The evening world., 1903-12-22
JENKINS AND MLEOD.M MEET
!. At THE GARDEN TONIGHT
Catch Can Exponents of Wrest-
ling Game in Great Shape and a
Hard Bout Is Assured.

sTvHERE are two finely conditioned gladiators in this city to-day.
Each Is anxious for the hours to slip by, that they may get
ft together to settle their question OF superiority for ell time. One
% Tom Jenkins. the champion of all catch-ascatohcan wresters in
tAmerha, and the other Dan Mcleod. the only other nm who ap-
lparenty has the right to fight for the title.
For. weeks the two mn have been getting into condition for their
mill which will be decided in Madison Square Garden tonight. Train
ing was an absolute necessity to them in this match. Hour after hour
each day they have been working in gymnasa n o n the road. Two
inner specimens of well conditioned athletes could hardly be found
McLeod's First Local appearance.
It will be the first time New Workers have had the opportunity Of
seeing Mcleod in a match in this city And as we'll, his coming marks
something else new for the patrons of the game on the mat
Matches after matches have been decided in this city. In themselves
they have proven bitter. fierce, grueuing affairs. but they will be like
. game Of croQuet compared to what this n tonight will produce.
And 1t will all be due to the Use of the strange hold.
Deadly Grip a Feature of Bout.
New Workers have never, in their own city, seen 1t in use in bouts,
They know, though, its consequences If a man OF whom 1T is secured
values gameness more than his life. In this bout that deadly grip Will
be- one of the features. and folks who like to see a furnishing duel will
get enough to satisfy them here.
Between the men there is not the slightest CLEAN of friendship. For
years they have been rivals. Twice they have met in bouts. One time
Mcleod won. and he wore tue laures OF champion for some time. He
wore them until tainted into another match with Jenkins. and that
time he lost and to-day the name of champion" prehxes Jenktnss name,
But" said Mcleod. Il was too light for him, He beat ne with his
weight"
No. Excuses This Time.
Ono such excuse can Mcleod have this time. The year which has
elapsed since he lost to jenkins has found him picking up flesh and weight,
M To-Day n o Is hardlF more than w pounds lighter than the cham
pin Mcleod was the man who insisted that the strangle hold be used
in this bout. and 1t was not until jenkins agreed to IT that Mcleod
would make the $1,000 side bet which now hinges o the result.
BY experts of the game who have seen Mcleod wrele it is said
tint the Canadian is a adept in the use of the death-dealing hold as
was the renowned Stranger Lewis. Mcleod has Won nearly all his
matches by his grip, and its use is giving him confidence in this bout.
Nine to Ten on Jenkins the BETTING.
For weeks he has been training for the bout He never wa in finer
shape He is heavier. Is clever and a S agile as he eve was. In him
New Workers will see a huge edition of George Bothner. In point of
cleverness he is Jenkin0s equal, and that sporting mel regard the pair
as evenly matched is shown by the odds they offer in betting Several
bets have been recorded and only in a few instances has the price
been better than 8 to 10 o jenkins.
All arrangements for the bout, which will Re two falls in three, ac-
eordins to cach-as-catch-can rules, have been made, and it is a positive
announcement of the matchmaker that the big lei will begin their
bout at $50 P. M.