Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-30
WITH HE NRES1LERS.
Kelly and Swanson Face Each
 Other To-Night.

 Swanson Arrived In Town Last Night
 and Is In Perfect Condition-Kelly
 Is Also In Good Form and Confident
 of Winnlng-Jack Roach Will Meet
 a Tartar.
 Swanson is here for the wrestling contest between himself and John E. Kelly which takes place tonight at the Auditorium. He was not expect ed to arrive here until this afternoon, but he dropped into the city quietly on the 9 o'clock train last night and called at the Democrat office. He immediately began to sound the peo- pie on their choice in the bout this evening He is in perfect condition and ready to battle for his life. Kelly and he did not meet, for Kelly did not know that he was in the city, either. In fact but very few knew of 1t. Kelly looked in excellent condition last night and he said that Swanson will be put down twice or the local man win retire from the wrestling ring. He does not fear all the boasting that Swanson has been doing and he pre- fers to wait until he meets the Ton
 
 make Swanson remember the words that were published yesterday when Swanson said he would make Kelly look like the Murray Hill hotel after the explosion the other day. He is all the more anxious to get after Swanson for he believes that the Yon- kers man is trying to scare him with his big talk. Kelly has plenty of grit and sand and if he keeps his head tonight he says he will beat Swanson to dead certainty. He will not go down to defeat tonight without bitter struggle and he will be fighting to the last second. But what is the use of talking about Kelly's defeat? The local man never felt more conf1- dent ard he was never in better condi- tiop. He says he feels now as if he had the match won and all this bluster of Swanson's will make him work the harder to beat him.
 Swanson, in the meantime. predicts Kelly's downfall and says that he has a cinch with the local man. He has not gone to the expense of keeping trainers and a manager, nor did he go to the expense of coming on here from Yonkers with his manager to meet Kelly and make the match, for noth- ing. He will be ready, and so will his manager and all his friends. to take all the money in sight, and he will beat Kelly just as sure as his name is Kelly. There will be no play in this match and when he gets Kelly on the mat he will make him remember Harvey Parker. Swanson is out for bigger game than Kelly, he says. and when he finishes with the local fellow he will go after Bjthner and a few more of them who have been giving him the cold shoulder. He fears no man at his weight and perhaps Kelly will remember him when he finishes with him.
 Now comes the talk on the prelim- mary. Last night it was reported around town that the unk1nwn who was to gos up against Roach was a man from Torrington. He is said to weigh in the neighborhood of 165 pounds and is considered strong man and pretty good wrestler. Roach was seen by the referee and asked if he would go up against such a man. Roach said he would go up against any man, no matter what might be his weight, provided he was not one or the DIE sproIesslondIS. ne Woulu take on this 165 pound man from Tor frington and when he gets look at him he may bet that he will beat him. The Torrington man says that all he will have to do will be to twist one of RoacFl's arms and 1t will be all over with him. Roach says that about the time he gets ready to twist his arm he will find his own neck doing a twister from which it will be hard to extricate himself.
 It looks from all this that there will be some corking contests tonight and as the admission is only 9, 50 and 75 cents there should be an immense gathering down at the Auditorium