Waterbury Democrat., 1902-11-05
FIGHTS and FIGHTERS
Some Stray News Waited From
the Boxers Quarters.

Joe Bernstein Has Made Some Money
and Is Busy Man-Twin Sullivan
Breaks His Opponents Jaw-Gossip
Heard from All Sides About the
Users of the Padded Gloves.
Baltimore, Nov 5.-Joe Bernstein is
now a Baltimorean. The boxer has
Jared well from a financial viewpoint
during his four months here, and now
announces that he will make this city
his home.
He boxed in this city Thursday
night, wrestled in Washington on Fri
day night and boxed in Philadelphia
on Saturday night. This is going
along the line pretty fast. He says
he does not mind it at all, as long as
there is a piece of money in it.
This week Bernstein will be in
Washington two nights, Chester one
night and Philadelphia one night. In
Washington he will wrestle with Kid
Sullivan. in Chester he will box Len
ne J, and in Philadelphia he is to box
anyone whom the Diamond Athletic
club can get for him.
Bernstein will make this city his
home in the future. He has made
quite a bit of money since he came
here last August. His fights with
Young Griffin. Kid Sullivan, Young
Corbett, Harry Lyons and Joe Tipman
have netted him close on to $4,000.
His exhibitions in the different thea
tiers have netted him over 81, 900, while
his wrestling exhibitions brought him
in several hundred dollars more This
is not bad showing for less than four
slonths' work. There are not many
of the champions bringing in this
much money. While Bernstein is not
of the saving disposition, he has put
snug sum of money away for a rainy
day.
Bernstein says he will not again
meet men 10 and 10 pounds heavier
than himself. He says that he can
do 122 pounds easy, and why, he asks,
should he go out Of his class and box
men weighing 135 and 40 pounds? In
the future he claims that he won't go
over 126 pounds for anyone.
Bernstein says he is willing to bet
any amount of money that neither Nc
Govern nor Young Corbett can do the
featherweight limit-122 pounds-and
still they go about claiming that they
are featherweights. 49,. @
Leo Pardello, the italian wrestler,
made a very bad start on his weeks
campaign at Kernan's theater, Wash
ington, ON Monday night. Frank
Phillips, who is credited with coming
from Baltimore, was one of Pardello's
antag onists in the afternoon and
evening, and he went the fifteen min
ute limit very handily.
Twin Sullivan made Bob Montgom-
cry, a colored bruiser of Boston, stop
after the sixth round of a twelve round
bout, which took place at Bangor, Me,
on Monday night. After the first
round the negro was outclassed, and
two hard smashes broke his jaw just
before the sixth round ended.
Athletic clubs on the Pacific coast
which promote so-calied amateur box
ing bouts are being carefully watched.
According to. new ordinance recent
~ enacted at San Francisco the Ii
cense fee for such clubs has been in
creased from 500 to $780, Further
more all prizes hereafter must be of
jewelry, cups or plate, and must be
suitably inscribed.
Joe Young, who used to be some
thing of fighter, is back at Buffalo
and wants a match, preferably with
Warren Zurbrick. It is hardly likely
that Young will get chance to appear
at the Fort Erie club while Manager
Herman is at the head of affairs
About three years ago he signed a con-
tract to meet Tom Couhig at the
Olympic A. G. of Buffalo, Herman be-
ing manager of that club, but on the
eve of the fight Young left town.
Manager Al HEREFORD of the Eureka
a.. c., Baltimore, has received 50
many complaints. about Referee Mantz
giving Bernstein the decision over Joe
Tipman that he has made this state
ment over his signature: Il have
absolutely nothing to do with the ref
eree's decision. So far as my per-
sona1 feelings are concerned / should
like to have seen Tipman get draw,
as he is a local boy and deserves cred
1T for the way in which he has worked
his way up. When / named a NUM-
Der of prominent men for referee, Tip
man said that Mantz was good
enough for him."
Hughey McGovern, brother to Ter
rible Terry, showed the material that
first class fighters are made of in his
six round bout with Griff Jones at
Philadelphia on Manday night. Hugh
ey received some hard raps in the ear
" part of the struggle, but in the last
round he had Jones bleeding and stag
gering and it is a question if he would