Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-08-26
FIGHTS IND Fighters.
Echoes From the Camps of the
Wearers of the Mits.

Terry McGoyern Says He VIII Not
Get Ratified and the Only Thing That
Will Rattle Will Be Corbett's Teeth
kid Carter Has Begun Training
for His Bout With Tommy Ryan
Joe Cans and Gus Gardner to Meet.
New York. Aug 26.-Terry McGovern
left for Cincinnati at 2 o'clock yester,
day. He took with him Charlie May
hood Art Simms, Eddie Cain, Joe
Humphreys and his brother Hughey.
He will prepare for his coming contest
at a point near Cincinnati Young
Corbett is already on the ground and
will re-begin training in few days.
At the depot yesterday McGovern said.
II am already in excellent shape as
result of my training at Bridgeport,
but shall not neglect my work for
the next month. The rest has done me
good and I feel as strong as a bull.
go back to work with a genuine appe
tite for it. / expect to return with the
title at my belt. I will have no excuse
to offer if / lose, but / don't figure on
that proposition at all. So they think
that I am going to be ratified, do they!
Not so as you could notice it. If any
thing rattles it will be the present
champions teeth The fight will take
place at Louisville on September p.
A big delegation of sporting men is
arranging for a special train. jim
Corbett. who will referee the fight will
be "a passenger, but 1T will by no means
be his special train, as has been sug-
gested. The railroad company has OF
fered. if a sufficient number of fares
are guaranteed. to furnish special
Tt will not be a aCorbett special any
more than it will be Conceived Con-
molly train de luxe. "One-Eyed. by
the way. has been promised pass to
the fight. and will be in attendance
provided that he is alive. His health
is none too good at present.. and he IS
under treatment for consumption lis
spirits. however, are still high
.pbiladelphia. Jack O'Brien has
started in to do light work in view of
an active campaign in the ring next
fall and winter. O'Brien is anxious TO
meet the winner of the Ryan-Carter
bout which is slated to take place on
September 15 In case of not being
able to secure battle with Ryan or
Garter. O'Brien will direct his atten-
tion to Jack Root or George Gardner.
Ed Holman of the San Francisco A. g.
lhas notified O'Brien that he will give
purse if Brien will go to California
and box Gardner ut twenty-rounds IN
October. O'Brien is willing to accept
lie the purse is a liberal one.
! Articles of agreement have been
drawn up and signed iNainching 9 SIN
round bout between Otto Sielof and
Martin Duffy, both of Chicago. The
latter is the champions lightweight Of
| the West and has a long record.
| SieIoff is also clever, hard-hitting
/ fighter of reputation. Sieloff and Duff
fy are to box six-rounds before the
Transport A. c.. Chicago on September
Is. at catchweights This will be the
/ fourth meeting between the two.
Duffy won twice and the other contest
went to Sieloff. tK6A
Buffalo. lAugI 26.-s'Kid, Garter has
begun training at Fort Erie for his
combat with Tommy Ryan on Sep
tember 49, The popular middleweight
has been sojourning in the woods of
upper Canada the last two weeks with
Joe Macias, his manager; Kid Nc
I Partlaad and Peter Burns. Garter
looks we'll and weighs in the neigh
borhood Of 165 pounds. Tommy West
will probably be secured as a sparring
partner. The articlesgcall for the men
Ito weigh in at 1hS pouFl dis, at IA o'clock
on the day of tile contest u Carter
claims he will not s have the least
!, trouble in getting down, and said if
forced to he could be8at that weight
within a week. Manager Herman; OF
u the International Al C states that
N the prices of seats for the battle will
Il be 81 for admission, So for reserved
seats, So for ringside, and So for boxes.
j Benny Jaeger, the "Tipton Slasher,''
has responded to the def of Abe Attell
land the pair are to come together
Iagain. A match has been arranged
and the two will have it out for TWEEN
Ety-rounds at the Acme a. c., Oakland,
on October T. This is the club con-
Quoted by Billy Layigne, Kid La
[vigne's brother. Billy has been nego-
tiatfng with the two for some time
land finally secured their services. The
bout will be at 122 pounds. for deci-
I sion of the gate receipts. Their last
meeting resulted in victory for
4 Jaeger, although it was toss-up who
would win. In the nineteenth round,
after having fine chance of victory,
Attell became so weak1that the au-
thorities interferred and Yaeger got
the decision.
i Baltimore, Aug. Another inn
Iportant prizefight has been clinched
lfor this city. The interested men are
Joe Cans, lightweight champion and
Gus Gardner Of Philadelphia. They
arc to fight for the lightweight title
ION September 10 at the Eureka Ath-
lletic club. This affairF.has been the
Ioutcome of heated controversy ever
since Cans defeated Eane at Fort
Erie last May, the colored boy declar-
ing then that the only man he wished
to face was Gardner. Cans believes
Gardner to be among the topnotchers
in the class. and thinks he win giva
him a stiff battle. One week, before
they meet here Cans is to fight Martin
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