Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-06

vanQuished S1ehaI Miller, securing two
 straight falls one in IF minutes and
 the other in 12 minutes. BaItimOrean Wrestler Wins.
 BALTIMORE. May 6.-George Bur
 lingame of this city defeated Andy
 Boxwell of Washington in a wrestling
 match here. Burlingame gained the
 first and third falls.
 The victory of Gus Ruhlin over Gus tave Sanders at Prospect hall, Brook lyn, on Monday night, has helped in boosting Ruhlin's stock as a wrestler
 He has already been challenged by
 Ernest Roeber, August Faust and John
 Fleming. It is likely that his first op-
 ponent will be Faust. The Germans
 representative had a talk with Billy Madden yesterday and the latter prom ised to give the first chance to the Teu- ton.
 finders Anderson has returned to his home in Sweden. The big foreigner sailed the other day. finders attributes
 his one defeat by August Faust as due to climatic conditions. His manager,
 1vars Levine, said yesterday that An
 derson immediately upon his arrival
 here contracted heavy cold which set tied on his lungs. After rest abroad
 Anderson will return to America in Arl-
 gust next ready to meet Faust in re- turn match in either New York or
 Brooklyn. Faust says that he will &C., commodate him.
 Tom Miner has arranged a wrestling carnival for all next week at Miners
 BoWery theater. The idea is a new one in this line and some excellent sport is expected. The wrestlers en- gagged are John Fleming, the Butcher Bo"; August Faust, Gus Ruhlin, Joe Bernstein, Harr Model. Leo Parde1lo, Billy Edwards, Carl Pons and several others. The first bout will be between Bernstein and Model on Monday night During the remainder of the week the others will appear. Faust will proba- b1y wrestle Pardel1o on Wednesday night.
 Having recovered from his recent in- disposition, Tom Jenkins has again come to the fore to meet any wrestler on the mat for a purse and side bet. In the following statement Jenkins has this to say: ''If Tom Sharkey, August Faust, Gus Ruhlin, Dan Mcleod, ct al, reallr mean business. let them post a forfeit. The first that does this will get match. My knee, which has been sore since I defeated Mcleod, is now on the mend and am in better condi- tion than ever. I will meet any of the above named men in Cleveland, Buffalo or New York. am ready to wrestle within three weeks time if 1t comes to a pinch"
 The monotony of wrestling seems to have palled on George Hackenschmidt, and the noted Russian athlete has now announced his intention of going in for fighting. This is not a new departure among wrestlers. Tom Jenkins, George Fisher, Jim Parr, Leo Pardello, August Faust and George Bothner are all adopts with the gloves. Jenkins, if he cared to, could easily make a success as as heavyweight pugilist. Hacken- schmidt is only B years old and knows considerably about boxing. Sam Fitz- patrick, who will manage Hacken schmidt when the Russian comes here, thinks that the foreigner will make an impression as a. boxer and intends to get him some matches if Hacken- schmidt fails to induce anyone to meet 1 him on the mat.
 What promises to be one of the best 1 handicap wrestling matches of the sea- son is to be decided tonight at Sulzer's Harlem River casino, 127th street and | Second avenue. The contestants are Tom Sharkey, the heavyweight pugil- 1 ist, and August Faust of Germany. 1 The bout is at catch-as-catch-c style, | and in order to be successful Faust | must down the muscular fighter three times in one hour. Faust has the repu- tation of being as strong and scientific as George Hackenschmidt. His best achievement is the defeat of Anders Anderson, the big swede, who came to this country we'll recommended. Two preliminary bouts have been Phil Kelly, the former anna teur welterweight champion, is to meet George Fisher, instructor of the New Polo A. O., while Tom Riley of Ireland will endeavor to take a couple of falls out of Bill Brown of the Pastime A. c. A novel feature is that women will be permitted to see the exhibitions. Jim Jeffries has promised to be on hand to act as referee. Sharkey has wagered | several hundred dollars that Faust will not even gain one fall.