Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-31
THE PUGILlSTS.
'sParson" Davies Tells How the
 Game Should be Run.

An ASS0clat1on or Leagues to Drive
 Fakirs Out of the Business--J Jeffries
 Has Started In to Do Some Hard
 Work-Spike Sullivan on His Way
 Here With Two English Fighters.
 Charles D. Davies, known on two continents as a distinguished sporting u1an, is spending few days in New York. Davies is rather a progressive sporting man. When he hasn't any Peter Jackson to manage in a pugilis- tic way he gets his finger in other pies that turn many pennies for him.
 In a few days he is going to Chicago then to New Orleans to round up some business affairs, and then he goes to California to take In the championship scrap between Jeffries and Corbett What fights he does not see are not worth mentioning, and, anyway, he has all the sporting papers on file at his home, and therefore knows all that is going on in the world of sport.
 The "Parson'' had things to say yes- terday at the Delavan house, where he is stopping. and as usual his re- marks on current events were worth listening to.
 You know every man is crank on some subject, and have my little hob- by want to see a. boxing league formed, or rather boxing and wrest- ling league. I want to see all the fa- kirs and crooks run out of the business and the only way you can do it, as I see, is to form an association in every city where boxing is allowed, all the associations forming one big league Then, when a fighter breaks his agree ment, he will be down and out for good.
 Each association should have it's lawyer and physician, but the referees should be appointed by the league, just as baseball unlpires are selected by the presidents of the baseball leagues. Then the league could send a referee to a strange town where he would be unpreiudiced and everybody would get a fair run for his money. As it is now. the club holding a fight usually selects some popular local man for referee. No matter how hon. est he may be, he knows how his friends have bet their money, and thds is bound to influence his Judgment.
 There are, of course. a hundred diff ficulties to be overcome before a big boxing league could be formed; but I am positive 1t would be the very best thing that could happen to boxing.
 ''In England the Sportslnen's league has defeated 13 candidates for parlia- ment because they were enemies or sport. Tn this country boxing league could become just as powerful as the Sportsmen's league is in Eng land.'
 This is what the ''Parson'' said. You may not agree with all bis conclusions, but there are lot of persons who will.
 Davies is proudly showing life membership ticket in the Benevolent Order of Elks, which came to him gratuftously short time ago. He has been an Elk for 28 years, joining th Chicago lodge when there were only four lodges in existence. He says the Chicago Elks are agitating the question of building club house to cost $175,0OO. IA
 Jeffries at last sees that he must fight on the 14th and is going to work in grim earnest. At the best he has but fourteen days work ahead of him., Up to this time there has really been no training worthy of note. What there has been will not compare with Corhett's long, steady pull of more than year. It is true that Jeffries is in condition that might we'll be called perfect for any other man. His life in the mountains, his long hunting runs behind the stage and his frequent work on the rowing ma- chine, the weights, the punching-ba and with the skipping rope have linn. bered him up, kept off all excess tis- sue and given his skin a healthy fine glow. Yet although strenuous and 7 hardy, his life has not been regular. He has eaten and drank what he pleased. stayed up all night as long as he wished and has risen in the morning with as little unconcern' for the breakfast hour as any Tenderloin rounder. Down somewhere. in his unfathomable mind--for he has never confded to anyone-~-has been m idea that the fight would be postponed. The chief reason for saying this Is the talk of postponement in which he has indulged for the past few days. The truth probably is that he dreads the work incident to a fight until he sees that it is inevitable; then he plunges in with all the vigor of one who never gives up. Such is the present stage of the champions training. The change came the other morning. Tor three days previous Jeffries talked of postponement. His excuse was his leg. This had a big bruise. but the doctor in attendance declared it to be a simple thing to heal if Jeff would only follow instructions; but Jeff would not follow in every particular. De- spite this the bruise is healing. Now Jeff is doing enough work for three men. >tE
 Many lovers of boxing will run to Derby tonight to witness the bouts be- tween Austin Rice of New London and Marty McCue of New York city. The clever lightweights will meet for if