Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-22
Important Match To-Night in
 New York.

are to meet in handicap match. Jenkins will undertake to throw Both her four times in one hour or forfeit his right to the decision and a large portion of the gate receipts. Despite the disparity in the weights there are many who believe that Jenkins will not be successful in his herculean task. Bothner is admittedly the best defensive wrestler in the world and at his weight one of the cleverest. Jenk- ins's victories over Tom McInerney, Joe Carroll and Jim Parr all within the period of a month show conclus- ively that he is a great man on the mat. The betting on the match is wig orous with Bothner a slight favorite. There will be three preliminary bouts and the main event will begin at 9:30 o'clock.
 George Bothner has accepted the purse offered by Baltimore club for a match between himself and 'Ameri- cus.'' ...
 Alois Gonthier, the giant French ex- ponent of Greaco-Roman wrestling, has forwarded a forfeit and challenge to Cincinnati to meet Charley WittIner.
 Bill Brown known professionally as Buster" a pupil of George Bothner, has issued a challenge to wrestle any lightweight in the ring barring Both ner.
 Win or lose with Bothner tonight Tom Jenkins will meet Dan Mcleod at Worcester on Christmas day after noon. The pair are slated to come to- gether catch-as-catch-can style, best two in three falls.
 Emil Selva, the Patterson Giant, who has met most of the prominent heavyweights, is after a match with the Cuban Wonder The latter is Tom Jenkins's wrestling partner Sel- va prefers to have a match at Graeco- Roman style. l,5
 John Fleming, the Butcher Boy," met Neil Olsen, the Danish heavy weight wrestler, at a Brooklyn th0ater Saturday. night and agreed to throw the latter within fifteen minutes or forfeit $50. Olsen managed to stay the limit and he got the $50.
 Gus Holtz, the middleweight wrest- Ter of Yonkers, who recently defeated Max Luttberg of St Louis in a handi- cap match, sailed for Germany last Saturday. Holtz recently received an offer from the other side to meet Jake Schwartz, the 150-pound champion.
 Johnny Mack, the fistic manager, is in receipt of a letter from Alois Gou- thier to the effect that the latter will be in New York in two weeks time ready to wrestle any man in the world at Graeco-Roman style. Gouthier says that in the future he will discard catch-as-cafch-can rules. ."a I
 Tn failure of Frank Herrick, as sistant instructor of wrestling of the New York A. O., to throw, George Fischer at the New Polo A. c. thsee times ill an hour has provoked num- Der of challenges from a number of local heavyweights, all desirous of tackling Herrick. Among them are Nick Elliott, Leo Pardello and August Faust.
 John B. Kelly is training hard for his match with Max Luttbeg of New York, which takes place Christmas af- ternoon. Luttbeg, who was one of the bunch of wrestlers whom Steve O'Donnell brought here for his tourna ment, is rated fast man in New York. He will try ito throw Kelly twice in one hour. There will be a preliminary.
 The failure of D. A. McMillan to defeat Prof M. J. Dwyer at Scranton, Pa. the other night, has induced the former to challenge Dwyer again. Me Millan says that the contest was no test of his skill, and that if given an other chance he will be able to turn the tables. Dwyer declares that he will wrestle McMillan again under any reasonable conditions.
 Jim Parr, the Englishman, says: "Jenkins is certainly wonder and de serves all the credit for defeating me. I thought that had chance with my increased weight but am now satis- fed that he knows more than I do about the game. Before I return to England I will try to secure matches with Dan Mcleod, Wittmer and other good men, If I defeat them will then be in a position to demand an other match with Jenkins"
 Nick Elliott, the heavyweight, while meeting all corners at Boston recently discovered a prodigy at wrestling named Otis Lambert. The latter es- saved to face Elliott for fifteen min utes and by clever, consistent work,
 
 so impressed with Lambert's prowess that he has taken Lambert under Jhis wing and is ready to match him against any middleweight in the busi ness. Lambert was formerly a gym mast
 It was positively stated yesterday that George Hackenschmidt, the clever Russian wrestler, would come to Amer ica during the first week in January. The noted foreigner has been signed by theatrical promoter at a salary of $500 week. The clause in the con- tract permits Hackenschmidt to meet any man he wishes in a serious match and to tackle all corners on the road. Upon his arrival here Hackenschmidt will look up Tom Jenkins and Dan Nc Leod. He offers to wrestle them at any style they wish.
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