Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-15

his coming mill with Jeffries. Feeling refreshed he loIled about till mealtime, after which he enjoyed another hour of rest.
 Tn the afternoon, after, as already noted, cutting short his punching bag seance, he put on the gloves and in- dulged in nine-round bout, during which time he had three opponents. He opened with Gus Ruhlin, and as the latter is just now in fine trim, there was little loafing from start to finish. Next on the list was Jake Stern, a muscular Bath beach lad who put up q creditable bout and blinked bravely at some of Fitz's well placed pokes. He wound up with Dr Holton an old friend, who spared with him frequently in the west a good many years ago. Greatly to Fitz's delight, the doctor tried to warm things up, but, although the Cornishman did not attempt to land more than one or two good blows, to his medical friend the call of time at the finish was sound of sweetest melody.
 The days proceedings ended with a vigorous tussle on the mat between young Stern and F'itZ, i'll which the former pinned his lanky opponent squarely to the floor and then firmly resisted his desperate efforts to return the compliment
 Among those in the gallery that watched the sport was Billy" Mad den, manager of Ruhlin. He was we'll pleased with the Ohioan's showing and believes hs will surely dispose of Peter Maher when the pair meet at Philadelphia next Friday night Mad daT ic cti11 anyioI1S fn annt h. np match with Jeffries.
 "Ruhlin is ready to fight Jeffries within thirty days of his battle with
 7itz, whether he wins or loses," said Madden yesterday. T have S1 GOO with Al Smith that I will bet on the result, and, more than that, I'll make it winner take all'
 Madden is also undecided as to whether to let his coIored champion sDenver Ed'' Martin, fight Bob" Armstrong i'll England or at Denver ''Parson'' Davis, who is now managing Armstrong, yesterday sent him this telegram:
 Letter received. Photographed Gar yin. Denver offers 50 gross, April IL Prefer England. Written you.
 Middletown, March 15.-The Mid dletown Athletic club gave a series of boxing exhibitions ill McDonough theater last evening. The first pre- liminary was between Shorty" Mack and Young Rice, both of this place. They were to box six rounds at 115 pounds, but at the request of the po- lice the bout was stopped during the third round, Rice getting the decision. The second preliminary was be- tween Young Maher of Hartford and Kid Broad of this city. It was the latter's first appearance in a public contest. They were to box ten rounds, catch weights, Queensberry rules, but the bout was stopped at request of the police at the end of the seventh round. Maher got the decision.
 The final bout between Terry Ed wards of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Jimmy Stone of Boston, scheduled for twenty rounds at 110 pounds for the cham pionship of America, went the limit Stone won on blows and leads landed. The champion was challenged by Fred Miller of Portland just before the fight began. Stone made no public announcement of his acceptance of it afterwards.
 During the contest Stone did most of the leading and if Edwards had not ducked cleverly he would have been knocked out before the twenty rounds were up. John Willis of New Britain was referee. The at tendance was the largest ever seen here. The decisions gave general satisfaction.