Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-09
THE PUGILIsTs.
Jack Munroe Elated With His Victory
Over Maher,

AC1L eye was DIdCkeaeu ana MS cneek
a bit swollen, where Peter had swung
his dangerous right with the intention
of settling Munroe's championship as
pirations. =.+
Il was up against a good, stiff
puncher," said Munroe, when asked to
give his opinion of the fight. ''I was
put down once, but the blow did not
feaze me. I made most of nv blows
tell, and when put the right over the
heart in the fourth round Maher felt
it's weight and he went down and out.
I might have been a bit awkward. as
I had not had a glove on in months.
Nevertheless, am prepared to fight
Jefries or any other man in the
world film. a. Z.
With no more lightweights to topple
over, and growing a bit heavy to min
gle with the 133-pounders, Joe Cans
is after the scalp of Jack O'Brien of
Philadelphia and Joe Walcott. O'Brien
is the particular boxer Cans would
like to tackle. The Philadelphia has
just made a clean sweep of the Eng
lish champions. Walcott has accept
ed Gans's challenge, but Cans has not
signed articles as yet. He will hold
Walcott off until he hears from
O'Brien. -s,.a
Young Corbett is preparing to shake
the dust of the metropolis from his
brogans and journey west to Califor-
MIA, where he is booked to meet Eddie
Hanlon, the pride of the coast in a
2O-round fight. Corbett and Hanlon
met last winter and fought 20 rounds
to a draw Corbett was for from be-
ing in proper shape at the time, but
he intends to train faithfully for his
coming contest with Hanlon, and he
feels confident he will put the Frisco
boy to sleep before the expiration of
the twenty rounds.
Patsy Sweeney of Ireland showed a
semblance of his former hitting pow
ers in 12-round bout against Shadow
Morris, the New Jersey "Cyclone," be-
fore the Lenex A. O.. Boston, on Fri
day night. The battle did not become
really interesting until the tenth. In
this round Morris went after Sween-
ey with a will. He punched Patsy
good and hard. but became tired from
kidneys made Morris weak and he
clinched often to avoid punishment.
Toward the close of this round Sween-
ey tented with the left and drawing
Iorris on, the Irishman planted the
right plump on the jaw. knocking Nor
ris down. Morris arose gamely, but
was finally put to sleep with a crush
ing left on the chin.
Bid ling for the cohysst recently ar
ranged between (4eofgt Dixon and
Pedlar Palmer has been brisk, and the
boxers have finally accepted the purse
offered by Jimmy Loves. The match
will take place tomorrow night at
GrunelPs Circus, Newcastle, and will
be for fifteen rounds of two minutes
each, at 1870 pounds. The purse is
$1,1OO. Reports from the training
quarters say that each man is in the
best of trim. Dixon has bene fight
ing in better form of late than Palmer
and he has many admirers who pick
him to win If Palmer fails to beat
Dixon he will probably retire from the
game for good. as he has received an
offer to go into business with a
Australian beokmaker now in Eng
land. If Dixon loses he will proba-
bly, leave for South Africa, a trip that
he has been contemplating for some
time.
Now. that Jack O'Brien, the clever
Philadelphia middleweight, has re-
turned from his successful campaign
abroad. he will in all reliability have
an opportunity to clinch match with
Tommy Ryan, for the middleweight
championship of the world. A couple
of weeks ago Ryan announced his
willingness to meet O'Brien in match
for the title, and now the Philadel-
phian returns with the announcement
that he is anxious to meet Ryan. A
battle between Ryan and O'Brien
would be rare treat for followers of
pugilism, and would help clear the ho-
rizon as to the real middleweight
champion. O'Brien is confident that
he can defeat Ryan, and it will not be
his fault if the match is not arranged.
with Ryan. O'Brien says that nothing
would please him better than to have
a bout with Eitzsimmons.
There is every indication that if Bob
Fitzsimmons succeeds in whipping
George Gardner, whom he is to meet
at San Francisco this week, he will be
matched to fight Jim Corbett. The
Cornishman has been after the ex-
champion for some time, and says that
he is determined to force Corbett to
fight him. In a recent interview
Lanky Bob says: "After Corbett was
whipped by Jim Jeffries he promised
me a fight. l took him at his word
but now he says that he has retired.
Corbett, I understand, called me has
been. and for this reason alone
would like to meet him. / whipped
him when he was champion and can
do the trick again. If he wants to
wipe out that fight he can have the
chance. AS soon as he agrees to take
me on I will put up a forfeit. and you
can bet that the clubs will bid hand
somely for the battle. 1t will draw
we'll in San Francisco, and I guess if
COrhaf4 C9n soo a chance of MAKING