Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-09
THE PUGIL.ISTS.
Kid Carter Makes a Monkey of
 Joe Butler

One Round Was Enough for the Col
 ored Chap Tommy West Has Money and Wants to Fight-Dave Sullivan
 Whipped by Charles Sieger-Jim Cor | bett and His Punch. Philadelphia. Pa. June e.-"Kid' Carter of Brooklyn gave Philadelphia l fight promoters a scare last night when he knocked out Joe Butler, the colored giant. in the first round. Just. ten seconds before the bell the "Kid'
 caught Butler with a straight right hand punch on the jaw and dropped him like log. Butler fell backward his head striking the floor of the ring. He lay as if dead. and 1t took his sec onds fully twenty minutes to bring him back to consciousness.
 It was expected that Butler would make a good showing against his much smaller opponent on account of his science and hitting ability. Garter, however, made him look like a novice, and after slight mixup shortly after the handshaking, he scared Butler so badly that he forgot all he knew about boxing.
 Just before the knockout blow was dealt, Carter got Butler into corner and went in to mix it up. Butler tried to feint his way. He sent out a. l left intended for Carter's jaw, but the "Kid" whipped in the right and beat his opponent to the mark. It looked for while as though Butler was out for all time, but he finally revived.
 It's all arranged now. Jim Corbett has it all figured out, and the goods are signed. sealed and ready for de l livery. It's a stomach punch. When the willy James bumps into Jeffries in an attempt to jar the championship laurel from that gentleman's corrugat- ed brow the jolt will occur in the
 champions middle section. tThere is no use beating that big fellow about
 the head.' declares Corbett 'tFsitz- simmons tried it and with all his hit ting powers he could make no impress sion. But his stomach is different. Tn that region he cannot stand the gaff- veIy few ofsus can, know that-and I | ingsit up beforehand has often laid the
 f1attering unction of victory to pugilist's soul, but it is different when the bell rings. Fitz beat Jeffries on the jaws with hooks and uppercuts for one specific purpose straighten
 him up so that he could get at his
 stomach. And after eight rounds of
 his hardest work in this direction he | Ne3f 3fnH TTAw ES l.a f. l where Fitz failed doesn't appear in
 these Gorbett prospectus.l Whethel 1 the natural conformation of his ribs does not present a stout front against
 q punch no man knows-that is, no man who has boxed with him. Jeff. has never been hit below the breast. His style of fighting keeps that portion of his anatomy far from the maddfng l wallop. He was taught that crouch by Tommy Ryan prior to his first bat tie with Fitzsimmons.' And the les son was given him so that the then I champion might not land his favorite bloW-a shift to the. middle works.
 Jeffrfes has not forgotten the value of that crouch. He will have it with him
 when Corbett is coming in and, in con- l sequence, Corbeft won't be able to reach him there with a handful of. l shot.
 l Tommy West. the welterweight. who couldn't find anyone in England :. willing to meet him for a. fair sized :, purse, has issued a challenge to fight
 any of the men in his class. .And .I I've got the money to back myself
 with good side bet" said West.
 There wasn't anything doing on the other side, but I've got plenty of it .l here, where T belong" West added l that he'd like to fight Walcott again. ! West beat the Black Demon when I they met in the Madison Square gar j. den.
 Because Wisconsin prize fighters
 have assumed Irish names, the Gath I ol1cs Of that state are likely to take ,I some action in the way of boycott I Several we'll known pugilists are mas I querading under HIbernian appella- l tives Mickey Riley, for instance, being .I a German whose real name is Nathan {. 1T Harnischfe1ger. Patsy O'Brien, alias 1 Chupinski, is another; 10 Galloigan, an I Italian, is another, and even Maitre I Iefrance of Oconto is best known as
 Irish, the SIugger. On Saturday the
 Catholic Citizen, the organ of the
 church in the state, strongly denounces the pugilists' practice.
 Dave Sullivan and Charley Seiger
 got together Sunday night in a brief session without gloves. The usual l preliminaries that attend affairs of
 this kind were not in evidence ,I Neither was there any box office lay
 out. which is usually considered so T important. Tom Sharkey was referee.
 although he got in the play after the lads were off. It happened in the sail 2 or's lime juice booth on Fourteenth street. The boys had the press agent sI habit, and the argument regarding their respective merits as glove artists
 grew so overloaded that an explosion ), followed. Sullivan is featherwight, : while Seiger is a lightweight, and, con- , sequently. heavier division. This diff < ference made no difference to the pug 5 nacious little Dave, and he waded in ,l to convince Sieqer that he was wrong