Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04
SPORTING NEWS OF THE WORLD

Charley Mayhood and Eddie Cain, will leave on the Continental limited Of the West Shore railroad at 10 o'clock this evening and go direct to Chicago. Without any more delay than to make change of cars, the party will pro ceed to Frisco, where they expect to arrive on Sunday night. The following day training quarters outside of the city will be engaged, and Terry will at once settle down to three weeks of hard work.
 A, hitch has cropped up ill the pro posed mill between Jim Jeffries and Jim Corbett which was arranged the other day. It is regarding the stipula- tion agreed upon that the purse offered should not be less than $25,OO0. 1t now appears that, the club in San Fran cisco will not give this sum, but will insist on the pugilists having it out for a percentage. A dispatch from San Francisco adds that the Hayes Valley A. c. would give TO per cent of the gross receipts for the encounter, but no purse. 1t is understood that the other clubs in California will follow suit. It is not at all likely that the fighters will agree to the terms in view of the fact that the big fellows do not draw as we'll in San Francisco as in fcrmer years.
 Another turn for the bad in the for tunes of Jack McAuliffe came yester- day. Alarmed by the report that Nc AuIiffe intended to leave the jurisdic- tion of the New York courts and go to Philadelphia to spar with Jack Fogar- ty, Francis Quigley, the Houston street undertaken who had gone on the pugil- ists bail bond, told the police in the West Thirtieth street station he want ed to get off the bond. Detectives Troy and Callan were assigned to arrest Me Auliffe. They found him in the alleged pool room over Paddy the Pigs sa- loon. the lraiding of which on February IS resulted in the prize fighter being held for trial. His bail was fixed at $500. McAuliffe was indignant at his friend for surrendering him. and said he had no idea of running away from prosecution.
 Tommy Ryan now announces that he will fight Bob Fitzsimmons, but names a number of peculiar conditions which may prevent the pair from com ing together. Ryan is at present at Hot Springs. Ark, where he is nursing mild attack of malaria. Tn dis patch to friend in New York yester- day Ryan said: FsBeing the middle weight champion and having. won the title by constantly meeting and defeat ing all corners, I still stand ready to meet Fitzsimmons or any other boxer in the world who will come within the middleweight limit. It is but month ago that this same Fitzsimmons when asked 10 fight me said he would do so if he received a year. to get into condi- tion This said I would do, and while he is doing this I will do the same.' Lanky Bob does not like the idea of waiting year for fight. He is ready to box Ryan next summer. Sporting men are ready to condemn Ryan's latest manifesto. and believe that he is not sincere regarding fight. They contend that he may have been laboring under tho impression that Fitz could not reduce to 158 pounds when he Rvan) issued his original def to the Cornishman. Now that Bob says he can do the weight and there are Dlentv of clubs willing to bid for it. the impression prevails that Ryan shon1d make match to take place l within six months time.