Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-16
NTH THE WRESTLERS.
Uim Parr an Easy Winner Over
 "Bud" Douglass.

tThe Champion of England Gave One
 of the Cleverest Exhibitions Ever
 Seen Here-The Trolley Strike h.
 terfered With the Attendance-Parr
 and Jenkins Matched to Meet Here Next Month-Bothner Wins from
 Pavdello.
 The Trinity Athletic club gave the first of a series of wrestling tourna- ments in the Auditorium fast night, and while the crowd was not 8 large one, lat was enthusiastic over the work of Jim Parr, the great English wrestler. There were many things which inter- lfered with the attendance. In the first place the club had to contend with 8 Knocking element which had put out the story that Parr would not be here. This hurt some, and as the club was making it's first venture many people remained away and many of these have told the management since the match Ithat they were sorry they did not at Mend but that the members of the Trim Iity club can rest assured that any more matches given by them will receive the full support of the people of the city. Then the trolley strike had much to do with the small house, for many people Hive in the suburban districts who would not walk in and walk out again after the match. Others stayed at ,ome because they wanted to see, be- fore taking in any of the matches given lby the Trinity club, just what the mem kbers intended to. do. To-day they are Efhe stanch supporters of the club. and three of the strong financial men of the (city. assured the members of the club that they will be given every encour- agement and that if they bring Jenkins and Parr here, as they propose to do. the house will be packed from one end to the other.
 Then Wrestler Douglass did not make "a very good impression on the people who saw him since he arrived in Wa .terbury He was hog fat and did not make any attempt to try himself out at any of the local clubs, and the peo- pie became suspicious that a job was being worked. Douglass hurt the match probably more than anything else and if he had remained away from Waterbury in the condition he was in until the night of the match 1t would have been better for everybody. Had the members of the club realized in time that Douglass was in bad shape he would never have been allowed to go on but they never saw his stripped until last night and then it was seen what condition he was in, and it was then too late to interfere. At that the management had hard work to make him go on the mat. The articles of agreement called for a division of the wrestlers' share on the basis of 70 and s25 per cent Douglass wantedsit split in two and this Parr refused to do. Douglass refused point blank to go on. PaTr was then generous enough to offer to wrestle at 60 and 40; and that was the way 1t was settled.
 Parr said he would take that 15 per cent out of the hide of Douglass, and he did. The work of Parr was mar vicious. The lovers of good wrestling have seen many of the top notchers in this city. but they have never s,.
 such work as was done by the cham pion of England last night. His leg work was something wonderful and the way he toyed with Douglass M; amusing. Douglass was puffing like a porpoise before he had been on the mat two minutes. Parr tossed him about at will and secured all kinds of holds which he allowed Douglass to break. Every trick known to a wrest- Ter was tried hy Parr, and Douglass was simply a plaything in his hands He roughed it with the alleged Aus. traIian champion and the crowd were treated to some of the tactics used by Parr when he Wrestles a fast man Every person present said they never saw such work and when the manage ment of the club announced that they had sipnead pArr ana Tpnlyius fn s+lr