Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-24

Postponed--New York Officials Look
 ing Up Promoters of Mill Pulled Off
 in Private.
 Andy Craig, mahager of George Gardner, yesterday posted in New York forfeit of $1,0O0 to bind a match with Bob Fitzsimmons. The lanky Aus tralian announced a week or more ago he would be ready to meet Gardner as soon as the Jeffries-C -Corbett bout is de- ctded.
 Halifax, N. s., July 24.--At the En- pire theater last night Eddie Connolly of St John, N. B. and John (Twin) Sullivan of Boston went ten rounds to draw. Sullivan was in fine form and had Connolly going in the last round, but as Connolly was on his feet when the gong sounded the bout was declared a draw.
 That boxing contest, prize fight or whatever it was, that was pulled off in New York office at 66 Broadway on Wednesday, is being investigated by Inspector Schmittberger. He says he will bring the principals and their packers into court as soon as he gets positive evidence concerning the mill. It is said Joe Brown and Jim Curry, featherweights, were the contestants, and that after twelve rounds of terrific fighting Curry was counted out. Curry, it is said, had gone twice before and had received the count of nine before he arose. The price of admission was $10.
 Young Clarke 4nas accepted Kid Stones challenge and will meet him at catch weights before some of the local clubs. This will be Stones maid en bout, and although he is up against a pretty tough proposition, his friends predict that they will make a first class showing An effort is being made to have the go pulled off before the Saundersvil1e Social and Athletic club at it's next meeting, August 5, as one of the preliminaries. The main | preliminaries have been arranged al- ready and will be Johnny Buckley l against Peter Nails for eight rounds. The finals have not been decided upon, but it Is pretty safe betting that the club will secure Hughey Clancy of Pawtucket to go up against some of | the fast ones at his weight. Clancy is always a good drawing card and the l next meeting should be a record break CT for the club. Matchmaker Hodg- kins announces that the management of the club will have transportation facilities to suit everyone, and that there will be no more aitches similar to the one which took place after the last meeting of the club, for which the club was in no way to blame dence Telegram.
 Not satisfied with the trouble that he has on his hands with Jeffries. Jim Corbett has a searchlight swinging for other fights. Now he wants another crack at Fitzsimmons. Jim doesn't like Fitz. He never forgave him for that dig in the ribs at Carson City. It's hardly probable that Corbett want ed to fight the red-headed one at that time It took Fitz three years to drag the champion into the ring ''Fitz and I are not the best of friends by long chalk, says Corbett. "After my fight with mim at Carson City he refused to give me return match, although I begged and implored him for another show" The reason Fitz side-tracked the return match with the man he solar-plexused was probably in retalia. ton for the trouble he had in gettin Jim to fight him for the title. If win my fight with Jeffries," adds Cor ] bett "L will be more generous. I will fight F'itz before meet another man in the ring: then comes Gardner" This is generous, truly. Fitz's opinion of it has not yet been recorded. . .
 Stories to the contrary norw1th- standing, Young Corbett will fight Billy Maynard, the clever light feather weight, six-rouhd bout at Industrial hall in Philadelphia on Friday night says the World. The report of the fall ing through of the match did not hin- der Maynard in preparing for the bout. Nor did it Corbett. The latter at At Iantic City has got into as fine con- dition as it is possible to acquire in two weeks. He says he will surely defeat Maynard this time before the end of the sixth round. Corbett in talking of the match says that Maynard is un- questionably one of the best feather weights he ever met in his life, and for that reason he has trained for this bout. Tn their last fight, which took place in Philadelphia, Maynard had a shade on Corbett. Good judges who saw the bout said that if decision had been rendered on that occasion Maynard would have been entitled to it.
 Young Corbett will not meet Tommy Sullivan before the West End A. C., St Louis. on July 30. The mill has been postponed for about ten days in order to give the champion more time in which to train. Corbett is not in the best of trim and has asked the club to defer the battle. Sullivan is training hard and is said to be in great trim. Many sports believe that Sullivan will give Corbett the fight of his life when they have it out. Sullivan, who is 2'ooklyn boy. fights on the same order as Corbett, and is also stiff puncher.
 Louis E. Thornman, who got sum- mons on Wednesday in the Tombs po-