Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-20
FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS.
Much News Gathered from the CamI
 of the Boxers.

Much News Gathered from the camp
 of the Boxers.
 Meriden, June 2O.--The bout be- tween Eugene Reardon of Little Falls, N. Y, and Eddy Cain of Brooklyn at the boxing exhibition given by the Silver City Athletic club last night was decided q draw at the end of the tenth round by Referee Crowley, all though Cain had the best of the goe through the contest.
 Pittsburg, Pa, June 2O.-Jim Scanion, the Pittsburg. middleweight, has cavleu here that before the end of the month he is to meet Billy .tdcCaull for the middleweight championship of Aus tralia The men will box twenty rounds at 15S pounds. Scanlon says ne is fully acclimated and in good condl' tion and declares he will win.
 Philadelphia. June 20.-"Yank' Ken l ny. the heavyweight, is to meet Phlia- delphia Jack O'Brien tonight at the 1 Globe Athletic club in this city. They will box six rounds at catch weights. l O'Brien fought Kenny in Liverpool, England last December, and was awarded the decision at the end or the l fourth round. The Philadelphian had much the better of the bout up to the time it was ended by the referee for deliberate foul by Kenny. O'Brien won both heavyweight and middleweight championships of England
 London. June 2O.-Fred A. Wenck. Yale's middleweight; c. Gerrod Dodge, Haryard's heavyweight; R. W. Coates, the Kansas university's lightweight who are to take part in the coronation boxing competitions, and Walter De Van, trainer of the New York A. C., arrived in London yesterday afternoon. They went direct to the National Sport ing club. where they were cordially re ceiyed, in spite of the Iact that the American college authorities had in 1 formed the club that these athletes ill no way represented the American uni versityes above mentioned. The Ma tional Sporting club authorities decided that the Americans were fitted to par ticipate in the coronation contests. While we understand you are not offi- cially appearing from the American col leges,' said Secretary Bettison, .'all we wanted to know was that you were gentlemen, and, finding you so, we wish you all success i'll the coming con- tests
 Kid Mccoy will soon get another chance to show whether his prowess as a pugilist has deteriorated or not. According to a dispatch from Buffalo yesterday McCoy has signed articles to meet Kid Carter, the rugged Brook lyn middleweight, in a twenty round bout before the International A. O., Fort Erie, within three weeks. Jack Herman saw Mccoy and got his sigma ture. Carter already has signed and all that is necessary to make the affair binding is for the men to post forfeits and name the date. Mccoy and Car ter recently furnished lively six-round bout at Philadelphia. Mccoy in this contest was worsted and was in dan ger of being knocked out. Mccoy says he was not in the best ofcondition and urged Herman to make return match. The men will battle for 60 per cent of the gate receipts; of this the winner will get 75 per cent ana the loser p per cent. Both Mccoy and Carter have started framing.
 Billy Madden and his two pugilists, Gus Ruhlin and Denver Ed Martin, seem to be getting along famously in England just now. The Akron Giant who is matched to box Tom Sharkey at the National Sporting club the latter part of this month,is in fine shape Mad den and his men are quartered at Wo king, Surrey. In q letter Madden writes as follows: Gus is working with might and main for his coming encounter with Tom Sharkey. The contest will be decided on June 25 Most of the fighters seem to fight shy of Martin. His proposed mill with Bol Armstrong has been declared off al though no fault of Martins. Armstrong to date has not shown up In England and it seems to me that he is afraid tC tackle Ed. If the fighters continue tt fight shy of Martin, he will be cham pion of England by default If mar posts money here and can furnish $1, GOO, the champions must fight him ol lose their title. Martin expects to mee
 Sandy Ferguson of Boston. who is now
 here. If he doesn't get whipped I vii endeayor to have him tackle Jim lief
 fries upon our return home It is very
 cold here now and all the people art
 wearing overcoats. Ruhlin expects tt
 beat Sharlley handily. I have no
 heard of much betting thus far,yet the. may make Sharkey the fayorite. H,
 and Rnhlin have an outside wager O. S2,500. The loser will De money out
 as the purse is to be divided on a basi of 75 and 9 per cent Sharkey say
 that he came over to win the Irisl
 championship from Dutchman, whon
 he terms Ruhlin. Ruhlin is. no Dutch
 man. He is an American, born o Swiss parents in Ohio. Sharkey talk s too strong, and that's why think the, , will make him favorite. Joe Walcot
 is here trying his American bluff O wanting to fight heavyweights. A soon as Martin said he would tackl Walcott nothing more was heard iron the latter. Interest in the fistic carni : val is great. There are plenty o
 Americans here and they will atten, the contests. Most of the entries fo the bouts are in excellent trim and tn sport ought to be lively.
 Birmingham, June 20.-On Sunda,
 night lem Mace, of the Black Lion Coleshill street. Birmingham had