Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-28
NTH HE NRESTLERS.
Kelly and Swanson Match is
 Creating Much Interest.

Kelly Is Ia the Pink of Condition and
 Confident of Winning-Swanson and
 His Manager Will Go Broke If the
 Yonkers Man Loses-Jack Roach
 and the Unk- avn will! Have 2
 Warm Session.
 Probably no wrestling event that has taken place in this city has caused SC much talk as the one which Is to take place next Thursday night the Audi torium between John B. Kelly of this city and Alex Swanson of 9onkers Even the big matches with DWyer ano his opponents have not created as much interest. There is more money up on the match now than was placed on all the other matches put together Kelly has trained down to the llnll for this match and he is to-day in per feet condition. He is wrestling like 2 demon against all the men whe have come up against him and he spares none of them. He says he will make the game on Thursday night a whiri wind affair and that he will make the people who are present satisfied that he is fit to take any of the leaders al his weight He will be at weight, toe and he will wrestle strong at 14z pounds, which is the stipulated weight He has asked his friends to back him for every dollar they can raise and he would not be very apt to do that un- h p&ofr !, in ton to beat his man. If he loses he will have to eat snow balls for the rest of the winter, so he says, but he will not lose, and it is this confidence thai may land him the winner.
 Swanson, in the meantime, is peg ging away and his trainer says thai the little Swede is a second Harvey Parker. He never tires at his work and he keeps three men continually busy trying him out. He and his man ager and ten other sports from New York are coming up here on the after noon train and then the fur will fly when they flash their rolls.
 Jack Roach is getting himself 1T readiness to meet eorking good un known. He Is in the dark as to who his man is, but he will not be Wher the unknown gets in front of him There are some who think that a ring CT has been put up against this little wrestler, and perhaps Roach will meet his master at his own weight.
 The tickets for the match will go or sale at E, Fl. Towle's store on Center street tomorrow and there will be S big advance sale from the way people are talking about the match
 A meeting has been arranged for this afternoon between the managers ot Charley Wittmer of Cincinnati and John Fleming. Wittmer ever since he came east has been after Fleming whom he is confident of beating. Ii the bout Is made 1t will be held in New York. Graeeo-Roman rules will pre- vail as Wittmer is best at this style.
 The fame of George Bothner, the wrestling Instructor of the Knicker- booker A. O.. has reached England Recently Bothner received an allurine offer to go to the other side and meet tall comers' at one of the music halls He was compelled to refuse the offer He has gone into training for his match with Charley Leonhardt. Whicl was arranged q few days ago.
 Tom ConHers, who enjoyed q vel earned reputation some years ago al being one of the best catch-as7catch can wrestlers in England, has issued q challenge to meet any 145-pound mar in the world for from $250 to $500 side Connors has posted forfei with the London Mirror of Life as aI assurance that he means business. H. names atch-as-catch-can style, bes two out of three falls to count.
 After being almost strangled to deatl by Mouralak, a Swede, in wrestling match at Davenport, Ia, Rooney, tht Chicago gripman. was declared tn, winner. The, Swede won three fall. out of four. but as they were accom- plished by the garreting process Roo ney, more dead than alive. was hailes the victor. Rooney would have a beau fifuI chance with Mouralak were he u meet the Scandinavian up an alley.
 Tom Jenkins, the noted eateh-as catch-can wrestler. will train at CleVe land for his match with Jim Parr O England. The two are to come togeth CT before the Olympia A. C., Buffalo next month. Jenkins recently sav Parr perform and is of the opinion tha he is a first-class man. Jenkins fur ther said: "Dan Mcleod will not ge another match with me for the pres ent. He has been challenging me oftel and is now telling people that he dit not get fair deal when We met 8 Cleveland. The fact Is that 1 out stayed him and beat him to standstil in the last two falls. Now, when Par challenged me some months ago,
 promised to meet him for the world championship if he defeated Atherton I meant to keep my word and for tha reason he gets the preference: He i the champion of England and I am tn champion of America, If I defeat Par I may consider Mcleod and give hin aenther chance