Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10

Tommy West of Brooklyn is the 1 latest pugilist to issue challenge to meet George Gardner.
 Sam Fitzpatrick said yesterday that Con Coughlin is rounding into shape and that by next month the Irish heavyweight will be ready to fight any of the men in his class.
 The Dawson City A. c. of Dawson City, Yukon territory, has offered a purse for ten-round bout between George Gardner and Joe Choyinski The club wants wants to hold the bout this month.
 Matty Matthews is out with def to meet Rube Ferns. Matthews says that he is ready to tackle Ferns at Fort Erie or in California, and will agree to any reasonable terms in order to bind a battle.
 Abe Attell and Johnny Reagan of Brooklyn will not meet this month be- fore the West End A. C., St Louis, as scheduled. Attell complained of ill., ness and finally decided to have the scrap postponed.
 l Marty McCue, who refused to fight Austin Rice because there was not money enough in the house, says he will meet Rice in a si1-round bout, provided one of the Philadelphia clubs will donate purse.
 I Chick, Tucker and Young Mississippi have signed articles to meet in a six round bout before the Broadway A. C., Philadelphia, on August IS. The win ner Of this bout will in all probability : get chance to meet Young Corbett.
 Jewey Cook of England, who is now l in South Africa, is to visit Australia. Cook was formerly the middleweight champion of England. After brief stay there Cook says he will come to America ready to fight anyone at his weight.
 Will Curley may come to this coun- try again CurIey and Jack O'Brien are great friends and the chances are that the crack English featherweight will accompany O'Brien when the American returns after his mill with Jack Palmer.
 Ali Lynch, the champion bantam weight of Canada, defeated Patsy Mex Kenna of Boston in twenty round bout in Quebec the other night. Lynch has an exceptionally fine record, and is now looking for chance to meet Harry Forbes of Chicago. Lynch is also willing to bet tidy sum on the side.
 | It looks as if Peter Maher will not be selected to meet Gus Ruhlin at PlliIa delphia on August 14 after all The matchmaker of the Central A. o.. where the contest is to be held, thinks that Sandy Ferguson of Boston would be better drawing card and may choose him. Ferguson recently fought Ruhlin 15-round draw.
 Jack .O'Keefes failure to meet Jim my Britt at San Francisco the other night has taught Britt a lesson. The clever Californian says that in the fu- 1 ture any one who wants to fight him must post a forfeit of $500 for weight and $500 for appearance. Britt thinks that this is the only safe way to make his opponents live up to the articles of agreement.
 Billy Roache has at last succeeded in securing a match for Charley Seiger. Yesterday Roache received an offer to have Seiger meet Rufe Turner, the col ored lightweight, before the Past1me A. O., Seattle during the first week in September, and promptly accepted it. The mill is to be at catch-weights and 1 limited to twenty rounds. Jack Jeffries, who is assisting his brother Jim to train for the latter's S fight with Jim Corbett, says: q think my brother is in better shape now ] than he has been in years. I have helped him train for all of his encoun- ters, and I tell you that he is faster, stronger and cleverer than ever before. I think he will finish Corbett inside l of ten rounds"