Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-19
HGHTS AND FIGHTERS.
Bob Fitzsimmons Makes a Novel
 Proposition.


 He A Bzss to Tie His Right Hand
 Behind Him and Stop Jack Munroe
 With His Left-Jack Dempsey's Old
 Manager Dead-Big Offer for Cor
 bett and Jeffries-Providence Wants
 Corbett and McGovern. a
 Cripple Creek, Col, Jan 19.-Bob . Eitzsimmons in the National hotel last night said he would give $5,000 to any man who could arrange a match be- &weent him and Jack Munroe of Mon tana, and that he would agree to en- ter the ring with his right hand tied behind him and put the miner out of
 tue skusiness.
 Phoenix, Ariz, Jan 19.-Augustus F.
 Tlithili of New York, who managed
 Jack Dempsey when that fighters for tunes were at their height, lies dead
 inaRhis city from bro
 The body will be sent to New York, where 1t will be inferred by Tuthilrs widow. So secluded has the life of the old4time sport been for the past few years that very few connected him in any way with Jack Dempsey oIcHhe fighting game. He seemed to forget all about his old associations and apparently slipped into the groove of quiet existence. His nanae in the business world WIS well known, he held seat in the New YoTK stock exchange at the time of his Edeath.
 ls.s Buffalo. Jan 19.-J. H. Herman, ma lager and matchmaker for the In- Ee82ational< Athletic club Of Fort
 Erie, announced last night that he gEwill offer "a purse of 5000 for 20- round boxing contest between Jeffries and Corbett. He has written to the champion and former champion mak- ing the offer, and if satisfactory an- ERefs are received he will post a for feE of $5;OO0 as a guarantee that the @ceAtest will take place without inter ference
 EdDosyou anticipate any interference ffoth the Canadian authorities2'' he was asked.
 Tt is not certain that the match i will be. pulled off in the Fort Erie S4ffb house" he said. "It will be re- Inembered, however, that three cham pionship contests between light weights and midd1eweights already have taken place across the river and there has been no infraction of the -Ga44ad ian law governing boxing con- 'itesfs. Joe Walcott beat Rube Ferns f6f the welterweight championship;
 Frank Efne lost the lightweight cham sxpionship to Joe Cans, and Tommy Ky an checked Kid Carter's aspirations for the title of middleweight cham Pigny ! They ail were good, clean con- .1g you feceaye satisfactory answers rfrum Jeffries and Corbetts when do you propose to hold the contest?' Probably in June"
 TheS latest bid for the Young Cor -McGovern fight comes from Rhode Island. The Scituate club of Providence seems. to think that the featherweight championship can be settled there without interference by the authorities, and Saturday sent in bid4of $5,o00 for the battle. l.. H Robison is the matchmaker for the club. The offer was discussed by l TerFy McGoverni and his manager
 SakA Harris. at the Lafayette club in New York yesterday afternoon, They
 wired Rohison last night that a larger offer would have to be made and on g < percentage basis. The idea Is that tfkf&ls a strong change in sentiment
 in tfaYors of the fight, and that it viii now De possible to hold the contest 1T any, oAe of several states by March IT the date set for the fight Latest in =dicAtions seem to favor the Southerr
 elnb rat Louisville, because of the ex pease that the club incurred last fad before the contest was forbidden there ' by tthe authorities.
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 Schenectady, N Y, Jan 1o.-AustiI Rice and Jack Hamilton were matched to fight 20-round bout near this cit. Tonight. The Citizens association # decidedsto prevent it if possible ant served notice on the sheriff that tn
 dAht zshduld not be allowed, sayin, tut-,f 4het did not stop it they woult $ nrosure1 the arrest of the participants To-day it was decided to call the figh 4 off.4--SeYera1 other fights have takel pfHce near this city recently, but thi is the first time any effort has beel made to prevent one. It is understoo that the Hamilton match vii take place at some future date whic 3 will not be made public.
 Chicago, Jan 19.-In deference to tn 8 wishes of Governor Yates, who las week requested Sheriff Barrett to pro E fibit boxing contests in Cook county the six round contest scheduled fo
 tonight at the American Athletic clu Between Benny Yanger and Youn z Mowatt has been declared off by tn officials 4of the club. Following tn \ lead of fhe American clubs manag, ment. the Lyceum Athletic club ha