Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-14
WITH THE WRESTLERS.
ParrAnd Douglass Arrived Here Last Night Ready for Match.

He Laughed When Told He Was
 Called Ed Atherton-He Is In Ex-
 cellent Condition and Will Make a
 Big Fight to Win-Parr On His
 Way Here Now-Big Crowd Assured
 for the Match To-Morrow Night
 Other Wrestling News.
 nBudn Douglass, the great wrestler from Australia. arrived here last night, after a tedious ride of sixteen hours from Buffalo. He arrived in BuHaio from Batavia the day before yesterday and stopped over to see the Parr anu McInerney match and incidentally to get some points on Parr's style or restling. He said that the match De- tween those two was one of the f1ercest 2 he ever looked at Both men rougheu 1t continually and if Parr attempts any of those tactics on him tomorrow nlgnt he will make the Englishman look SICK. Douglass had a strange adventure when he struck Waterbury last night Being a stranger and carrying 8 pretty good sized and well worn grip, he was closely watched by several people lie did not know what to make of IL ana supposed he was being followed up Dy footpads and he was getting ready to sail in and take hand in doing little holding up himself until he reached the center and met the manager of the Trinity club. Then he learned that trolley strike was on fhere and believes he was taken for one of the non-union men coming into Waterbury to get a Hob. He said that he would like to get about thirty or forty of those non- union chaps on the mat for few min ftes and they would not be able to take out any cars for few days.
 Douglass is a big athlete and will be several pounds heavier than Parr. He stopped at the Turkish baths last night and this morning took dash down the FNaugatuck road and back, doing about ten miles in all Later he visited the Brooklyn Athletic club rooms and had a little try out on the mat He will go on the mat weighing about 190 pounds, and those neoDle who thought Ed 'Ath- erton was to be the man will no doubt be disappointed. Atherton weighs about 160 and is bald-headed, while Douglass has plenty or hair to spare. Harry Pollok. manager of Tom Jen- kins, will be here to look after Doug lass and to back him if necessary. Parr lis now on his way to this city, having left Buffalo yesterday afternoon He lis in perfect shape and will need no Itraining. The advance sale of seats lstill continues to he big and the dollar seats are going like hot cakes
 Tom Jenkins's manager yesterday made arrangements to have the catch as-catch.can wrestler visit England and Australia. Jenkins, in company with Young Corbett, the featherweight champion. will sail some time next spring. England will be visited first. Then the two will go to the Antipodes. ,Jenhns, according to present plans, in- tends to remain in England about three months. During that time he will meet all corners in his class. Bouts fhave already been assured with Car keek, Hackenschmidt, ''BuH Dog'' Clay ton and Ton Cannon. From England Jenkins will go to France. where he expects to be matched with Raoul and Pons. the two noted French wrestlers IA tour through the principal cities of Europe will follow Constantinople will be visited and possibly Jenkins n1ay stop over at St Petersburg. len fkins's manager is in receipt of a letter from the Coronation A. C. of Liverpool to the effect that that club is ready ia donate a purse of $2.000 for a contest between Jenkins and Tom Cannon. The offer was promptly accepted. Cannon is nearly 30 years old and the sports expect Jenkins to defeat the veteran quite handily. Harry Newell is about the cleverest man at catch-as-catch-car