Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-12
THE PUGILIsTs.
Century Club Throws Up the
 Munroe-Jeffries Fight.

Munroe-Jeffries Fight.
 These Two Punehers Will Have to
 Look Elsewhere for Purse-F1tz-
 simmons Says He Is Ready to Take
 Turn Out of Munroe--No Effort in
 Philadelphia to Stop Boxing.
 A dispatch from San Francisco says that sports are pleased because Jim Corbett is still praising Jeffries, and says that the champion defeated him fair and square. It is so seldom that defeated pugilist comes out with statement of that kind that 1t seems a sort of revelation on the part of Cor bett. Heretofore when fighter was beaten there was always an excuse for the defeat afterward. When Sullivan defeated Ryan in 1882 the excuse was put forth that "Ryan's truss slipped But when he knocked him out in this city years afterward the only excuse put forth was that 'sPaddy's feet slip ped from under him." '.The excuses that some of the fighters put forth are Imaginable in the extreme said a sport Generally when champions are beaten in punch they will come in the papers the next morning and claim it was huke, as Mc1overn did in his first meeting with Corbett at Hartford. The second time he claimed the count was wrong. Terry kept this up for two days, when he let it drop on the advice of his friends, who told him he was losing popularity through his foolish claim. Nothing loses fighter popularity any faster than to make excuses for his defeat when there is no reasonable doubt for the same, Sometimes the fighter will claim he broke his hand in the first or second round and continued to fight thousand rounds after that with briken hand This sort of a fighter be. longs to the Sympathy Kid class and hopes to have his defeat overlooked on coming out with the straight story and telling his friends: I never had d chance. He beat me from start to finish and I have no excuse to offer This action on the part of the ex- champion will gain him more friends in one minute than he would gather about him in a year if he made excuses for his defeat. The hght-going public are pretty we'll educated these days and they won't stand for lame excuses when they for themselves have seen the battle and know that one man simply outclassed the other If Cor bett will stick to the present tactics he has assumed, he will be more popular than ever and not only retain his old friends, but force the admirers of Jef- fries to flock to him in droves.'
 Boxing promoters and club managers of Philadelphia breathed easier Thurs day night when the authorities made no attempt to stop the bout between Spike Sullivan and Dave Holly at the Broadway Athletic club. It was feared that the death of Joe Riley. who was killed by q blow in fight, would put an end to the matches.
 Willie Fitzgerald and Harry Tuthill. his trainer, have left for Port Huron, Mich. Fitzgerald fights Mike Ward the western lightweight, in ten-round bout at show in that city September IT. Fitzgerald will spend few days in Port Huron and then proceed to Nit Clemens. where he will get into shape for the fight. Fitzgerald Is giving away considerable weight to Ward.
 Sandy Ferguson is to box Jack John son. Johnny Mack, Ferguson's man ager, thinks he has championship possibility in this big fellow. If he beats Johnson, Mack may we'll keep on thinking so. The Boston man has been signed by Matchmaker Gibbs of the newly organized Colma Athletic club of California to meet the colored heavyweight champion in a twenty five round bout at the opening boxing show of that club. which takes plnce October 16. Ferguson will leave for the coast the early part of next week.
 Many people believe that Jeffries will shortly startle the pugilistic follow CTS by offering to box both Fitzsina- mons and Corbett or Corbett and Ruh- lin one right after the other says the Buffalo Times. This might appear little out of the ordinary of what might be expected, still Jeffries will have to take on some seemingly i'm possible task before he can again draw big gate money, for people will not pay to see the champion box when they know for moral certainty it is only question of biff. bang, Diff, and the lC1SLSS SdSS, 1Ou WIl, JGH.
 Robert Fitzsimmons says: If Jack Munroe wants to fight will take him on and agree to knock him out within six rounds or lose. We can meet in Philadelphia. This gives Mun- roe chance to prove he means what he says when he talks about lighting his way up to Jim Jeffries. If he is on his feet at the end of the bout he can take the whole purse.' Munroe has been called. According to his own prospectus, he must accept the proposi- ton of the tall bruiser of Bensonhurst. I will fight my way up to the cham pion,' Munroe has said. 1T will 20 through all the others, beat them, and then Jeffries will be forced to meet me on equal terms" "All the others'' will mean only one if he '.goes through" F'itz. Any man who whips that gen. tleman will be entitled to the very best consideration from the champion
 Manager Carey of the Century Ath- letic club of Los Angeles has wired