Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-30
FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS.
John L. Sullivan Would Like to
 Cross the Water.

He Believes He Could Give Good Ac-
 count of Himself With the Old
 Timers-Austin Rice Wins q De
 served Decision Over Hugh McPad- den in New London Last Night Some Good Bouts in Boston.
 John L. Sullivan, gray haired, flabby old gladiator, says he is eager to go to London and try for lone more match The exodus of hardy young pugllists has fired his blood and the confagra- ton is raging furiously. He thinks his arrival in England would cause Mitch ell, Mace, Ben Taylor, Dido Plumb, George Chrisp and their fellows to fee to the remotest sections of the empire. One moment he maunders and wanders back to the past. I'm an old 1nsn, fellows" he says. q was q good olle once, but I'm broken down now. The newsboys that used to gather my change are bankers, and the bootblacks own brick blocks. 1 can't keep track of all the bartenders that l started on the road to fortune, but there's $ lot of them. l had good friend once, the only friend I ever had That friend would have stuck to me and made ire man. but 1 did not heed it.. Do you ] want to know who that friend was? I It was my money" That's about the sum and substance of Sullivan's con verSation these days. q don't know what to do,' he added. q want to go to London. I am feeling good this spring. l want to put the gloves on again and show that good man once is good man always. I can fight l yet. Mace or Mitchell at the National sporting club would do. How tley would turn out to see us. Maybe King Edward would have a box at tue ring ! side. None of my friends would be ashamed of me for ten rounds. Sbar- key, Ruhlin, West, Wa1cott''- Sullivan made gesture of extreme contempt 'parlor fighters, all of them I was the greatest of them all, and they can't deny it. Yes, I was the Napoleon of the ring. had my Waterloo; but, say, l guess I got more glory than the otll- CTS"
 New London, April 30-Austiu Rice of this city received the decision over Hugh McPadden of Brooklyn fast night at the end of twenty round bout be- fore the National Athletic club They weighed in at 124 pounds yesterday af- ternoon and AIcPadden was favorite
 in the betting before the bout at odds of 100 to 75. Clinches were frequent throughout the fight. McPadden often resorting to that method of saving himself. Rice was the aggressor and had the better of the fighting in the last ten rounds. Honors were evenly | ii I,n 1,aIf 4z. | l tie. Rice devoted much of his atten- tion to pounding his opponents ribs. McPadden's skill and peculiar fighting position helped him to last out the bout. He often was rushed to the ropes. and invariably fought back until the last few rounds In the three last rounds he contented himself with remaining almost entirely on the defensive. In the preliminary bout Mike Broderick I of Providence was knocked out by Leon Miller, a New York negro, ;n the sixth round. They were to have fought ten rounds at 11S pounds.
 Boston, April 30.-Jack Smith Of Worcester bested Young Fitzsimmons :n six rounds before the Bowdoin Square Athletic club last night. For five rounds there was little advantage. all though the fighting was fierce, but in the sixth Smith was the stronger. The main bout was between Chester Good
 win and Dave NTcNeil, which vent six rounds to draw.
 Philadelphia, April 30-Tim Calla-
 gan of this city and Tommy Hogan of Chicago spared six rounds last night at the Golden Gate Athletic club. The
 fight was a lively one and Callagan outpointed his opponent.