Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-18

Q1TlOn and IuaL 9alWdy udu u AdlASu, A7 he said he would, for this battle. 1t was well that he had done so, for young Connolly was sturdy little chap who gave as good as he got Gai- way became the aggressor in the hrst round, but ran into several lefts that surprised him. In the second round he 'stillwas on the aggressive, and al- though the lefts still landed around his jaw, he beat tattoo on Connelys ribs and body with his right Galway continued to force matters in the third and soon weakened Connolly with leffs to the jaw and rights to the body. lie followed Connolly i'll the fourth with left and right body punches and did much the best work. In the fifth DoEh landed lefts to the face and before the round ended Connolly ssent hard punch on the wind which took some of the steam out of the Waterbury Lad. While the boys were resting for the sixth round Referee Sharkey did pe- cGliar thing by stepping over to Con- nelly's corner and telling his seconds that they would have to make Connolly fight a little faster, as Galway had done the best of it up to that time. IsA& sixth round saw both lads fighting hard
 
 neys. In the seventh Connolly took hand in the game and punished Gal way with lefts to the face and soon had the local boy weary. In the eighth Galway came back strong and pounded Connelly's body until it was sore. Tn the ninth matters were about even up and Galway's blows appeared to be weak In the tenth round they went ] rrix- take, and both were tired when the bell stopped the bout. A draw was the result and it pleased everybody.
 The next pair were soon i'll the ring. Charley Sieger was introduced and he challenged the winner of the bout. Bellfield Walcott was just as black as his brother Joe and he had in his cor ner sam Bolen, who gave Spike Sulli- van such a drubbing in New Britain the other night, and Joe Bruso. Lewis had Harry Futile and Danny Morgan. The sound of the bell was still ringing in the air for the first round when Lewis, who is tall, lanky looking 1 fighter, jumped at the little colored chap like q shot from q cannon His 1 long arms swung around like the 1 blades of q windmill and his left and
 
 jaw and face. The colored lad was going, but he fought back desperately, and at the end of the round he was still on his feet, though a bit dazed. i In the second round the coon took l hand in the game and he had Lewis wabbling around the ring from lefts and rights to the head and face. Lewis came back and soon had the Walcott I 4l01 I
 At the finish both were fighting like demons. In the third there was noth- l ing doing, as both were tired The fourth saw some hot work. Walcott went after his man and with a left to the jaw and right following quickly he sent Lewis to the floor for q count of seven. Lewis came back gamely, but again did he go to the floor from a hard right and this time he took the count of nine. He was up and at it again and both were fighting. hard 1 when the bell rang. The fifth saw the finish. Lewis went after Walcott and with long swinging right on the back of neck sent Walcott to the floor. He was up again in an instant and went after Lewis. The latter now sent a terrific right to the neck and with a hard jolt from his left to Walcott's wind the colored lad went down on his face. The wind punch took all the fight out of him for when he got to bis feet he clung to Lewis like a leech. He was ordered to break by the referee, but he still clung on for dear life. His eyes rolled around in his head as if beseeching somebody to help him out. Referee Crowley went between them and after a struggle tore Walcott away and sent him to his corner, giving the fight to Lewis, and the crowd yelled in glee. The time of this round was :44.
 Dave Sullivan, attired in green tights, was the first to arrive in the ring for the big bout He was attended by Tom Sharkey. Billy Chadron and Jim Buckley, the man who whipped Char ley White. Rice had in his corner Jack Hogan, Mosey King, Kid Dougherty and somebody named AIanice In the first round Sullivan at once became the aggressOr and swung lefts to Rices jaw, but Rice contented himself with going into clinches and hamemring Sul-
 Gyan's back and kidneys. Before the round closed Rice proceeded to .jab ! some lefts into Sullivan's face and soon had the right eye in fair way to close
 In the second again did Sullivan force the fighting and again did Rice pound
 his kidneys. Sullivan sent his left repeatedly for Rice's jaw, but he tucked away and sent hot left to the l wind, and Sullivan. in slipping, went to the floor. He was up without wait. ing for count and was after Rice, bu, the latter sent a corking left to the jaw
 and right to the kidneys which made Sullivan think. The third was also l Rice's round, for Sullivan was moi fighting fast and Rice was sending thai left to the face and continually pound. ing the kidneys in clinches The fourtl : saw Sullivan doing good work Ht sent hard right to the jaw and Rice : wabbled a bit. Sullivan was after hin l. with left and right. but Rice duckeC away from most of the punches, bu [ he was tired when the bell sounded 5 In the fifth Rice took a hand and soo1 had Sullivan's face covered with bloot from left jabs and both eyes began tt ? look shady. This was clearly Rice: ? round from start to finish. Tn ih, l sixth he made a chopping block of Sui l livan's face and pounded those kidney: until Sullivan was wild from the pun