Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-12

cott, who kept moving around in small circle in the middle of the ring
 O'Brien took the initiative with light left on the face, following it up withra strong hard right on the wind. A moment later Walcott got back with terrific left in the wind This had an appreciable effect upon O'Brien and his condition was not improved when Walcott repeated the perform ance.
 After some fiddling O'Brien got in another hard right on the body and ducked away from Walcott's we'll meant right-handed swing. In the latter part of this round O'Brien's de fensiveswork was grand. He caught Walcott with a straight left just as the bell sounded.
 The most decided advantage scored by either man was gained by Walcott in the second round. After the usual fiddling, O'Brien shot out his left, which missed, and Walcott rushed him. In the mix-up Walcott again got to O'Brien's wind. After they had separated it was evident that O'Brien was somewhat distressed. His punches lacked steam and in the clinch that followed he showed a mark ed disinclination to break upon the referees command.
 After the break he landed a straight left on the blacks chin, but it had no visible effect upon the latter. Wal colt walloped in right and left on the body-punches that counted. O'Brien was decidedly tired when he went to his corner.
 The minutes rest did O'Brien lots of good and in the succeeding four rounds he fought in better shape than he did in the first two. Walcott was always on the aggressive. but his punches did not land so frequently. Taking into consideration his aggres- siveness and the team behind his punches. Walcott had q shade the bet ter of the argument and would have been entitled to the decision on points if one had been given.
 Dave Sullivan has signed articles to box Benny Yaeger, the .'Tipton Slash er.'' and the pair will come together next Monday night in six round bout before the American X. C., Chicago. There was a hitch before the two cOuIu cOIuC lO Sullivan wanted at first to weigh in at 13O pounds at o'clock. but Yaeger would not consent to this. Finally when he realized that the combat was in danger of falling through. Sullivan gave in and the pair will face each other at 126 pounds, weigh in at the same hour.
 Tn one of the fastest bouts of the. year Abe Attell. the California feath- erweight received the decision on points over Kid Broad before the West End A. o. St Louis. on Thursday night in a 20 round bout. A large crowd was present and when Referee George Siler called Attell the victor there was considerable applause. At tell was an enigma to Broad from the start. His feinting. sparring and foot work were the cleverest seen in St Louis in years. Tn the final ten rounds Attell simply played with Broad. keep ing inst outside the latter's swings and stepping neatly inside his punches and hook never misiudging his distance and steadily iabbing Broad with both hands Tn the eighteenth round it looked as if Broad would be knocked out. His good condition. however. saved him. Those who saw the mill declare Attell the peer of feather weights in point of science.
 Francis Erne. the lightweight cham pion. arrived in New York yesterday and posted $500 with Al Smith to guarantee his appearance in the ring at the National Sporting club, London, during coronation week. Erne's op- ponent is to be Pat Daly. alleged light weight champion of England. Erne is to fight Joe-Gans at Fort Erie on May r.
 Sam Harris said yesterday that Nc Govern would doubtless fight Abe Att tell before meeting Young Corbett next October.
 Willie Fitzgerald of Brooklyn is the latest boxer who wants to go to Eng land and box before the National Sporting club during the foreign or ganization's fistic carnival to be held next June Fitzgerald is after tilt with Ben Jordan and offers to box the Englishman at 129 pounds. Dr Ord way has been notified of Fitzgerald's def to Jordan and if he cannot secure Young Corbett or Abe Attell he will probably match Fitzgerald against ie elafaH fa haV Ton