The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-19
WRESTLING.
Tenn Jenkins's Bold Oner-A Big Tourna.
ment 70 Ne Decided In Copenhag gen.

Tom jenkins, who won his title Of CATCH
as-catch-oan champion back from Dan NJ Leod
recently at Buffalo. II Of the opinion that he il
good enough to oL,r to throw either M'Leod
or Jim Parr OF England twice In one hour
jenkins just now Is in the best OF health. lie
has recovered the use OF his left knee. which
was injured some time ago In a letter to a
friend In Bui.aio Jenkins jays: If M'Leod
and Parr anxious to show to the public
Just how good they are in n hanaiCap match,
1 viii make the loiIowlnx propOeiiion: 4 Niii
unaertake 10 down them one at time on
dL:erent nights twice Ia one hour, Al 1 tail
they can nave the entire purse and a side oct
be barred. The authorities Viii not permit
u anyway. Ia saying this 90 not vi III TO
kno9 ths snS a 1s
ing match bet ween M'Leod and parr, which
says: Il have wrestied both oil these l.l-
lows several times. but / am as much In the
air a. Y | had never seen them. Their styles
Eddie bailey, manager Of Eberhard Hahn,
m n,a'es calm A ssaias Geo a80T Sothner %
weight an right. and be should put up great
ana knows good deal about the game,
will post forfeit 20 prove that am in earnest
Eddie Barr OF tinoinnati has accepted the
challenge Of Frank Mittmer He has agreed
to meet " iItmer at Greco-Roman style, best
cided In Cincinnati within two weeks
August Faust OF Germany met Frank Per-
IN in" a y straight GRECO, Roman DI match. sSs
Ieuton essayed to throw Perrilli three times
In one hour. but only succeeded In accom-
has been made and the two viii meet again
at Poughkeepsie next month.
has 6een ron be SeeE
Ernest Roeber at Madison Square Garden q
few years. AFRO, Olsen writes that he will
Roman wrestler in the business Olsen is
ut present In Copenhagen. where he conducts
q school Of physical culture.
r rps Faust a sSid ysstsfSay Having DE-
ls siss 70 a"os match S penns A The latter
has all along contended that he l. the ureco-
Roman champion. l can command backing
%e see m ne% we ought to Be abe 70 come to
terms inside Of ten minutes. But bis actions
me ssy Uos t t
J. will consider myself champion and meet
all corners for side bet and pure, Sup
matched to meet Hjsimer i.auden at saenger-
to Az. II. 81. sI !.
man named Theodore Jsni lbs in a thisS con
gate receipts There was a barge All dance.
One fan was to score and Carkesk won In
Is minutes and 30 seconds The stranRle
hold was allowed. but neither man could
apply II. although both tried very hard. After
the match Carkeek posted a forfeit to meet
any man In England In a contest limited TO
one hour for d 900 a side.
Al Hassan Nouralah. the noted Turk. who
made such hit In this country. has left Eng.
land for Copenhagen In company with his
MANAGER. Antoine Pierri, the Terrible Greek"
An International wrestling tournament In In
progress there. n began on April 1 and will
continue until May 8. for the Greco Roman
championship. open to all corners, The first
competitor. include wrestlcrs from America.
Germany, France, Bulgaria and other coub-
trie.. Nouyalah expects to Win the premier
prize and championship. Nournah will re-
turn ~ England after the competition. George
Ha en~ch midi has also entered
The London Sp,riiaq Life contains the fol-
lowing. paragraph. The death took place,
at Buekvorth. aged -, Of Edward Charleston.
one Of the best wrestlers TINT Northumber.
land ever produced He ives second only to
Jane Davidson. who at Glanton games
dudded doom the celebratsd Dick Wright.
then In the heyday Of his fame Charleton
stood over six feet. He won the Decies prize.
a trophy Riyen annually By Lord Decles for
Northumberland men. He also won. at the
Morpeth games the prize year after year for
heavywejght wrestling. He was n grand
looking figure In the wrestling arena Charlie
ton suffered from rheumatic fever for eteh-
TO mouru his lon.