Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-30

seemed to take lot of fun out of it. Then came the main bout of the evening. McFadden appeared first, with Billy Roach, Harry Tuthill and Willie Lewis i'll his corner. Gardner was next in line, and he had Fred Rus sell the big heavyweight from the west, who was introduced by Manager Crowley as wanting to meet any map in the world and Galway, Altman and Moore as seconds.
 In the first round Gardner used his right repeatedly for McF adden's jaw, and occasionally swung the left to the other side. McFadden jabbed Gardner with lefts to the face and as the round closed he was hammering Gardner with his right on the wind
 In the second round Gardner con- tinued to use that terrible right of his, and four in succession broke down Me- Fadden's guard and made him look weary. There were several c1inches, | in all of which N1cFadden used his eI- bow with effect McFadden Kept fight ] ing Gardner away from him with left jabs to the face and jaw and tried hard for rights to the wind. Both were giv- ing and taking at. the bell
 | In the third McFadden fought hard and gave Gardner a good humping. 1 He sent lefts to the jaw and face and pounded Gardner's wind until Gardner clinched to save himself. McFadden uppercut with left and right and was walloping Gardner hard He sent what looked like a solar plexus for Gardner's body, but Gardner blocked | it nicely and fought McFadden away McFadden was forcing matters at the I bell.
 The fifth round was little bit tame, as each was tired from the hard work l They spared, went into clinches, and few light blows were landed by each. | Round six was warm one and Gardner came out of it with flying col OTIS. He handed McFaaden rights to the jaw and lefts to the wind until Me Fadden went down i'll a miX-up He was up quickly and after Gardner like shot. and he jabbed him with leftS and rights to face and kidneys Gard her kept that right working like trip hammer and soon had McFadden tired and clinching. At the end Gardner was still punishing his man with up. percuts, and McFadden was fighting l back gamely
 In the seventh both fought hard and each received some hard thumps. Me- Fadden repeatedly used his elbow in this round and the referee ignored all criticisms. Gardner used his right now with more care and McFadden blocked the blows better, as his seconds re- minded him what to do. Gardner was pushing McFadden's head back with rights when the bell sounded.
 | In the eighth AIcFadden was hot after his man and the nght was warm rom first to last. McFadden went after Gardner's wind at the advice of llls seconds and he soon had Gardner tlred One right blow from AIcFadden almost put him out of business and it was the best blow McFadden struck during the fight. It landed on Gard ners wind and he clinched to save him. self He recovered quickly and ham, nefed Mcfadden with rights and lefts, and both were tired at the close
 In the ninth round Gardner iabbed McFadden's head back with right. but McFadden comes back with hot smash es to the face and rights to the wind. lIardner fought gamely. and so did Me Fadden, as he planted several hard lefts on Gardners body. Both were again tired at the bell.
 Then came the last round. McFad- | onds had warned him that if the fight went the limit at the pace it had al- ready gone Gardner would be declared l the winner. This probably prompted McFadden to try one of his tricks to l win. He knew .he had not one chance in hundred to win if Gardner Te- tained his strength, for his right blows to the head were telling on McFadden. Gardner repeated these blows time and time again and sent Swinging lefts to the ribs and head. McFadden fought with both hands going like windmills and landed lefts and rights to face and body. Suddenly Gardner shot a hard right to the jaw and a left to the other side and into clinch went McFadden. Then came his trick. Up went his arm under Gardner's jaw and with. the other arm he drew Gardner towards l him. Gardner realized something was about to happen, for he struggled to 1 break the hold, and as he did so back went one Of his feet to the rear of Me Fadden. Down went McFadden with Gardner on top, and the referee did the rest.
 There was not large crowd present. but those who were there protested al- most to a man against the decision. but it was done and could not be un- done.
 Philadelphia, May 3O.-Hugh Me Govern of Brooklyn and Grif Jones of this city fought fast six round draw
 before the National Athletic club last night The bout was stubbornly con tested every inch of the way. There
 was but one knock down and that
 went to the credit of McGovern.
 London, May 30.-The program for the Coronation tournament, in which boxers and wrestlers from different parts of the world will compete. was agreed on yesterday. The contests will be decided at the National Sport ing club, beginning on June 21, when there will be competitions between representatives of Oxford, Cambridge and the English public schools; Spike Sullivan and Jabez White will compete for the 134-pound champion ship of the world, and Denver Ed Martin and Bob Armstrong will box for the colored heavyweight championship
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