Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-02
ON THE MAT.
Dan Mcleod Going to England
 to Try His Luck.
Jim Parr Couldn't Turn Over Gus Wiley and Joe Grant Struggled an Hour and a Half Without Fall Jack Munro Meeting All Corners.

South Manchester, March 2.--An ex- hibition of skill in wrestling was wit messed by very large crowd in the Armory opera house saturday evening between Charles Reinecke, the middle weight champion of Pennsylvania, and M. J. Dwyer of Bridgeport, the middle weight champion of the United States. Dwyer was to throw Reinecke three times in an hour, catch-as-catch-can style of wrestling. Should Reinecke throw him once in an hour Reinecke was to be declared the winner. Rein ecke's game was on the defensive. Dwyer's great strength was to his ad- vantage and three or four times during the match he lifted Reinecke bodily from the mat and threw him down again with considerable force. After forty-five minutes Dwyer bridged Rein- ecke, then work down to n double-bar lock and forced the shoulders of Rein ecke onto the mat. A five minutes rest was allowed between falls. after which they again started in. Dwyer started in with little rapid work. but Reinecke showed his quickness and the time was called without another fall being made. By the terms of the match Reinecke won.
 Frank Herrick, assistant wrestling instructor of the New York A. G., is after another match with Clarence Bouldin, the Cuban Wonder" Her. rick thinks their recent struggle, in which Herrick was defeated, was not a genuine test of his skill.
 Max Wiley of Rochester met Joe Grant, the champion welterweight of the south, at Baltimore, recently, and after going 1 hour and 30 minutes the contest was decided draw. Grant had the better of the weight by fully twenty pounds, but Wiley showed more science.
 Jack Munroe tried his hand at wrest- ling in Baltimore last week, and made fair showing. He met all corners, tackling as many as two opponents daily. He threw several of his rivals, but the majority of them stayed the limit, fifteen minutes. The style was catch-as-catch-c
 It has been decided to hold the match between August Faust and Anderson i'll Brooklyn instead of at the New Polo A. c. The men will meet within three weeks at straight Graeco-Roman style, best two, in three falls. ,Richheimer is in receipt of letter from H. Hansen of Perth Amboy, in which the latter agrees to wrestle Faust after the local mans bout with Anderson is settled.
 Jim Parr of England struck n snag in August Gustavson the big Swede of Jamestown, N. Y, at Jamestown the other night. Parr attempted to throw Gustavson twice in an hour, but. like Mcleod and others, failed to even gain a single fall Gustavson's showing was excellent, and those who have seen him perform believe he has q fine chance against any of the big men.
 Peter Ramon of England, who came to this country with Joe Carroll of Ire land as the latter's trainer, has signed articles to meet Alex Swansen at Yon- kers this month in handicap match. Ramon will attempt to throw Swansen three times in an hour at catch-as- catch-can rules before the club offering the best purse. Jenkins will try to , throw Munroe four times in an hour.
 Dan Mcleod, holder of the catch-as- catch-can title, will go to England in June to meet all corners in his class. He proposes to try for match with 1EOASS 1ldCACllSCuAtiQNs eMClLGOU uds communicated with the Russian giants manager, and expects a favorable an swer in a few days. Another bout which Mcleod is now trying to arrange for the other side is with Tom Cannon, the veteran English wrestler.
 Hjalmer Lundin, the big Swedish wrestler, signalized his return to this country from trip through his native land by defeating Duncan A. McAillan of Milwaukee at Worcester the other night. The match was at mixed style and each man weighed 21O pounds McNIillan chose Graeco-Roman for the first bout. The westerner floored Lun din by a half Nelson in 21 minutes and B seconds. The next bout, catch-as catch-can, went to Lundin in 19 min l utes and 20 seconds. The third, also l at catch-can, was won by Lundin in + | minutes B seconds.
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