Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-11-21
WITH THE WRESTLERS.
Greatest Contest Ever Seen Held
in This City Last Night.

Dan Mcleod, the Champion Scot,
Failed in His Attempt to Throw
Mike Dwyer Three Times The Big
Crowd Wildly Excited Over the
Clever Work of Both Men Jack
Roach Wrestles Draw With Ben
Hermann in Bridgeport.
Despite the opposition he had to
zee, Manager James S. Carroll can to-
day congratulate himself that he had
the satisfaction of producing one of
the best wrestling matches that has
ever taken place in New England.
One week ago Manager Carroll learn
ed of the attempt by certain parties to
make the match a failure, but he
pluckily kept at it and made up his
mind that the match would take place
IT he had to borrow money enough to
pay expenses. He did not have to
borrow one cent, however, and those
people who did remain away missed
one of the fastest and most scientific
contests that has ever been pulled off
on any mat. There was big attend
ance too and before the big match
was over. never was an audience so
excited nor so wildly enthusiastic as
was the one last night. The old Audi
forum has never before contained
such an audience. for cheer followed
cheer, in rapid succession as first one
and then the other wrestler took the
aggressive. All through the contest
the people were continually forced to
their feet as the two champions of the
mat struggled for the supremacy. Dan
Mcleod, powerful, clever, fast and pos
sessed of the quickness of a panther,
and Mike Dwyer, not SO powerful,
just as clever and as fast and as slip
perry as an eel. Those We're the two
men who for one hour gave the big
crowd present in the auditorium a
never to be forgotten contest on the
mat. 49,
The preliminary brought on the mat
fButch" Saar, the man with all the
aliases. He was covered with a big
overcoat when he took his corner and
looked across at Kid Hartford of Bos-
ton who was to be his opponent. Saar
did not look very big until he threw off
that coat and then a second Harvey
Parker came to light. Hartford look
ed like kid as he was called, along
side of Saar. The crowd laughed
all through the contest as Saar simniy
played with his opponent as cat would
with mouse. He let Hartford do
whatever he liked in the matter of
taking holds and at the end of three
minutes with an arm and scissors
hold he pinned the smaller mans
shoulders to the mat for the first fall.
He took only two minutes to take the
next fall which he won by an arm and
body roll. He let Hartford stay five
minutes in the last fall. Then after
showing all kinds of locks and holds
he tied his legs around Hartford's
body and without the aid of his hands
he forced his shoulders to the mat for
the final fall Saar proved himself
wonderful wrestler and at the close
he made the following statement. He
was looking for a match and he said
that he would agree to throw John e.
Kelly three times in one hour, Jesse
Foley four times in one hour and
Jack Roach five times in one hour. for
any amount and at any time or place.
Michael J. Dwyer was the first man
of the big fellows to get into his cor
ner and he was given a good hand.
Dan Mcleod came shortly after. It
did not take long to get down to bust
ness. Mcleod, while not in perfect
condition, amazed the people by his
great build. He is shorter than Dwyer,
but he outweighed him last night by
at least twenty pounds. He was to
throw Dwyer three falls in one hour.
The professor was in perfect condition,
in fact better than he has ever been at
any of his matches in this city. j. H.
Murray acted as the official timer and
J. f. Reagan of Worcester acted as
timer for Mcleod. Promptly on the
call of time the men went at each other
sparring for an opening. 1t did not
take long for Mcleod to find an open
ing and he was soon at work on top of
the jaunty professor. Then grue1ing
followed and Dwyer was put through
a case of stunts that would make the
strongest man weary. Body rolls. leg
locks, arm locks, head spins, quarter
Nelson's, crotch and hammer locks
were tried in quick succession. From
each Dwyerl slipped away to get on
top himself. The professor could make
no impression on the champion Scot
and invariably Mcleod would throw
him off, roll from beneath and with a
bound like a cat spring on top again
1t was pretty, fast and clever work
and the spectators cheered wildly.
Several times did Mcleod gain a
crotch and quarter Nelson but he was
in bad position to maintain his adj
vantage and Dwyer on each
occasion would get Mcleod
head in chancery or wrig-
gle out of the hold like a slippery
eel. Mcleod never let up an instant
and he kept after his man forcing the
pace as he saw the time slipping by.
Twenty minutes had been called and
then Mcleod went after Dwyer like a
bull dog. He tore at him now at his
head, now at his feet. now on one side
and again on the otker. He had
Dwyer puzzled as to where he would
be next when suddenly his right hand
got the crotch hold. his left shot into
the quarter Nelson and his body
which he could not get right when he
had the same holds before slowly
pressed Dwyer to the mat There was
no getting away from that hold and
McLeod's huge frame soon had the
both shoulders of the professor touch
ing the mat The first fall was made
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