Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-27
FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS.
There Was Some Talk of Changing
 Date of Big. Fight.

l FIGHTS ANU
 There Was Some Talk of Changing
 Date of Big. Fight. | San Francisco. June 27.-Despite the many vicissitudes of the Jeffries-fltz- | simmons match, the promoters are talk ing of setting a later date than July | 25. in order to secure greater hnanclat returns.
 The affair has alreay been matter of so much doubt that it would seem desirable to bring 1t off according 10 schedule, as will likely be done.
 The only reason for making post ) ponement is the fact that there will De i q convention of lodge men i'll San Fran. cisco in August, and that the chances for q crowd will be better at that time. The subject has twice been brought up. The first time it was decided to bflng the men together July 25 which was l the date chosen i'll the last set of arti- cles signed by the fighters. The 1dea of delaying the fight came up again last week.
 The thought that special rates to San Francisco would prevail at that time. and that here would be larger crowds in the. city, seems to be quite point in deciding the date of the bout. It has been practically decided to let the original date stand. Jeffries and Fitz- simmons have already been training for several weeks, and have worked with the idea of meeting July p. Possibly for financial reasons it might be better to make a postponement, but there mas been so much planning for the battle 1 for the championship that the average Iman would rather know that there will be no further delay.
 One interesting point in the contest among the heavyweights has apparent Fly been settled. It is that Jim Corbetr will again sally forth as a challenger and try to win back the title he lost to
 Fitzsimmons more than i've years ago. According to reports, Corbett has been promised a match by both Fitzsimmons and Jeffries. the arrangement being that the winner is to fight Corbett at
 San Francisco about a month after the contest.
 If this is so it will add interest to
 the heavyweight bout. Although Cor
 bett may not be counted as q probable
 champion. he is always acknowledged
 to be q marvellous boxer, which leaves
 any fight he engages in an uncertain
 one.
 Tn the training quarters at Skagg's
 Strings and Harbin Springs, Jefries
 and Fitzsimmons are simply aftendlne
 to business. Both are in good condi
 tion. although neither has done any
 thing in a hurry. The training perloe
 is long enough to give them chance
 to work gradually down to the pes , fighting point Fitzsimmons now has George Dawson of Chicago as an ad : wiser. having been recently joined D!
 the man from the Chicago Athletic as
 sociation. Dawson is good adviser l and it was planned long ago that n , should be with Fitzsimmons at tn time of the battle.
 l. The six-round mill between Georg f Cole and Joe Goddard of Australia # which was to have been held at Ches ; ter. Pa, this week, has been caile
 off.
 sBlack'' Griffo has received an of
 fer to go to Chicago and box an .ur 1, known" for six rounds. Martin Du1 4 fy, the crack Chicago lightweight, ma 4 be Griffo's opponent.
 ;: Next Saturday night is the time se
 for the contest between George M' , Fadden and Joe Cans at SanFranci' , co. The winner is to get q chanc n against Jimmy Britt, who lately too "Kidv nayigne's measure.
 Jack O'Brien of Philadelphia eviden < ly believes in making hay while tI . sun shines. On July 30, in Chicag G he will tackle two heavyweight figh n. CTS in six-round bouts. They are Jac
 Beaucholtze and Jim Driscoll. I Tim Heggerty, the Australian featl
 erweight, whose edbut in this countI
 was not crowned with success, is have another chance. He has signe articles to box Bill de Coursey at Por
 land Ore. in a twenty-round bout. 's Tommy Feltz has evidently relente U about not. giving .Kid'' Goodman { 5. Boston another chance, for. accordir le to a dispatch from Savannah, the tN le have been matched to box twen1 9 rounds on July 4. The weight is l.
 pounds.
 SC Tommy Ryan will take part in a 1t. other battle before he returns hom ar According to a letter received in tn at country Ryan has agreed to face II In do" Plumb. the English middleweigl r. The contest is to take place at eith a Birmingham or Liverpool next mont it. It is said that Dan Creedon, Il ,n once noted pugilist, has sailed f In Australia Creedon came to Ameri'
 from the antipodes about ten years a. !. with plenty of money in his pocks a U When he left, it is understood, he w ,s ,o broke and he had to ship on sailiI A' vessel which left New York last wee he His mother is wealthy and owns a hotel in Australia.
 =. The def of Tommy Hogan, the Cl = lcago featherweight, who went aDro: eS1 with ''Kid'' McFadden, has evident ae borne fruit. A few weeks ago Hogi 10 issued a challenge to take on al ed 128-pounder in Great Britain. B y. Chester has responded and the scr nd is to come off next month. Hogan al he Chester have met before and t ne American won with a knockout. lis