Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-23
FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS. .
Two Fatalities Among the Young Boxers in the Ring.

 Eugene Mccarthy, Knocked Out By
 Hughey Murphy, Died Yesterday
 Jack McGee Succumbs After Four
 Round Battle-Cole Has the Best of
 Weinig Tommy Sullivan Threw Up
 the Sponge.
 Philadelphia, Jan 23.-George Cole of Trenton, N. J.. and Al Weinig pf BuT' Halo spared six rounds at the Broad way Athletic club last night. The bout twas fairly interesting, but Cole had all the advantage and kept Weinig on the defensive.
 Boston, Jan 23.-Tommy Feltz of Brooklyn and Kid Goodman of this city fought eight good rounds at the tLenox A. c. Wednesday evening and the bout was called a draw.
 Peter NIaher is going to make one of his ''farewelp appearances before one of the Philadelphia clubs next Monday night. The Irishman's opponent is to be Joe Choynski. They are scheduled to box six rounds, and the impression lis that the battle will not go the limit. They are both strong biters and rush CTS.
 St Louis, Jan 23.-Hugh McPadden of Brooklyn and Brooklyn" Tommy Sullivan fought eight rounds at the West End club last night in what was |to have been twenty-round contest. The fight was an evenly matched affair { until McPadden broke Sullivan's nose in the fourth round From then Me Padden had the advantage, Sullivan's seconds throwing up tie sponge in the eighth round.
 Al Herford, manager of Joe Cans, has advanced novel proposition to bait Jimmy Britt of San Francisco into meeting the lightweight champion. Herford has taken the step ill view of the fact that Britt has come out re- peatedly with the assertion that he would never meet a negro Herforl offers to sign articles calling for Cans to meet Britt and stop the white boy Inside of twenty rounds. As further incentive Herford says that Cans will give Britt twenty seconds in which to recover in the event of being knocked down. Should this meet with Britt approval, which is not at all likely, Herford will be ready to post forfeit and sign articles at once.
 Scituate, R. l., Jan 23-Eugene Me Carthy of New York, the ''schoolboy pugilist," died here yesterday informing as the result of a knockout blow re- .ceived in fight Wednesday night be- fore the EScituate A. O.. with Hugh Murphy, also of New York Concus- sion of the brain was the cause of death. McCarthy received the blew in the fifteen round. it is said. after his seconds had thrown up the sponge The youth fell and his head struck the floor with great force. He became un- conscious and all efforts to revive him were futile. AIcCarthy was IS years old and was a punil at a New York high school Murphy. who was arrest ed pending the result of AIcCarthy's injuries. was arraigned vesterdav af ternoon in the court at Knightsyille or the charge of manslaughter. He plead ed not guilty and was EeEd for a hear ing on Februarv f. Mccarthy fough' a hard battle. doing most of the lead ing and punishing his weightier anta 2 onist considerably until just before tht end came. Near tha close of the if teenfh round Murphy braced up ant began to force the fighting. Tn 2 rIlsf he got inside McCarthv's guard anf landed rioht swing on the nOint C. the jaw The youngster wabhInd ane staggered half way arross the ring. hi hands dropping fn hie side. Hn an peared to be dazed and practically out and his seconds threw un the spon oe hut MurDhv was in front nf them at th, time and neither he nor the referee gar the sponge. Murphy, as the schoolbo.