Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-08
ON THE MAT.
Professor Dwyer Defeated By
 Farmer" Burns.

They Wrestled in Manchester and
 Dwyer Won One Fall-Several Noted
 Sports at the Ringside--August
 Faust Made Anderson Quit.
 South Manchester. April S.-The Pierce Athletic club had big crowd at its wrestling matches in the Armory opera house last evening. A number of city sporting men were in the audi ence, prominent among them being "Bilr' Crowley, John Long, Albert GrQgan and Thomas Rosenberg, all of Hartford and F. J. Griffin of Meriden, who at one time was well known as an all around athlete. Robert Tanner and Leo Filiere went on for the first pre- liminary and were to wrestle the best two out of three, catch-as-catchc can. Filiere got the first fall in 6 minutes and 15 seconds with a double arm aold. He won the second fall using half Nelson and a crotch hold. The time for the two falls was 14 minutes and 30 seconds.
 John Taner and Maurice Madden wrestled under the same terms as in the first go. Taner soon wilted and lay on the mat only breaking the holds. He overweighed Madden by several pounds. There was no fall by either man. Dan Cotter was referee for both bouts and Dan Cone was timer.
 The star event of the evening was be- tween M. J. DwyerS of Bridgeport champion middleweight of the United States, and Farmer Martin Burns of Davenport, Ia. The terms were the best two out of three falls to finish, strangle hold barred for a purse of $10O and side bet of $50 William Madden was the referee for this bout Both men were in excellent condition when they stepped into the ring, but in a few minutes they were we'll winded and covered with precipitation. The farmer" led in the work and kept the professor going. while he in return did his share The finest work in break ing holds and lodging from dangerous positions was shown by the men. Dwyer made the first fall, using half Nelson and a body hold. in 16 minutes and 55 seconds. The second fall was made by Burns in minutes and 8 seconds. The work in trying for tue last fall was excellent, and after 20 minutes and 19 seconds. Burns secured 1t. Burns was decided the winner.
 Tom Jenkins, the champion wrestler, doesn't want to be idle. He is looking forward to match with the winner of the McLeod-Parr bout at Buffalo. What handicap Jenkins will give his oppon- ent will be decided upon when the win ner of the latter match is known.
 After one hour and fifty-one minutes of hard Graeco-Roman wrestling in Prospect hall, Brooklyn, last night, finders Anderson, the Swedish strong man, refused to continue with August Faust, saying he had injured his shoul- der, and the bout was awarded to Faust. Anderson upheld his repuat- ton as a strong man, but did not dis play any extraordinary skill as wrest- Ter. Faust kept him on the defensive nearly all the time and gave him ter rible gruelling. By agreement no holds were barred and Faust got all the holds known to wrestlers on the Swede who by his marvellous strength manag- ed to break them all. Both men be- came tired after thirty minutes of wrestling and loafed a little. Faust got strangle hold on Anderson after quarters of an hours hard work and in breaking it Anderson hurt his nose, causing it to bleed profusely. When they had been at it for an hour Anderson managed to scramble to his feet, but Faust quickly threw him on all fours again. Faust then got ham, mer lock and turned Anderson over, but it only resulted in rolling fall, and Gus Ruhlin, the Akron Giant, who refereed the match, refused to allow it. Adersonn showed signs of distress, and Faust got the hold on him with more ease. Anderson then said he had injured his shoulder and refused to continue.