The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05
PaTY DefeatS LeOnhaYdt M Very DifJ1cnh Match Bull Dog Clayton Arrives From England Claims That Par Boast of Championship Honors Is False-Match
 Between the Two Is Arranged. Preim-
 inaries Were Interesting.
BY CHAs. FELL.

, face, is lingo certainly would not con. 1 ceal it. He claims he Is from Lancaster shire England and came to the states with the express intention of looking u | Jim Parr, known here as the champion oi | England.
 When Clayton appeared before the foot | lights he went right to business by chal- lenging the winner of the match No body knew what he was talking about until Referee Miles explained what he had said, and asked him to speak more dis tinctly. He stated his willingness to fight for a large side bet, and was ready to stake the money on the spot.
 Clayton then turned round to where Parr was sitting and declared in very emphatic language that if Parr claimed the championship of England he is un- truthful in his statement. He also de- clared, in equally as emphatic words, that the belt which Parr displays with pride, as having won with the championship ti- tie, was procured through illegitimate means
 He proposed to put Parr down, heels, back, shoulders and head and do it bloody quick, if he would accept his challenge.
 The Bull Dog received no reply from Parr, and took his seat. Parr pretended not to have understood what he said, but Ildue HO ellOll u StCuit dll ltApiehiiobiSi. Parr did not accept the challenge before the audience but match was later ar ranged between the two, to take place in about a week.
 Clayton believes he can crush the bloody Parr in short order. and tear his bloody" ribs out. He says Par has not acted squarely toward him, and he has spent a hundred bloody 'quids' to come to Birmingham to get match with his countryman. He says that Parl had a bloody" good reputation in the old country, but that he took the cham pion's belt which did not belong to him. and skipped out
 Match Will Be Hot.
 It is believed that the match will be a hot one. and that it will not be free from the rough and tumble tactics. There re- mains, however, the fact that Parr is a rattllng good wrestler, and game to the core; while the other Johnny BulP Is de- termined to right what he believes to be wrong. The fray will be interesting.
 Clayton does not look to be the wrestler that he is. He has favorable reputation, having wrestled in nearly all parts of the world and claims that he is the rightful champion of England. That fact is, how ever, to be settled between the two men. Birmingham will know which is the other man ere the end of next week, unlss somebody white eyes"
 The preliminaries last night were un- scheduled. A match was to have taken place between Fichtner and Bob Luster, but Fichtner being unsatisfed with the purse offered, called the match off. In their places, Dewitt Gibson and the Young Turk" gave an exhibition match. The event was full of fun and interest. Sparring matches between Bob Burns and Taf-a T Joe Foote's proved interesting. Burns and O'Neill are two prominent news boys. and crackeriacks. Manness and Foote's were "hummingbird" feather weights. and in the one round fought they practically knocked each other out.