Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-17
WITH THE WREsTLERs.
Trinity Club Preparing for a Big Con lost

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 The Trinity club has been quietly working for the past few weeks and when the time comes will spring on the public one of the best wrestling contests that has been seen in New England. It is question now be- tween Tom Jenkins and Jim Parr or Tom Jenkins and Carl Pons. The two latter have faced each other twice and each has won a victory. Several clubs have bid for the third match and among them the Trinity club. The local club can have the match provided the car strike ends in this city before the middle of next month. Jenkins also stands ready to meet Farmer Burns at any time the latter wants to face him, but Jenkins thinks Burns is doing lot of joshing. Parr will face any of them and prefers Dan Mcleod. The latter would come to Waterbury i in minute if the car strike was over. However, if the strike does continue, the club may give one of the matches just to keep up the interest.
 l Tom Riley of Buffalo, the English l lightweight champion wrestler and partner of Jim Parr, is out with chal- lenge to George Bothner for a catch as-catch-can bout best two out of three for $25O side bet, to be decid- ed in any hall in New York to be se- lected by agreement. Bothner recent l ly announced his retirement.
 Great interest is being manifested in the wrestling match between Anders Anderson, the strong man from Swe- den, and Philip Kreig, George Both ner's pupil, which is to be decided in the New Polo A. c. club house, Park avenue and 129th street. New York, on Thursday night. Anderson, who is training in Brooklyn, has shown won- derful ability as q wrestler, and so confident are his packers that he will win that they are making advances to I have him meet Tom Jenkins
 There were stirring times at the Star theater, Brooklyn, last night, where Harvey Parker, the ".Little Demon, !" is meeting all corners this week Parker offers $25 to anyone he fails to throw ]" in fifteen minutes ut catch-as-c catch can style and Oscar Draxdorf, who plumes himself as .sYoung Piening," accepted the def and met Parker. Once down Draxdorf attempted a trough house." but found Parker well versed in these ethics. Parker immediately went after a hammer lock, but missed it. His next effort was double Nel- son, which he failed to secure. When he next tried for hammer he got> if and slowly but surely brought Drax- doris shoulders to the mat. When the referee, Frank Richheimer, gave \ the verdict to Parker, there was inn
 mediately n howl from Draxdorf' $ friends in the gallery. The hooting
 became general and Parker agreed to take on Young Piening'' again. The latter made better showing, but he could not break crotch and half -Nel-
 son and went down. He was satis-
 fled then and left the stage much the
 worse for wear. The bout lasted five
 minutes. Parker had another tough customer at the matinee, but eventll-
 ally came out the victor. Parkers
 opponent was George Lippig of Brook. lyn. Lppig tipped the beam at 19C pounds and seemed to be i'll fine tr.iaa.
 He rushed Parker as though he inteEAp ed to put him out of business but when Parker showed his form the
 match became one-sided. At the end
 of the eighth minute Lppig was all out and was thrown. A hammer . lock did the trick The time was minutes and 12 seconds. Tonight , Parker will have two men as his op- : ponents, namely, Teddy zitter of , Brooklyn and Paddy Burns They
 are welterweights and will try to stay fifteen minutes between them and carr 7 S25 each. Both are said to be clever In the afternoon Parker will tackle : Robert Summerville of Scotland.