Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-29
FIGHTS IND FIGHTERS.
Good Bouts Scheduled For New
 Years Day in Hartford.

The Chief of Police Has Forbidden
 Boxing Bouts in the Future-kid
 Mccoy Licked Two Men-Mitchell's Coming to This Country Does Not . Excite Much Interest.
 It has been rumored that Charley White will not be able to referee the New Years day bouts in Hartford on account of a previous engagement elsewhere. The report is uutounded, as the management of the Crescent Athletic club yesterday received a let ter from the noted referee stating that ne would positively be on hand ana would start the first preliminary Bout at 3 D. m. Yesterdays mail also brought a letter from Jimmy Dime, manager of Jack Hamilton, who is training at his home in Troy for the star bout with Arthur Jones, which stated that Hamilton was never in better condition and was confident that he could do better than when he and Jones last met. The last time Hamilton and Jones met was in Troy, and at the end of twenty rounds the referee declared the contest a draw.
 William AEorrice, manager of Arthur Jones and Griffith Jones, was to have started for Hartford last night from Philadelphia. \ wire received from him yesterday was to the effect that both lads were ill the best of health and condition.
 Kid MatthcwS0n, who has been training iH Rockville for his tpn-round go with Mike MahPr of Hartford, is reported to be down to 123 pounds. NahPr has not had to do any partlcu- larly hard training for this bout for the fact that he has done gymnasium work for the last year or more.
 Walter BurgO. the well known pugi- list is now the matchmaker for the Middletown Athletic club and has ar ranged for New Years night an cXhi- bition that promises to be of interest. For the star bout he has secured George Munroc of New York and [, COnrCy of New Haven, who will have a go of twenty rounds. For a prelim- onaly John Sullivan of Wiliimantic and Young Riley of IvOryton will come together in a twelve-round bout. Burgo says the people of Middletown have been fakcd a couple of times, but he is giving them good exhibitions.
 Kid McCoy's announcement that Charley Mitchell. the English pugilist, is to visit America. has not created sensation. The Kid says Mitchell is q rich man as a result of shreWd manipulation of his affairs. The Eng lishman never has failed to have good thing" on his staff and when he came here several years ago with the late Squire Abingdon ill tow he evidently made the best of things. Mitchell ceased to be q fighter of abil- ity long before COrbett stopped him in q theatrical fight at Jacksonville. Just how Charley expects to rakc ill the dollars this time is q puzzle, but he'll probably have a scheme or two worth trying.
 Mysterious Billy Smith and Young Mahoney are the recent additions to the list of fake fighters. The action of the referee in declaring their fight at Paterson mo contest was com mendable and showed that he pos sessed cool headed judgment. If the referees who conducted other shady fights had displayed similar judgment they would have received unStinted praise from the sporting public. To declare a bout mo contest is contrary to the strict wording of the Marquis of Queensberry rules, but it is a com mon sense move. especially when the patrons of boxing have interests that should be protected. That the 'Mys- terious' one should indulge in a fake is surprise to the many ring patrons who have hitherto had high opinion of him.