Waterbury Democrat., 1902-11-15
FIGHTS Ind Fighters
Two Good Bouts Took Place
Last Night.


Joe Cans Has a Tough Time Beating
Charley Seiger Larry Temple
Makes Short Work of Billy Stiff
More Tips From the Boxers Camps.
Waterbury. Nov II, 1902.
Sporting Editor
Dear Sir:-To settle dispute and
wager will you please inform US
through your paper who We're the orig
inal Rose Hill Midgets and where
they are at the present time? Did one
of them fight ten round draw on the
turf up in Torrington about three years
ago? and oblige
TWO SPORTS.
The two original Rose Hill Midgets
were George Mulligan and Peter Mul-
yaney. 1t was some eleven or twelve
years ago that they used to please the
members and friends of the Rose Hill
club with very clever sparring exhi-
bition. To-day, however, the Midgets
are midgets no longer. George Multi
gan is the well known first baseman OF
the Washington Fill baseball team and
is in business on South Main street,
near Washington street Peter Null
vaney is still in Waterbury and lives
with his family at 727 Baldwin
street. As to the ten round draw on
the turf in Torrington, the writeT has
no knowledge of the affair.
Dave Sullivan has just signed ar
ticles to engage in another fight. Sulli-
van was yesterday matched to box
Tommy Sullivan of Brooklyn before
the West End A. c., st Louis, on No
vember 20. The battle is to be for
twenty rounds. Sullivan will leave
for the west to-day. Tommy Sulli-
van is a clever two-handed fighter and
hard puncher. The sports expect to
see a rafting mill between the two.
Sulliyan's other contest will be with
Benny Yanger, the ''Tipton Slasher, y
whom he boxes at Chicago for six
rounds on December 1. i
Baltimore, Nov 15.-Joe Cans, the
lightweight champion, got the decision
over Charley Seiger of Hoboken last
night after fourteen and half
rounds of hard fighting before the Eu-
reka Athletic club. The colored
champion was called upon to DO some
very hard work to best the Hoboken
boy, who was no match for Cans in
sparring or ring tactics. Cans blocked
many vicious swings, but found that
Sefger was capable of taking remark
able amount of punishment.
After two rounds of fiddling the men
went at each other hammer and tongs
and Seiger appeared very groggy al
the end of the third from right and
left swings to the jaw. At each sue
ceeding round thereafter Seiger ap-
peared to be about all in at the sound
of the gong. In the tenth Seiger went
down from right swings to the jaw,
took the count and was saved by the
gong.
In the eleventh Cans landed fourteen
right swings to the jaw, any one OF
which would have put an ordinary man
down and out. The plucky italian
went down three times in the round,
but, after taking the count on each oc-
casion, came back smiling, ready fol
more punishment He came up strong
in the twelfth and thirteenth and man
aged to hold his own, although being
put to the mat in the latter round.
The champion rushed him in the
fourteenth and had him down and
practically out in one minute an6
twenty-five seconds. His seconds
threw up the sponge to save him.
Chicago, Nov 15.-Larry Temple, thu
colored middleweight of New York
knocked out Billy Stiff of Chicago II
the second round of a six round contes
last night at the Transport Athletic
club. Stiff was knocked down si1
times before he finally succumbed tt
a right swing that landed squarely OF
the point of his chin.
Kid Carter is at West Baden, Ind
getting into shape for his six round
bout with Peter Maher at the Penn
Art A. c., Philadelphia, on Decembei
3.
Jack McClelland intends to challeng,
the winner of the Dave Sullivan
Brooklyn Tommy Sullivan fight
which Is booked for st Louis on No
vember 20.
Billy Maharg and Billy Berger wen
at each other savagely in ten rount
bout at Lancaster, Pa, on Thursda!
night, and both were knocked down
Maharg got the decision on points.
Harry Forbes next battle of import
ance viii probably be with Eddie Han
lon. whom Californians say is the hes
lad of his inches that has been seen oil
the coast in years Hanlon tackle
ASaxey Haugh next month. and afte
that he will be ready to talk cuisines
with the champion.