Waterbury Democrat., 1902-11-28
NTH TIE uRESTLERS.
John E. Kelly Wins the Match
 from (Rober) Reagan.

E
 Man, Both by Hammer Locks
 Roach and Chnaki Wrestle Without
 a Fall-Jesse Foley Fails to Throw
 o'ConneH Two Falls-A Raft of
 Other Wrestling News.
 There was a big crowd present at the Auditorium last night to witness the wrestling tournament in when three good matches we're pulled or. Everybody left the hall perfectly sat isfied after the matches were over.
 The first contest brought Jack Roach of this city and William Chnak1 of Bridgeport together. Chnak1 sald he weighed 135 pounds but he looked at least twenty pounds heavier. They were to wrestle for thirty minutes and they did. The Waterbury lad was con- tinually on the aggressive, but the Bridgeporter was too big and heavy for him to handle successfully. Roach tried all kinds of holds but was unable to turn his man over and the contest ended in draw.
 The second contest was grand one. Jesse Foley of this city and Ed O'Con- nell of New Haven were the Wrestlers. Foley agreed to throw O'Connell twice in one hour but he failed to do so. Both men were in almost perfect con- dition, although O'ConneH said after the match that he was not in good shape. Foley worked hard and pun ished the New Haven lad in several ways. He tried in vain to secure a hammer lock, but could not land it. Many times O'Connell came out of some pretty tight places and he jump ed into the favor of the crowd by his plucky work. Just as forty minutes was ending Foley finally got firm leg lock on O'Connells head and with half crotch hold he rolled O'ConnelI over for the first fall. After ten min- utes rest they went at each other again and Foley worked like a tiger to down his man but O'ConnelI was safe when the sixty minutes were over. Then came challenges. O'ConnelI agreed to wrestle Foley on even up terms for $100 a side. Foley said he would accept it if O'ConneIl would weigh ia at 12S pounds at the ringside. O'Connell said he did not know wheth- CT he could get down to that weight, but he would try it and a match may be arranged between the two.
 The final bout of the evening grought John B. Kelly of this city and John Rober) Reagan of Brockton together. Kelly was faster than the Massachu- sets lad who outweighed him a few pounds. Reagan tried for but one hold and this he never was able to se- cure. His left hand went after the crotch hold while his right tried for the cross arm lock placing Kelly's head in chancery. While he twisted k tc zIy q xIz. j. never succeeded in landing the arm. He did give Kelly a little grueling but he did not have the strength to do any effective work Kelly on the contrary. tried several holds and finally went after the hammer lock. He secured the first one easily in fifteen minutes. After the rest Kelly became the ag- gressor and in eleven minutes he had secured another hammer lock and the hlatch. Reagan proved himself a good man and several times slipped away from bad looking hammer locks.
 BuHalo. Nov 28.-Tom McInerney. an Irish athlete, and Alois Gonthier. French Canadian and the heayy- weight champion of Canada, were the prlnclpals in a wrestling match at the olympic A. 0. here Thursday night, and McInerney won easily. The men met at mixed styles; McInerney won me toss Of coin and made the first bout catch-as-catch-can, winning d fall in 13 minutes 30 seconds with a firm arm and wrist hold. Gonthier named Graeco-Roman for the next bout. He won fall in IT minutes l second with an arm and body hold. which McInerney tried hard to break with no result. The men agreed that the winner of the shortest fall would name the. style for the deciding bout. McInerney chose catch-as-catch-can as the third bout and won in 13 min utes 30 seconds. The Trishman will be matched with either Dan Mcleod or Jim Parr.
 Forfeits of S100 side were posted yesterday for the match between John Fleming and Tom Jenkins. which is to be held in New York in January.
 John Fleming says that his weight when he met George Bothner was much exaggerated. The "Butcher Boy" declares that he only tipped the beam at tride over 165 pounds and that he never weighs more than 175 pounds.
 Steve O'DonneIl, not the fighter by the way. dropped in from New York yesterday and proposes to start a wrestling tournament here in which he will match some out of town wrest- lers against the local boys. Water bury seems to be the mecca for wrest- ling promoters.
 Professor Billy Mccarthy says he will not do much in the wrestling line but will devote his time to physical culture and boxing lessons. He says he already has a number of pupils and after he becomes better acquainted he will try and introduce some new feat ures in the boxing line.
 Jim Parr of England is leaving no stone unturned in his endeavor to se- cure another contest with Tom Jen- kins. Parr has posted forfeit and is willing to abide by any reasonable conditions named by Jenkins. Parr is training every day and has three matches in view. He expects to clinch a struggle with Dan Mcleod in a few days.
 Harvey Parker during his tour on he road has developed number of Frestlers. One of them, Harvey