Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-21
ON THE MAT.
Max Wiley Getting in Shape for liar
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 The news of the formation of 2 wrestling league to prevent frauds and fakes on the mat which was proposed by Sam Fitzpa trick recently, has spread to England Tom Scott of the National Sporting Club. London, who is wrestling enthusiast himself, is agitatine the organization of similar league in England and the chances are that the idea will come to a head. Tn England wrestling bouts have to be honest because the public will not at tend a match in which a principal under suspicion competes. AS a rule, in England a wrestler who once fakes it has a hard row to hoe afterward no matter what his ability may be. Fitzpatrick has received letter from Scott, in which the latter writes:
 sfYour welcome letter received and was glad to hear from you. have read of your suggestion to start pro- tective league for wrestling and think that the idea is capital one Such a scheme I'm sure would go well in Eng land, and in the next few weeks will do all in nay power to foster it It certainly cannot do any harm. At any rate. it will serve to keep some of the shady ones in line. Every profession has them. and England is no excep- tioh George HackeTschmidt is at present in Manchester and doing well. He has changed his mind evidently about visiting America in August. He has so many theatrical contracts on hand that he finds it a difficult task to figure ahead He is anxious to go to the States, because he is confident that he will De fayorably received over there shall keep you posted on his movements in the near future. He informs me that if anyone looks out for his interests in America it will be you''
 A match that induced much specu- lation was decided on Wednesday, August 5, at the Hippodrome, Glas- gow,, between Alex Munroe of Glas- gow and Antonio Pierri, the Terrible Greek. The contest was for $125 a side. and the conditions were Graeco- Roman style, the first fall, irrespective of time. to determine the result Mum roe had the sdvantage of height and was in better condition than his rival. Once they shook hands there was plen- ty of byplay, and for ten minutes they fiddled for a hold Finally Munroe brought the Greek to the mat and a hot struggle ensued. At the end of IT minutes Munroe forced Pierri into bridge from which the latter could not extricate himself and was thrown. The time of the fall was IT minutes, 2 seconds Pierri asserted that he was partly off the carpet, but the referee would not allow the protest and de- al NTvynrrA +f1n xxyiY,noYs
 As Parker and Wiley have signed articles of agreement for a finish best possible condition; they are so evenly matched that one or all of the three bouts may last an hour or lon CT. It will be recalled that in a previ- GUS encounter between these two men they wrestled from 10 o'clock at night until 1:30 o'clock the next morning.
 Max Luttbeg has written, stating that he would like to meet the winner of the Parker-Wiley match. The Rochester man said, when informed of Luttbeg's def, that if he defeats Park CT he will accommodate the New York wrestler Luttbeg had arranged 3 match with George Bothner to be pulled oH during the wrestling carni- , val at Saratoga, but the match fell through.
 Max Wiley has returned home to Rochester from Cleveland, where he gained considerable more knowledge than he previously possessed of the wrestling game by his contract with some of the best wrestlers in the country. the Ohio city, the home of Tom Jenkins. the champion, being where many of the mat artists make their headquarters. Wiley will start training at the Rochester Athletic Club gymnasium for his match with Harvey Parker, which will take place at the Empire Theatre on Friday night. Both men have agreed and have posted forfeit to make 13S pounds at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the day of the match. Parker in, tends to train at the police gym nasium.