Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-24
TIGHTS AND FIGHTERS.
Two More of the Coronation
 Bouts Decided Last Night.

Kid McFadden, the American, Knock ed Out By Ben Jordan-Joe Waleott Gets the Decision From Tommy
 West-Joe Choyinski Objects to Be-
 ing Called An Old Man-Austin Rice
 and Tim Callahan Box Six Round
 Draw--Other Fighting News.
 l Paterson, June 24.-Tim Callahan of
 Philadelphia and Austin Rice of New l London went six rounds before the
 Paterson Boxing school at Turn hall | last night but no decision was given,
 as both men were on their feet at the
 call of time. Callahan did by far the
 greater part of the leading, but was
 we'll offset in his work by Rice's sharp 1 infghting.
 | St Louis. June 24.--Philadelphia
 Tommy Ryan knocked out George
 Block of St Louis in the seventh round
 at the Business Mems gymnasium last evening. The men were matched to go 1 fifteen rounds at 145 pounds.
 Joe" Choyinski. the clever blonde Californian heavyweight, is opposed l to having people refer to him as the .sold man. Choyinski says that he is l far from being an old man and that l the reason so many persons have thls l impression is owing to the fact that he l has been in the boxing game ever since lie was fourteen years old
 He has therefore, been fighting for l the past nineteen years. He was champion of the Pacific coast when he was seventeen years of age. Since that l time he has fought every boxer of any note that ever put on . glove. Tn an 1 interesting interview the other day 1 Choyinski said:.
 'sDo you know why so many people call me the old war horse? Well, II ] have been boxing since was fourteen years of age, and as am now thirty three you can see that the public nat
 tlrally has an impression that l am an old man. I am still as good as ever as far as training and fighting are con 1 cerned. but when I issue challenge to fight one of the big fellows the cry l is at once set up that, I am too old. have alweys taken the best of care of 1 myself, and I'll bet right now that can go out and beat any man my weight in the business for one hundred yards.
 q was champion of the Pacific coast when I was seventeen. One of 1 the first men I ever. boxed was Con | Riordan, who died in the east after b,s.ing Bob Fitzsimmons. The first pair of tights I ever wore were pre- sented to me by a big fellow who Just came off tbe high seas. He was sail or and they called him the Tipfon | Slasher.' When I whipped him ne pulled off the tights and handed them l to me. He said would some day make great fighter. ssThe funniest part of it all was that l I did not think that could fight at all when I was an amateur. l guess must have knocked out half uozen young fellows before realized that U was my punching ability that did it. At the beginning I thought some one 1 had fixed my opponents to fake knock. out. so as to make me think I was a 1 worldbeater, but after q while l got onto the fact that it was all on the square, and could not sleep at night l thinking of what a great hgntef would be if I could keep it up.
 ssWhen I fought Jim Corbett on a barge at San Francisco there were 2oo l spectators at the ringside. At the end | all had left but ten. That was one of the hardest fights T ever had in my l life. and I guess I've been in as many as any man in the game"
 London June 24s-At the National Suorting club last night Ben Jordan or l England beat Kid McFadden of Amerl- ca. in the fifteenth round of a match for the championship of the world and q purse. The men weighed in at 1zo pounds. The betting was Il to lO on Jordan Tn the first round the English man scored with both hands on Me 1 Fadden's face. At the beginning of
 the third round, however, the betting was , to on McFadden. The sparring continued very fast, but McF'adden was content to remain on the defensive In the fifteenth round Jordan attacked | with redoubled vigor and knocked Me
 Fadden out at the end of the round.
 In q welterweight match Joe Walcott 1 of America beat Tommy West, also an American. i'll the fifteenth round. | West looked to be a great deal bigger than Walcott He weighed 154 pounds against Walcott's 144 When time was called Walcott rushed and landed three punches in Vests stomach, making the l latter wince. He was glad when the round ended. The second and third rounds were similar Tn tile I0uftn 1 Walcott smashed his right home on Vests nose and mouth. Wa1cott con- tinued his aggressive tactics until the l twelfth round, when he punished his lopponent heavily on the head and body. West put up a game fight. He tried his utmost to hold his own. though Walcott showed that he was his su lperior in every round. The fight was
 awarded to Walcott on points. The betting was 6 to 4 on the winner. The report that George Dixon s'quit cold" in his recent match with Biz
 Mackey at Findlay, Ohio is denied by his manager, Joe Dunfee. Dunfee says: ''Mackey kicked and did every thing but bite. The men fought on
 the ropes and rolled on the floor. Dix
 on was afraid to stop for fear that
 Mackey's friends would mob him. Fi-
 nally I jumped LID and said I would take Dixon out of the ring if the ref cree did not show him fair play. The chief of police, who was leaning on the ropes, told me to keep quiet or else
 he would lock Dixon and myself up. l In the sixth round when Mackey re-
 stunned his kicking tactics, I advised Dixon to Iay down and aI1it Even