Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-27
FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS }.
Exciting Battles at the Audi
 torium Last Night.

way Makes Loucks Look Like q 1 .Srhirty Center'-Poor Dan Murphy Gets q Terrible Beating from Wal ter Burgo-Johnny Reagan Badly Beaten in Chicago. One more very successIul coil.e'
 with the gloves was pulled oiA i"'. night. and the crowd of 1,ooO tnat Wat" present received q good run TOT lic money that was deposited Ill the -poA office That there is an intense iiltel- est in boxing matches Ill th1S cIty was evidenced not alone from the large dt tendance on the inside but also rom tine crowds of people. young and oid. that lined the streets in the vicinity ol the auditorium While those on the inside were cheering and applanhlhS the men in the ring. those Who were less fortunate and perhaps did not nave the price were enjoying the cheers as well as they could on the outside. one more athletic club has demonStralcd that Waterbury will support an ath- letic contest that is conducted hloiS proper lines and with all due respect to the tastes of the lovers of boNlng' Before the first bout last night, how ever. there were many rumors clrcu- lated in the corridor of the auditorium and on the outside that two of the bouts would not go on as scheduled. While these rumOrS were found latef to be groundless they interferGd some what with the smOothneSs of the ar rangements of the Waterbury Athletic club.
 It was true that young Loucks, who had engaged to go ten rounds with Harry Galway put up a big kick be
 in c of q pound over weight. He demand ed a forfeit. and as Galway did not have the wherewith to pay said for felt and as no forfeit had been de- posited with the club. it looked very much as though the first preliminary would fzle out. No Inducements could make Loucks recede from his po- sition, and it was openly. hinted that he was somewhat afraid of the sturdy Galway. and subsequent events proved that those hints were not without some shade of truth. The club ill or der to keep faith with the generous public decided to pay MT Loucks over the forfeit from the club treasury and when the S25 was forthcoming Loucks had nothing to do but get into his fight ing togs. For several days the bet ting had been favoring Loucks, but why this should have been so was a mystery. Galway had been in the ring several times in this city and ne had always made a very clever show ing even against some of the top notchers. It was openly whispered. however. that Galway had not trained properly and that he loved to look on good big high ones too often and for that reason alone he would not be in fit condition to face strong, husky lad like Loucks. All doubts as to Gal ways ability were set at rest as soon as he stepped into the ring. for he was in the pink of condition and sadly did the packers of Loucks witness the downfall of their hopes and the empty ing of their pockets. Galway proved himself good two-handed fighter. and it was the opinion of many of the big sports who were present last night that if he would let the tippling alone and would put himself under the care of some good manager he could be made as clever and as hard punchcr as there is in his class. Loucks showed the yellow streak before he had gonC the limit and Galway proved himself his master at every stage of the game In the eighth Loucks had been forced from his seat by his seconds and h, wanted to quit right there. The few hard thumps he had received in thu I- out of him and he longed to be homt and in bed out of sight of all this fals glitter of lights and noisy audience He had been pushed from his corner however. and he was there to see tn finish. Galway hit just one blow il the jaw when away ran Mir Loucks and looking for q soft spot in his cor her he went down on his hands ant knees and prayed for deliverance iron his enemies. Referee White ordere him from the ring and awarded tn fight to Galway. The latter wa cheered to the echo while Loucks wa roundly hissed. and as fighter he ha passed or should pass into oblivion.
 The second preliminary brought poo old Dan Murphy back once more | receive a sound humping. and it wa pitiful to see this game fellow ham mered about the ring without mere, Murphy had up against him anothe t'has been," but who has still a coupl of punches left in him. Walter Burg was his name and he has received mo1 honors in the past two days than Ina fallen to his lot in many fightin season. He whipped another woult be fighter in Hartford Thursday nigh and then to come down to Watcrbul the next night and administer soun beating to the pride of this city, al two feats to be proud of. It. ws claimed that Burgo was drunk whe he fought in Hartford, but this is d nied by some reputable sporting me who sat at the ringside last Thursda night and who were present at Il fight last night. All through the bo1 last night Referee Charley Whi watched Murphy pretty closely and the least sign that he had been seriou ly hurt the bout would have bet stopped. White and the best spor who sat around the ring last night c incide with the opinions of the majo ity of sporting writers in this stat that Murphy should retire from Il ring. and that the club that makes
 -datch with Dan Murphy as one of Il contestants is laying the members - fhat club liable to arrest and perha
 imprisonment. If Dan Murphy is u fortunate and is unable to earn Ii ing in any other. manner. as some.
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