Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-05
TIGHTS IND FIGHTERS.
Several Good Bouts Took Place
 This Week.

Charley Sfeger and Joe Handler Go
 Twenty Rounds to u Draw-Charley
 Mitchell Said to Be Dying Young
 Erne, a Novice, Makes Tim Callahan
 Step Some-Willie Lewis Goes Out
 in Five Rounds.
 Charley Seiger of Hoboken and Joe Handler of Newark fought twenty rounds to a draw before the Paterson A. c. of Paterson Thursday night The men were scheduled to weigh ill at 135 pounds. but Handler refused to get on the scales and was away over weight. Seiger was the aggressor at the start. landing hard lefts to the body and a right on the face. Handler tin-canned out of the way. Seiger was at his man all the time, playing for the body with right and left, and showed away in front in the first five rounds, beating Handler pretty thoroughly. In the middle of the third round Seiger crossed Handler on the jaw with q right, putting him down. In falling Handler pulled Seiger to the floor to save himself. Handler was very tired and showed the effects of Seiger's body punches. The men threw science 0 the winds from the sixth to the twen tieth round. The battle was slugging match pure and simple. Seiger's work was far the cleaner of the two all through,a as Handler continually held on. l Toward the end of the fight Handler grew stronger, and with left hand hooks to the face and body shook Seiger up considerably. With straight right to the body and left swing Han dler split Seiger's eye open so that the blood flowed freely. Seiger's face was all swollen, while Handlers mouth was all cut up on the inside and he was continually splitting blood From the fifteenth to the twentieth round the men slugged, each trying to- land a l knockout punch. Seiger kept using lae \ left hook for the body, while Handler depended on left hand swing to end matters. In the last half of the nine teenth Handler hooked Seiger three times i'll the jaw, staggering the Ho- boken man. But Seiger was not to be l denied as he came back strong with rights and lefts to Handlers stomach and made the Newark boy vince. Both were pretty tired at the close and Ref. cree Jim Gibbons declared the bout a draw.
 Boston. July 5.-A private cablegram received here yesterday stated that Charlie Mitchell, the English boxer and | John l.. Sullfvans old-time opponent, was very sick at the Moore house, Fin l ley road, London, and will not recover. The news of his atfiiction, which is in the nature of series of shocks, has been kept very quiet at the Moore house, the residence of Pony" Moore. and but few of his most intimate friends are aware of Mitchell'S condi l tion. The advices further state that Mitchell is permanently afflicted and it is only a question of how long he will live.
 Philadelphia, July 5.-Young Erne, practically an unknown feather weight, hailing from the southern part of the city, gave Tim Callahan, the recognized featherweight champion of Pennsylvania, one of the hardest fights 1 at the Broadway Athletic club Thurs day night that Timothy has had for a long time. Erne's showing was rev, elation to the spectators, and at the conclusion of the sixth round the crowd Jumped into the ring and carried him around on their shoulders. Callahan no doubt held his opponent cheaply at the start, but before the bout was half over he realized that the man before him was not so much a novice as was ex- l pected. Although Tim was the aggres- sor in five of the rounds. Erne did not run away from his more experienced adversary, but invariably mixed il whenever he had the chance. Erne | Ix, IL ], 1 he possessed considerable hitting DOW. CTS for so young scrapper by causing Tim to wince several times with hard rights. Callahan cut out the pace. and through his general aggressiveness and cleaner punches was entitled to the de cision at the termination of the bout although his victory was by no means
 by wide margin. The first round wa, about even, Erne holding his own il < good style Callahan had the best o1 the second, princlpally through his left
 hand jabs. Erne showed up strongly in the third, but Tims aggressiveness
 gave him the better of the round. Tin
 split Georges lip early in the fourtl
 with a hard left, and later scored
 knockdown with hard right hant
 blow. Erne was up in a second ant
 mixing it up at the sound of the bell
 Callahan went at 1t hercely in the fifth
 but found Erne willing to mix it up \ Tins weight told in the round, ant
 Erne looked tired as the bell rang. Tn,
 last round was the most exciting O
 the six. They went at each other say
 agely, and the three minutes were pro
 ductive of red-hot fighting.
 Stockton, Gal, July 5.--It took Ruff
 Turner just i've and half minutes 0 fighting to put away Willie Lewis 0
 New York Thursday night. Levi
 showed up we'll while he lasted, bu
 he ran into a right counter, which ha, ] the colored lad's usual speed behind Ii l and Willie did not know anything fo
 about ten minutes. Lewis cut out til pace in the first round and made . splendid showing. He was quick O
 his feet, used either hand we'll and ha
 a good eye for distance. There wer no damaging blows in the first rount and Lewis looked to have a goo
 chance of making a long fight. As 500 as they advanced for the second roun
 Turner set the pace, but he found hi 5 man there waiting for him with lei , jabs. They clinched three or. fou 9 times, and a few light blows reache
 their mark. Turner rushed and met