Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-24
THE SPORTING NEWS.
WRESTLING.
THE STURDY
 PICKETT WON
Dave cronan of Brooklyn Cave the Hill Lad an Aw. full Crueling But No Fall Came-Other. Gossip.

The wrestling tournament given at
 City hall last evening attracted d
 big crowd, LIPS people paying admis-
 non, and proved conclusively that the
 public want sports of some kind and
 Ire willing to paronize them when
 they know they are on the level. Last
 night was another opening wedge for
 good clean sport in this city,, and if
 there are any future tournaments of
 the kind they will receive just as
 good patronage as was rendered to
 the one last evening.
 Ihe first contest of the night
 brought out two comparatively un-
 known young chaps who labored un-
 der the names of ''The Turk and
 Young Blondin." The former was
 the heavier of the two afld displayed
 the most cleverness for he was on top
 all the time during the thirty minutes
 of wrestling. Blondin's efforts con-
 sisted mainly in staying on the bot
 tom and refusing to turn over and
 nave his shoulders pinned to the mat.
 It was the first public appearance of
 Blondin and his friends say that when
 De next appears he will make "The / Turk" look silly, but tke latter says
 mat Blondin will he in q moro ii .k-
 Fish position than was His 'faniesake
 When he crossed Niagara Falls on the
 rope, when next they come together.
 iea second contest brought out an
 other young Waterbury athlete who
 IS built in every way for wrestler
 and he goes by the name of "I1id'
 Fitzgerald and is member of the
 Goodwill A. c. He is muscular chap ana understands the game pretty well
 TOT a youngster. He was slated to go
 on with Gresham, hailed as the cham
 pion of Montreal. Gresham was
 many pounds lighter than the local boy and was also handicapped by
 bad ear which he had lanced yester- day. At the first grapple of the two Gresham's ear was opened up and he was bleeding continuously through the contest. While he displayed much cleverness he was unable to stand off the sturdy young Water- bury athlete and in trying to get away from dangerous holds he threw himself into double Nelson at the end of nine minutes and both his shoulders went to the mat. The sec ond fall took a couple of minutes longer and Gresham, although on .oD many times. was unable to secure a hold on his lithe-limbed opponent. Fitzgerald showed much the superior strength and at the 'enT7i 6fe eleven minutes again secured the deadly double Nelson and went to the mat Tor the second fall. The main interest of the evening was centered. however, in the final contest. which brought together the much talked of pair, Dan Pickett of | the Goodwill X. c. and Dave Cronan or the Brooklyn X. C. The latter wa., to throw Pickett two falls in one hn,Ir | or actual wrestling and he failed to | uo It. Roth lads had host of friends III the house and they were cheered 70 the echo as they came on the mat i Tor their contest. Both were trainet, to the hour, but Pickett looked to be Tn the finer form and there was not an ounce Of super1iuOus flesh on his | oody. CrOnan was some pounds heay- Ter and displayed the greater strength as the contest waxed hot. The tim CTS for the bout were J. H. MuIvil!p. cEicial timer: (. A. Jackson for Gro. nan and w. Sheehan for Pickett. There was a whole lot os money bct on this match anl qx'ite rent was at fc'er heat throughou. d battle. Gro nan was the aggressor tin oughout The match and Picket. was forced to .aka grlielling that few nen would have stt od for. He had f~ained himself To Fat gruelliES. evidcntl-. f -.Eo himself with holding off his more sturdy opponent and all through me contest he never made any stren- nous move to put Cronan down. If was true that Pickett was on ton several times during the match. bnt he contented himself with lockip. hi, irms around Cronan's body. while roman went to a sitting posture dur- nf those times and tried again and 'sain to disable one of Pickett's fin sers or arms. Once in mixur when Pickett seized his heavier opp,ncn. md iaising him in the air slasha, him o the floor he was wildly cI,ccrr,l. ,hu 1t proved conclusively that the iSh'"- chap possessed considerable 'trensth himself which ho was hrs 'aiidine Tor the final struggle. As inc minutes dragged by it was seen tI.at roman if he was to throw his .th- eric opponent must exert every efTo,t , ? take those two fails. He ,liI fry ll Kinds Of means to gain that fall ; ut time and again did Pickett u-rip- ." ont Of dangerous positions If o6ked as though Pickett understood i,e tricks of the wrestlin. ca,.e title better than Cronan and h., -ovel himself very good defensive , 'rstlef. As the game progressed h" pace became harder anJ harder | nh the coachers of each mau i,.n;.e.I a r"'r enc corner of .hc pI,tferm to I ''e cther. shouting advice. .n tbe | sst f!seen minutes of tho contest ! ' fo'f:iu nut on all the steir, he .,os- a sSsed hut the sturdy young C,,ri.ttr | b.Iphs him off and time after ,ir,e uiled himself out of positions w,,crn Il is 'et or arm was threatened ,yitn ! a n Ions injury. Cronan sse,..e.l tp h ire fIop his eyertions as tine last V ':w mT iutes annroache1 as ,,, real t r, flat his chances wer, hecon,-.y !, i'm o. esen en'ning one fall. Then J .'cab again the grueIIing prp Ss sud srkf: ws< forced tp taS, T sryc. |, i,uIiu-. Fl. stool it aIl- IsnNsrvcr. q nj q a-ai" snd apsin b-oz, le,,.s h hi flIssfenei him with ia:rrv J 1e f,>t ef Cropsn provnd 2 lrcp ,cs~ e rr hrws-e,- and when the ho,:r hal P x3.rs' !r.leit was still oi .ila Irt- g ,:7. Daf tho winner of the mstci.. t.
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