Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-25
THE PUGILISTs.
Bob Fitzsimmons is After All
 Fighters But Jeffries


 Friends Will Not Allow Him --He Refuses to Fight a Negro-Other h. teresting Boxing News
 San Francisco, Aug 25.-Jim Jeffries declared after his fight with Corbett that he was going to quit the prize ring And he wanted to, but his friends dis Suaded him. Ut is claimed that when he told Corbett he would rather be champion deer hunter than champion pug1l1st, the words came from his heart. He has no particular zest for the primrose phase of life, and he is tired of the adulation bestowed on him. What added to his desire to forsake the ring is that there are no champion ship candidates of his caliber in sight. The principal men in his class are Fit2simmons, Sharkey Ruhlin and Cor bett, and he has boxed each of them twice. A certain matchmaker here says he will have Champion Jeffries signed with Sam McVey, the negro, within twelve months. Jeffries swears that exeraordinary pressure will be necessary to get him to change his mind about boxing a coEored man. .I will never fight negro unless the pub lie forces me to-" said Jeffries before leaving for Los Angeles. Jeffries is willing to sign with Jack Munroe but here in San Francisco Munroe is not regarded as a strong enough card. Nc Carry, the Los Angeles fight handler. seems to think well of the match, and it is understood that he will offer the champion and the miner a date in Oc- tober. Jeffries has candidly admitted that in seeking a go with Munroe he is not influenced by the prospects, of big purse. As a matetr of fact, he is not particular what kind of crowd the contest attracts. He just wants to wipe out the memory of that little in cident up Butte way.
 Aurela Herrera and Joe Bernstein are to have it out at Portland, Ore. No date has as yet been set for the fight.
 Jimmy Guider of Ireland has issued a challenge to meet the winner of the Connolly Sullivan fight, which is to be decided at St John, N. B.
 Peter Maher and Joe. Grim. the Italian heavyweight of Philadelphia. have been matched to meet again the latter part of next month for six rounds in Philadelphia.
 Sam Harris thinks great deal of the fistic powers of Hughey McGov- ern, Terry McGovern's brother. Har- ris wants to arrange match between McGovern and Frankie Neal.
 Matty Matthews and Martin Duffy of Chicago have signed articles of agreement to meet at Port Huron Mich. in ten-round bout at 145 pounds. weigh in at 3 o'clock, on Au- gust 25.
 Word has reached here that Frank Craig. the Harlem Coffee Cooler" is to quit the ring after this year. Craig. who was born in Washington, went to England penni1ess. Now it is said that he is worth over S75.000.
 Dave Sullivan intends to be in the best of condition when he meets Jack McCle1land of Pittsburg next month. The little Irish featherweight is work ing hard. If he wins he hopes to in- duce Young Corbett or Terry McGov- ern to fight him.
 Billy Decoursev and Frank K Neil. the, bantam caampain. who recently knocked out Harry Forbes. are to meet for twenty rounds before the Country A. q. of Los AnGeles next month. Neil has decided te give away weight. and the contest will be held at 122 pounds
 The fact that he was unable to meet Young CoT1eAtt last month mas caused Tommy Sullivan of Brooklyn to issue another challenge to the champion. Sullivan is in St Louis. He says tha West Fh1d A. iT. of St Louis will give a good purse for a ten-round scrap.
 Articles of agreement have been signed by Joe WaIentt and Toe Grim. the heavvweight of Philadelphia. They call for the men to meet in a six-round bout before the Quaker City club. Walcott must stop Grim before the sixth round has ended or forfeit the money
 Dr Ordway, who formerly represent ed the National Sporting club of Lon- don, has returned to this country af- ter six months tour of Europe. He stepped in London for a few weeks. He says pugilism is booming on the other side and that a num0er of new English fighters have been developed. These pugilists are good ones, Con- way declares, and are sure to be heard from later on.
 Bob Fitzsimmons is hankering after some one to fight. Fitz, though, bars Jim Jeffries. whom he admits he can not whip. The Cornishman was in Chicago yesterday on his way east. Fitz said: II am willing to fight any body. I went to California to get on q mill, but could not induce any of the boxers there to give me a chance. George Gardiner, who, I thought, was so solicitous for a fight, fell down. He just disappeared when I showed up on the coast and said was ready to sign. Then Jim Corbett before he went into the ring with Jeffries. got mad at ne and said he would fight me. win or lose. That was the last I heard of that Jack Munroe, too has been doing lot of talking and blufing. I'll give Corbett chance if he likes it, just to convince him that I am just as good man as I was when I knocked him out at Carson City in 1897 If Corbett will give me chance I'll take him on for any month this year and the big gest purse that is offered. I'll bet him S10.0O0 I beat him, If he means what he says will sign articles at once. be cal1sa am ready As tO MunrOa why l