Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-21
FIGHTS HHD FIGHTERS.
The Bouts Advertised For Last
 Night Did Not Take Place.

The Crowd Did Not Come Fast Enough
 and the Management Threw Up the
 Sponge-Now- Reported That the
 Corbett-Jeffries Bout Was Fake- Dave Sullivan and Broad Matched
 McGoYern Has Won Three Cham
 pionships.
 eEe much talked of and advertised contests With tne giOveS that were 10 nave taken place last uIgnt under the auSplces of the mon -Atnietlc club, faIled to materIaIlZe. W hen it had passed by the $ o'clock hour last nlgnJ the management realized that they were up against d good sized frost and if they pushed the program aiong they would De out q good sized purse of money. The members of Une club came to q nasty but wise conclusion to stop the affair right where it was. and at once the announcement was made to the few who had gathered ill the City hall that the fights were off and all who held tickets could get their lnoney at the box office. Every dollar that was taken ill was paid back and the fighters were also returned their fort teits. Some Of the fighters took the disappointment good naturedly but there were a few sore heads who kicked because the management would n"t give up their good coin to them. Thr management did just right nu matter who was disappointed. They have already given two fights and both were good ones. On the first one they went down i'll their pockets and paid out Il goodly sum of money in older to keep faith with the public. On the last one they just about cleared themselves. and ii they had run the ore last night they would again be forced to go into their jeans for the good gold. The members of tlic club are not milli0nairrS and they are not in the athletic business for their health \ big loss stared them in tlIe face, and although they are now out about S20O they preferred to be that much loser than to pay out about S3uO mere. What happened that the pco- pie did not come out last night iS d mystery. The fight was well adyer- t!&eU and written up in advance and the bouts as scheduled were all good ones. vet the people remained at home Probably it was too near to Christmas time. and those who would have patrO-
 
 ing Christmas presents. The frost was there. whatever caused it. and there can be blame attached to nc one
 MGOEERN'S THREE TITLES.
 Frank Erne has formally announced his retirement from the ring and con sequently his resignation of the title of lightweight champion of the world. lie is on record as follows: Horace Lerch, Sporting Editor, Buffalo
 Express:
 McGovern,s, winning will not. .changc my plans- am out of the ring for good. FRANK ERNIE
 New York, Dec H.
 With that declaration the champion ship is an open question: with McG0v- ern claiming the title and standing ready to defend it. Upon the first battle between McGovern and some lightweight the winner will become the recognized holder of the title Me Govern will. however insist on 1:,:, pounds ringside. and there are few of the So-called lightweights who can scale at that figure AicFaddeIi. :! spike" Sullivan and several others. cannot get to 133 popnds. It is veiyt questionable if Cans can make it. That McGovern will clinch his claim to the t1tle there can be little question. and he will thus achieve the unparalleled distinction of winning bantam. feather and lightweight titles all inside of two years.