Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-21
NTH HE WRESTLERS.
Dwyer Adds One More Victim to
 His Waterbury List

Gehlc, the "German Hercules from
 Out of the West, Goes Down Before
 the Three Styles Used
 and in Each Dwyer Proved the Mas
 ter-Gehle Was Surprised and To
 day Lauds Dwyer.
 Possibly the last big wrestling tournament that will be held in this city in some time was pulled off last night ill Jacques auditorium, when Prof NJ. J. Dwyer of this city and Frank Gehle of Chicago were pitted against each other at catch weights. For weeks this match has been the taiiA of Waterbury and there were very many who predicted that Dwyer would meet his Waterloo and that the lnah to beat kim had been sent on from the west for that purpose. That Gehie had confidence that he would De de, clarea the winner was never more ln evidence than when he stated yestef- day afternoon to the writer after the referee had been chosen that he would beat Dwyer to a dead certainty. He was so confident that he wished 10 make the side bet $250 instead of S10O. This morning. when seen by the same writer and when handed back his SZo forfeit, which was ill the stakeholder hands as guarantee, he said lhat never in all his life did he get such I surprise. He came. here. expecting q snap, but he ran up against tough proposition. He believed that DWyer when he left the west to come east was just as good as he ever would be, and he knew. that if he had not lm- proved he could beat him. Instead of finding Dwyer unimproved he found him as good q wrestler as there IS Il this country to-day at his weight. ''Yes." said Gehle, She can beat any number of heayyweights, too. He ss q good man and there are but one or two men in this country that can beat him." Gehle believed that good match between Dan Mcleod. Tom Je1- kfns or Farmer Burns and Dwyer would be the best match that was ever seen in this country. He was told that Mcleod defeated Dwyer some weeks ago. and Gehle said that he knew that. but it must be taken into consideration that Dwyer had been in several match es before he met Mcleod and was pretty well tired out. Let Dwyer train for a match with either one of those fellows and he will make any of them hustle to win, and there are no three better men in the country to-day Than Jenkins. Mcleod and Farmer Burns.
 Gehle had also something to say about Harvey Parker. He said that he found since coming to Waterbury that the people in this city, or the great majority of them, believe that Parker is q world beater. He is at his weight, said Gehle He believed that there was no man in this country to- day could beat Parker at 40 pounds Parker is not a world beater. however said Gehle. for he has been beaten very many times in the east and by men lighter than himself Tommy Burns, the best. English lightweight in the world. beat Parker, and Burns weighed but 133 pounds. Mcleod threw Par ker twice in short space of time Pete Schumacher threw Parker twice an seven minutes. Jack Carkeek made a monkey of Parker, and he has been thrown innumerable times by men in the east. Gehle does not wish to take away any credit from Parker, but he does say that Parker in his best days would be no match for Dwyer as he is wrestling today. Parker was in his best form two years ago. To-day he is going back, said Gehle. because he is growing old. Parker told Gehle that Dwyer was wrestling well, but he thought that Gehle could beat him easily, as he had the weight and was just as clever. Gehle said further that with the $25 forfeit money returned to him he had just enough to get back to Chicago. and you could bet he wanted no more easy marks in the east if Dwyer was to be taken as a sample of the eastern wrestlers. He showed no i'll effects of the grueling he re- ceived last night. but he did feel sore in mind and body.
 At the lowest possible estimate there were 1900 people present when the preliminary was called last night. This preliminary, by the way was a corker, and those who were present got their moneys worth right there. Jack Har- vey, who is now residing in New Ha- ven, and who is known as the Brook 1yn Strong Boy," was to have been originally pitted against Danny Me Carthy of Brooklyn. Danny had a bad cold and a few days ago decided to withdraw from the contest. Two or three others were mentioned, and final 1y- Wednesday night Jesse Foley Of Naugatuck was selected to go up against the New Haven lad. Without q days training Foley went into the ring and the battle he put up was q game one. On the other hand, Harvey
 was game to the core. and never did two little men fight each other as did chose two last night. Several times it looked as if the referee would have to stop the bout as each was using tac- tics that made the other angry. Foley was the more aggressive of the two and he punished Harvey until the lat ter began to rough it, and then it was rough house for fair. In the last bont Foley began to put his knee into the muscles of Harvey's arm and Harvey resented this by seizing Foley by the hair and tried to drag it out by the roots. The referee cautioned him and then the battle became more like wrestling. In the first bout. after wrestling little over eight minutes. Foley secured Nelson and crotch fzc1fS an6 Ina fopoad IIarxvoxv x,x-o.. ~,1 J,;e