Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-09
THE PUGILISTS.
Jim Jeffries Has a Little Laugh
 Over Copbett.

khe Couldn't Laugh Mucn BecauSe HIS Lips Were Chapped-Madden Ar ranges Another Match for Ruhlin- Kid McCoy's Wife in More Trouble. Saratoga, May 9.--Mrs Julia Wood run Selby, the wife of Pug1list Kid Mccoy, will have to pay Orville E. Green, tree agent, $15O and costs. At least that was the verdict of the .su- preme court jury at Ballston Spa yes 4 terday. The plaintiff attempted to de- liver some trees and shrubbery which z he claims Mrs Selby ordSced and she drove him away, using picturesque lan- guage, reinforced by a revolver. This was several months ago at the Mccoy. road house on the eastern shore of Saratoga lake. 1t is here that the pugi- lists wife has been domiciled since her return from her recent trip to Ja- pan and the Orient Ralph Thompson of Schenectady, who, it is alleged, ac- Accompanied her on her globe-trotting AJaunt, is also here. He, it is alleged, lis the defendant in the case brought by Kid Mccoy for alieniating the affec- tions of the pugilist's wife.
 fSo Tommy Ryan. says I'm physi- cal wreck, eh ?'' declared Jim Jeffries las he sat in the Vanderbilt hotel, N0w I York, a few days ago. "Well, Tommy Aclaims to be the middleweight cham pion, and if he defended his title half as well as I have mine he would have been put out of business long ago. I have met and beaten every heavy weight of prominence in the world, and 1, Il +xN1 am going to fight Jim Corbett second time, although I knocked him out clean at Coney Island. I suppose I'll have to meet several more of them twice, as there are not enough heavies to go around. But look at Ryan! You can't get him into the ring with good man. Why, little Joe Walcott would make Tonsilitis Tommy look very small f he got the chance. You could not drag the talking gent into the ring with the black fellow. Ryan seems to be so afraid of good man it looks as though he is a physical wreck instead of me. I'll bet you Jim Corbett won't say I'm a physical wreck when the light is ended. Corbett fixing up a knockout punch for me? Say, don't make me laugh, as my lips are chap ped"
 Billy Madden yesterday arranged a P0-round bout between Gus Ruhlin and Jack Mccormick of Philadelphia. Mo Jormick has been anxious to fight Ruh- in for some time and when he con- Finced Madden that the International IA. c. Of Fort Erie would give purse Or the scrap Madden quickly brought he match about. Mccormick, al- hough not as fast and clever as Ruh- ln is looked upon as stiff puncher.
 Jimmy Kelly of New York and Billy Gardner of Lowell met in slashing TO- ound bout at Fall River, Mass, on Thursday night. The mill went the limit and was called draw. Gardner eeued to know more about the game nd tantalized Kelly with left jabs; ut in punching powers Kelly excelled nd several of his swings made Gard her's head rock. Tn the fourth round both were in bad way and a we'll di- ected blow would have ended hostili- ies then and there. Tn the last round Kelly smashed Gardner at will, but ould not put the Lowell man out. Both men were pretty much used up f the finish.
 John Hertz, who pilots the affairs of Benny Yanger, made the following tatement yesterday: If Yanger de eats Eddie Hanlon we will force Loung Corbett into a match. Yanger as unquestionably earned the right to meet the champion. We are ready to nake match for as much money as jorbett cares to bet, the go to be held ome time next month or in July''