Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-23
FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS.
MeGovern and Young Corbett
 Will Fight in New London

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 Hartford Would Not Give License
 and Waterbury Has No Railroad Fla
 cilities-Jeffries Replies to Fitzsim-
 mons and Accepts-More Interesting
 Fighting Bits.
 New London, April 23.-W. l.. Crow ley, manager of the Nutmeg Athletic club, Hartford, who bid S14,000 fer the McGoyern-Corbett championship fight, is not satisfied that lie will be able to hold the battle in Hartford. where Mc> Govern went down to defeat before rae Denver pugilist Hartford recently elected new mayor who has the labor party behind him, and his position on boxing is not yet known nor will he commit himself. Manager Crowley is at present without license. and for that reason has taken the management of the Waterbury Athletic club, where the Rice-Sullivan battle was fought last week. But Waterbury is not ad- vantageously situated as champion ship battle-ground, the city being ditfi- cult to reach by train and far move difficult to leave. Crowley has settled -NSN I@bHuuu slS DelllS lne OuEN available place for the McGovern-Co or bett battle i'll Connecticut. as the vity is centrally located between New York and Boston. has adequate train service and a line of steamboats to New York Besides, the city is not adverse to the boxing game. and rather encourages the sport If Crowley fails ill Hartford he says he will have the battle pulled off hero His f1no se.f fa IT take place on the base ball field, an immense inclOsure about the size of the New York polo grounds It would be an open air arena and capable of accommodating a big crowd. Crowley apparently has settled upon this plan should he be unable to secure .he necessary license to give the exhibition in Hartford.
 The first authorization of American pugilists who are to figure in the fistic carnival arranged by the National Sporting club of London, to be held next June. will occur to-day. Sam Fitzpatrick. in company with Johnny German. the middleweight who is matched to box Tommy Ryan, are booked to sail on the St Paul. Kid McFadden of San Francisco who has been selected to cross arms with Jam Williams Of London. is scheduled to depart next week on the St Louis. In the party will be Johnny Mack. his manager. and Tommy West. West has signed articles to face Joe Walcott for fifteen rounds and West is anxious to get to the other side as soon as he can so that he may have a chance to get in trim. West said yesterday that Tom my Ryan would leave America for England on May 24. This will be Ryan's first trip to England Billy Madden Gus Ruhlin and Denver Ed Martin are to go on May 10. according 10 present plans. and Frank Erne. if he is successful in his match with Joe Cans. will sail about May 16 If Erne Is defeated Cans will get the chance of boxing Pat Daly at the carnival
 The chances of Jim Jeffries and Bob Fitzsimmons coming together before the National Sporting club. London next June, seems rather remote just now. According to q message received from Jeffries. the boilermaker looks upon the offer of the foreign club as de- cidedly small and says that the organ tzation will have to give more than S15.O00 before he will accept Tn Ge- clining the offer Jeffries calls Lanky Bob to task for so readily agreeing to consider such an incentive Tn his tel egram which was received yesterday morning by Fitz the boilermaker says: s'Why accept $15.000 from Natio nal Sporting club when you refused S30- here? Prospects look bright for bids here. Will post s2,,500 forfeit when bids are received and will forfeit same If l do not accept the best bid Will you do the same?- Frisco bids will bc made public and will not be negotiared by me personality" When Fitzs was asked concerning Jeffries's dispatch he said: 'I cannot say anything definite on the subject as yet, as I have given my promise that I would fight in Eng, land if the Frisco clubs did not come to the front with a purse and Jeffr:es was satisfied Now that Jeffries Is d.s- satisfied with the offer and it takes two to make bargain. all can say Is to wait The National clubs offer will remain open until tomorrow. A lot of things may happen in that time. So will have to wait until I see Dr Ord- way" Dr Ordway said yesterday that the offer of the English club would re- main open until tonight. If it was not accepted the club would immediately call negotiations off and refuse to have anything further to do with the match. eff the club consents to pull off tEe mill later than Derby night,'' said the doctor. five will be ready to let the pugilists have aaother week to ,le- eide" Tom Sharkey and Sam Fitzpat- rick had a talk with Dr Ordway and Al Smith at the Gilsey house yesterday afternoon. Ordway asked Sharkey whether he had anything to say rela- five to Gus Ruhlin's deposit of S100GO as a forfeit to box him in England at the carnival. The ex-sailor then said q will agree to box Ruh1in I am rot afraid of him, and if he changes lis forfeit now in Al Smiths hands md converts 1t into currency I will imme- diate1y cover it and go to England Otherwise won't notice him. l WI be satisfied to let the whole sum go as a side bet. as he suggested. provided he agrees to let the winner take gil. Sharkey also told Ordway that he would face Ruhlin in England if tbf National people raise their offer from S5.0OO to S10,O0O. He thinks that he < entitled to this amount. It Is under stood that the club will not consent tt this. but will compromise by allowing +f,o ,,,,ofrfsfe S1 (l(0 each for eXDenSes