Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-08
WRESTLING. NO HALL IN
 WATERBURY.
Lovers of Sport Will Have to Get Along Without It. Match Between Herman and Gordon To-Night.

Just think of it in city the size of Waterbury there is not a hall where wrestling bout can be pulled off, Manager Jean Jacques has de- cided to allow no more sporting events down in the auditorium. He has recently had a new floor put down and he does not care to injure it by allowing wrestling matches or any other similar sport to take place in the hall. This was not learned until James s. Carroll, matchmaker of the Waterbury Athletic Club tried to en- gage the hall for wrestling contest, He was told the hall could not be en- gagged for that purpose and 1t was knockout blow for Matchmaker Car roll had corking good match arrang- ed and if the hall had been secured 1t would have taken place last night The match was to be between Harvey Parker and Tom Sharkey three times in one hour of actual wrestling time Each party was to have deposited $50 with the stakeholder the sporting ed. itor of the Waterbury Democrat, and failure of either to keep the agree ment would have caused the forfeit of that $50. They were to wrestle for fifty per cent of the gross receipts and just now that would have been a fine match. Sharkey is in training for his battle with Munroe and would have been in the pink of condition, while Parker is keeping himself in shape for all such marks as he be- Iieves Sharkey would have been. However the match is off and so evil dently are all others that were intend cd for the winter
 The recent report of the new ad- ministration on City Hall has killed that place because even though there is nothing to fear people would be very Ioath to go to hall against which there Is even the breath of sus- picion Jas to its condition. If the au- thorities were seeking to get rid of all revenues from that hall they have succeeded admirably because promot- CTS of dances, fairs or other entertain ments will be very slow about giving such entertainments knowing that if an accident does happen they will be held morally if not criminally respon- sible It looks now as though City Hall would be dead issue for some time, even though all the builders in the city should come out and say it was safe
 The only other available place for a sporting event that is a place where a good crowd can be attracted IS Po- lis theater. Jacques theater is of course occupied continuously by vau1- eville. The price asked for Polls theater would scare any club intend ing to give wrestling contest. For a fight or series of fights it may pay because, you can get bigger prices for the tickets of admission. Tn wrest- ling contest if you go over S75 for the highest price you are liable to play to a top heavy house. Could Polls theater be secured for $50 then there might be some chance of pull ing off several good wrestling con- tests but the chances are against you at present. Taking all these things into consideration 1t seems os if sport ins ..g-,ts in this .itv will ba q dead letter unless some Lhilanthropist will erect hall or auditorium for all kinds of sports.
 A wrestling contest will take place to-nigth In Naugatuck between Ben Herman, of Bridgeport .and Max Cor don, of Naugatuck. Both men have trained hard for the battle and unless Herman is out of condition he should he landed the winner. However they say Gordon has developed wonderful Iv within the past few months and may turn the tables on Herman.