The Washington times., 1906-01-28

who ever performed in Washington, has
decided TO return to the mat and in the
course OF the next two or three weeks
Will begin a cries of matches which viii
run through until late in the spring.
Grant has hooked up again with Char
ley Weiss, of Baltimore, who first
brought him to the front but with
whom he split because OF a personal
misunderstanding about money matters.
Weiss has been handling wrestlers for
years, is thoroughly acquainted with the
art himself, and knows about every
grappler promoter East of the
Rocky Mountains. Weiss has undertaken
20 get matches enough 10 keep Grant
busy, and Grant has undertaken TO meet
all con ers at any old style.
Circuit Arranged.
The plan as 1t stands at present is to
have Joe wrestle once week on a cir
cult in which viii be Washington. Bal
umore, Norfolk and Richmond Every
third week he win appear in Washing
ton or there will be substituted a match
between two crack heavy men, so that
wrestling exhibitions will take place fin
this city at regular periods instead of
spasmodieally, as has been the case this
season
Grant is a Washington bov who
learned the game here. beginning his
career al the old Washington AtbIettc
Club. lie is middleweight OF unusual
ability and has studied the sclpn,.- a
thoroughly intelligent manner. which
mas enabled him To make excellent
showings against men who were much
heavier than himself
TOuted by Gotch.
Perhaps his most interesting match
was last winter when he met Franz
Gotch, then champion of America. AZ
ne washington Light Infantry Armorv
Gotch had forty pounds advantage over
the Washingtonian and could have
thrown his man almost at will bllt he
gave Grant a thorough trying-out and
at the end of the exhibition announced
that he thought Grant one of the rnos+
promising and interesting wrestIers he
mad ever met, and predicted that If he
STUCK TO the game he would become in
snort time the acknowledged middle
weight champion of the country. The
theh heavyweight champion subsequent
" repeated that prediction in private
conversation and said he would back
HIdilt against any middleweight wrestler
he had ever seen
a&alnET
ers in the bi-weekly matches In VVasb
ington. Grant never met dafeat -
aroused more popular interest In Vrest-
ling than has been known in WASHING
ton for years. All Of his bouts were
highly interesting and a number of
Well-known men went down before him
Including Max Wiley. Harvey Parker
Charley Reinike. Joe O'NeiI. and others.
The Fake Eddie Barr.
Next TO the GOtch match last vintar
Grants most memorable engagement
was with faker calling himself Eddie
Barr. of Cincinnati Barr had never
appeared in Washington, and wien this |
stranger came along and announced that
ne was the famous middleweight from |
.he Middle West, whose name was well |
known here, he was taken at his worf, 1
lie proved TO be an asthmatIc indt-
Fldual. but the quickest and best man
at his weight that ever showed in
w ashington He had the Capital man
completely befuddled by a nunhar of
new rolls that have never been seen
mere since or before. and pnt Grant
ooWh, III was great surprise to the
crowd ana Grant, and after that the To-
cal man was more cautious.
me rake barr tried his fancy sttlnfs
for second fall, but Grant proved too
strong for him. especially when the
asthma, or throat affection or what 1
ever il was that made him wheeze dole
fully, got busy. and gained two falls. !
Eddie Barr heard about the manner in
which his name had been used and en-.
tered a loud protest. He also challenged
Grant to a finish match. and the chal. /
lenge will probably be accepted now.
for at the time il was received Grant
had retired temporarily TO accept a
profitable engagement which precluded /
his public appearance.
Practiced on Monday.
Another highly diverting match in
which Grent took part last winter was
with Young Monday The Monday
young man was an Italian who was
picked up by Frank Huseman and Wal
Ter boVeless and put forth as "a novice
II the wrestling business. but who had
strength and confidence enough TO
hrow Grant 1t was sedulously insisted
hat Monday knew nothing about the in-
Ter mysteries OF the sport
A large crowd saw them get together
md also saw the fur fly. Monday was
much better informed on wrestling top