Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-13
TIGHTS AND FIGHTERS.
Clinching Matches For The Big
 London Tournament.

London Tournament. Each Man Is Depositing Forfeit for Appearance-An American Referee May Be Selected-The Burns and NIcPartland Bout Was Kissed. Bernstein Outpointed Rice-Big Of fer for Jeffries and Fitzsimmons.
 In order to clinch the proposed bout with Peter AIaher before the National Sporting club, London, next June sam Fitzpatrick. acting. for Tom Sharkey, deposited $500 yesterday with Dr Od- way. Billy Madden, who has agreed to let Gus Ruhlin tackle Kid Mccoy before the same club, will do likewise today. Sharkey has already begun work. He will train for two months so as to be tip-top condition. Ordway met William Pierce, manager of Joe Wolcott and. clinched the contest ar ranged for Wolcott against any man the club may select for him, provided his opponent is within q reasonable number of pounds of his class. Pierce also posted $500 as forfeit. Al smith has been final stakeholder and all the money will be turned over to him as soon as the veteran sporting man re- turns from Hot Springs.
 Ordway said he is receipt of word from Tommy Ryan to the effect that the latter has accepted the offer of the foreign club and will meet any good middleweight which the club may chose for him.
 Another important tilt for the London club was> practically settled yesterday. Harry Harris of Chicago, who whipped ''PeddIar" Palmer a few years ago, will face Andrew Tokew of London Tokew is the champion of England at 116 pounds. Word was re- ceived yesterday from Matchmaker Bettinson of the club announcing Bull Dog Clayton's willingness to meet John Piening the wrestler, and the match may be made to-day.
 An American referee may be agreed upon to officiate i'll case any of the pugilists should object to having B. !. Angle. the official referee of the club, act.
 Detroit. Mar 13-The Eddie Burns Kid Mcfarland fight here last night was a decided frost, and after ten dull rounds Referee George Siler called it a w. McPartland's only attack was left lead, which was so slow and comber- some that in most cases it failed to connect. The lead was followed by clinch, and the fighters spent most of the time with arms about each others necks. The best exhibition of the evening was between Joe Cherry of Saginaw and Biz Mackey of Findlay, Ohio. The little fellows weighed in at lis pounds and furnished ten rounds of fast and clever milling. Mackey was lucky to get a draw. Local sports think Cherry is the coming champion at 11S pounds.
 Philadelphia, Mar 13.-At the Penn Athletic club last night Joe Bernstein of New York bested Austin Rice of New London in a six round bout. Both men tried as hard as they knew how, but neither succeeded in intiicting any irreparable damage. Bernstein won on points. In the semi-wind-up Willie Fitzgerald of Brooklyn had all the better of Crockey Boyle of German town.
 Hartford Mar. 13.-John l.. Sullivan and Terry McGovern will be the guests of honor at banquet this afternoon in the Hartford Opera House Rathskeller. It is a long time since the pugilistN. idols have met. and it is expected that the reunion will be pleasant one. Joe Humphreys, who has been acting as manager for McGovern in the absence Of Sam Harris, has been selected to act as toastmaster. Terry received large floral horseshoe when he appeared on the stage Tuesday evening with card attached which bore the words, May you regain your lost laurels is the wish af all.'
 Denver, Col, Mar. 13.-The Coliseum Athletic club will offer a $2o,000 purse or 65 per cent of the gross receipts for the Jeffries- -FitzsimmOns fight. The officials talk of holding the contest if they succeed in landing it at Arlington park in this city and will construct an amphitheater to sent 10000 persons.
 Cambridge, Mass, Mar. 13.-A tele- gram was received yesterday at Hem, enway gymnaseum from Mir Gavin representative of the National Sporting club of London, suggesting that liar yard and Yale send representatives tc England to box with representatives from Oxford and Cambridge in corona tion week Harvard will not send any representatives.