Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-17
WITH THE WRESTLERS.
Big Crowd Expected at the Tourna-
 ment at Forest Park.

ment at Forest Park. The wrestling match to be given
 next Thursday night at Forest Park
 will be attended by an immense gather
 ing of lovers of the wrestling game
 according to all reports. This will be
 peculiar contest too for the ladies are 1 buying tickets to see the matches.
 Every contestant will be dressed in i tights and the matches will be run in such manner that everybody can at l tend without fear. That there is l interest in the matches is evinced from
 the fact that Naugatuck is going to | send up a big delegation to see Jesse I dentally to back him. Some of this
 delegation is anxious to back Foley against Jack Roach at 12S pounds and
 perhaps a match will be arranged on that evening.
 | The first preliminary will be between
 two boys at 112 pounds and clever lads | they are. Leon Wood of Wallingford | is one of the cleverest athletes in the state and he says he will make young Jack Foley look like a despised nickel. | On the other hand Foley says that he
 knows he can beat Wood because he has learned more about the game than has Wood. The second preliminary
 will see Tom Bartlett of New Haven and Jack Kgnole of Worcester go up
 gainst each other. They do say that
 Bartlett is a ringer and that they tried to work Jack Roach to go on with him but Roach declined. Bartlett may ind another ringer in Kgnole.
 The main bout will be peach for both Jesse Foley and Jack Harvey are l T +1,nr- xxyiI1 make it q fast match from the start to the end The prices of admission are 9 and 50 cents and the little theater may not be able to hold the crowds who desire to see the matches.
 George Bothner said yesterday that he is prepared to arrange q match With John Piening provided the latter Will undertake to throw him five times ln one hour, as he did Billy Edwards of Harlem.
 Another foreign wrestler has come to this country in search of new laurels. He is Jack Clayton, better known as "Bulldog'' Clayton. Clayton holds the middleweight championship of Eng land He has defeated all corners in his class abroad and wants to try con- clusions here with Tom Jenkins. Clay ton is at present at Buffalo.
 Nick Elliott the New York wrestler, has decided to quit the mat and take up boxing Elliott will not quit the game until next fall, as he has signed articles for several matches. Elliott is a heavyweight and is no novice with the gloves. He has boxed with Jim Corbett and Tom Sharkey and is scien- tific. Elliott is a six-footer and is 24 years old.
 In a letter to a friend Jim Jeffries writes that he may engage Ill wres- ting match in public before his en- counter with Bob Fitzsimmons. lief friess manager is now looking for an opponent for the champion and if he se- cures a good man the match will be made. Young Whistler, who is said to be a nephew of Clarence Whistler, may get the chance.
 George Tuohey, on behalf of Charley Wittmer, writes: Charley is ready to face Tom Jenkins again. If the match is arranged it will have to be at mixed style of course. As Wittmer is Graeco-Roman wrestler, challenges from would-be opponents who desire straight catch-as-catch-can contests will not be considered Wittmer is prepared to meet either John Fleming or Tom Jenkins in New York, Cincinnati or Cleveland"
 A rather clever catch-as-catch-can heavyweight wrestler has turned up in Buffalo in the person of Jerry Donnelly of Ireland. The other night Donnelly tackled Joe Winzenried at the Lafay ette theater, Buffalo. The bout was fast from the start. The match was at mixed style, the third bout being de- cided on the toss of a coin. Donnelly took the first fall at catcn-as-catch-c style ill seven minutes. Winzenried threw his man in 10 minutes under Graeco-Roman rules. The Irishman won the final fall and the match in nine minutes, catch-as-catch-can style Donnelly expects to go to New York in day or two. He will try and induce John Fleming to meet him.
 MammotIa Pulp and Paper Mill.
 PLATTSBURG, IN. Y, June 17-J. | D. Powers of Schuylerville, N. Y., has purchased the big pulp mill of the Ere