Waterbury Democrat., 1902-11-07
John L. Sullivan Attracting Att
 tention in His Monologue.
Boston Takes to Him Just the Same as It Did When He Was Champion Jack Root and Kid Mccoy are Matched Some More Tips About the Chaps Who Box for a Living.

2 4OSOC lISCs 11lS 4uOuO1OSuC 4O OAAS that takes from the tap of the gong for the curtain, of course. He sur prises the audience with jig step and then naively remarks, Didn't think could do it, did you?'' But nothing that Sullivan attempts to do surprises a Boston crowd. If he was to come out and say that he could whip Jeffries with three months training the crowd would believe him. And if he added that as a tragedian he could put Booth in the gloaming or make Nat Goodwin look like a low comedy man, why it would go. He has stories that are good and a ''toast'' that is one of the best heard for a long time Talking with Sullivan in his dressing room, he told of the tour he is to make. He is booked through to the Pacific coast at the nice little sum of $1,000 a week. s1 need the money, said he. ssI have made barrels of it. but it has gone I'm not getting any younger. and al though have place to sleep, enough to eat and good clothes. I want some thing to fall back on. This trip will Just about put me right, and when it IS over am going to hang onto it, and not make myself such a good fellow as l used to. I haven't taken drink in i've months. and intend to stick to the water wagon. Time and time again I have been asked to share a bottle of wine, but I have refused" Of course, the talk naturally drifted to boxing. I hear that Sharkey is going to box Jack O'Brien. He'll make a target of Sharkey, but Sharkey wants the coin. He's got money, Sharkey has; so has Fitz, little, and Jeffries. Sure, the Fitz-Jeffries fight was on the level There is none of them in Jeffries's class. He's in a class by himself, and next to him is Fitz.''
 St Louis, Nov I'm the boxing con- test scheduled for twenty rounds be- tween Benny Yanger of Chicago and Tony Moran of New York, before the West End club last night Yanger knocked Moran out in the third round by solar plexus blow. Each man weighed in at 125 pounds From the beginning it was apparent that Yan- ger had the advantages
 Washington, Nov 1.-The war de- partment is reluctant to commit itself upon the subject of prize fighting in the army. Some time ago the com manding general of the department of Missouri requested decision of the department upon the question of the right of an enlisted man in the army to participate as a principal in an ath- letic boxing contest. Tn reply he was informed that there are some sub- jects as to which it is impossible for the war department to prescribe uni- form rule and this is one of them. Apart from the strict law in the case 1t is a matter of common information that local sentiment is divided in re spect to contests of the kind described, and this adds to the difficulty of fram- ing a rule, were there no legal ob- stacles in the way of it's preparation. There being no legal power in the de- partment to establish a rule on the subject, the acting secretary of war decided that the question be left to the regulation of the post commander.
 The winner of the Jimmy Farren- Tony Moran twenty-round bout at Bal timore tonight has been promised a 'go" with Hughey McGovern.
 The two Gardner boys, Oscar and Eddie, are in the saloon business at Minneapolis, Minn. They are reported to be fiourishing, too, and without a turn for the worse comes they will keep out or. the ring.
 Buddy King, the co1ored light weight of Denver, Col, has placed him self in the hands of Johnny Corbett. who proposes to go for the highest game. He is negotiating for match between King and Joe Cans.
 Jack CTwin) Sullivan, who has had a successful season in Maine. has re- turned to Boston and started in train L. Ns,aI~ Bangor, November IT. Sullivan is also engaged to met George Byers at Ban gor, November IT.
 Manager Crimson of the Crescent A. O.. Toronto announces the postpone ment of the Jack McClelland- Billy Ryan fight for one week. It was to have been decided tomorrow night, but the club and fighters were unable to agree on all the details.
 The management of the Olympic Athletic club of Buffalo announces that a purse of S1, 800 will be offered for a wrestling match between Dan Mcleod and the winner of Friday nights con fest between M. J. Dwyer and Jim Parr, the bout to come off within sixty days.
 Al Herford, who has Joe Tipman in tow, wants to match his man with Terry McGovern. Tipman gained his first pronounced notoriety by knocking down Terry, who was meeting all com CTS at the Holiday Street theater, Balti- more. Later McGovern offered to put up 1000 if Tipman stayed -four rounds with him.
 The Yosemite club of San Francisco has made Billy Roche an offer to match the winner of the Eren-Britt fight against his protege, Charley Sic ger. Roche teIegraphed an accept ance at once. Sieger will go to the coast directly after his 20 round bout with Joe Cans at the Eureka A. C.. Baltimore, on next Friday night
 The story that Champion Jeffries and Trainer Delaney have broken away from each other is not believed bv those who know how necessary ii is to have capable man around when anything big is at stake. There may have been differences between the bollermaker and his mentor as to tht methods to be pursued when in the ring. The story probably arises over fhe fact that Jeff. folerates no interfer snce wheu it comes to making : TIT +f<><, -7c tr. cf1 @77c s7afnf7<