Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-20
WITH TIE WRESTLERS.
Jesse Foley Wins the Match
 With Jack Harvey.

Harvey Made Many Friends, Al though Defeated-Jack Foley and Tom Bartlett Won in the Prelimin-
 aries-Haryey and Foley May Wres-
 tie for the City League.
 The small crowd that attended the wrestling tournament at Forest park last evening witnessed two of the fercest contests that have ever been seen on mat ill this city. Water bury has had some corking good wrestling encounters, but it is not ex- aggerating to say that the last contest last evening between Jesse Foley of this city and Jack Harvey of New Haven was one of the hardest fought battles that has ever taken place in Connecticut. So fast and hot was it that at the end of the second fall and the final fall, neither man was able to rise to his feet.
 The sport was enlivened during the evening by challenges hurled back and forth by those interested in Jack Roach. The announcer made the statement that Jack Roach would Wrestle the winner of the main contest at 130 pounds for any amount of moE- ey This brought Jack Harvey to the front with a call for Roach to show himself and he was told he was not in the house. Harvey then said that he had been made a sucker of for the last four years in going up against men over his weight and he did not propose to do it any more. He claimed the featherweight champion ship of the world; if Roach could get down to l25 pounds he would wrestle hlm for any part Of $1O0 and right there on the mat where he was stand ing.
 At this point John D. Kelly came down to the stage and stated that Roach would wrestle the two Harvey and Foley, one after the other, for any amount of money. Harvey replied that it would be easy for Roach to do that at catchweights but he said if Roach will come down to my weight he won't have to wrestle two of us he can Wrestle me alone. Things were getting warm about this time and each side had packers and in order to make good feeling all around the referee called halt and sent the two princi- pal wrestlers on the mat for the second fall of the night
 The first preliminary was between Jack Foley, a brother of Jesse, and Leon Wood of Wallingford It was at 112 pounds and Wood was not in it a bit for he was thrown for the first fall in three minutes and sixteen sec onds with a quarter Nelson and crotch hold and the second fall in three minutes and twelve sec onds with a similar hold.
 | Tho caaond rara1iYpi,,oY.xr hro,,rb+ IA gether Tom Bartlett of New Haven. q pupil of Jack Harveys, and George Kgnole of Worcester. This was a : pretty warm contest and it looked as if Kgnole was the better man as Bart lett appeared to be slow. Before the bout was over. however, Bartlett prov ed that he knew the game well and all though Kgnole tried to be the aggres- . sor he was thrown in two straight falls. He received q pretty good gruel- ing too before he went down. Kgnole broke away from some Bad holds but could not remain on top very long. At the end of fifteen minutes Bartlett secured full Nelson and slowly fore ed Kgnole to the mat He kept the bridge as long as he could but finally called for the referee to give his op- ponent the fall just as his shoulders sank to the mat. The second bout was again hard fought, but Kgnole was tired out from his exertions and sue cumbed to another full Nelson in eight
 minutes. There was some question during one of the falls as to one of the holds that Bartlett had on Kgnole, some of the spectators claiming it was strangle. It was a face lock which is almost as dangerous as a strangle if it is well secured and after the contest Kgnole admitted that no strangle had been used on him.
 The main contest was not started until late as the tournament had to wait until after the regular show of the theater. The struggle for the first fall was bitter one The two had met before and neither secured fall in an hour of wrestling. Foley was the aggressor from the first to the last and at once began attempts to secure , hammer lock. Time and time again it looked as if Harvey's arm was sure Iy going when out from the hold would he slip and the crowd applauded. Foley kept at his work consistently and he showed up i'll better form than he has ever done i'll any of his matches. Harvey was on top but very little dur
 ing that first struggle and his princi-
 pal hold was a lock around the head and neck. After a fight for twenty five minutes Foley again secured the hammer lock and Harvey tried to wriggle out of it but was nailed with a | quarter, Nelson and leg lock. Again 2 did Harvey try to slip away and this time the scissors was worked upon
 him until finally he fell into the guar
 ter Nelson and crotch hold and slowly he sank to the mat for the first fall. It was after this first fall that the challenges were hurled back and forth
 and Harvey said he was not defeated yet Tn the second bout Harvey work
 ed like a demon and Foley was busy
 keeping his head out of jeopardy. Fo-
 ley was working hard too and the hot : pace was beginning to tell on each of 9 them. At the end of twelve minutes t Harvey who had been working for q l Nelson secured it and slowly forced g Foley over to a bridge. Foley tried : hard to break away but Harvey clung
 to him and slipping from beneath Fo-
 lev he pressed him slowly to the mat
 and won the second fall in twelve min : utes.
 I The third bout saw both men very tired but Foley was again the aggres , sor. He was after sthe hammer lock
 orain md at one time secured a firm