Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-10-24
fights IND Fighters.
Star Bout at New Britain Went
the Limit.

Willie Fitzgerald Had Art Simms Al
most Out in the Eleventh, But Gould
Not Land Hard Enough-A $4,000
Purse Offered to Young Corbett-
Well known Boxers Met at Windsor
Locks the Other Night.
Kid Brennan, the champion light
weight of the state, and Jerry Manner,
went to Windsor Locks "Wednesday
evening and appeared at the A. =. n.
fair in a four-round sparring eXhlbltlon
for points. Brennan had the adVan-
tage in weight, but treated his op-
ponent gently until the third round
Jerry tented with his left and swung
his right on Brennan's jaw hard. Bren-
nan then clinched and with one hand
free played for Jerry's stomach. The
mixup became so warm that the ref
cree had to step between them. He
was quoting from the Queensberry
rules when the bell sounded. The tenn
pers of both boxers had cooled down
when they came to the scratch for the
final mixup. They gave an excellent
exhibition of hitting and get away and
retired to their corners smiling. The
bout was declared draw and the
spectators applauded the decision.
Young Corbett has an offer of a $T5,-
900 purse to meet Jimmy Britt in San
Francisco. The mill is hanging fire on
question of two pounds. Britt wants
to fight at $50 pounds and Corbett is
insisting on 1913. Corbett viii have no
trouble in getting up to $50 pounds,
but the lower he makes the weight the
better condition he will be in when he
enters the ring. Men who have had
charge of his training heretofore say
that at 40 pounds he is SO slow that
he is easy to get at and if he is down
to 126 he is hard, fast and can stand
punishment. Even if the fight is
made at 40 pounds Corbett will. If he
is wise, get as close to 126 pounds as
possible. Britt has a wonderful repu-
tation on the coast, but his actions in
picking his men show that he has not
much confidence in himself.
New Britain. Oct Part Simms of
Akron. o., and Willie Fitzgerald of
BROOKLYN. N. z. boxed twenty rounds
to a draw last night before the Nation
al Athletic club at the Casino. The
men weighed 135 pounds at the ring
side. The fighting was fast from the
nrsc TO the last round and both men
were fresh to the end. In the first
three rounds Fitzgerald got in some
good work in the break From then
on the rounds seemed to alternate in
favor of first one then the other. In
the eleventh it looked as if Simms was
all in. but he came IN stronger after
it and in the fourteenth. fifteenth. six
teenth and seventeenth he forced the
fighting. The men boxed the nine
teenth faster than they did the first
and the crowd was intensely excited
during it. The last rornd was also
swift and at the end Referee John f.
Willis declared the bout a draw. This
match was the cleanest boxing here
this season. The two preliminary
bouts were failures. In the first, be-
tween Kid Gleason of New Britain and
Kid Leo of Hartford for six rounds.
Gleason knocked out Leo in one min
ute and ten seconds Of the first round
The second preliminary was between
Shorty Cans and Billy RYAN, both of
Hartford. RYAN was substituted for
Fred Miller of Middletown. 1t was TO
have been a ten round 90 at catch
weights. Both men "faked" from tha
start. Several times the referee told,
them that thew would get no money if
they did not box and in the middle of
the fifth round he stopped the contest
altogether.