Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-18
THE PUGiLISTS|
THE OLD MAN
 WANTS A FIGHT
Freckled Bob Would Like to Take on Colored Johnson Al the
 Fight News.

mons came into town the other day af-
 ter only moderate piece of business
 on the road with his show, "Thc Hon.
 est Blacksmith" and has been around
 looking for chance to fight ever
 since.
 I Fitz always would fight anything that walked on two feet and wore I hair.
 Let Ter come, let Ter come," said
 F'itz the other day. 'I'll fight any, ] body in the business-II fight eyery- body.' And he meant 1t. Yesterday afternoon Fitz said that
 he would be glad to fight the negro,
 Jack Johnson, and that he didn't draw the color line as long as there
 was fight in sight. Fitz and his wife retired immedi. | ately on their arrival here to their
 New Jersey farm, where Fitz wanted to get into training right away. He is looking better than he has for the last two years and thinks that. with lot of road wnrk he will be in
 1ne shape by the end of month. No definite arrangements for the fight have been made as yet but, should no more attractive fighter want chance at the old man than John son, Fitz will fight him for money or marbles.
 Gunner Moir, the English heavy. weight, is the latest fighter to draw the color line. Until Sam Langford's defeat of Tiger Smith, the near-En9-' fish champion, the other night, the British fighters have always been, ready and anxious to meet negro box CTS.
 After seeing how quickly Langford disposed of the Tiger, Moir has con- cluded that he doesn't want to fight negroes; particularly this nut Lang ford. But perhaps as soon as the An- erican negro leaves the country the champion of all England will be will ing to take on any dusky dub tighten. who may show up.
 The only Englisbman who will fight Langford now is Thorne. He will! fight Langford ten rounds before the National Sporting club of London on Derby night, June [.
 Word comes from Los Angeles that Tommy Burns will leave there for Frisco tomorrow to go into training for his coming bout with Bill Squires
 Although Tommy has always. done has training away from home, he will take his wife with him to his quart CTS in Frisco. Besides his wife Tommy will have Billy Woods to help him get into condition Everybody will remember Woods as the first man to use pneumatic face and body pro- tector. At the time he was working with Jim Corbett for his fight at Car son, New, with Fitzsimmons, Woods had to use large pad to keep Cor bett from cutting him to ribbons.
 Joe Thomas, the western heayy- weight, has at last made arrange ments by. which he will get a chance to fight Mike CTwin) Sullivan of Bos- ton, at Denver, Col, on the after noon of May 8.
 Last night they got Thomas on the wire and he said he was not only ready but that he was just longing for q chance to fight Twin Mike.
 They will fight ten rounds at the ball park just outside of Denver, and pictures are to be taken
 Growing tired of this country Jack Palmer, the English heavyweight, has, decided to return to his old stamp. Ing grounds. Palmer will sal on the steamship Campania July 1.
 Palmer says he can make more money on the other side than here, and that he has been offered a fight before the National Sporting club. with Sam Langford.
 Joe Wagner of New York out fought Griff Jones of Philadelphia in ! six-round bout held under the aus ,ices of the Nanticoke Athletic club, n Broadway hall. Nanticoke, Thurs- lay evening. The first and second 'ounds were much fin favor of Wag- ler, who was tine aggressor. Jones made better showing in the third 'ound. but he did not break clean at he end of the clinches. using his elbow on several occasions. Tn the ourth round both boys continually and but little clean punch ng was done. Wagner made a good moving in the fifth, but Jones fn- shed strong. while the last round vas much in favor of the New York 'oy.
 
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