Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-17
FIGHTS HND FIGHTERS.
Several Good Bouts Last Night
 in Several Places.

Bernstein Held His Own, But Was
 Forced to Quit Because of Broken
 Bone in His Hand-Kid Garter and
 Marvin Hart Have It Hot-Sam So.
 Ian in a Warm Contest.
 New Britain, Oct 17.-Martin Flaher ty of Lowell, Mass, and Sam BOlan of New York boxed twenty rounds to draw last night before the Pasrime Athletic club at the sCasino. In the first five rounds the audience was given an exhibition of wrestling and boxing combined. In the fifth round William Crowley of Hartford, one of Flaherty's seconds, threw up the lsponge on account of Flaherty's being /shghtly injured by fall. John Will lis, the referee. instead of calling the bout of, gave the two principals lee ture and insisted on the men boxing in- stead of wrestling. So the bout was continued and the fighting was fairly clean. The referees decision gave general satisfaction. The first prelim- mary bout gave the spectators their moneys worth in laughter. It was be- tween Kid Curtin Of Hartford and Walter Venard of South Manchester, six rounds at catch weights. The boys dodged around each other on the stage during four rounds and kept the crowd bowling with laughter at their antics. Curtin was knocked out in the fifth round. The second preliminary was between Jerry Maher; of Hartford and Tommy Connolly of New Britain, ten rounds at a weight supposed to be 12S pounds, but Connolly was fifteen to twenty pounds heavier than Maher. Maher did some great ducking and lodging but his weight was against him in the bout. The referee awarded the decision on points to Connolly. lt was announcetd that Art Simms of Akron, O., and Willie Fitzgerald of Brooklyn would box twenty rounds at the Casino next Thursday night.
 Philadelphia. Oct 17.-0ne of the best sparrlng contests ever witnessed in this city took place last night at the Penn Art club, between Marvin Hart of Louisville and Kid Garter of Breok- lyn. The two men were in fine form, and for six rounds they were at 1t hard and fast, demonstrating conclusively their ability to give and take any amount of punishment. Although un- der the law no decisions are permitted in this City, the crowd was unanimous in declaring the bout draw. In the thIrd round hard blow to the jaw sent Hart to the floor, and he shrewdly took the count, the brief respite being sufficient for him to recover his strength. The bout was a combination of science and braWn, with which both men bowed they were amply supplied. During the entire six rounds they slugged with scarcely an intermission. When the final gong sounded both showed the effects of their strenuous work. Both had been punished Se- yerely and eVinced signs of Weariness, but evidently were able to go further if necessary.
 Baltimore, Oct 1.-The ten round bout last night between Young Corbett, the featherweight champion, and Joe Bernstein ended in an unsatisfactory manner at the Eureka Athletic club. l After Bernstein had held his own for seven rounds the startling announce ment was made when the next round was called that the New Yorker's left hand was injured, and he thought it l would be permanently hurt if he con- f1nued. The referee at once declared Corbet the winner. This was the sec Ond meeting in their fistic careers, Corbett knocking Joe out in the sev- enth round at Denver about one year ago. Bernstein was in the pink of con- d1tion and weighed in the afternoon at 12412 pounds. Young Corbett looked as though he had not trained an hour for the battle and was beefy. He de- clined to give his weight With the call of time the men went at 1t ham, mer and tongs. The New York boy was the favorite with the $500 specta- tors, and his every telling blow was eheered to the echo. In the third round Bernstein landed right swing. which opened the Denver boys left eye, and throughout the battle the claret flowed freely from the wound. After i've rounds of sparring .Corbett went after Bernstein and succession of rushes followed. He found that the New Yorker gave as good as he received and showed no inclination to shirk. As the bell rang for the eighth round an- nouncement was made that Bernstein had hurt his left hand, and the fight was awarded to Corbett Bernstein offered to continue the bout if sur geon, who was present, decided that 1t would be safe. The doctor forbade him to do so. Bernstein's hand was not broken in this bout. The injury occurred in his "go'' with Kid Sullivan. Joe had no marks at the finish, but the blows from Corbet told.
 Johnny Mack, the New York repre- sentative of the Williamsport A. 0. of Williamsport Pa. has arranged a match between Tom Carey and Jack Bonner. to fight twenty rounds at catch weights on October 20 If Carey wins he will be pitted against the win neg of the McCoy-Hart bout which is talked of for Fort Erie in the near fu- ture.
 Danny Duane, the hard hitting light weight boxer of New York is anxious to arrange go with any man in the business at from 130 to 136 pounds. i Frank Erne, Dal Hawkins, Joe Cans or Jimmy Britt preferred Duane,s i victories over such men as Spike Sulli- | van. Joe Handler and Charley Seieer. who recently defeated George McFad- den, entitle him to some consideration. i
 Billy Stiff, the Chicago middle weight. will meet the hardest man he