The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-01
WRESTLING GOSSIP.
Another Danger Besets Grapplers h
Matcles-RuhIln to Meet Williamson.

Outside Of the "wrestlers knee" and the
"caulifower ear" the professional grappler
fears broken cartilage more than anything
else Yet he is liable to this injury whenever
he appears on the mat. George Bothner
and Tom Jenkins are probably the most
noted wrestiers who have suffered from such
an accident Only two days before he began
training for his match with Harvey Parker,
Bothner. in instructins one Of his pupils.
fractured the cartilage Of one of his ribs,
and met Parker with his left side swathed in
heavy bandages. A wrestler takes n
chance of encountering such an accident"
said Bothner yesterday to The Sun reporter.
"by trying for Il side roll. In doing this you
naturally leave part Of your body unpro-
tected. and your rival in trying to escape
naturally makes a great resistance. If YOU
let him go he will come back tiercely in his
desire to get on his stomach. Nine times
out of ten his elbow will land on your ribs
and with enough force to dislocate one OF
the cartllages. Unless you conceal the fact
that YOU have been hurt it is a cnch that
you will be thrown. for the pain is intense"
Billy Madden. failing to secure match in
the ring for Gus Rubin has signed articles
for a wrestling contest between the Akron
Giant" and Tom Williamson. The pair will
meet next Saturday afternoon at Syracuse.
The style is catch-as- catch-can. best two
in three falls to score. Madden says that he
will agree to let all the purse go to the winner
If Rubin fails to throw Tom Sharkey three
times in an hour at any style the latter may
name. Rubin, Madden adds, is willing to
20 on with the bout next week, If necessary.
Harvey Parker informs The SrN that he
will be in town to-day, ready to go on with
his proposition to match an unknown"
l85-pound man against John Pienng to a
finish. IF Piening Is really anxious to
wrestle some one near his weight, says
Parker, "let him come to time now. My
man is willing to back himself for from IS
George Bothner offers to meet Keller again
and throw him three times In one hour at
catch -catch-can, style. Bothner says he
is ready to concede weight to Keller. The
latter in trim scales about l43 pounds
Max Wiley Of Rochester intends to take
another trip through the West and engage
In a number of wrestling matches Wiley
declares he is ready to meet George BOthner
or Max Luttbeg for side bet or purse.
Carl Pons, the French wrestler, has decided
to leave for Paris next month and engage in
the. big wrestling tournament which Is TO be
Among those who have already entered are
George Hackenschmidt Paul Pons, Jack
Carkeek and Tom Cannon. Pons intends to
return to America about the middle Of
September.
Alex Swanson Of Yonkers wants to try his
skill against George BothreI in a match TO a
finish and adds that Billy Lee Of Yonkers
will back him for tidy sum if the contest
Is arranged.
Ernest Roeber is in receipt of letter from
Cochran, the English manager of George
Hackenschmidt. to the effect that if the
Russian comes to this country he Cochran
will back him to the extent Of $40 900 against
any Of the American wrestlers Roeber,
who has seen Hackenschmidt on the mat,
says he will bet any part OF $500 that after
Hackenschmidt engages in one match here
there will be no one who will care to meet
M under conditional