Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-11
NTH HE NRESTLERS.
The General Public Like and
 Patronize Good Wrestling

Part Have Been Good Ones-Efforts
 to Belittle the Game Are Not Honest
 ly Inspired-Wittmer Was Beaten
 Last Night by Jim Parr--The Com
 ing Match.
 The people cannot get ''too much of a good thing i'll the sporting line ana that is one reason why every match in which M J. Dwyer has been inter ested has been so well patronized and that is why the people who have at- tended those matches have gone away we'll satisfied. It is etter for the people to attend a good wrestling contest where each man is fighting hard for victory than to be buncoed by fake boxing matches. Every wrestling match that has been held herein the past few months has attracted more than the usual attendance, and, With the exception possibly, of one or two, who are always jealous of others sue cess, the rest of the people have been we'll satisfied. It is true that Water bury is a good stamping ground and that Dwyer has made much money here It is also true that he has claim ed wrestling to be side issue. Dwyer has made lot of money here but he has made it by his instruction i'll physl- cal culture more than he has in wrestling. If all his wrestling bouts i'll this city were figured up he would not have cleared over expenses, $o00, aside from the side. bets. In physical culture he has made six or eight times that much money and he has taken this money from people of the wealthier classes and those people are to-day his staunch friends. It is not often that the people of this city get q run for their money, it is not often that you can take in good athletic events at popular prices, it is not often that you can attend an exhibition and come away feeling that you have not been buncoed, but you have done so and you can do so again ill any match with which NJ. J. Dwyer has been connected. What the reasons are for throwing cold water on coming matches, it is hard to determine, but you can bet there is some 'snigger ill the woodpile.'' We have heard the statement made that a certain news paper man in this city received a ''bit" of each of the matches that has been pulled off between Dwyer and his op- ponentS. There is q certain newspaper man i'll this city who has received a bit but that 'bit'' was received for his work on the mat. He received just what any other man would have re- ceived acting ill the same capacity and not one cent more. He has never re cefved a cent for any newspaper article he has ever written, aside from ges he receives from his employer. He has received the assurances of the best people in this city that so long as the wrestling contests in this city were conducted on the same basis and with the same fairness that has character lzed. the past ones, the people of this city who like square, open and above board sports will patronize them. If attempts are being made now to injure the wrestling game i'll order to advance some other project, q wrong method of advancing sport i'll this city is being started. Waterbury cannot get too much clean, level and above suspicion contests and the wrestling game i'll this city will stand all criti- cism and bear every inspection, no matter what may be the inuendos thrown out by certain disgruntled or jealous persons. The people know what they want and they are willing to pay for it. If they are then they should be given q surfeit of wrestling the people will declare themselves. ir- respective of any dissatisfied persons.
 Montreal, March 11-Dan Mcleod undertook to throw Gonthier, local man, five times in an hour at Sohirer mark laSf niUbf and failaH TJo YA.,r him down only four times The first fall required over 24 minutes
 Buffalo, March 11.-Charley Wittmer of Cincinnati was defeated by Jim Parr of England in d mixed style wrestling match in the presence of an immense gathering of sports at the Olympic A. c. in this city last night. Wittmer succeeded in gaining one fall. HeN won the toss and chose Graeco- Roman as the style for the first bout. After hauling Parr about the mat for B minutes 20 seconds, the. Cincinnati giant downed the Englishman with q crotch and wrist hold. Par won the next fall at catch-as-catch-can style in s minutes p seconds with q firm crotch hold. Wittmer made frantic ef- forts to break this hold, but they proved futile. Parr. who gained his fall in the shortest time, was allowed to chose the style for the third bout He named catch-as-catch-ca After locking Wittmer firmly with a crotch and neck hold, Parr threw him in IA minutes, thereby winning the match.
 Manager George V. Tuohey, who has charge of Charley Wittmer tele- graphed this morning that he would be here tonight at s o'clock. He will stop at the Hotel Weeden and he would like to meet Dwyer at that time. The Brooklyn Athletic club, whose managers are desirous of man. aging the coming match between Dwy- CT and Wittmer, can see Tuohey to- night and no doubt after a little heart to heart talk, the Brooklyn boys may be able to get the match. It Is hoped that the Athletic club will get this match for they are anxious to take hold of the wrestling game. know ing that it is the squarest game that has ever come into this city. The two forfeits of S100 each are still held by the sporting editor of the Democrat and there is no doubt but that the match will be the best one ever con- ducted in Waterbury. Wittmer has the advantage in two styles and should land winner. but Dwyer says he will not. At any rate, no matter who will be the winner, the writer would be pleased to see the Brooklyn boys