Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-28
FIGHTS IND FIGHTERS.
Everything in Readiness For
 Tomorrow Nights Bouts

Everything Tn Readiness For
 Tomorrow Nights Bouts
 Jack Root Refuses to Take Part in July Fourth Bouts at Carson City l Littlejohn Refused to Meet Patsey
 Sweeney, as he Said There Was | Not Money Enough in the House. | Tickets went on sale this morning l for the big boxing tournament that IS l to take place at Polls theater to-mof- row evening under the auspices or | the Waterbury Athletic club, with 1 William L. Crowley as manager. That | it will be a tournament goes without saving for there are three star events. l The first one will bring together Jim | Heywood, better known as the Brass l City Kid'' and Willie Lewis of New York. There are many people in this l city who have never seen Haywood l brought to his limit with q man near | his own weight In his encounter with Frank Hallett of New Haven he. gave away considerable weight but with Lewis it will be nearly even up. l All who saw Lewis box at the last eX- hibition here will remember how warm | and interesting he made it-for WalcOtt. | He proposes to make it just as warm | this time for the other cOlOred gentle | man. Haywood on the other hand, ] laughs at the threats of Lewis and ! says that he will show the people or l this city that he is fast and can hit hard and often and that he belongs up in the top notch class.
 Jimmy Kelley and Tom Daley of New York will furnish the second pre- liminary and if the people do not see some of the fastest boxing they ever witnessed in their lives in this bout, the guessers are away off. The main bout has been told to you so often that it is needless to tell you moro about it. | Suffice it to say that ( .s Gardner is here to win this match as he did before and he does not fear George 1 McFadden or anyone else at his weight. He is reaching for the top and he proposes to use McFadden for one of the stepping stones. Here then are three corking good bouts and no 1 better has ever been furnished any au- dience in this country. | San Francisco, May 2S.--Jack Root, who was to have met George Gardner l in a finish fight at Carson, New, on July 4, has telegraphed Al Smith of l this city that he will have nothing to do with the contest Root claims that l the forfeits have not been posted. but 1 Harry CorbettinsistS he has held S2,50O belonging to Senator Livingston of Ne vada, representing the promoters, and | $500 of Al Greggains's money, posted as a side forfeit ever since the match was made. Al Weinig may be signed in Roots place.
 Artie Simms, the clever Akron Ohio, l lightweight who was looked upon as conner in his class, was knocked out in eight rounds by Otto Sieloff of Chicago on Monday night. Eieloff and Simms came together in what was to have l been ten round go at St Paul. Sieloff had the better of the mill from the outset. Sieloff's manager says that he will at once challenge Joe Cans for the lightweight title. Cans and
 Sieloff have met before, the former l getting the decision.
 Ever since Joe Choyinski defeated
 Al Wienig of Buffalo his services have been in demand. Choyinski received yesterday an offer of purse from the Southern A. O. of Louisville This l club wants to match Choyinski so
 meet Kid Mccoy, and Joe has already accepted. If Mccoy refuses to fight Choyinski an attempt will be made to
 have the Californian tackle Marvin Hart. The club proposes to hold the
 combat next June.
 Manchester, May 2S.-The bout be- tween Patsey Sweeney of this place and Dan Littlejohn of St John, N B.. which was scheduled for Monday night
 in this city, did not take place Little Ijohn refused to go on because. there
 was not enough money in the house.
 Sullivan of Boston offered to box Sweeney six rounds but the NIanches- ter boy refused to meet him. The gate receipts were $170 of which Littleiohn
 wanted S100 for his share A collec- ton was taken and $37.25 was sub scribed but it was impossible to get
 Littlejohn to go on
 Hartford May 2S.-George Halliday of New York knocked out Alex Dun-
 sheath of Passaic, N J. in the ninth
 round of their bout here last night.
 They were to have fought fifteen rounds at catchweights. William Crow ley acted as referee.