Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-20
NTH HE WRESTLERS.
The Mat Workers Are Busy
 Chaps Just Now.

s5 N Tom Jenkins Wins Fierce Match
 from Jim Parr-The Latter Won the
 First Fall-Tom McInerney Tells
 How He Was Beaten Herrich Fails
 to Throw Fisher Mcleod Has Sev-
 eral Matches.
 Buffalo. Dec 2O.-Tom McInerney, the Irish wrestler, is back from Clevee land looking little the worse for his hard tussle with Tom Jenkins. There is one consolation for me- said the Irishman smilingly. T threw the American champion in quicker time than he ever was thrown before. He beat me because of his excessive weight and the fact that was handi- capped with boil on my neck. Wrestling pinned falls with Jenkins is unbeatable because he is too strong 10 be pinned"
 Buffalo, Dec 20.-4In a fierce and wicked match here last night, Tom Jenkins, the heavyweight wrestling champion, threw Jim Parr of England twice in succession, winning the match in one hour a1td thirty three minutes and forty seconds of sensational wrestling. Parr won the first fall from the Clevelander, but in the sec- ond and third bouts Jenkins, wonder. fui strength and weight began to tell, and slowly but gamely Parr succumb- ed 10 man his superior at the game. The match was Wrestled at the Sixty fifth Regiment armory before more than 4,000 people. The betting was 2 to 1 on Jenkins. Parr threw Tom by a flying fall in IT minutes 30 seconds. Paris chances for victory looked bright in the extreme at this point. After . brief rest the men were at it again. Jenkins brought into play ev- cry trick known to the wrestling game and finally threw his man twice. The chances of Tom McTnerney Of Ireland and Charley Wittmer of Cin- 1 cinnati coming together seem to be rather remote. McInerney went to Cincinnati to get Wittmer to sign ar ticles of agreement, but declares that the latter wltl no wrestIe him. No matter how the contest between Jim Parr and Tom Jenkins turns oue Parr anb Dan Mcleod will come to- gether The pair settled on this point
  | two in three falls before the club hang ing up the best purse during the first week in February.
 | George Bothner said yesterday that win UT lose with Tom Jenkins, he will meet Dan Mcleod. The lightweight champion has signed papers to tlt,s eff 1 feel. The contest will be decided i'll New York. Bothner has received an offer Of a purse of .$400 to wrestle l 'fAmericus' at Baltimore next month | If the offer is raised to S50O George says that he will accept.
 Frank Herrick, assistant wrestling i instructor of the New York A. c. fail ed in hi attempt to throw George Fish CT three times in che hour at the New Polo A. C., 129th street and Park ave- nue last night. The contest was gov erned by catch-as-catch-can rules, Thomas Carroll of Harlem being ref cree. A large delegation of members 1 of the New York A. C., hea ed by Professor Mike Donovan, attended the match. The struggle was spirited and aroused the crowd to great enthusi- asm. Herrfck was .25 pounds heavier than Fisher and also had strength in his favor. but try as he would he could not dislodge Fisher. At the ex- piration of 39 minutes and 40 seconds Herrick secured half Nelson coupled with a barhold which gained fall for him. After resting ten minutes tho match was resumed. The end of , bout found Fisher up and doing, an he was declared the winner. Two preliminaries at catch-as-catch-ca style, preceded the event of the even- ing. fa;a- Wexler and John Kane were the first to try conclusions. Wex- Ter won in 91a minutes. The next bout was between Billy Brown, pupil of George Bothner, and Barney Kembel of Harlem. Brown found no trouble in throwing Kembel in 9 minutes 30 seconds. s~9 ~s.