Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-08-18
FIGHTS IND Fighters.
Gossip About the Users OF the
Padded Glove.

Padded Glove.
Tommy Ryan Anxious to Box Boil
Fitzsimmons-Ben Jordan and Kit
McFadden to Meet Again-Figh
With Bare Knuck1es in New York
Spike Sullivan Lost All on His Figh
in England
i Buffalo, Aug 1S.-Tommy Ryan has
d forwarded to Jack Herman certified
check for $500 as a guarantee for his
appearance In the ring with Kid Car
ter before the International Athletic
club on September Is. The check
i arrived here from Kansas City Satur
day night and practically completes
the making of the match. Kid Car
ter's forfeit mas already been posted
/ Ryan says he will come to Buffalo
I early in September to finish training
for the contest He says he will be
prepared to wager any part of $4,000
on his chances against the Brooklyn
tie.
A fight with bare fists attracted sew
eral hundred persons to place in
/ Queens county, just over the Maspeth
line, early yesterday morning. A purse
OF 500 was made up and into the
ring stepped Joe Tuhts and Kid Coffey.
An aspirant for political preferment
reluctantly consented to act as refer
ee and time was called Stripped I'd
the waist and with knuckles guiltless
OF gloves the men sprang at each 9TH
er and 1t was give and take, hammer
and tongs, until the ring was red with
gore, while the shouts of the parti-
sans, all caution to the winds. could
be heard far away. For the first
three rounds Tuhts seemed to have
/ the better of the argument. In the
eleventh round Coffey landed cy-
clonic right hand swing on Tuhts' Jaw.
Tuhts went down and out and then
there was scare Tuhts could not
get up. Nor could his friends revive
him. Most of the alarmed sports
hurried away. For forty-Hve min
utes the vanquished Tuhts was uncon-
scious. When he was revived he was
| assisted to a car bound cityward and
fell limp in q seat. Tuhts is % years
old and weighs 124 pounds, while Cof-
fey is two years younger and two
| pounds heavier.
| The speculative instincts of Spike
Sullivan We're never better exemDli-
fed than in his encounter with Jabez
White, which took place in London
last June. Tn every scrap he en-
cages in, Sullivan backs himself. In
his tilt with White he was so confident
of success that he wagered $1,000 in
addition to the losers end of the purse.
When he was whipped Spike was com
pletely broke and. it is said, he had
|! to borrows3in order to meet living ex-
penses.
Tommy Ryan Is quoted ais saying
that he would like to meet Bob Fitz-
simmons in 20 round bout before
one of the clubs after his mill with
Kid Carter is over. Ryan has made
no stipulation as to weight. The
probabilities are that he will insist on
holding the Cornishman down to 1873
pounds to which, as every one is aware
the lanky pugilist cannot reduce, I'M
less, perhaps, he has one of his arms
or legs amputated.
Ia tempting offer has been received
by George Gardiner, the Lowell. mid
dleweight, from John Hertz, manager
of Benny Jaeger, the "Tipton slash
err to box two men on one night in
the same ring in Chicago. Jim Dris-
col and Jack Beauscholte have been
named as GARDENERS prospective op-
ponents. Gardiner has replied that
the idea of such bout is satisfactory
to him, but that he cannot entertain
it just now, as he is matched to box
Jack Root at Salt Lake City this week.
4 Negotiations are under way for
return mill between Ben Jordan. the
English featherweight, and Kid Nc
Fadden of San Francisco, to take place
in London next November. The pair
met at the istic carnival of the Ma
tional Sporting club in June. and If
was a toss-up who would win until
Jordan caught McFadden on the law
with heavy right in the fifteenth
round, knocking him out. McFad-
denis showing was so good that he can
get a lot of backing if he fights Jor-
dan again.
There seems to be lot of dissatfs-
faction on the part of Bob Armstrong
over the result of his scrap with Den
yer nc" Martin, which was decided in
London on July 25. Armstrong does
not think the verdict. was a Just one,
despite the fact that all the English
sporting papers said Armstrong was
fairly snlothered by Martins blows. !
Billy Madden says nothing would |
please him better than to arrange an |
other fight with Armstrong, but con.
fesses frankly that such bout is a I
remote possibility. He believes Arm
strong is convinced that Martin is his
Frank Erne evidently does not in
tend to do any boxing until the cold /
weather sets in. Erne's trip abroad |
was more remunerative to him than
several of his bouts in this country
and he is having a good time on his
fathers farm, not many miles from
Buffalo. Erne in recent interview
said: my sole ambition is to get
the title of lightweight champion
back and 7 have every confidence of
succeeding. Joe Cans, who whipped
me for the honor, has promised to box
me again and guess he will keep his
word. If the scrap comes off it will
be held in October as do not propose
to box until then"
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