Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-27

WATER] old friend and packer, a sticker, man worth tying up to for lifetime; Dan Flaherty and Dennis J. Lucey, men with hearts in the right place; Bill Crowley, the diplomat; Ed Ryan, the goods;' Honest Tom Fahey, the genteel sport; Manion and Farrell, the real things 7
 Chicago, Feb 27-Kid Herman and Kid Abel, local featherweights, fought six unusual rounds to q draw at Apollo hall last night The bout was remark able for the hitting power and game ness displayed by both of the contest ants. Both of Hermans jaws were broken by swinging punches in the first round, and in the fifth Abeps shoulder was put out and his wrist fractured by coming in contact with Herman's head. Tn spite of these painful injuries both kept on fighting at q lightning clip and said nothing about their hurts until they met in the dressing room The injuries, though painful, are not serious, but it will be a couple of months before either man can again don the gloves.
 Los Angeles. Cal, Feb 27.-The Gen. tury A. C. of this city has decided to make bid of $20,OOO for the Jeffries- Fitzsimmons fight, the contest to take place during the Fiesta celebration in this city on May l, ? and 5.
 Portland, Ore, Feb 27-Before q crowd of 1000 people at the Pastime club last night, Tom Tracey of Aus tralia was given the decision over Rube Ferns of Kansas at the end of the twentieth round. At the end of the eighteenth round Ferns was clear ly distressed, but his splendid condi- ton kept him in the ring until the scheduled twenty rounds was con, cluded.
 Denver, Col, Feb 27.--The News to- day says the Colorado A. c. will. offer a purse of $10,000 for the Corbett- Me, Govern fight. The bid will be for warded before April 15.
 Supreme Court Justice Dickey of Brooklyn granted permission yesterday to Bob Fitzsimmons, the pugilist, to withdraw his suit against Percy c. Williams, the theatrical man, for $50,- GOO damages for personal injuries, Fitzsimmons called one morning at the Orpheum theater to see Williams, and in passing through the hallway stun- bled and fell down the steps. What ever friction the incident caused be- tween the Cornishman and Williams has now entirely disappeared, and it is said Williams will be one of Bob's packers in his coming fight with lief fries.
 Tommy Ryan, the middleweight, has just polished off another easy mark in the person of Australian Tim'' Mur- phy. They met at Kansas City on Tuesday night and Murphy, after re- ceiying merciless beating, dropped to the boards in the ninth round from a comparatively light blow. remaining down until the referee had counted him out. Ryan has been picking out his men for q long time and has done it so cleverly that he has a long string of victories which look formidable on paper. But, as has before been point ed out, he still declines to meet Joe
 " dlCOlC ullueE dnY circumstances. Ryan is one of the best boxers in the world and can administer an awful tronncing when the other fellow begins to weaken, but he knows what men to steer clear of. His beating at the hands of Kid Mccoy at Maspeth when the latter was a comparative novice was lesson which Ryan has never forgotten. If he ever runs lip against George Gardner of Lowell he may learn something more to his disadvan- tage. as Gardner is believed to be the coming middleweight champion of the world. in spite of his recent defeat by Jack Root in Frisco.
 Tom Sharxey. the pugilist, went tc the Yorkville police court yesterday with his counsel and asked to be ad nitted to bail until his examination on l the charge of keeping disorderly 1 place at IA East Fourteenth street He was out of town when Police Tn. spector Cross raided his place last Fri day night. Sharkey was bailed in $1 l 900 for examination.