Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-19
NTH HE NRESTLERS.
Everything is Ready For the
 Match To-Morrow Night,

and His Backer Will Be Here With
 Plenty of Money-Dwyer Smiles
 Quietly and Says Gehle Is Already
 Beaten-Oth Wrestling Notes.
 The big wrestling match which has been creating 50 much talk in Water bury and the neighboring towns, Will be pulled off tomorrow night at the Jacques auditorium. This will be the last sporting event held ill the audi torium for q year, perhaps, as the building will be taken possession of on Friday morning by the Hampson- Sellew Go. furniture dealers. This will be the crowning event in the sporting world and all lovers of good wrestling will no doubt turn out in force and see this last event of the season. Frank Gehle was around bright and early to the Democrat office this morning and he is in the pink of condition for his match with Prof Dwyer. He felt more confident of winning tomorrow night than he ever did before and to that end this morn- ing he telegraphed to his packer in New York to come on to Waterbury with all the money he could raise and prepare to bet it. Gehle says that if there is one man or ten men or any number of men who believe that DWyer is the best man, they can have chance to win any amount of money to-day, tomorrow or tomorrow night. He says he has DWyer right where he wants him and he will beat him to q dead certainty. He is even confident that Dwyer will not take one fall out pof the three. The Brooklyn boys who have watched Gehle at work also feel confident that he is the winner. They have seen all the men who have ap- peared here against Dwyer and some of the Brooklyn Athletic club have tried out all the wrestlers, but none of them has come up to Gehle in fast, clever and powerful wrestling. Witt mer, who threw Dwyer twice, was not to be compared to Gehle they say, and l If this is so then Dwyer is up against the real thing sure.
 Dwyer however, is letting them all do the talking, and when tomorrow night comes he will be looking for some of that bunch of money that Gehle and his packer brought with them. He says he was not q fool when he made the match, and he claims that he knows Gehle's ability. and that he will prove tomorrow night that the weSterner is no better than any of the others who have appeared i here to down him. He is not throwing away good money to take a chance at every Tom. Dick and Harry without Knowing just where he stands in the matter. He has no fears of the result 1 of the match and he will demonstrate very positively tomorrow evening that 1 Gehle is not the wrestler he claims he is. Dwyer says that if the people who have watched Gehle in practice are convinced that he is the best man of the two they are at perfectly liberty to back their opinions. but he advises all his friends to place a few of the long green on his chances, for he does not believe that Gehle can beat him in q thousand years at any style of Wrest- 1 ling. He will make it fight right l from the start, no matter what the ] first style may be, and those who are l present will see the greatest tussle l that was ever witnessed in any sport ! ing house or in any sporting city. "Let i Gehle boast of what he is going to do, l but when get him on the mat he will remember as long as he lives that he was for once in his life up against a pretty strong game.'
 Brockton, Feb 19.-Joe Newton of i Providence was defeated in a wrest- ling match last night with John J. Lit l tie. Newton was to throw Little twice within an hour, but failed and Little then threw him in five minutes and 1 thirty seconds.
 John Piening, the "Butcher Bow" and Carl Norbeck, the Norwegian, are to meet in wrestling contest at the Lenox Lyceum on the evening of February 2S Norbeck has large following among the Danish and Swedish athletic and social clubs and will not lack for packers. While Piening will be outweighed by his larger opponent, he is very quick and is certain to make a very good show ing.
 Cleveland promoters of wrestling are formulating plans for a week S carnival in that city. Mcleod and Parr will meet first and the winner will meet Jenkins Atherton, Par ker, Roeber, Wittmer and Piening will be matched on respective days. Boxing bouts will also be held if per mission can be obtained. A purse of $2,500 has been offered for a match between Parr and Mcleod.