Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-11-19
WITH The WRES1LERS.
Mcleod the Great Scot is in
the City.

He is Ready for His Battle With
Dwyer Tomorrow Night Joe Car
roll the Irish Wrestler VIII Be Back
ed Heavily Against jenkins John
Piening a Busy Man.
Both the principals in the big wrest-
ling contest which is to take place to-
morrow evening in the Auditorium are
in the city and ready for the fray. Dan
Mcleod was escorted around town last
evening by Manager James Carroll,
who is conducting the tournament.
and he made many friends. Mcleod
is a quiet fellow and does but very lit
tie talking. Everyone who saw him
wondered at his remarkable build
While much shorter than Dwyer he is
built like a giant in the body. He is
a powerful looking man and promises
the public of Waterbury one of the
best wrestling contests they have ever
witnessed in the city. His one am
bition is to become the champion of
the world and he is going to keep af-
ter Tom Jenkins until he defeats him.
once he can get him outside of Jenkins
that championship.
A preliminary has been arranged
and another corking good wrestler will
De III II. Butch" Saar, alias Barnes,
ALIAS Smith, alias ''The Flying Dutch
man., will be the professional wrest-
ief IN this preliminary. He will try
10 throw Perrigard of the Brooklyn
Athletic club three times in thirty min,
utes. Saar was at one time the
wrestling partner of Mcleod, but TO.
day he is the partner of Dwyer. He
came to this city under the name of
Barnes trying to catch John e. Kelly.
He practiced a few times over in the
Brooklyn Athletic club rooms and f.
nally drifted to New Haven under the
name of Smith. There he was called
The Flying Dutchman,'' but his real
name is Saar and he is considered one
OF the best wrestlers of his weight in
the country. That will give the pub
lie two corlling good matches.
Dan Mcleod was caller lat the
Democrat office to-day and said that
he wished to deny that he had ever
wrestled Dwyer but once He beat
him in Worcester some time ago and
never wrestled him in Buffalo. He is
giving Dwyer much bigger handicap
in this match than in his last one, but
says he will beat him. Mcleod is
now matched to meet Jenkins for
$1,000. side but says he will not
wrestle him in Cleveland. He had
enough of that place against Jenkins. |
John Piening, the "Butcher Boy
and Jim Parr, the champion of Eng
land, practically have been matched to |
Wrestle at mixed style, the contest to |
take place in Buffalo after the
champion has tried con-
illusions with Tom Jenkins. Piening |
will find plenty Of backing to defeat |
the latter it he manages to give Both
nsr his quietus within the stipulated |
time at the Grand Central Palace next
Friday night, under catch-as-catch-
can rules.
Harvey Parker, who has just wound
up week in st Louis, seems eager
to come east and meet someaof the
foreign champions Parker writes: |
There is one man who deserves all |
that is said about him. He is Dan
He is on the level and in I
my opinion the greatest in the business.
To show how much faith I have in his
prowess will back him for $1,000
against Jenkins or any other wrestler
in America. I will wager, too, that /
can throw Piening five times
IN one hour at any sty1e.''
Joe Carroll, who is now matched to
meet Tom Jenkins in catch-as-catch-
can wrestling match for the champion
ship Of the world in Madison Square
Garden next Tuesday night, has found
a hacker who is willing to wager any
part of $1,000 upon his chances. This
hacker is a member of a prominent
Irish society of New York and do
not want his identity known. He viii
have the money ready, however, he
says, on call for any one who wishes
to come forward and cover it. A let
ter addressed to Joe Carroll. New Polo
Athletic club, Harlem, New York city,
will reach Carroll's hacker.