Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-23
FIGHTS IND FIGHTERS.
The Coronation Bouts Did Not
 Attract Big Crowds.

Jabez White-He Was Groggy In
 the Ninth Round-Eddie Connolly
 and Pat Daly Fought Cyclonic
 Battle-Connolly Was Given the De-
 cision--Lots of News About the
 Fighters.
 London. June 23.-Tnere was small attendance at the opening oatufuay night of the coronation boxing toura- ment, and little betting was dope. spike, Sullivan. the American boxer, and Jabez White of England, met in the first bout The Engllshman was a favorite at odds of 9 to 2U. Both con testants were nt, though Sullivan looked a trif1e fine drawn.
 The contest was manly on SclentInc lines. White, who was the stronger of the two, did most of the leading, and was adjudged the winner on points at the end of the stipulated fifteen rounds.
 There was little difference between the men until the ninth round, when White f1oored his rival with a neatly executed right. He assisted the Amer ican to rise, an innovation which was severely criticised.
 l Recovering from his grogginess, Sui- livan continued at great pace, and the Englishman weakened under the pressure, and used every method to avoid punishment. He was quicker on his feet, and sprinted around the ring when Spike tried to corner him. To- ward the end of the contest White used I q long left jab frequently. He won on points after a hard struggle.
 Eddie Connolly of St John, N. B.. and Pat Daily of England met for the 144- lpound championship. Daily was much the heavier of the two and had great difficulty in getting inside the limit. Connolly was the favorite, the Ameri- cans, who made up a large part of the spectators, backing him heavily. The fight was the fastest and most inter esting event of the night, and much l surprise was expressed that the men were able to go the limit at such a terrific pace
 Connolly started in in cyclonic fash ion that promised a speedy termination of the bout. Early in the fight Daly was cautioned several times for hold. ing. Connolly did most of the leading but Daly seemed to thrive on punish ment. and at the end of the fourth round was stronger than at the begin ming. At this point Daly took the ag- gressive and gave a beautiful exhibi- ton of two handed fighting. He swung fright and left for ConnOlly's head, and these blows would have finished the fight but for the fact that Connolly blocked both cleverly and replied. fore ing the pace and getting in several short arm body blows which took con siderable steam out of Daily.
 It was still hurricane fighting till the eighth rounus when 8 couple of half hooks over the kidneys made Daily hug the ropes. 1t looked like finish, but the gong saved the Englishman. who came up stronger the next round and stayed the limit with dogged perseyer- ance. Connolly, however, showed him. self the better ring general and more l scientific boxer and was given the de cision on points,
 NO -Amerlcans appeared for the Wres- tllng bouts, which proved to be rather a fiasco.
 St Louis, June 23.-"Young Corbett'' and Dave Sullivan will fight in St Louis July 3 for the featherweight championship of the world. The au- thorities will allow the battle to take place. President Charles Haughton. or the West End Athletic club has clos ca the deal and will hang up a .S5,OOO purse for the men. They will fight twenty roundsh at 127 pounds The win ner will meet Abe Attell in St Louis three weeks later under the same con- ditlons. President Haughton went to Denver to make the matches and he wired Saturday that all the details had been arranged for the two bouts.
 Jack Bonner has been matched 10 box George Cole at Philadelphia to- night in six round go.
 Tim Callahan and Austin Rice are slated to come together for ten rounds at Paterson tonight. The affair is at 126 pounds.
 Australian Tommy Ryan who years ago was rated as an exceptionally cleys CT middleweight, has signed articles to box Tommy Watts at Peoria, Ill, on June 25.
 Articles of agreement have been signed for q twenty round bout be- tween Owen Zeig1er of Philadelphia and Jack Bennett of Pittsburg before the Savannah A. c. tomorrow night. Marvin Hart, the Louisville boxer, is ready to box any heavyweight in the business, bar Jim Jeffries. Hart says ne IS prepared to give Garter another chance, provided the latter can put up a good side bet
 According to letter received by d sport from Australia, monument is to be erected over the grave of the late Peter Jackson. About $3,000 has been subscribed thus far by Australian sports and $2000 more is needed
 Johnny Mack, who has Danny Du- ane under his wing, has arranged a match between his man and "Black" - Griffo. Mack had a talk with sam White, Griffo's manager, on Saturday night and arranged a tilt of. twenty rounds. The encounter will be decid- ed at Paterson within three weeks
 Johnny Mack has posted a forfeit of $1,O00 to bild a match between Kid McFadden of California and any 122 pounder in the business. Mack said: "If McFadden defeats Ben Jordan, and 1 am confident that he will, I will sign articles at once for a twenty round bout. We prefer Dave Sullivan to any one else"
 Marty McCue, who has been in re- tirement for some time, has made up his mind to fight again. McCue offers to box any 126 pounder and says bout with either Young Corbett or Dave Sul- will 1ao