Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-29
ON THE MAT.
Professor DWyer Lost And Tom
 Shapkey Won.

The Affair Held in Hartford Last
 Night Looked Very Hazy-Dwyer Had Hard Work to Throw Johnson Once-pom Sharkey Had Fun With
 the Champion of Canada-Other Wrestling News.
 | Hartford, April 29-Tom Sharkey won his wrestling match last night, and | Oscar Johnson came out victorious i'll his match, as he was thrown but once by Dwyer. Some excellent. work was shown ill the DWyer-J ohnson contest, although Dwyer did not go after his man with his usual vim. Over 1000 people were attracted to the Coliseum l to see the double bill and the appear ance of Sailor Tom on the boards, showing the full-rigged ship tattooed on his broad chest, recalled memories 1 of other contests in the building of a more exciting character. Sharkey has l a good deal to learn about wrestling, and it is doubtful if he ever acquires the quiclzness that is essential for a first class man to have. From the po- sitions he occupied on the mat last | night he looked as if he could play leap | frog very we'll. He was introduced as | the champion of Ireland. It will be re- membered that Peter Maher bore that l proud title until the last man who whipped him was arrested for assault. l The wrestling element was out in force | last night and there was good deal of | interest hA the Dwyer and Johnson | twice in an hour at catch-as-catch-ca 1 match. By the terms of this contest Dwyer was to throw the Hartford man and Graeco-Roman. The strangle hold was barred and it required pin falls to count. Manager Alfred Anderson in- troduced Prof Atlas of Bridgeport as referee. He did not have much to do, 1 but he removed his collar and cravat as if he was working hard. Johnson weighed 14S pounds and Dwyer 160. ] Both men were in fine condition. Dwyer wore knee pads. The bout was | not in progress long before Johnson's | friends claimed that a strangle hold was being secured. In few minutes Dwyer had Johnson down and tried for | a half Nelson. He did little roughing on the bodyEand then some on the left arm. He was unable to get any kind 1 of hold and the referee remarked that Dwyer had hard job on his hands. | | by twisting his leg. Johnson had Dwyer's head in chancery, but he broke away quickly. Dwyer then attempted 1 to get a crotch hold but failed. The next time Dwyer tried for half Nell l son Johnson rose to his feet. Johnson 1 then had Dwyer down and he tried for q similar hold himself, but could not get it. Dwyer was soon on top and 1 began to twist Johnson's leg, but the Hartford wrestler kicked his foot away l from the grasp. After thirty-fiv min utes of wrestling Dwyer managed to secure half Nelson hold and Johnson
 broke it amid applause. Dwyer then I secured crotch hold, and this also was broken. This was soon repeated 1 and Dwyer began to work harder. He finally secured a half Nelson and crotch hold and the referee called a fall 1 in 47 minutes and seconds. The men 1 had a rest of ten minutes and then wrestled at Graeco- Roman. During the last five minutes the referee called off the minutes and there was consid- | erable excitement when it was seen | that it was improbable that Dwyer
 would gain fall. During the last two
 minutes both men were on their feet ! The referee awarded the match to
 Johnson and there was good deal of
 applause for the winner.
 Sharkey and Quinn received hand
 when they appeared. The conditions of their match were that if third bout
 was necessary the one who took a fall
 in the quickest time would have the
 choice of the style for the deciding
 bout. They began at Graeco- Roman. | After few minutes there were some
 remarks made at Sharkey's expense,
 and Quinn stopped wrestling to say
 that if the crowd wanted to see the
 match it should keep quiet. The ref cree explained that Sharkey was trying
 to kill time, as Graeco- Roman was not
 his favOrite style. The bout waE most I ly of the grand-stand order and there
 was good deal of spinning that made
 a big impression among some. Quinn tried to get a hammer lock on the sail
 or, but failed There was considerable
 applause when Sharkey broke from the quarter. Nelson. Finally Quinn turned
 full Nelson on him. Sharkey bridged
 but he was borne down for fall in IS minutes and 35 seconds. At catch-as-
 catch-can Sharkey secured fall by a half Nelson in 4:10. The next bout
 was in the same style and Sharkey
 won this and the match in 7:5O. Eberhard Hahn thinks that he can
 defeat Alex Swanson if the Swede will give him another chance. The pair
 met week ago and Swanson had no trouble in winning two falls in quick
 time. Hahn says that he was not in
 the best of condition and that he did
 not have much time in which to train
 Hahn adds that If the match is made
 he will wrestle at 145 pounds, straight
 catch-as-catch-can rules to govern.
 Articles of agreement were signed
 yesterday for a handicap match be-
 tween Tom Sharkey and August Faust
 of Germany. The pair are to meet at
 Sulzers Harlem River park on May G..
 Faust, in order to win, will have to
 throw the ex-sailor three times in one
 hour. Sharkey has developed into a
 good wrestler and the sports believe
 that Faust has big contract on his
 hands. The style is to be catch-as-
 catch-can. ,. ...-