Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-03
TIGHTS IND FIGHTERS.
Jeffries and Fitzsimmons Are
 Still Talking Shop.

van Refused to Met Fitzgerald Last Night-Other Fighting News.
 Jim Haywood, the colored Brass City Kid.'' who has been trying for some time to get on match in Con necticut with some of the alleged lighters, will i'll all probability be matched to fight Martin Flaherty on April Is i'll Philadelphia. The weight will be 130 pounds. Haywood was to have gone on in the preliminary with young Walcott in the coming e1- hibition in Poli's theater, but for some reason it fell through and Willie Lew is was substituted It was through no fault of HeyWood's, for he had started in to train and would have put up a great battle. However, he has gone into training again and If he makes q good showing with Flaherty he will be given a chance to tackle some of the lads in the upper classes.
 Champion Jim Jeffries is not inclined to look with favor on the offer of the Charleston A. c. of Charleston, s. O.. which has been practically accepted by Bob Fitzsimmons. and unless q con- promise can be effected within the next few days it is likely that the fight will fall through. Jeffries is deter mined to have his way regarding the selection of the battle-ground, as the following telegram sent to New YoAk by Jeffries from Los Angeles indicates:
 Century club met here last night and offered S30,O00 purse or - per cent of gross ceceipts. The officials bid faithfully on March 15. according to articles signed by Fitz and me. but, since Fitz insisted on postponement until April 1. they raised this bid to beat Charleston. which they certainly do. You remember fiascos in Texas, Arkansas and Cincinnati. l consider this offer much better than Charleston. The contest, to take place here, will not be interferred with.
 Fitzsinmons was also in receipt of a telegram from Jeffries, as follows:
 The Governor of South Carolina has already declared himself. and I don't believe that they can pull off contest. If Charleston will deposit S26,000 now and forfeit same on the event of fail ing to pull off the mill I will accept.
 When Fitz was seen relative to the dispatches. he said: T would rather fight near home than go all the way to
 
 fer is very alluring, I think we could do much better at Charleston. On q percentage basis the mill would draw more than in California. But l think Jeffries's demand to post the $26,000 forfeit ridiculous. At and rate I would like little more time to see what the Charleston people will do. They may raise the purse"
 The last offer of the Century 4. c. was S25.000. The increase of 5000 is thought by the sports to be very liberal.
 The chances of pulling off fight between Jeffries and Fitzsimmons grow beautifully less every hour.
 Jeffries still stands out for the Gen. tury club, of Los Angeles, with the offer of $30O00 or no fight. The Cornishman professes to have con- scientious doubts whether the Califor- mia thousands are real or stage money. He favors Charleston.
 A definite issue was made last night when J. C. Jawdon, on behalf of Charleston and the Exposition, raised his offer from S26,O00 to $31,00 ,and gave Jeffries and Fitz until Saturday to take or leave the money.
 This offer it is understood Is flat and contains no conditions as to gate money or kinetograph privileges. The S26OOO was a guarantee, with the op tion of 75 per cent of the gate and privilege.
 Mir Jawdon, who has waited with admirable patience upon the backing and filling of the big fighters, gave q new turn to the situation by broachins the alternative proposition of fight between Fitzsimmons and Mccoy.
 For this attraction the Southernel is willing to bid. not so much as he offered Jeffries and Fitz. but a fine healthy purse-say. S20.000.
 Fitz has no objection to this arrange ment and Mccoy takes to it with en thusiasm. The Kid hung a new fril of interest on the neck of the situa ton yesterday by proposing to fight A bull either before or after taking or t Fitz and in the same ring.
 Mccoy never fought a bull. how T ever many he max have made. But 1 all he asks is a si~ht os one or two of the bull fights that are amo tht regular attractions at the Charlesto- fair.
 Give him fifteen minutes alone witt the bull and Mccoy. his friends say will 'sthrow a con- into the animal that will win the money before tho fight. But this may he all the enthus iasm of partial friends.
 NIT Jawdon thus counts on getting one fight or the other-pug or bull for Charleston. He says the ExDoSi ton people are prepared to erect q pa yilion that will seat 10000 persons in side the race track.
 Fitsimmons said last night that ii Jeffries failed to accept the Charleston offer by Saturday he would consider himself at liberty to make any othel enlightenment. Evidently the Cornish man has no expectation of meetine Jeffries.
 Tim Hurst. matchmaker of tho { Southern Athletic club. of Louisville believes he has the best chance o1 securing the McGovern-Corbett bout Hurst has offered $1O000 guarantee with the privileges of 60 per cent ol the gross Hurst bases his confidence on the fact that Louisville has better location than any place where hal of sufficient size can be secured. Ht is of the opinion that the clean real brules at Fort Erie would not appea to the boxers. and that the expense of the trip to California would deter the men. Under the circumstances