Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-30
FIGHTS IND FIGHTERS.
Last Nights Main Bout Ended Abruptly and Unsatisfactorily

Referee Bullen Gave Decision to Me-
 Fadden On An Alleged Foul--Pro-
 gram for Coronation Week Bouts i1a
 London-Tommy Sullivan Gets De I cision Over Eddy Santry.
 It is too bad that the Waterbury public, who love fairness in all klnds of sports should be treated as 1t was last night by such rank exhibition or | refereeing as was done by Fred Bullen 1 of Bridgeport It is strange, too, that this man should have been asked to referee, but probably George McFad- den would not have consented to meet Gus Gardner if he did not have friend as referee. He had friend indeed last night in Bullen, for any fair minded referee would have disqualified McFad- den long before tue tenth round was reached, when Gardner went down on top of McFadden and was declared the loser of the contest because he fouled McFadden. In almost every round Me Fadden fought with foul tactics and used his elbow to shut off Gardner's $ wind. Time after time was the ref eree'S attention called to the fact, but he ignored all claims in behalf of Gard her, but when protest was made from McFadden's corner that Gardner was holding on, then Bullen showed his hand In every clinch it was Gardner who had to suffer both from McFadden and from the referee. McFadden used his left hand to keep crushing the flesh around Gardner's ribs, not by punch ing him. but by pinching and squeezing the flesh by opening and shutting his gloved hand. It was he that always claimed that Gardner was holding when McFadden himself was throwing all his weight on Gardner and was holding on for dear life 1t was he who was shutting off Gardner's wind repeatedly and preventing Gardner from crying out to the referee. It was he who was using the elbow at every possible moment and he evidently knew he was safe in doing so, for was not Fred Bullen the referee?
 And what was Bullen doing all this time? He was listening to McFad- den,s seconds prompting their man from the corner and telling him when to put up his glove to protect his jaw from the right blows of Gardner Did he rebuke the seconds for interference? $ to their man all during the fight. prompting him at every opening. What else was Bullen doing? He went be- tween the two in clinches, but not un- til McFadden had done some of his dirty work, and when he did break them who was it that was pushed f0rclbly away? Was it McFadden? !? Not on your life. It was Gardner who was always showed back four or five feet and the nice, quiet, gentlemanly lighter McFadden was allowed to do as he pleased. Does Fred Bullen be- Heye that the fair-minded people who sat III that house last night cannot see through a hole as big as this one was? Why, it is said that Bullen was at one time the packer of McFadden. McFad. den also belongs to that stable of fight CTS in which it is said Bullen is much interested. Does Fred Bullen know how that foul, as he called it. was made last night? If he does not we will tell him; but of course it matters little to him now how or why this al- legged foul was made. for his favorite evidently was the winner. Continually during the fight McFadden was using his arm and elbow to shut off Gard ners wind. He tried it in that tenth round and what was the result? Gard- her tried to break it. and as he did so McFadden drew him toward him and Ill endeayoring to save himself Gardner put one loot forward, and this was Me fadden's cue. Over he went on his pack, drawing Gardner down on ton of nm. And as he went down he could nor reffaln from more dirty work. for up went ms knee to Gardner's stomach. and the gentlemanly McFadden lay groanlng on the floor and was helped to his corner after this friendly referee had declared that Gardner had fouled him. Poor George was. helpe{I to his dressing room still injured, but once rhere all his pains and aches slipped away and he was as chipper as 2 year-old, because he realized thai he had been saved from the worst punch ing he ever received in his life by his presumed friend, Btllen.
 That was Fred BulIen's work and that was the way McFadden came out Of the melee lucky winner. Save us from any more such referees. because the people of Waterbury will not stand for it.
 = The first preliminary was started promptly at S:30, as advertised and Manager Crowley deserves every credit
 
 for running off the exhibition as adyer. tised. even though the house was lmt1ch smaller than the last one. Manager ; Crowley is all right and the only mis . take he made was in selecting the ref {; cree he did; but as we said before , probably he did not have all the say
 and perhaps McFadden insisted on 2 certain man or he would not fight. The : nrst two to come together were Jim ; Haywood, better known as the Brass City Kid, and Willie Lewis of New 7 York. Both lads put up a game fight l and it was give and take in the first round. In the second Lewis tried if cut out a fast pace, but he was met ) at the game by Haywood, and his right uppercuts made Lewis very wary ot getting into close quarters. The third
 was hot one, for both went at ii hammer and tongs, and it was give and take, with the Kid getting in those uppercuts on the breakaway Ther came the fourth round. The Kid start. ed ill to be the aggressor, but was met by repeated lefts in the face. Hey , wood kent fnrcirU tha naoo on5 ,r,oc