Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-30
SPORTING NEWS OF THE WORLD

all, although allowed one. However, each was awarded one fall and it seemed to satisfy both men.
 Prof Atlas, M. J. Dwyer and Farmer Burns were at the ringside and Atlas
 was introduced to the people. He stated that he would back Burns
 against any man in the world, Tom l Jenkins, Dan Mcleod or Jim Parr pre- ferred, for any part of $1,O0O. To prove his statement he dropped roll of the long green on the stage to show that he meant business. Steve O'Don- | nell, who was present and who by the
 way refereed the Burns and Luttbeg l match, accepted the match in behalf of Harry Hanson, the big Danish
 wrestler from Newark, who was also
 present in the house. The match
 maker of the Trinity club accepted the offer in behalf of Tom Jenkins or Jim Parr and dispatch was sent to both
 those wrestlers to-day Farmer Burns
 was introduced at this time and made 1 few remarks. When Burns got ready
 to go on the mat with Luttbeg he had
 not come prepared and had no trunks
 or shoes. Several people and several
 newspaper men asked Foley and
 Plunkett to loan him the articles, but
 each fatty refused Finally the ar ticles, were secured from the outside
 and the match went on.
 1 The original articles were dated
 January 8 and called for straight
 catch-as-catch-can match, best two
 out of three falls, pin falls only to
 count, with the strangle hold barred.
 The purse was to be divided sixty per cent to the winner and forty per cent
 to the loser.
 1 The fake agreement was as follows: Waterbury, Ct, Jan 8, 1903. l Articles of agreement entered into l by John B. Kelly and Max Luttbeg
 binding both to this agreement: That
 Max Luttbeg hereby agrees to let John E. Kelly remain one hour and 30 minutes without throwing him in this match, but after one hour and 30 min-
 utes of wrestling to get one fall and after 15 minutes of rest wrestling is to be resumed and it is agreed that Max Luttbeg will forfeit this match to John E. Kelly. If either party l fails to live up to this agreement he will forfeit all gate receipts and side
 bets.
 Signed by JOHN E. KELLy. MAX LUTTBEFS. Witness: JESSE FOLEy.
 1 Several constables were in attend ance and Constable Perkins told | Democrat representative that CoWles | informed him the money in the box office was all his and that the wrest- lers were simply working for him. Ths constable said he was there to protect l Cowles' interests. Some say the mon- 1 ey was attached, but it is believed | that the money was finally handed l over to a prominent citizen who diyid- 1 ed with Luttbeg and Burns. Thus ended one of the biggest fakes that
 was ever attempted by any body of l citizens.
 New York, Jan 30.-George Bothner last night for the fourth time within three months tackled a man away out of his class and came out with flying colors. His opponent was August
 Faust, the robust German heavy
 weight, who undertook to throw | George four times in one hour at the New Polo A. c. at catch-as -catch-can style. Faust did not succeed in even downing Bot1lner once and the little l lightweight champion received the de-
 cision from Referee Hugh Leonard of l the New York A. c.
 l Faust tipped the beam close to 200,
 while Bothner only weighed 133 I pounds. Bothner got away from pos
 sitions which would have been dan-
 gerous to men of less knowledge of I the game. At the fortieth minute
 Faust was tired and Bothner went on l top But there was nothing doing,
 and he allowed Faust to do all the
 work When the decision was an- nounced and George was still up and doing, the audience cheered lustily for a minute.
 The first preliminary brought to-
 gether John Hopkins, the Tattoo
 Man, and John Miller. Miller was
 thrown in eleven minutes with half l Nelson. The next contest, which
 brought together Tommy Dwyer of Perth Amboy and Jack Leddy Of this
 city, was to have been to finish, best
 two in three falls. But it went only
 one hour and was called a draw In
 the final essay Peter Ramon of Eng
 land, who came to this country with
 Joe Carroll, met two men and defeat
 ed them both. His first opponent
 was Joe Ranzy. the Brooklyn Strong
 Boy" Ranzy lasted six minutes. Joe
 Baker of this city followed and he
 came to grief in three minutes A
 half-Nelson in each instance, well ap-
 piled, did the trick.
 Dan Mcleod, the heavyweight
 champion wrestler of the world, and
 Jim Parr of Buffalo have been practi-
 cally matched to wrestle in Buffalo
 the first week in March.
 Here's q New Fur.
 Everyone has heard of Astralkhan
 fur, but how many have heard of