Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-15
FIGHTS IND FIGHTERS.
More Facts About the Big Tour
 nament Next Thursday.

Tom Sharkey and Dave Sullivan Will
 Arrive Here on Wednesday Both
 Sullivan and Rice are Confident of
 victory-Best Preliminaries Ever
 Offered ill the State-other Good
 Fighting News.
 It will be of interest to those Wno purchase seats on the stage to know that they wliI not have to go arounu ana enter by tue stage door. They can go in the main entrance and go to the-r seats over the footL ghts. It IS more than likely that not cne of those seats will be lett on the night of the match for the demana IS increasing every uas for blocks o1 he best seats ln the house. The -4.st news from HartIofo and way stat as was to the erect that 300 sports al coming from that enu of the state, this may be posslDly swelled to 5g Manager Crowley ar rived in Waterbury yesterday after noon all tired out from completing ar arrangements in New York for the trip up here of Dave Sullivan, Tom Shar' key and the rest of the New York con- tingent. They will arrive on Wednes- day. the day before the exhibition, Sullivan, Manager Crowley says, is n better condition than he has ever been for any of his matches, and being al- lowed considerable in weight, he will be stronger than he was with McGov- eln in their last battle. He is on edge for the opening of the hostilities and he is confident that he will defeat Rice, and before the time limit has ex- pired
 Rice, on the other hand. is doing herculean training at his home in New London, and his friends send word over here that Dave Sullivan will go down to defeat. There will be no draw this time, say the Rice followers, for Aus tin has made up his mind to force Sul- livan from the first round to the min- ute when either one of them will go down for the count. Rice is in perfect shape in every way. He believes that this is the one contest in his career that will mean everything to him. A victory will land him to that goal he has been steadily fighting his way to for years.
 Willie Lewis, who will contest in the second preliminary, Is after Dave Sul- Ivan's scalp, too. He thinks that the little iirishman cannot whip him in any way and he is going to show Bell field Walcott that he made a mistake when he went up against him. If he defeats Walcott he will at once go after Sullivan, and says he will trounce him for fun, money or marbles. Wal colt, on the other hand, says that when he gets through with Lewis he will not be thinking of Dave Sullivan, but he will be longing to get back to New York and hide himself from all fight CTS. You won't know which of us is the other when I finish a few tattoos on that chap Lewis" said Walcott. He will be calling for the police be- fore 1 get through with him." says Lewis, and there you are.
 Tommy Connolly of New Britain will come down here backed by the leading sports of that city. He has been warned to be In good trim. for Galway when in condition is a pretty husky lad. Connolly is training daily and he Is anxious to show Galway that he can punch a little. Galway in the mean, time is working every day at the train ing table and he will send the New Britain crowd home feeling very sad ]. indeed unless his plans miscarry. Those two boys should make the open- ing of the exhibition fast enough to warm up for the other bouts.
 The referee of the above bouts which will take place at Poli's theater on next Thursday evening will be William l.. Crowley of Hartford, and that talks for itself. The timer will be Mo Harris of this city. There will be q capable corps of ushers to see that you get your proper seats. and everythina will be run to the satisfaction of .lll The prices of admission will be S1, S2 and $3.
 Columbia, S. O., April 15.-It is not often that governors and prizefightsrs have correspondence, but these tele. grams passed yesterday afternoon: Governor McSweeney:
 Rumors concerning the precise posi- ton of the state of South Carolina in the matter of glove test at the ex. position confuse me. Is 1t legally pos sible for me to box twenty rounds witI1 James Jeffries in your state? Pardon my addressing you personally, but ] am my own manager
 ROBERT FITZSIMMONS.v Robert Fitzsimmons, Bath Beach. N
 r.:
 South Carolina laws positively pro hibit contests of the kind, and I will use all legal machinery to prevent any attempt.
 ''M. B. M'SWEENEY, Governor"
 It is not likely that Jim Jeffries and Bob Fitzsimmons will ever meet ir England, if they come together at all According to a dispatch from Los An geles, Jeffries has this to say relative to Fitz's latest proposition: "I will not box Fitzsimmons in England. II my opinion the National Sporting cluL over there could not hang up a purse that would make it worth the while tc go across and box. If Fitz is on the level and means to fight. why doesn't he go to Frisco? We can get double the money there. If should make IT my mind to fight him in England, it IS dollars to doughnuts that he viii switch off and demand that the mill be either settled in Japah.or China If ht is on the level, let him fight me fn the United States. This country is good