Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-26
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George Bothner will Retire from the Game for Good. His Shoulder is Still Bothering Him. Harvey Parker Says Jim Parr Can
 not Throw Him Three Times in an Hour Wiley and Parker Will Meet
 Within Month sharkey and Nc Leod to Meet on the Mat.
 George Bothner has made up his mind to retire from the mat for good and all He thinks the step advisable in view of the fact that his shoulder is bothering him more than ever. Both ner has one match on which he must
 keep. as he has posted a forfeit. It is with August Faust at the New Polo A. O., next Thursday night. T have. been on the mat for over twenty years, \ said the lightweight champion yester- day, land it is time to quit. I am not
 at all in shape, yet have been going
 against all corners. I have q good business proposition on hand which Il intend to take care of am in part nership with Billy Elmer in a gym nasium and I have over sixty pupils.
 need most of my strength to teach them and there is more money in it for me, too. I weigh only 135 pounds now, when ought to weigh 145, which shows that am losing, from too much work" Bothner is nearly 35 years old, but does not look more than 2. He is regarded as one of the best wrestlers in the world at his weight.
 Buffalo. Jan 26.-Harvey Parker, who is throwing the big and the little lights of the wrestling world with amazing facility and speed, is conscien- tiously and industriously footing his own horn this weather. He will meet Parr in the Olympic club tonight, and says: This Englishman will have lots of fun trying to throw me three times in an hour. I've got 9 picture of him doing it. felt Parr out in our fifteen minute bout in the Lafayette theater. and he could do nothing with him. He has as much chance as rabbit to Il have been meeting all corners with this show for two years, and have stood off men just as good and twice as big as Parr. made Ernest Roeber cry murder at Boston and put him out of the business. It is a cinch for me to win this match tonight. will be pre- pared for any kind of game. If Tom Jenkins couldn't beat Bothner in a. similar handicap. how can Parr expect to do it to me, for have trounced Bothner.'
 George Fischer, wrestling instructor of the New Polo A. O., has received challenge from Tom Matthews, a mid dleweight.- Fischer says that if any club will give purse he will arrange a match at catch weights. s
 Tom Sharkey intends to try his skill again on the mat and has selected Dan Mcleod as an opponent The two have signed articles for handicap match in Cleveland on February 12. The new catch-as-catch-ca champion will undertake to throw Sharkey twice in one hour.
 John Piening struck snag at Eliza beth the other night when he attempted to throw two men, Carl Schmidt and l Neil Olsen, in fifteen minutes. Fleming succeeded in downing Olsen, but it ] took him nine minutes to turn Olsen over. Schmidt stayed the remaining six minutes.
 In the event of defeating John Pien- ing in Madison Square Garden on Jan- nary 31, Tom Jenkins says that he will l try to induce Dan Mcleod to meet him | again tsI have noStad q jf0rfpit and IF | has been up for nearly two weeks" | says Jenkins, though it has not been l covered. When I was the champion I | never failed to give anybody a return | match. I threw Mcleod on two occa- sions but each time was willing tol give him q chance to redeem himseIf.'
 Whatever Jack Munroe, the Anacon. da miner, may know about boxing, it cannot be said that his Knowledge of wrestling is not wide The other day Munroe had tilt with George Bothner, and when the affair was over the latter had nothing but praise for the miner. ]. The style was catch-as-catch-can. At | first Bothner was inclined to be lenient | with Munroe. But Munroe soon showed | that he was no novice and tossed Both ner about at will. When the contest | was finished Munroe admitted having | been on the mat before. He surprised | everyone by saying that he had wres- tied with Dan Mcleod when the latter | was in California several years ago.
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