Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-27
N|lA HE VRESTLERS.
Jim Parr Makes a Mark of Har-
 vey Parker.

E The Clever Englshman Downs Him
 Three Times ill Less Than Thirty
 Minutes-CharIey Reinecke Wins a
 Match in ohio-Joe Carroll, the Irish
 Wrestler, After Jenkins Once More
 Other Wrestling News.
 Buffalo, Jan 27.--Jim Parr, the Eng fish wrestling champion, had an easy time of it with Harvey Parker of New York in their handicap catch-as catch can match here last night before the Olympic Athletic club. Parr agree to throw the Little Demon" three times within one hour. Parr won in exactly 26 minutes and 2 seconds of actual wrestling. Under the agreement if Parker won a single fall the match was his. Parr weighed IFS pounds. Parker said he scaled at 142 pounds. In the first bout Parker got behind his man and was the aggressor for a time. Parr played with him. After Wres ding
  half Nelson and leg hold, downing his man. Parr won the second fall with similar hold in minutes and IS sec tonds. lie took the third fall and the match in 1 minute and 5S seconds with a Nelson and crotch hold. Eddie Nc Bride was referee. About 1,8O0 per sons saw the match.
 Emil Selva of Paterson, who failed to defeat George Bothner the other night, says that he is ready to meet either Tom Jenkins or Dan Mcleod in handicap match. Selva suggests that Mcleod or Jenkins undertake to throw l him three times in one hour.
 Joe Ornstine, a well known sporting man of .MiFwau aukee, writes to say that he would like to find an opponent for Fred Besl against any wrestler in the l yided they can scale between 165 and 175 pounds. Ornstine is ready to back Beel for any sum.
 An interesting match at catch-as- catch-can rules was decided at Kenton, l O.. the other night The principals were Charley Reinecke of Pittsburg
  weight Reinecke defeated Blake, talk ing two straight falls. Reinecke has gon to Buffalosin sarc1f of a match with Walter Wil1oughby.
 Joe Carroll, the Irish wrestler. who was easily taken into camp by Tom Jenkins when he was in this country last year, has posted forfeit with the London Sporting Life with challenge l accompanying, to meet any heavy weight in the business. Carroll says 1 that his match with Jenkins should not be, taken as a standard of his skill, as | he was not in the best of shape. I Clarence Bouldin, the Cuban Won der," has taken in tow August Faust, l the German, who is to meet George Bothner, at the New Polo A. C.. next ] Thursday night, and has taught him number of tricks. BouIdin is con- ceded to be exceptionally: clever and his knowledge of the fine points of, wrestling will, in the estimation of the sports, be a valuable aid to Faust. Faust has contracted to throw Bothner l four times in one hour.
 A few weeks ago there arrived in this country promising heavyweight wrestler from Sweden named August l Gustavson. Gustavson is now in Jamestown, N. Y. Besides being a wrestler the foreigner is an acrobat, high jumper and weight litter. He l is fast with his feet and hands and wonderfully strong. Gustavson is working at Jamestown so as to be in condition in the event of match being arranged with any of the. big fellows
 Several we'll known athletic pro- l motors are bidding for match which has already been arranged between Nouralah, the giant Turk, and George Hackenschmidt and the chances are J that the pair will meet within q short time in London. When Nouralah ar rived in England a month ago he inn mediately threw down the gauntlet to the noted Russian He offered to wrestle Hackenschmidt at either Gnaeco-Roman or catch-as-catch-can style. best two in three falls. for side bet of $3,0OO. Hackenschmidt's man. ager has already accepted and all that is required now to make the match a fixture is the signing of articles. Both men are acknowledged. marvels at the game and contest between them would undoubtedly create a lot of in I terest. Neuraiah has also agreed to throw Jack Carkeek, the American, 1 twenty times in one hour or forfeit $1.- GOO. Carkeek says that he will give . the Turk a chance to test his skill un- der these conditions as soon as his l fCarkeek's) theatrical engagements have been completed
 Tani. the wonderful Japanese wres- tier. who is at present in England. re- cently gave an exhibition Of his pow CTS in London. which is still the topic of conversation among the followers l of. wrestling Tani recently offered l $10O to any professional and a $20O solid silver cup to any amateur whom he failed to throw inside of n quarter of an hour. Four men accepted and they all met with quick defeat The ! first man to face Tani was T. Ledger house of the Lynn Boat club. London. It took the Jap exactly two minutes to put LedgerhoHse down. Victor Perry man. a strapping six.footer. was Tani's next rival Perryman. on account of