Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-28
WRESTLING.
GOOD CONTESTS
 LAST NIGHT.
John E. Kelly Gave a Clever Exhibition by Defeat ing O'Connell Roach Did We'll.

There was but small crowd present In City hall last night to witness the
 Three contests scheduled, but those Wno were in attendance witnessed some clever exhibitions. The man. agers of the affair did not expect to make much money on this first carnival. They simply put it on as feeler, and they are now ready to go on with other wrestling matches and if possi- Die bring all the best wrestlers in the country here. Then, too, the managers were giving John +. Kelly chance to redeem himself for some of his work in the past, and they knew that many people were still sore on him and would not attend. AIN that sore ness should be wiped out now because Kelly did good work last night and showed that he can wrestle if he puts his mind down to it and if he obeys his manager.
 The first preliminary last night brought together young Perigard of this city and Ruhlin Of Naugatuck. The match was at catch weights and the time one-half hour. Both chaps went at each other in earnest and 1t was nip and tuck between them. They had been wrestling just two minutes when Ruhlin. in endeavoring to secure a hold, threw himself into a trap, and Perigard, with T half Nelson and leg hold, pinned his shoulders to the mat. After q five minute rest they went at it again and Ruhlin was the aggressor. At the end of fourteen minutes he had Perigard in trouble and soon put him to the mat with half Nelson There were no more falls in the balance of time and the match was called draw.
 The second preliminary was q cork ing good one and was at catch weights and for one-half hour, between Jack Roach Of this city and Frank Speh of Derby Roach was handicapped with a very sore finger, but was the az gressor all through the match. Speh wriggled out of some very difficult holds which Roach was unable to hold because of that handicap. Several tunes it looked as though Speh was to go down. but each time he escaped. He was on top himself out few times and then only for few seconds. The match went the limit of a half hour and neither secured fall Speh wrestles Herman of Bridgeport in Naugatuck Friday night. A match be- tween Roach and Ed O'Connell was also talked of last night, and 1t would be one of the best ever seen in the city.
 The main contest of the evening brought John F. Kelly of this city and Ed O'ConneI of New Haven together. This was also at catch weights. but kelly was to throw O'Connell twice in one hour of wrestling. Kelly became at once the aggreAsor and soon hau O'ConnelI beneath, where lie began to. give him a grueling. O'Connell did not take kindly to the work and to give the young fellow credit, he pulled. li1lnself out--of some very difficult holds. He was never afraid of fis stronger opponent, either. and when ever he got the opportunity he played some Of the gruel work himself. They had been wrestling fourteen minutes when Kelly secured the deadly ham, mer lock. Try as he would, however, he could not force O'Connell over. The, strain on the arm was terrible, but still he refused to go down. Finally Kelly saw a chance where his legs could play little part in the affair and soon O'Connell's head was in chancery. It was the same hold with which Prof Nike Dwyer almost put Kelly himself out of business down in the auditorium some winters ago. It is almost as deadly as the hammer lock, but with the two working together OConnell was slowly forced to yield. In the struggle Kelly's leg slipped to stran- gle several times and he was warned