Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-10
FIGHTS IND FIGHTERS.
The National Athletic etiub Was
 Up Against itIast Night.

Sweeney, Murphy nsdSBaly Failed
 to Show Up Martin eFlaherty Took
 Sweeney's Place and He and Me-
 Fadden Did Little Cake Walk
 Murphy, Alias Lavinski, Alias Spar
 adoni, Alias Kelly, Beat Kid Con
 roy-Burgo and Mcintyre Do Every
 thing But Bite.
 faction at the athletic contests last night, given in the auditorium by the National Athletic club, under the man. agement of Moe Harris. The manage ment cannot be blamed for the little dissatisfaction that prevailed for a short time, for. he did his best to pro vide the bill advertised and when he round that it was Impossible he did the next best thing, he secured talent to take the places of those advertised. The main Lput of the evening as was advertised Was to be between George McFadden, better known as "Elbows" McFadden, and Patsey Sweeney. Some days ago Sweeney was taken i'll and the management here was notified A hurried trip WAS made to New York and the local management spent $20O to try to get Sweeney in condition to appear here. All efforts proved un- availing, and taen it was determined to bring Sweeney on here, sick though he was, and let the public see his con dition. This his physician refused and yesterday there was nothing to do but to choose another man to meet McFad- den. This person was found in Mar tin Flnherty, who although lighter was a good substitute. The management did even more than this, for before the bouts took place last night It was de- termined to inform the people present that Sweeney was not going to fight, but that Martin Flaherty was.
 There were but one thousand people present when the hour arrived for the beginning of the contests and the man agement at once saw that the show was q losing one. The club, however, decided to keep faith with those who were there, no matter if 1t would be at a loss. Charley Harvey, the announcer, entered the ring at Il quarter to 3, armed with documents, telegrams and doctors certificates. Harvey must be n hypnotist, for he not only made the people feel good natured, but he made them applaud when he announced that Sweeney was i'll and was unable to appear, but that Martin Flaherty would do the trick with NfcFadden. In the ring waiting for him to get through were Walter Burgo of Boston, the man with the face, and Percy Me- Intyre of New York. 1t was a catch weight affair for ten rounds and was one of the hardest fought battles seen in the auditorium.
 Thomas Grogan of Hartford was in- troduced as timekeeper and Harry Pol lock of New York was the referee, The latter has whole lot to learn about the refereeing abusiness and the spectators did not forget to tell him so. His decisions were all right but his work in the ring was decidedly crude. Of all the slugging that was ever wit ,,iiessed Burgo and Mcintyre afforded Hts fbt Mas biff, bang. from the sothd ,of the bell to begin until the sound of the bell to cease at the end of each round. They had not been going two rounds until both were weary, but in the third, when Burgo cut hole over McIntyre's right eye 1t became a pum- meling match, and they both hammered each other with left and right until 1t looked as If both must fall to the fioor In the fourth Burgo went after his man like Il bulldog, but before the round ended he wanted to take his chair. In tie fifth Mcintyre appeared to be weak and Burgo was strong, but still the Boston pretty faced pug could not get to the right spot. h the sixth both were tired after slngging each other around the ring, while Mcintyre still continued to bleed In the sev- enth Mcintyre took a hand in the game and Burgo was very tired when the bell rang. In the eighth the honors were even and one chopped the other, although 1t was hardsto make n dent in Burgo's face. In the nth Burgo had Mac going, but he recovered quick ly and soon had Walter looking for spot to sit down. Tn the tenth they went at each other hammer and tongs and 1t was smash, smash from the be- ginning to the end. The bout was de clared a draw.
 The next go brought together two Waterbury little chaps, Pete Mulvaney and Billy Barrett. Pete Is better known as one Of the Rose Hill mid- gets who used to do the clubs and so- cieties some years ago. This bout was for six rounds and went the limit. There was not much doing in any of the rounds, but whatever was done was accomplished by Mulvaney They were like two bantam roosters. but differed Ill one respect--they didn't care to mix matters very much. In the first of the battle Mulvaney hit Barrett couple of hard ones, and per- haps if the bell had not sounded so soon Barrett might have been counted out. At any rate the decision went to Mulvaney.
 The next battle was to have been between Andy Daily of Boston and Hughey Murphy of New York. Neither man was present, although some chap was there who took the name of Mur- phy. Daily sent telegram that he missed the train. and nothing was heard from Murphy. It was said that the man who took Murphys name and place was called Jim Kelly of Boston. Why he took the name of Murphy or Kelly 1t was hard to say. Certainly his face belied the names. He might be better called Moses Lavinski or An tonic Saparadoni, for his features were but Hibernian. In place of Daily, Kid Conroy of New Haven was He was hog fat and he quit dead cold in the fourth round. The chap who tried to pose as Murphy went after Conroy like q whirlwind | and he soon made that fighter wish he | was in condition. The first, second | and third rounds he kept sending both | hands to Conroy's bread basket, which | was i'll no shape to stand hammer |