Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-18
FIGHTS lND FIGHTERS.
Joe Wolcott Lost to Kid Carter in
 Hartford Last Night

Carter Put Up a Game Battle and | WoD in the Nineteenth Round-Aus.
 til Rice Whipped Hughey Murphy
 in New Haven-Tommy Ryan Wins
 in Ohio-McGovern to Fight in tue
 West-Harris and Palmer Matched
 Jack Daly to Fight Cans.
 Hartford. Jan 1S.-kid Carter of Brooklyn was awarded tue decision on ! d foul over Joe W oicurt or New York 1 III the nineteenth round Of what was 1 to have been twenty-round go at the Coliseum last night. 1t was q hard and Iast hght and in many respects the : pest ever seen here by men of such | Welght It had sorry ending, as not l Wlthstanding the fact that the ma1or- ! 1ty Of the spectators wanted to see i Garter win, they did not want to see him win on huke by the referee.
 John F. Willis of New Britain was the referee and he claimed that he had warned Wolcott seven times about 1oul1ng. The men agreed. to fight straight Queensberry rules and to break at the order of the referee. Wal cott held during the clinches and while lie held with one hand he struck T pioW With the other. This is the ex- piahatlon given by Willis for his de- | cision.
 aicott weighed about 15O pounds ,In" Narter was fifteen pounds heavier. .ie "as also several inches taller and III splendid condition. Walcott also ieoAed strong, but as he frequently ;a''" ;t neu ne1ore the contest took place | IL was S4i i'd that "A nad" defeated Bill Hanrahan and tho i latter had fought a draw will, C,orto,. shce that time Garter had stood ba. lore Tommy Ryan for six rounds and has learned thing,or two. It was op- nounced that Hanrahan and Tommy west had challenged the winner. West 1S tue only man who has given the Darp'idoes black a good beating.
 rom o' o'Rourkc and Joe Gordon were oehind Walcott and Carter was looked dlter DE Ed I1anrahan. Al AIcNIurray BOD Dillon and Gus Wimepaw. Danny Maher held the watch for Walcott and Johnnie Pollock did a like service TOT Carter. Paddy Hughes was time { Keeper for the club. There was fast ana furious fighting in every round and It was remarkable to see how the men stood up before the sledee-bammer nioWs Carter is a good two-handed HShter' anu can use one as well as the other He depended mostly upon stral@ht arm punches with an occns- | force
 Walcott varied his style more. ire. uueh.lv sendlng in uDpercutS and put tlhS III q JaD when opportunity offered carter began operations with q right i SWlnG tO tho
 Nalcott in good shaper Walcott land. ed on the face and ha ho1 Carter bleed. ing slightly from tho -.-- in the omen. ing round. The men began to mix if l up Ill the second and there was al most constant cheering as first one and then the other landed a blow. Car. ter rushed Walcott tocthe ropes in the third round and bored in some haru ones. Walcott came back win an uppercut and there was but little cholce at this stage, although Garter landed oftener.
 The fourth and fifth saw some hard blows on each side. Carter did most or the aggressive work but his blows uld not appear to feaze the black man There was a respite in the sixth as the pace was q telling one The breathine spell did not last long and in the neyt round they mixed it up again and each landed strong just before the bell carter continued to play for Walcott's ribs in the eighth and Walcott had re- course to jabs. The feature of the ninth was punch that Carter whipped into Walcott's wind with his right. He gave him another over the | heart.
 There was plenty of excitement dur ing the tenth and 9 knockout was looked for as the men were going at terrific speed and both landed with right and left Many of the spectators put on their coats in the eleventh as they thought it was the beginning of the end. There was an outburst of applause at the end of the round when Carter landed two hard swings. Both men fell down in the twelfth with Car. ter on top. Carter got in one of his pest punches in the fourteenth. He Tented with his. right and Walcott was not looking for the terrible Jeff that struck him like a battering-ram iu the wind. Both landed some facers in the fifteenth. There was no 1et-1ln on either side and neither one had any advantage when the referee gave his decision in the nineteenth.
 M'COY AND SHARKEY.