Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1903-02-25
Fights and Fighters.
Trouble Brewing in the Phila-
delphia Boxing Camps.

Two Managers Are at Loggerheads-
Gus Rubin May Get On a Go With
Some of the Big Fellows Patsy
Sweeney and Jimmy Gardiner Have
a Draw.
Philadelphia, Feb pa bit of row
between Frank Hough, who owns
share or two of stock in the Athletics,
champions Of the American league, and
Is interested in other sporting enter
prises, and Jimmy McHale, once upon
time a boxer, later a manager, and
still later a contractor, threatens to end
boxing in Philadelphia. Hough has a
pull, and McHale has money. Some
weeks ago McHale arranged to rent
the old car barn, now known as the
Penn Art club, on Saturday nights, be-
ginning March T. 'tGene" LIE Boutil-
lier, who manages Billy Maynard,
tipped his friend Hough that match
with McGoyern would pay, since May
nard stood off Young Corbett, and Of
fered to sign to fight McGoveFn any
where in this city except at the Indus
trial hall, where Jim Kennedy and Sam.
Harris run things. Hough signed Nc
Govern and Maynard for tonight, and
McHale threatened to pull off a TWEEN
ty round fight on March to test the
police regulation under which six round
lights are conducted here. This move
means the end of boxing in this city,
as the courts will not stand for twenty
round fights. McEale is ugly all
through. and stands alone in his fight
forrecognition. He took no part in the
revival of the game here, and has
taken the worst possible stand for the
good of the game.
According to Joe Macias, manager of
Kid Carter, Young Corbett viii put Ed
die Hanlon out in less than six rounds
In their meeting In San francisco on
Friday night. The is just the Kind of
lad says Joe, that Corbett likes to
tackle
Jimmy Handler, the Newark, N. J.,
middleweight pugilist, has struck Phil
adelphia with the view of picking up
some of the purses that are being dis
tributed SO freely In that city.
Providence Feb 25.-The report OF
Coroner Wood of Scituate, concerning
the death of Eugene Thomas O'Con-
nell, also known as Eugene Mccarthy
of New York, who was killed in box
ing bout on January -, was filed yes
terday, and is as follows: From care
full examination of evidence produced
at the inquest of the death of. Eugene
Thomas O'Cc1nell, also known as Eu-
ATo(vs, /
his death from the result of blow OH
tie face delivered by Hugh Murphy
while engaged in boxing or spaTring
match, said blow causing O'Connell to
fall to the floor, striking with sufficient
force as to cause concussion and hem
orrhage of the brain which ultimately
resulted In his DEATH
Billy Madden, who IS on his way
home from the Pacific coast, wired
from Buffalo last night that he has ar
ranged for Gus Rubin to meet either
Jim Jeffries, Tom Sharkey: Bob Fitz-
simmons, Jim Corbett or Kid Mccoy
before the International "A. g.. Fort
Erie. Madden saw Jack Hermann.
matchmaker of the Canadian club, and
the latter agreed to give purse for
Rubin to fight any of the above named
men. Rubin posted $1,000 a few
weeks ago as a forfeit to meet any
heavyweight in the business but his
money thus far has not been covered
Corbett says that he would not fight
Rubin, as he is only after Jeffries. and
there does not seem any chance of the
two coming together. There is every
Indication that the club will finally se-
lect FitZsiIhmons. as the tex-champion
recently signified his intention of meet
ing Rubin.
Sullivan, Ind. Feb 25!--Kid Byrne of
Louisville and Teddy Britton of Indi-
annapolis were billed for boxing con-
test here on Saturday night next The
preliminary was to be between George
Price of Cincinnati and Kid Page OF