Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-13
THE PUGILISTS.
Hughey McGovern is Fighting
 in Good Form.

@ 0ldW V1CI SIlA JoA4SS AoSI ~>4SAA" With Terry In His Corner-Jack Yt Johnson Finishes Joe Butler and Is
 Then Finished Himself.
 San Francisco, May 13.-Willie Fitz- ! gerald, the Brooklyn lightweight, has ! started training for his 2O-round bout with Joe Cans at the Mechanics pa s wilton the latter part of this month.
 I'm in good condition nOw,'' said s Fitzgerald, but I want to maintain my present fix. In order to accom- s pliSh the task it will be necessary for
 me to work along easily, taking care ito keep my wind and staying powers ! good and at the same time build up ill strength and weight"
 Fitzgerald will be trained, as he was before, by Billy Outs. He will, during
 his preparation, take on all corners. There is great diversity of opinion regarding the outcome of the fight, I Some experts opine that the mill will 4 be brief and short, and that Cans will z be the winner, while others who ap pear to pay more attention to the per ! sona1 characteristics of the opponents believe that Fitzgerald will be about \ the hardest man in America for the \ black boxer to put down ana out.
 I Boston, May 13.-Dhe Criterion A.. a c. was crowded last night, the special attraction being a 15-round bout be- tween Hughey McGovern of Brooklyn
 and Griff Jones of Philadelphia. Hugh l ey was handled by his brother Terry, the former featherweight champion who received a big ovation when he ] entered the ring to make a speech Terry said thatahe never would be sat
 isfied until he fought Young Corbett ! again. The battle between the bantam ! weights was of the fiercest description, and for the first four or five rounds Hughey had So much of an advantage that he was a to favorite. Then the Philadelphian exhibited better form and gave as good as he received
 Both boys were full of fight at the
 close of the bout, and the referee was
 of the opinion that it was an equal
 struggle, and the decision of a ara,
 was satisfactory.
 Manaroneck, May 13.-A finish prize fight was held in large barn on the outskirts of this town at late hour Monday night between Bob Henderson, we'll known heavyweight of Mount Vernon, N. Y, and an unknown from Washington, D. c. Henderson won in
 the eighth round, knocking his oppo- nent out with a right hook on the jaw Nearly 500 sporting men paid $2 each to witness the fight, which was for a purse of $500 with a side bet of $500 Both men were pretty well punished This is the second mill that has oc- cured here within period of ten days San Francisco, May 13-Jim Jeffries has sent a dispatch to this city an- nouncing that he will stick to his de- termination to have Eddie Graney re- fierce his bout with Jim Corbett. As the latter believes in Graney there will be no difficulty in arriving at a con- clusion on this point. New York, May 13-They were talk ing of Kid McCoy's feat of whipping five men in saloon to recover a stolen dog. Might happen all right" said Honest John Kelly, ssbut it isn't usual. Regular thing is when man who has made a reputation in the ring goes against big husky fellow outside the ring the pug gets licked. Remember the story of the baggage e-smasher3who smashed Sullivan? There was a little policeman out in Indianapolis who got his job through a pull. He couldn't whip High school boy, but he put up big blufT. Some sports brought a man from the coal fields to fight a To- cal fayorite. Miner got drunk and de- stroyed two or three barrooms The little policeman was called. He dodged the miner all around the neighborhood. but finally ran into him as he came through saloon door-one of these light lattice affairs-which he wrench \ ed from it's hinges. It was up to the Y{ little fellow to do something. He couldn't dodge any more. So he grab bed the door, swung 1t high in the air and smashed it over the dopy miners head. In second the miner woke up. He fought that door like a demon, but 1t got him down in the gutter and the little policeman slipped the come
 alongs' on and used his club so hard they had to get another door to. carry the miner to the station. When he re-
 covered they showed him the man who licked him. It broke his heart and he never fought again.
 Because of an injured hand Jack O'Brien has called off his fight witt # Marvin Hart, which was to have takeI
 place at Louisville in a few weeks. VI Hughey Murphy has arranged an
 %other match. He is to meet Kid Good
 man of Boston before the TammanJ # A. O., Boston tonight in a twelve round battle.
 Jabez White, who defeated Spike Sullivan recently, and who is recogniz ed as the best lightweight in England has received a belt emblematic of the English championship in this class After the presentation White made a speech in which he said that he was ready to defend his title against any man of his weight.