Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-22
FIGHTS IND FIGHTERS
Terry McGovern Given Good
 Advice by a Friend.


 Charles Bradford of Richmond Hill, l.. l.. a strong admirer of Terrence Mc- Govern, has written as follows to the Brooklyn boxer: You have nothing 10 fear in Sullivan beyond his preliminary gameness and his ring trick of feign1ng strength even when all but put out. So ] say to you, do not let his advance boasts lower your spirits. You should whip him in four or five rounds unless you have both changed considerably in your work Sullivan is slow, and, much as he can stand punishment, he does not like it any more than any other man. He has a few cunning tricks like his brother Spike, but he is too slow for you. Do not let your last fight influence you one way or the other. Go at Sullivan as though you had never heard of Young Corbett. You will win-not as quickly, perhaps, as in most of your battles, because Sullivan can stand little more punch ing than such men as Pedlar Palmer, Oscar Gardner and others. I think you will put him clean out inside of four rounds, at the most. He is as slow as Kid Broad and cannot hit as hard. Pay no attention to his advance talk and his ring smile. He isn't q rusher like you, but he's rough. Broad can whip him, and such men as Erne and Cans would put him out easily ] have seen him in all of his fights, and 1 have seen you in all of yours. and as I have picked the winner in nine out of ten in the last twelve years. my judgment is not bad at all. Mind l have nothing against Sullivan. I ad- mire him. and would just as leave write such a note to him if I believed the same in his case. say four or five rounds at the most, but would not be surprised if he went out inside of one or two rounds. As for Young Cor bett, he is afraid to meet you, for he knows well that his next meeting will be the end of his championship"
 Vegetarianism has lost a promising disciple in Kid Parker, q lightweight pugilist of Denver. Parker recently trained for a bout on a vegetable diet and In reply to some criticism as to the advisability of such method he made this reply: ''To the Editor: In regard
 
 when I made the statement that I am a strict vegetarian l did not make it in good faith, and that am a dead one pugilistically, etc, and that when I get through with my contest with Billy Armstrong will not be fit for pre- liminary in any respectable go we'll, maybe it is right; but I beg to differ with the gentleman, although I do not know who he may be. If he is pres ent at that friendly passage of arms will show him and all who are for tunate enough to witness the same, that. although I am a vegetarian, am a lively dead one. Yours truly, Kid Parker" MT Parker was decisiyely beaten by Armstrong and has returned to a meat diet with frantic haste. No more vegetable diet for him. Double porterhouse steaks with mushrooms, if you please.
 Dick Burge. just convicted of com plicity iii the Bank of Liverpool forger ies, says he has earned $150.000 in the past ten years. As his entire public record comprises only score of bat ties. of which he was successful in but half, it is a mystery where he made the money. Possibly he engaged In a large number of private bouts.
 One of the most remarkable contests ever held in this country occurred at Joliet, Mont, one Saturday night re- gently in one of the largest halls in the town. It was scheduled to go to a finish, but lasted only five rounds. The stake was q 3-year-old boy and the contestants were a man and wife, and the latter won. The couple are le- gally man and wife, but by common consent strangers, except when they should chance to meet on the street. After the male half had sbeen indulging in brand of liquor known as "iron booze" there would invariably be a fistic encounter. the bone of contention being son of some years of age. whose name was Dick. The result of the fights would depend entirely how much of his favorite beverage the man had taken, but sometimes by brute force and at other times by stratagem. the woman remained in possession of the son, to the satisfaction of the popu- lation The woman was hard work ing, honest creature. and the man was a s'rounder' of the worst sort. It was decided by citizens that they should en- ter the ring and fight to a finish the boy being the spells which were to be awarded to the victor The matter was laid before the belligerents and they readily signed articles of agree ment. The fight was pulled off in a big hall. with one of the leading citf- zens as referee. The boy was locked up in room below the hall ready for instant delivery to the victor. For three rounds the fight was interesting in the extreme, with honors pretty evenly divided. The cllivaIrous sports in the town, however wanted the wo- man to win, and.a between rounds, while she was being snnnged to keen her in good fighting condition. the man was given good braces of ''iron booze'' After the third round d few ielts on the chin made him grogev. and in the fifth he was knocked cold Inv his husky sD0use. The referee officially awarded the fight and the boy to the woman. and when the man came to he was in formed that henceforth he had no claim on the boy This adjustment of the trouble may not be strictly accord ing to law, but it is safe to say will hold.