Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-29
THE PUCMETS
Fisbt Between Jack 0'Briss and
 Sam Lssgford Postponed.

New York, Oct. 20--Manager Johnny White, of the National club. announced yesterday that the six round match scheduled to be held tomorrow night, had been post poned for one week. Instead of the Jack 0'Brien-Sam Langford battle, Bert Reyes will meet Charley Griffin. of Australia.
 The 0'Brlen-Langford match was set back to give the fighters an ad- ditional weeks work and to provide minor event in order to inspire confidence in the members of the club.
 T am sure we will be able to con tinue," said Manager White. We have an incorporated club, which is conducted we'll within the law. We have 5000 members and alegitimate athletic organization, with fully equipped gymnasium"
 Aside from the Keyes-Griffin bat tie there will be an all-tar card, in which some of the best local boys will appear. Reyes and Griffin met before at the Fairmount club and Grifin lost. The Australian has been anxious ever since for return match and Is confident he will turn the tables on Reyes.
 Pugiiistic history points to the fact that there was one Chinaman who adopted the slugging game as his ca reer in life, but this yellow peril didn't last great while. He was a husky youth, far above the usual size as Chinamen go, and he was con- structed along superb lines. He was discovered by that philosopher and Chinatown guide, Chuck Connors,. who taught the Mongolian all that he knew about prize fighting. After Chuck thought he had the yellow man up to correct form he announc- ed the fact that, he had discovered the heavyweight champion of the world, and when the fact became known that the supposed champ was Chi naman the sports focked in droves to an old abandoned outhouse down in the Chinatown section of New York the night that the Chink was to have the trying out.
 A ,fourth-rater of the name of Busey was to be the trial horse, and when he and the yellow boy stepped into the ring that night there were over five hundred persons at the ring side.
 Everything went along very nfce- ly at first because the foxy Busey was feeling out his man. He con- cluded to take a chance, and sailed into the yellow peril and landed one on the Mongolian's face. Immediate ly the Chinaman shed his gloves, and with the most pained expression on his face stepped out of the ring. and no inducement could get him back. Thus was the beginning and the end |of the only pugilist whom history shows to have represented the tea growing country in the prize fight ing game.
 J. Harmar Bronson, one of the founders of the Edgewood Athletic club of New Haven and for long time it's president, announced yester- day that he had retired from the box ing game this season. He said the club would be run by Frank Coyle and Dave Fitzgerald and he under stood they were booking some fine bouts for the next show. The club expects to have show about the middle of December. Harry Lewis, who claims the welterweight cham- (pionship, wants to be matched up at that time and the managers are said to be after Twin Sullivan, Willie Lewis, Mike Donovan or Unk Russell to take on Harry. An opportunity may be given to Jeff Doherty to see what he can do.
 Young Corbett bobs up again and is giving himself five weeks to get into condition Don't begin to laugh for this is no joke. Corbett never was more sincere in his life, and he has never worked as hard to take off that twenty or more pounds of sur- plus flesh. His stomach still looks like bit of upholstered furniture, but If the trainers hammer at 1t for the next four weeks something is bound to come loose. As a proof that Corbett isn't kidding, he has been working like Trojan for the past seven days and didn't tell a soul, of his intention in advance. Just sneaked away from Broadway and went to 1t.
 Patsy Sailor Corr will leave Wa terbury to-day for Stapleton. N. r., where he will enter the training camp of Packey Mcfarland. Corr is to help Packey prepare for his fight with Murphy. Louis Corr, IT. says he would like to arrange fight between Sailor Corr and Jack Pickett of Wa terbury. Corr says that Patsy will be there with a side bet of $1,000 If Pickett can cover it. A Waterbury | .sxL L.