Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-27
FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS.
Rice and Sullivan Will Fight
 Here in April.

Manager Crowley Has Completed the
 Arrangements-Priy Match Be
 tween Sullivan and Lewis is Off,
 Bob Fitzsimmons Has Not as Yet
 Consented to Fight-McCIellan and
 Broad Fight Prevented.
 The match between Austin Rice and Dave Sullivan has been decided detin- ltely to take place in Waterbury on Thursday, April IT. Manager Crowley, Who has taken the new National Ath- letic club of this city, was in New York recently and met Tom Sharkey. Sulliyan's manager, and Sullivan him. self. Crowley represented Rice. The details of the match were considered and finally all was settled but the weight question.
 Sharkey was emphatic in his state ment that Sullivan could not do better Inan IFS pounds at 3 o'clock and it was tne weight or nothing that Rice had TO accept. It is big handicap, but The New Londoner felt that he could not afford to let this chance to make big money get by him.
 The terms of the match are as fol- lows: Twenty rounds weighing 12S pounds at 3 o'clock; straight Marquis or Queensbury rules; 50 per cent of the gross receipts of the house. divided 65 per cent to the winner and B per cent 10 the loser; referee, w. L., Crowley.
 Since 1t has become known that the two boys would have a mill in Water bury, there have been inquiries as to conyeniences for getting to Waterbury on the night of the exhibition. It is probable that d special train will be engaged to bring the sports from Wa terbury to New Haven after the con test. At New Haven trains can be se- cured going east or west and to points up Hartford way.
 It nov appears that the proposed match between Dave Sullivan and Will lie Lewis of Brooklyn, which was to have been held in private next month. has been declared off. It is said that the blame for the Ego" falling through rests with Lewis and that as q result he forfeits S250. which was deposited. Sullivan says that Lewis wanted the preference in choosing the referee. which Sullivan refused to grant.
 Bob FitZsimmons isn't anxious to fight Champion Jeffries. He admits that much. When the Century Ath- 1etic club of Los Angeles offered 75 per cent of the gate receipts for the match fitz said he could not accept the terms. He had weakness for the liberal offer all right, but with it he wanted guar antee that there would be $25,000 to divide between Jeffries and himself. For time the club would not listen to the proposition, but yesterday the man. ager changed his mind and agreed to take Fitz on his own terms. And now Fitz won't fight. He says he will wait until April 1 before agreeing to any terms. so that rival clubs may have a chance tc bid.
 Denver, March 27.-The police board yesterday instructed the chief of police to prevent the fight between Jack Me Clelland and Kid Broad. scheduled to take place in the Coliseum club next Friday night.
 Here is curious table showing how the pugilistic supremacy is gradually passing away from men of Irish ex- traction: Champions: Heavyweight, Io0U. JOuu h. SulllVd0, I9UZ. James J. Jeffries. Middleweight. 1890 Jack Dempsey; 1902, Tommy Ryan," Joseph Youngs. Welterweight, 1890, Jack Dempsey; 1902, Joe Wolcott. Light weight, 1890, Jack McAuliffe; 1902, Frank Erne,. Featherweight, 1890, Cal Mccarthy; 1902, Young Corbett, 7 William H. Rothwell. Bantamweight, 1890, Jimmy Barry; 1902, Harry Forbes 
 The Central Athletic club of Phi1a- delphia has received q telegram from young Peter Jackson's manager ac- cepting the clubs terms for a match with Scaldy Bill Quinn for six rounds on Saturday night. March 29. Quinn and Jackson met in Baltimore a few months ago and the contest resulted in knockout for Scaldy.
 Portland, Ore. March 27.-AIike Don ovan of Rochester and Charles c'Dutch'O Thurston of San Francisco fought twenty rounds to draw at the Pastime club. The fight was pretty even up to the twentieth round, when the advantage if any was with Thurs ton.