Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-08
THE PUGILISTS.
Gossip Heard From the Various
 Fight Centers.


 Joe Cans Failed to Knock Out Dan Holly--Atten and Forbes Matched For the Championship V Bare
 Knuckle Scrap at Coney Island Fitzsimmons Ready For Corbett. Lightweight Champion Joe Cans had the better of a six round bout with Dave Holly of Philadelphia before the WAshing gton Sporting club of Phfladel- phia last night, but could not knock his rival out. All through the mill Cans hammered his opponent hard, but his blows lacked steam, although he fioored Holly repeatedly. At the end Of the combat Cans was tired. while Holly seemed exceedingly fresh and full of fight.
 Abe Attell have been matched to meet in a contest which will be billed as fol ssthe legitimate featherweight Championship They will meet on December 1T before the West End Athletic club of St Louis and will con test twenty rounds for a purse of $1,5oo.
 BoEton. Dec S.-Young Donahue, the Roxbury featherweight, was given the decision over Austin Rice of New London in n 15-round bout at the Tammany A. c. in this city last night.
 Bob Fdtzsimmons is back in New. York, and from the tenor of his re- marks he has not retired from the ring. The Cornishman is still full of fight, and says that unless the unexpected happens his next opponent will be Jim Corbett. Fitz looks very we'll with the exception of his hands, both of which were stwathed in Dandages. He did not show any traces of his recent gruel. ling twenty-round mill with George Gardner in San Francisco.
 Jimmy Kelly of New York and Jim my Gardner. lightweight champion of New Engand, are to clash tomorrow night for twelve rounds at catch weights before the Central A. c. of Boston. These boys have met on three occasions, and as each bout was de- clared a draw, both are anxious to gain the decision and have trained faith fully for the "go" The title of light weight champion of New England is the stake the boys will battle for, and the winner has been promised bout with Joe Cans Their first fight was a fifteen round draw. and the other two were fifteen round affairs.
 Willie Fitzgerald and Martin Can ole have been matched for fifteen round bout before the Criterion A. C.. Boston, December 22 They will 41S- returned from the coast, where he fought Jimmy Britt a hard twenty five round battle. Fitzgerald has also fought Britt and gave the Frisco lad the hardest fight of his career. Fitz injured his hand in his bout with Britt in the second round and was forced to depend on one hand for eight cen rounds Though he lost the de cision to Britt he made great name for himself among the western fight followers.
 Tommy Cody of St Paul knocked out Billy Trueman of New York in a bare knuclkle scrap which was held in g. barn on Coney Island boulevard early yes terday morning. At the finish it was easy to see from the condition of the men that they had been through a. hard gruelling contest Cody had his left ear badly cut. and it bled through a greater. part of the fight, and be~Dre he landed the blow that returned him the winner his right eye had been com pletely closed by Truenan. TrueInan received terrible beating. There was hardly an inch from his waist up that was not sore from the continuous pounding he received, After he had been counted out and carried to his corner his seconds began working over him to restore consciousness. They worked hard, but for thirty minutes the local man was 'out." He finally came around and was taken home f cab The referee of the contest was 8 well known horseman living ln Gravesend.