Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-04
THE PUGILlSTS.
Young Corbett is Wanted Over
 in England.

Chance for Him to Reap a Harvest
 Austin Rice Had a Hard Row to
 Hoe fo ra Draw-Joe Walcott Ran
 Up Against a Tartar--Marvin Hart
 'Wins on a Foul.
 When Young Corbett puts on the gloves again for a serious contest, It is likely that he will do so in England. The National Sporting club of London is anxious to have the champion go abroad and meet some good man in his class there. either on Derby night or some time next fall. If Corbett con- sents. which is very likely, he will not appear in England until the fall, possl- bly during October or November. It Is understood that Corbett intends to take a good rest. He says he, will devote most of his leisure time picking up some easy money on the road with a theatrical troupe. Corbett is a. good card now and can dictate his own terms. If Corbett is matched to light in England his opponent will be either Will Curley or Ben Jordan. Jordan IS the most popular featherweight in Eng land at present and can command any amount of backing. It is not thought that he will concede any weight to the Denver boy, and that if a fight IS made Corbett will have to scale the featherweight limit. 122 pounds. Cur ley is not so particular. He is rady to box Corbett at 127 pounds, which is the champiofl's best weight. Curley can reduce to 124 on pinch. He is clever and a stiff punclfer, and in the q |, r4c xx-11 1n n f1uhf George Dixon at the Broadway A. C., New York, several years ago, the mill should prove to be good one, The American representative of the Nation Al Sporting club, who is now ill New York, says that if Corbett agrees to fight either Jordan or Curley. the noted foreign club will allow him Sl,- 900 for expenses and give him a large purse Just how much the club will donate he is not at liberty to say as yet But he has sent letter to Match maker Bettinson and expects a reply by cable within few days. It IS un- derstood that the purse will not be less than S6000 including the expense money This is looked upon as 8 tidy sum, for if Corbett should whip Jor- dan he can tour the English music halls and make from $15,000 to S2O,000 before he returns home. Young Corbett will be in New York in two weeks time, and the English clubs representative will have talk with him. George Considine said yesterday that if Cor bett is matched to fight Jordan or Cur ley in England he will accompany him abroad and back him for any part of $1o,000.
 A Ta4 AT q " London, figured in another draw at North Walpole, near Bellows Falls, Vt, on Thursday night. Rice met Kid Goodman of Boston in a fifteen-round bout before the Fall Mountain A. c. Goodman proved by far the hardest proposition that Rice had met in years. He was the aggressor Tn most of the rounds and showed himself Rice's su- perior during several stages of the con- test. His punches, however, were not so, heavy. and he failed to put Austin out. In the eighth round Goodman landed two singers on Rice's mouth and drew blood. Tn the ninth Rice evened things up He smashed Good man relentlessly and had the Boston boy in distress. Toward the end of the struggle Rice showed signs of weak ness. The decision was draw.
 
 Joe Walcott, the Black Demon" came within an ace Of relinquishing his title of welterweight champion to Billy Woods, another negro, at Los Angeles, Cal, on Thursday night Wal colt and Woods came together for twenty rounds before the Century A. C., and the mill went the distance, ter minating in a draw Woods's showing was a surprise to his most ardent SUD- poiters. He met all of Walcott's rush. es with Judgment and gave the cham pion some stiff blows on the wind and on the jaw. Walcott made hurricane mill of it from the beginning. Woods was not to he checked and struck bnck, having Walcott in distress on a num- Der of occasions. The fight was very bitter in the seventeenth round Wal- colt, after leading with the right. re- ceiyed a terrific swing on the jaw. Woods rushed in to follow up his ad- vantage, but before he could get home q deciding punch the bell changed. Tn the eighteenth round Woods was a bit tired, but in the nineteenth he rallied and pounded away at Walcott's ston1- ach The final round was lively beth scoring staggering bllsSsss Walcott semed to be much used up at the finish. Waicptt was a decided fayorlte in the betting. but Woods's friends cleaneI up tidy sum betting heavily that he would be on his feet at the finish.
 Louisville. Ky, April 4-Marvin Hart received the decision Thursday night l