Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-21
WRESTLING
WILL BE MATCH
Ed. O'Connell of New Haven Will Take Kelly's Place To-Morrow
 Night in Simonsville.

There will be match at the Simons- vile Athletic club tomorrow evening, and, according" to the views of many sports, 1t will be even a better one than the Kelly and Kehoe match. Kehoe will be there for a surety and his opponent will be Ed OConnell of New Haven. There is little story in connection with this match which would be well to repeat here. John E. Kelly is injured, there is no gain saying that fact. His physician, Dr Hayes, says that it will be almost i'm possible for him to take part in any wrestling match for two or three weeks and do himself justice. Kelly is blamed whole lot by the followers Of sport for such strenuous training in preparation for a match. He claims his arm was injured by Plunkett get ting hammer lock on him and refus- ing to let go until the arm was in jured. That is strange condition oe affairs when a man in training is in- jured deliberately by the man with whom he is training. However, Kelly is injure'. and that settles that part of the game. Now for O'Connell's part in this match.
 All the sports will remember that some weeks ago O'Connell and his crowd from New Haven tried to force Kid KehOe into match down in the Simonsville Athletic club, but failed. Since that time O'Connell has kept the wires pretty busy trying to find out just who Kehoe really is. What sue cess he has attained remains to be seen. He was in town Sunday and wanted to bet with some of Kehoe's packers that Kehoe was not Kehoe, but was travelling under an assumed | name. The packers of Kehoe were willing to wager some money, but the New Havener changed his mind about betting. OGOnnell made the state | ment, however, that he would wrestle l KehOe whether that was his name or not, at any time and in any place. It is this statement which caused the managers to turn to him for a com. | petitor for Kehoe on Thursday night. l Manager Joe Lawlor of the Simons vile Athletic club, Kehoe and Kelly and their managers, with represents
 tives of the Democrat and Republican
 met in J. J. Murphy's cafe last night and talked the matter over. Kelly wanted Kehoe to adjourn the meeting of Thursday night for two weeks al least. Kelly said he had engagements planned ahead for the next six weeks and could not give them up. He want
 ed to wrestle, however, and did not
 care who was his opponent, seeing tha
 Kelly could not meet him. That turned
 attention to OC0nnell and communica
 tion was tried to connect with him il iSew Haven last night, but without ef
 feet However, his local manager herr
 said that OConnell would surely mee
 Kehoe tomorrow night and that set
 tied the matter. Kehoe at first want ed to have OiConnell stick to his chal lenge to throw kehoe twice in ont hour. but to this the manager of the club objected, saying he did not want any handicap matches of that kind Finally Kehoe agreed to meet the New Haven boy at catch weights, and there the matter rested. Kehoe says O'Con nell has not yet found out who he real ly is. but that he will surely do SO to morrow evening when they face eact other in the Simonsville Athletic clut rooms.