Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-15
THE SPORTING NEWS.
WRESTLING. JOE LAWLOR <. DROPS IT s.s
His Place Not Large Enough For Regulation Nat and Cronan and Pickett May Meet In Brooklyn.

The wrestling match between Dan Pickett of the Goodwill Athletic club and Dave, Cronan of the Brooklyn Athletic club will not be held at the Simonsville Athletic club. Manager Joe Lawlor made a bid for the match and his bid was the highest and 1t was accepted. He finds. however. that owing to the limited room capac- ity in his building he will be unable 10 build stage on which he could place an 18-foot mat. As this was the size of the mat required, he decided that the best thing he could do was to release the wrestlers from any claim they had on him immediately in order that another place could be secured at once. Manager Lawlor wanted that match held inst his place, but he realizes that itfwill be fast and swift go and he knew that both lads desired all the room that the law allowed them in order to make the contest an interesting and exciting one. He did not want to stop in the way of the match and therefore re- tires gracefully from the field of bid ders. The match will now probably be held in the Brooklyn Athletic club rooms. ,1Cte ia -r,gf:,,rs~,. rs r-7~
 The American wrestling champion ship will be decided tonight at Madi- son Square Garden. Frank Gotch, the western wonder and holder of the catch-as-catch-can championship, will defend his laurels against Tom Jen- kins of Cleveland. the ex-champion.
 These two giants, the best big grap- piers this country has ever produced. will put up sensational fight. Tim Hurst was selected yesterday after noon to referee the contest after a lively argument between Gotch and Jenkins.
 The men are to fight the battle out to finish. the winner of two falls out of three to get the decision. Pin falls only will count, and no fall off the mat will count unless the referee sees fit.
 Gotch. who won the championship from Jenkins on foul out west about a year ago, and who again gained a decision over him recently in Cleve- land. is favored i1l the betting on to- nights contest. Jenkins. however, has a host of admirers, who are ready to back him heavily, as it is well known fact that he was crippled be- fore he went on the mat to meet GOtch in their last match.
 Tn addition to a couple of first class preliminary contests there will be a great jiu-iitsu match to,night lpreced- ing the affair. Prof HaKOiwa will meet another wrestler. Kukuoka. in a match at this Japanese style of wrest- ling. and will also give an, exhibition and exclamation of this wonderful art:
 Gotch's sudden rise to fame is ln- terestine reading. Marshall Green was the first man of any standing who tackled young Gotch and Gotch de- feated him in three straight falls. the strangle hold being used. It was the only hold that Gotch knew at that time and it worked well. After tack linz all of the local stars and defeat inc one after another Gotch took on a match with Dan Mcleod. Gotch lost the match. hut after that, very few went nnfavorablv for him.
 Jenkins reputation and record as a wrestler are very well known to the followers of the game. He was cham pion for marry years until he met Gotch and defended his title against all corners.