Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-02
FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS.
Ministers from Waterbury and Hartford Present Last Night.

With One Exception-One of the Pre-
 iiminaries Furnished Knock Out The Final Bout Was a Fiasco-Jack
 O'Brien Thrashes Al Weinig-Tom-
 my Ryan Will Train Jack Munroe.
 s If the antiJboxing people had any representatives at the exhibition given in the auditorium last evening, they certainly must have thought it sort of Sunday school picnic, for only one of the bouts was worth the price of ad- mission. In that one Tom Carey put Black Fitzsimmons to sleep with a left hook to the chin in the fourth round. The two other contests were tame af- fairs, and if the best one of the two was to be selected, it would be the first preliminary between the two local boys, Tommy Sullivan and Kid Null vaney. The latter got the decision on points. The main bout between Sam Bolan of Philadelphia and Danny Duane of New York was clever exhi- bftion of duclSing and blocking, but there was scarcely a good solid punch landed all through the twenty rounds. There was not any advantage on either side, although Duane appeared to be more aggressive, but the decision If George Mulligan, the referee, that 1t was draw met with general approval. The management was not to blame for the tameness of the bouts, and from the size of the house they paid pretty dearly for the exhibitions.
 It was almost 9 o'clock before the first contest was called, and those who IaI HIsS k< lo,- q 1t was another case of bunco. The right people were handling this show, however, people who never kick even if they do go into their pockets to pay for their venture. It was a six-round contest. this first one, and Tommy Sul- iiyan, big and strong looking, was SUD- posed to trim Kid Mulvaney, slim, but wiry and game. Mulyaney had but two days training, taking the place of another youth who was too i'll to box In the first three rounds Sullivan semed to have the advantage, but Mul. vaney never went away from him 8 second and was always hitting back though not so efectually as Sullivan Mulvaney got new lease of life in the last three rounds and he made Sullivan a little weary. Tn the fourth round he put him down with left to the jaw and from that time Sullivan seemed tc lack steam The decision went to Mul evaney on points. William L. Crowley was referee of this contest and Moe Harris was timekeeper.
 Frank K1opp of Danbury was slated to meet Black Fitzsimmons, who claims Waterbury as his residence. KlopI failed to- appear and so eager was the black fellow for go that he consented to face big Tom Carey. who came here with Duane. Here is where he made the mistake of his life. So confident however. was he that he could dC Carey that his confidence hypnotfzet his manager and the latter placed S6( on his colored protege Moe Harris has the $60 to-day, unless he took pity on the colored chap and returned it Carey was not in the best of condition while the black was in prime shape It was simply case of a cat playint with a mouse until tired of the game when the killing takes place. Care. let Fatz stay almost four rounds ant then nnisbed him. The blows that dic the trick were right to the wind ant left hook to the point of the chin This blow lifted the black from hi feet and he measured his length on tn mat. Ills head went under the rope. and the back of that woolly craniun struck the boards so hard that specta tors say the plank was split. At an. rate F1tz was dead to the world ant he was carried helpless to his corner Just two minutes and f1fty-nine sec onds had been fought in this round There was a change of officials for thi bout. Bill Crowley refused to refere because friend of his had money ol the go. Moe Harris was deposed a timekeeper because he had bet the S6o This brought George Mulligan in a referee and Al Russell as timekeeper
 There Is not very much to be sai, about the principal bout of the night George Mulligan again acted as referee as for some reason or other Duane manager kicked against Bill Crowle and Dick Howell. A representative o the Democrat was offered the position Out declined with many thanks. Georg Mulligan refused to act but he wa prevailed on to do the work, and he ha an easy task and did his work wei Duane blocked many blows in the frs round. Each landed few tame one to the wind and jaw in the secon round The third round saw Duan doing better work with his shifty lief hand The fourth round was a fiddlin scene. In the fifth both landed an clinched repeatedly. Tn the sixth ther was nothing doing. The seventh sa, Duane using the McFadden tactics e the elbow trick. The eighth consiste of whole lot of clinches. Tn tn ninth Duane tried to work faster. bu the colored chap fought back bette than in the other rounds E7The tent was repetition of the ninrh Tn th eleventh Duane was guilty of the Q bow trick once more. Tn the twelft BoIan landed more often on the win and face. In the thirteenth there wer some free exchanges. The fourteent saw Boian fighting better and Duan again using his elbow. Tn the fifteent Duane hit low and Bolan stopped an appealed to the referee. It was cIea1 ly low blow. Duane did better wor for the rest of the round The si1 teenth saw the colored chap going faste at the close of the round. Tn the ser enteenth Duane did the better worl The eighteenth was even LID and fin th