the gigantic Canad fan wrestler, who is to meet Tom Me Inerney, the Irish champion, at tn Olympic clnb Buffalo, tomorrow night. has received a letter from Nev Orleans offering him a match wit Charles Wittmer, the Graeco-R Roman expert The letter comes from tn Crescent City Athletic club. which pro noted the match last spring between Tom Jenkins and Schwennerborr Gonthier will accept
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