Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-04

Match Was for $100 Side-Luttbeg
 Was Badly Hurt-Cuban Wonder Is
 Doing Good Work
 There was pulled off in private last night a corking good wrestling matcn' and it was witnessed by aDout hfty , people, It will be remembered Dy those who attended the Kelly and Lutr- beg tiasco that one Harry Hanson of Newark was introduced to the people and accepted the challenge of ..F'arm- err Burns to wrest1e in Bridgeport. Hanson came to this city unattended and wanted to get on a match with the winner of the Kelly and Luttbeg match, agreeing to throw either one of them twice in one hour. As soon as he saw the outcome of the match he believed it was all up as far as making a contest with either one of those chaps was concerned. HoWeer, he had brought on a roll of money with him and the day after that auditorium fizz1e he left $1O0 with the sporting ed itor of the Democrat as challenge to meet L1ttbeg. The latter was so con fdent that Hanson could not turn him over twice in one hour that he put up forfeit of $25 to bind the match. Hanson wanted the match pulled off the next night, but Luttbeg asked to have it put over until last night. This was finally agreed to and on Monday Lutt- beg put up the balance of the $1O0.
 Hanson did not arrive in. the city until yesterday afternoon, and like on his former visit, he came unattended. The match was to be catch -as-catch- can strangle hold barred, pin falls only to count, and the two falls must be made inside of one hour of actual wrestling time if Hanson was to win. After both men had stripped for the fray it was seen that Hanson was a powerful looking athlete. He probably dipped the scales at ITO pounds. Lutt- beg weighed not far from 140. Both were in excellent condition for the bat tie. There came near being a hitch in the start off, for the articles of agree ment did not call for Luttbeg winning the match if he got one fall. Hanson insisted on going by the articles of agreement which simply said that he must get two falls in one hour to win. Some of the packers of Ll1ttbeg de murred and the referee was called on to decide the matter, and he said that in all the handicap matches he had wit messed if the man who was handi- capped won a fall within the hour he won the match, burt if Hanson insisted on going by the articles of agreement there was no rule which could compel him to do differently There was some talk of calling the match off, but Hanson insisted that he would demand the money if the match was not con- tested under the articles of agreement Finally this was accepted and the match went on.
 It would have made no difference to Luttbeg whether that stipulation was in the articles or not, for after the men began to work it was seen at glance that L11ttbeg could not throw Hanson once in ten hours unless he broke his arm or leg. Hanson is not fast mat worker, and he has the style peculiar to all Graeco Roman wrestlers, for that is his great forte. He turned and twisted his lighter opponent into all kinds of knots and it was hard to tell just what hold he was trying to get on his man. Luttbeg was not idle all this time, for several times before the first fall he twisted himself out of several bad positions, particularly when Han son would try to bring Luttbegs' leg up his back almost to the breaking point While Hanson acted slow he was quick to take advantage of an opening and snapped at it as hungry fish would at bait. It was this quick ness which gave him the first fall. Luttbeg's arm came into the right po- sition and quick as flash Hanson grabbed it and the hammer lock was being worked. Slowly the arm was being forced up Luttbeg's back when his shoulders sank to the mat and Hanson had won the first fall in thir- teen minutes. Luttbeg's arm and shoulder appeared to be- hurt when he left the mat.
 After fifteen minutes rest they came on TOT tne fnal go. Lrlttbeg appeared to be uninjured. Hanson now work ed faster and he went after Luttbeg for quick fall. The plucky little Luttbeg went back at him, however, and it was fast pace for q few minutes. They mad been on the mat nearly seven min utes when Luttbeg again left an open ing and the deadly double Nelson was secured by Hanson. Slowly he forced Luttbeg's chin against his chest and the cords on the back of Luttbeg's neck sWeMed out. 1t was a terrible strain ana DefOre Luttbeg could turn over to allow himself to go to the mat he called for a halt. The referee immediately slapped Hanson on the back. the win her of the match in twenty minutes of atcual wrestling. Luttb eg was unable 10 arise from the mat and he moaned In pain. Hanson and the referee as sisted him to his feet and one of his shoulders appeared to be injured. He was taken to "a dressing room and cared for. Hanson's powerfulness and his cleverness as we'll gave him as easy a $100 as he ever won.
 Ithaca. Feb 4-Ed Atherton of Emf. falo and Tom Riley of England en- gagged in I wrestling bout here last night for purse of $2OO and the mid dleweight championship of the world Atherton won in two falls, the first of which was secured with a half Nelson ln 23 minutes and the last in 15 min utes.
 Harvey Parker, the Little Demon,v, I who is meeting all corners at the 1 Dewey theater this week, found a for. midable opponent in Eberhard Hahn