Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-26
FIGHTS IND FIGHTERS.
Jim Jeffries will Not Fight a Private Bout.

A $1o,000 Offer By O'Rourke Has No
 Charms for Hinn-McCoy to Take
 Part in Fete--Memorable Ride of
 "a Local Party to Barn Fight
 New York, April 26.-The offer of Thomas F. O'Rourke to conduct fight in private between Jeffries and Ruhlin with purse of $10,000 as an incentive will not be accepted by the champion. Jeffries is at present i'll Kansas City and is expected in New York about May 15. He was notified of O'Rourke's offer and replied that he did not intend to enter into any scheme to fight in private in this state or any other state where boxing is prohibited, and above all $1O,000 was mere bagatelle for bout that gives the winner clear title to the cham pionship. Jeffries will remain in New York until about May 20, when he win start for. Los Angeles. He has recent ly acquired a large tract of fruit land there and will arrange for its develop ment. He hopes eventually to settle down in Los Angeles. He has no in- tention of retiring from the ring at
 
 fight will take place in California, where the bout can be conducted with out police intereference. "I have had several good offers from clubs in Cali fornia," he says, and will probably accept the best one as soon as reach the coast. So far as the offer from Homan is concerned I will say thas he must have just become interested in the game. Why, I would give up fighting sooner than accept an offer ci $10,000 to meet Ruhlin." O'Rourke again asserted yesterday that he would guarantee to pull off the big fight 11i priYate.s q know of club located on Long Island Sound where a bout could be decided. There are 500 members who, am certain, would pay enough to make up the purse and a little more to cover any expenses. Before the Horton law became Imperative num- Der of wealthy men wanted me to or ganize an athletic club with mem bership of 800 and capital of S10O,- ! 900 and to secure the old DelmQnico building at Twenty-sixth street. ana Broadway. did not favor the plan Eat that time, because there were so many boxing clubs doing business. The plan may be revived now, and l think there is Q way to bring about LuC TEflNdl Ol ASJ Ni0 IVA ing before there was Horton law, and the conditions since the repeal of that law are the same as they were before MT Horton was heard of. "How about your new club just over the state line in Connecticut, which can be reached from New York. in forty minutes?'' he was asked. Oh, that matter Is about the same as it was a month ago,n he answered.. 3SWill the work of erecting a club house be begun, now that the anti-box- ing law bill in Connecticut was beaten in the legislatureg' "It's little too early to talk about that.v s"But there is no law in Connecticut now that pro- hibits boxing, and the Jeffries- Ruhlin bout could be held at this proposed club, so why not offer a purse for bout open to the public, instead of in private in New York P sI will not of fer purse for the Jeffries- Ruhlin fight in Eonneeticut don't believe that I want 1t, not at present at least. I am going to conduct a bout in Bridgeport, probably on Decoration day. The bont will take place in the afternoon. have not yet arranged program. It will be announced very shortly, how ever,'' It is believed that Mccoy will be one of the principals in the main bout.