Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-04-22
THE PUGlLISTS FITZGERALD
 BEAT QUILL Fitzpatrick and Johnson Have Gone to England to Meet
 Tommy Burns.

New York, April 22.-In a six round glove fight at New York's eN
 elusive club, the National A. c. in East Twenty fourth street. last night Willie Fitzgerald of this city had a slight advantage over Tommy Quill of
 Brockton, Mass, who recently defeat ed him on q foul. The battle was marred by much unnecessary rough clinching and holding. which prompted repeated warnings from the referee, Johnny White. Five preliminary bat
 ties, afforded some excellent sport for the members who were present, but the chief interest was in the Quill
 Fitzgerald affair, which began at about 1030 o'clock. The men weighed about 135 pounds.
 Sam Fitzpatrick and Jack Johnson sailed yesterday on the North German Lloyd steamship Crown Prince, for England, with the intention of fore ing Tommy Burns into fight for the championship of the world. They said they meant to get on with the conqueror of Moir and Squres or chase him back to this country.
 I've are going to get fight with Burns or force him to quit the game" said Fitzpatrick, 'and we will sign up on almost any terms. Burns can have two-thirds of the purse if he so de- mands, but real champion is always willing to split 75 per cent to the win ner and ? to the loser, or winner take all.'
 E Joe Cans, the lightweight champion arrived in San Francisco from the East Monday night and went over to San Rafael yesterday to start his training for the match with Boer Un- holz, which is scheduled for the even ing of May 15 before Jack Gleason's Occidental club.
 Cans says that he is lighter now than he has been at any time since he came to the coast and tht he does not weigh more than 13S pounds
 After seeing Packey Mcfarland knock out Jimmy Britt in six rounds James Coffroth rushed to the tele- graph office and sent off a wire. The message was addressed to Joe Cans, lightweight champion: Will you fight McFarland? What terms? Rush answer"
 Gans's reply was that he would fight Mcfarland or anybody else for the proper consideration. Cof- froth is figuring on the amount he can put up for a Gans-M cFarland fight and is trying to induce Packey to accept.
 Britt announces his permanent re- tirement from the ring. After he ar rived at his dressing room lie sank down on a couch and, pulling off his fighting trunks and shoes, he said to his brother Willus and his father: That is the last time I will ever wear them togs again. am through with the game for good. When a youngster like Mcfarland can stop me in six rounds it is about time that l stopped fighting. I will never fight again. This is final"
 Coffroth lost money on the fight. The receipts were only S6,000. Me Farland had guarantee .of $4,O0O, win, lose or draw, and there was but S1,200 left for Britt. Coffroth's loss was s1,5OO.
 George Memsick, the Chicago who has been beaten in his last three bouts at Los Angeles, | will be given another chance to make l good. He meets Clarence English 1 in that city next month. He ought ! to win this one or retire.
 Unk Russell has a grievance and | it is against fellow townsman, Harry Lewis. After Unk defeated | Honey Melody in New York he was | offered a return engagement with | Melody at Boston for s1,000 per return. About that time Russell | began flirting with an offer rom Jim 1 Jeffries to go to Los Angeles to fight | Jimmy Gardner. Then Lewis i stepped in and quietly got the match | at Boston with Melody Now Unk | feels a little bad about the matter. He isn't exactly sore at Lewis, but | 1t hurts him to think that Lewis took | the bout for sT50. Unk believes in keeping up prices. but Harry evil dently considers that Russell had | one chance at Melody and some one else should now get an opportunity lt Honey. If the pair set into an argument over the matter they coutd