Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-14
ON THH MAT.
Tom Jenkins Fails to Throw Jack
 Munroe Four Times.

Munroe Four Times.
 New York;, March 14.-Jack Munroe, the miner who stayed four rounds with Jim Jeffries, made bold bid for wrestling honors at Madison Square Garden last night. Munroe met Tom Jenkins of Cleveland in a handicap catch-as- -catch-can match, the latter contracting to throw Munroe four times in one hour. Jenkins only ac- complished the trick three times, and to all appearances the task was more than he bargained for.
 There were many present at the bout who thought that Jenkins did not exert himself to his full extent. But the Cleveland man was much winded at the finish.
 They shook hands at 9:57 Munroe apparently seemed to be laboring un- der the impression that he was spar ring, for he sidestepped and sprinted all over the mat. Fully seven min- utes was lost in this manner. Even tlally Jenkins forced the miner down and immediately applied half -Nel- son. Munroe showed surprising strength, for he broke the hold and hCpG JOuhIuS lIOLA 1yluS Ou ullu Uy tilting to one side. Jenkins was com pelled to try for another grasp, but he could not connect, for Munroe with 8 herculean effort regained his feet Jen- kins capsized Munroe with a leg lock and forthwith applied a quarter-Nel- son.
 Munroe got away only to fall into a body lock. He escaped by countering, and at the end of fifteen minutes was on his stomach in no danger. At the sixteenth minute Munroe was stand ing, but went down when Jenkins made a lunge for his legs. At that time there was some unexpected ex- citement caused by one of the specta- tors in the gallery fnging chair over the railing. The chair landed in one of the boxes. but fortunately no one was injured. Munroe acted on the de- fensive at the eighteenth minute, and in trying to get on his hands ran into waist lock and halfNeison. The hold was good one, and although the miner made a strenuous resistance he could not get away and was thrown. The time of the fall was 19 minutes 51 seconds. Il minutes before they W ent at it again. Munroe again sprinted. Jenkins did not follow him. He simply waited, and when the miner came forward he tripped him and sent Jack almost sprawling. Jenkins jumped on him quickly, but before any damage was done Munroe turned on his stomach out of harms way. Jenkins played for a Nelson, but Munr0e showed him off in clever fashion. Toms next at tempt was bar-lock, but he failed to connect Jenkins tried for hammer lock and placed his right leg between MunrOe's left armpit and chin
 It was nip and tuck during the next ten minutes. ust when 1t seemed that Munroe was going to make a long ses- sion of it Jenkins secured hammer lock, brsdead the miner and finally pressed his shoulders to the mat, talk ing the fall in 20 minutes and 3 sec onds.
 The third attempt began at 1O:55. Jenkins turned his back to his rival and as Munroe approached forced Munroe to the floor with a waist lock. Mum roe was only down for a second. When they were up Jenkins went behind and, catching the miners arms, the two fell tooether. Munroe Topped on both shoulders. Before Jenkins could hold him firmly Munroe "rolled" and almost had fall on Tom. Munroe indulged in some more sprinting and the crowd jeered him.
 Eventually, after covering nearly the entire mat, Jenkins brought Munroe to the carpet. Munroe escaped fall, but his triumph was only short-lived, for when Jenkins caught Munroe around the neck with the right and showing his arm for a half Nelson with the left Munroe could not find safe refuge and was thrown. The time of the bout was IT minutes and second
 Three minutes and five seconds still remained for Jenkins to accomplish his exciting ill this essay until Jenkins got Munroe to the mat with a half Nelson. But the miner got away and held Jen- kins in check until the end.
 After the decision Munroe was fair ly mobbed and had to be escorted to his dressing room by the police, amid Iusty shouts from his supporters.
 s \ the Irish middleweight wrestling cham pion, who was formerly miner, says there is a number of clever wrestlers in Lancashire, England, who can hold their own. II have just received a letter." said MT Bannon, yesterday, "that two clever heavyweights are coming 10 America this summer They are working in the mines and are as strong and scientific as Mcleod, Parr or Jenkins. One of them is pupil of Joe Caroll and, in my opinion, he can throw anybody weighing between 175 and POO pounds. I have been requested to keep his name secret"
 "Tarmer" Burns Won at Wrestling.
 BALTIMORE, March 14.-"Farmer'' Burns of Iowa had no trouble in dis posing of Adolph Miller (Russian gianD of New York in finish wrestling bout here last night. Burns gained the first fall in eight and the second in nine minutes. In the preliminaries Joe Grant of Washington threw three local lights