Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-08


 low as Carter, or at least within fore, I am not picking my men. 1 want to fight and I'll accept the first man that comes along"
 MURPHY WHIPS O'BRIEN.
 Chicago, Jan Slim Murphy. the Australian. won the decision over Dick OBrien of Lewiston, Me, in a six round contest at the America Athletic club last night. Murphy had the bet ter of the battle throughout.
 Young Mahoney, the Atlantic City welterweight, who has a fine record, says that he is ready to box anybody weighing from 145 to 14S pounds. Mahoney says he has peen training conscientiously for several months and Is now in .ne pink of condition.
 Tony Moran, the Brooklyn feather weight, says that Tommy Feltz broke one of his NIoran's) ribs in their re- cent tilt at Charleston. Moran Is on lis way to New York and says that when he gets we'll he will issue a challenge to Feltz for another contest.
 Hugh Murphy, the former amateur featherweight, says that thus far he has not received any response to his sweeping def which he issued recent ly. Murphy now intends to direct his attention te Austin Rice and offers to box the latter at 124 pounds, winner take all.
 Billy Gardiner, of Lowell, 8 brother of George Gardiner, is out with chal- lenge to meet Kid Lavigne. Billy has received word that several clubs in California are ready to hang up liberal purses if the match is clinched Gard finer is a clever pugilist and fights on a style similar to that of the former lightweight champion.
 Jack O'Brien, who, q few years ago, was rated as one of the most promis- ing lightweights i'll the business. has signed articles to box with Young Gibbs of Oakland, Cal The contest is to take place before IL, Acrne .A. c. of Oakland on January 14 and is linn ited to fifteen rounds.
 George Munroe, the diminutiye Brooklyn featherweight, who has the reputation of being extremely clever, has been engaged as sparring partner to Young Corbett. Munroe formerly acted in the same capacity to Terry McGovern and taught the latter sev. eral tricks about the game.
 Jack Hermann, manager and match maker of the Industrial A. c. of Fort Erie, says he is ready to nang up a purse for a match between Young COrbett and some other good 126- pounder. Hermann is willing to give 50 per cent of the rate receipts for a 20-round battle between Corbett and Terry McGovern.
 Al Smith, the veteran sporting man, is i'll at the Gilsey house, New York cuty, suffering from a severe cold. While attending the Corbett-Fitzsim- mons fight at Carson City in 1897 Smith caught pneumonia and his lungs have been in bad way ever since. The physician who is attending Smith expects his patient to be all right in a few days.
 Several Omahal sporting men have formed an athletic club which will be known as the Omaha A. c. It is the intention of the new club to bring about several pugilistic contests of importance. Peter Lock, the wrest- Ter, is president, and Johnny Lynch is matchmaker. The organization is said to have assurance of non-interfer- ence by the authorities.
 Tom Tracey of Australia, who came to this country several years ago with Dan Creedon, has been matched to box Rube Ferns, the deposed welter- weight champion. The mill is to be for 20 rounds and will take place be- fore the Pastime A. c. of Portland, Ore, some time in February. It will be at catchweights. Before the same club on January 9. Mysterious Billy Smith and Al Neill are to fight. Smith is now, according to all accounts, In fine health and back in something like his old-time form.
 Kid Carter of Brooklyn, after a so- journ on the Pacific coast, has return ed to New York. Carter is looking we'll, and when asked what he had to say relative to his two defeats at the hands of George Gardiner of Lowell, he remarked sI am certainly con- vlnced that he is my master. Gard iner is a clever fellow and there are very few middleweighfs who can whip him. I am ready to fight any 15S- pounder, Tony Ryan preferred" Car ter said he may take a trip to Ensa- land. He has several offers and will make up his mind what to do in q keW days