Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-14
THE PUGILlSTS.
Jack Herman's Trial Postponed
 Until Friday

l The Judge VIII Dec1ue whether u Is Boxing or Ftghting-Young Corbett
 and Tommy Sullivan to Face Each
 Other-Detectives Raid Prize Fight
 Other Fighting News.
 Buffalo, July l4.-The trial ofs Jack l Herman, manager of the International Athletic club, was to have been started at Fort Erie yesterday, but 1t was pot l poned until Friday at the request or Herman, who Is in Chicago. He 1sl charged with conducting prize nght' l If the new magistrate, Crulkshank, does not uphold the ruling of his pfe- decessor, Logan, that boxing match with gloves is not prize fight, Fort Erie will cease to be sporting center.
 Young Corbett is still making match es his latest being with Tommy Sulll- van of Brooklyn. Yesterday articles of agreement were signed for a ten round bout to be decided before the West End A. O., St Louis. They will have it, out at catchweights. Sullivan has a strong reputation. Besides being clever and strong, he knows how to punch straight from the shoulder. The l impression prevails that Corbett will have to be in trim in order to beat sul- | livan.
 New York. July 14.--Detectives Dev- lin and Brown were passing the Ralnes 1 law hotel at Fifty-ninth street and Park avenue at 10 o'clock last night when they saw 8 crowd of young men going up into the dancing academy rooms over the hotel. The fact that no voung women dancers were along aroused the suspicious of the sleuths and they soon found, by asking, that prize fight was to be pulled or upstairs. ] Devlin and Brown then got nve unl- formed policemen from nearby posts. I At 1O:3O o'clock at night the seven po- i licemen raided the place. They round 300 Or more spectators seated around an eighteen-foot ring in the center or 1 the dancing room. Two young men, who later said they were William west and Francis Callahan, were in the cen- ter of the ring, stripped and just shak- ing hands preparatory to the beginning of a mill" Instead of gloves the fight CTS wore few strips of tape. indicat- ing that the fight wasn't intended to be q. soft one. The spectators all made a rush for the doors. The police didn't interfere with them, but arrested the two principals and six other men who were at the ringside. apparently In ofd- cial capacities. The police say the Il crowd came from Harlem.
 If James J. Corbett fails to regain the worlds heavyweight championship when he meets Champion Jim Jenrles
 at San Francisco next month, It VIII not be through any lack of conndence.
 The former champion feels certain that he will conquer the big boilermaker, as is shown by a letter he has written.
 Writing from his training camp at I Crools Gardens, Alameda, Cal, Corbett says: q am feeling even better than when I wrote you last, Well, Tn an other month we will know if am dafry or not. because I feel I have 1t on MT Jeffries. I cannot believe he can whip
 me and I can only be convinced oy ms putting me out again. But am golng
 to make that big fellow step some. |
 know most people don't think have look in. but I don't care what anybody thinks. am sure I have a great
 chance and think will win. Of course
 he is big strong young fellow and all
 that but if I win so much more to my
 credit It is evident from the confi- I dent tone of the former champions re-
 marks that he is not worrying over the outcome of his encounter with the
 champion. He nevertheless feels that he has a tough proposition to dispose or in his huge opponent and he is going
 sboT1t The job in determined manner,
 confident that he will be the winner.
 All the details of the big battle have
 been settled Ed Graney has been se-
 lected to officiate as referee and the
 date of the contest will be August 14.
 Granev was the mutual choice Of the
 two principals and his selection seems
 to have been a popular one. Jeffries
 is training for the fight at Harbin
 Springs where he trained for his bat
 tie with Fftzsimmons He now has
 Fitzsimmons with him and according
 +o reports from the camp the Cornish man Is proving himself valuable as-
 sistant. Tom sharkey has decided to quit the wrestling game as we'll as the squared : circle, and in the future will give all his attention to business. The sailor . has bought, out his partner in his Four teenth street cafe, and tonight sharkey ' will celebrate the event by grand opening.
 Mexican Pete" Everett, the western heavyweight. who claims thatS enr1es
 was afraid to meet him last winter, has evidently found an angel in one MT Martinez The latter announces that he Is willing to back Mexican Pete for S1O,O0O a side against the winner } of the Jeffries- -Corbett battle, provides the match is pulled off in the City of } Mexico. Martinez is quoted as saying t 'T will post forfeit in the First Ma - tional bank of the City of Mexico or in l any other bank that may be mentioned The only condition that I will insist upon is that the fight take place in the City of Mexico within two months after the signing of articles, the winner te take all" Martinez says that he is - Mexican Pete's" manager, and as the 2 har- arn nnu dnuvn tn fiphtino In Mex