The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-20
JENKINS AND M'LEOD.
Big Wrestlers to Meet to Decide
the Championship.

BUFFALO. N. Y, Dec. 1s-Just a year
wrestling championship of America from
Tom jenkins in savage bout in Worces-
ter, Mass. 1t Is. perhaps, significant that
the pair are TO meet again during the holt
days In their New York bout for the same
title. They have wrestled half a dozen
matches since Mcleod lost his handicap
affair to Jenkins IN Cleveland about seven
or eight years ago and Jenkins has scored
IN all the even-up affairs, bar the one In
Worcester. Jenkins Is a man who easily
holds his form, while with Mcleod the at
tainment OF concert pitch and its mainten-
ance is "a matter OF difficulty and constant
vigilance In habits and the Scot has often
faced the big roller-mill hand evidently not
in the pink Of condition. Mcleod must be
at his best to have a chance with Jenkins
and there are those close students of wrest-
ling to-day who are as firmly OF the belief
as ever that Mcleod. the greatest living 'ex-
ponent OF wrestling in America, would be
more than match for the Cleveland man
II right on edge.
The match in New York will mean a good
deal TO both men, for 1t will bring promi-
nence TN greater degree than.is TO be OBJ
tanned outside of the metropolis New
Workers have never seen this magnificent
pair OF athletes on the mat together and IL
Mcleod Will go down to New York i'm form
they are likely to have a treat at hand.
Wrestling has its ebb and flood tides i'm
popular interest. One year IL comes I'm
that there is not enough talent to keep
alive the sport. The public quickly recog-
nizes the best men. and after they have
once solved the question OF supremacy
among themselves to the public satisfaction
there Is little TO be expected. for there
are less liable TO be accidents in results in
1fr.nw IL
always wants 10 see contest but the
idea of too many wrestlers is to go easy
with despised opponent thereby cheapen-
ing themselves. One would think that n
match in which one man gains two falls
and another one would be a sharp contest
but such Is not generally the case. The
stray fan generally smacks OF generosity
in spirit of the stronger History
has shown that the greatest wrestling
matches have been decided in two straight
falls such as the bout contested between
Mcleod and Jenkins at the Arsenal last
winter and lost by Mcleod. That was
probably the most bitterly contested bout
ever held in Buffalo
With the public pretty well acquainted
with the merits and dement's OF the men
now at hand I'm the top grade IL would
seem TO be ripe opportunity for the in
PRODUCTION OF one OF the foreign cracks.
who could be sent down the line among
the American leaders with some interesting
results.
Outside OF Jenkins. Mcleod and Parr
catch-can wrestlers although the West
erner. Frank Gotch. Is picked by many ex-
perfs man able more than TO hold his
own with the best when he secures some
experience against the best material out.
LundiE, the big Swede. who is to meet
Parr In Buffalo next Friday night. also
has catch-as-cateh-can pretensions. and
there is reason TO believe IL he could do
well with Parr, he would drop the more
or less obsolete Graeco-R Roman style for
the more popular form of the sport. Lun-
din Is big and strong enough To make a
good man at any style and he Is reported
quick and gifted with a good knowledge
of the fine tricks OF the mat