Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-28
WRESTLING.
WERE THREE
 GOOD CONTESTS
Empire Athletic Club Pulls of First Smoker The Three Matches We're Fiercely Fought.

| % In Congress hall last night the first l smoker of the Empire Athletic club was given before a couple of hundred people, and those who were present witnessed three good bouts.
 The first bout brought together young Brennan of this city and Henry Conrad Of OakviIle. The boys were to have wrestled at 115 pounds, but Con- rad was evidently much heavier than l the Waterbury lad. The latter, how ever. put up plucky battle all through 1 the struggle and had he not been ham, dicapped by weight undoubtedly would have renamed the limit without hav- | ing fall scored against him. Brennan l weighed 114h pounds. while Conrad scaled PA. Before the boys tackled l each other it was agreed that falls off
 the mat should count if the hold that sent the man down was first secured on the mat. It was this agreement which defeated Brennan. After des- perate struggle for nine minutes Con- rad secured q firm hammer lock and l forced Brennan off the mat. Both shoulders were on the bare floor and it was impossible for Brennan to work 1 himself out of the hold, and thus the first fall was secured. In the second attempt Brennan again put up plucky l fight, but Conrad seemed to be the more clever and, possessing the more 1 weight, gradually worked the local boy l for another hammer lock. Again was Brennan forced off the mat and again l did his shoulders go to the floor, and ] just as the time, thirty minutes or l wrestling, was expiring, the referee gave the 4all to Conrad at the sugges- 1 ton of Jesse Foley, who was behind
 Brennan, who did not care to see the I Waterbury boy's back torn by the | splinters on the floor.
 Jesse Foley and Brennan were call- CTS at the Democrat office this morning and they issued the following challenge | to Conrad: If the latter will make ] 115 pounds at the ringside Brennan 1 will wrestle him for any part of $10O, l and will deposit q forfeit to bind I match just as soon as Conrad does like wise. This should make q corking good
 match between those two little fel l lows.
 The match which probably created ] the greatest interest of the night was l the handicap affair between Dan Pick ett of the Washington Hill Athletic club and Frank Babcock of Waterville. | 1 three times in one hour of actual Wrest- 1 ling. The friends of Pickett were out | in force and had plenty of money to wager that the Washington Hill lad would be there at the finish and would l be declared the winner. 1t was pun l ishing match and both men were handled roughly. Babcock proved him. 1 self a clever wrestler, but he was up
 against d strong. rugged young fellow, l who had the best of him i'll strength and weight Try as he would BaDcock l could not secure hold strong enough
 to force the Waterbury boy down. Bab. 1 cock was the aggressor for the most ot l the match. but when Pickett did pull
 himself out of hole, and this was done often. he roughed 1t with the Wa ] teryille wrestler second after second Babcock tired in the last part of the I hour. when he saw that he could not
 accomplish the task he had laid out,
 and then Pickett, who seemed to be-
 come stronger. went after the Water yille wrestler with vengeance. 1t was
 rough house work for certain and the ] lad from the Hill punished his man un- l mercifully. He picked him up several
 times and dashed him to the floor. but
 was unable to get hold that would
 accomplish fall. When the hour had f l Pickett was declared the winner. Both
 showed the effects of the rough house l work and their faces and bodies were
 all marked up.
 l At the conclusion of the match, Bab-
 cock admitted that he bit off more than he could chew He said the Waterbury
 boy was good ole and he was too heavy and too strong for him. Bab- cock issued challenge, however. to meet any man in the world at 123 pounds. weigh in at the ringside. Pick ett is comer and with little more l experience in the art and good coach ing i'll getting and breaking holds he
 would be able to tackle any of the
 wrestlers of his weight
 i The final match of the evening
 brought together Jesse Foley of this
 city and Frank Hugo. formerly mem
 Der of the Newark Athletic club. Hugo
 is now employed at the Turkish baths
 in this city. This match proved to be
 another fast and hustling battle. Foley
 became the aggressor and remained so
 to the end. He went after the hammer
 lock time and time again, and as Often did Hugo break the holds. Foley was I persistent however, and at the end of
 fwenty-two minutes had his man ill
 danger. The hammer lock was firmly
 secured and then with the aid of q
 scizzors Foley slowly forced Hugo to
 the mat for the first fall. On the sec.
 ond trial Foley was once more the az.
 gressor, although Hugo tried several
 times to secure the hammer lock, but
 each time it was broken At the end
 of sixteen minutes Foley got the sec
 ond fall. having again made fast tn
 hammer lock and. assisted by his body
 and an arm lock, he forced Hugo to de
 feat Hugo was much heavier than
 Foley and the latter deserves all the
 more credit for his showing.
 James s. Carroll was tie timer for
 ail the matches.
 DIVER THROWS CARROLL.