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'jVPATERBUR Y : EVENING1- DEMOCRAT, 'FRIDAY, -OCTOBER 10, 1902. G ; IIS fil fltt Secretary Thrasher Sends Out His Alarm On the Local Match 1 He Says He Cannot Stop It Unless lie Authorities Take a HandHe Is Ev idently Looking for Support. From the People of This CityJoe Gabs' Manager Has a. Little Talk, 5 Secretary Thrasher of the Law and Order league is going to try and 6top the Corbett-Rice boxing match sched uled for this city. The following let ter has been sent out by the league man: . Headquarters of the Law and Order League of Connecticut, Oct 9, 1902. :o the Members and Friends: 'The columns of the Dress furnish he only - practical means by . which ; 1 an answer the many inquiries con erning the prize fight which is booked or November 6 at Waterbury. It is ssumed by many that 1 can stop that gfit if 1 want to. That if I can pre ent one down In Kentucky I ought o in Connecticut. "Now, let me set everybody right to ptart with. - - . "1 have no , power personally or by iwrtue of my office to prevent- any prize fight here or elsewhere. 1 did not stop the fight in Kentucky. ; I wrote an open letter to Colonel Wat- terson and some private letters to oth - efr citizens in Louisville, giving such information as I possessed regarding the expulsion of the fighters from Con necticut, and the character of the pro posed exhibition in Louisville. 1 am pleased, of course, if these letters aid ed in arousing public sentiment and prevented the fight. Now to the ques tion before us. Shall Young Corbett and Rice be permitted to fight on No vember 6 in Waterbury? , "The law in Connecticut prohibits prize fighting. . That prize fights can take place In this state with such" a law on the statute books is to our everlasting shame as citizens and dis grace to the commonwealth. -"What astonishes me most of all is that so many people are fooled by the promoters of these exhibitions, who claim that they are not fights but 'box ing matches,' 'sparring exhibitions JDtC. "It is well known by everybody that these affairs are prize fights If the English language means anything. CThere are always high money stakes, and sometimes championship belts of great . value,, which constitute a prize.' j.nar tney are fights is clearly proved by the rules of the contest, which provide for 'counting out,' as it Is called. That Is, when one of the contestants is knocked senseless, or so disabled that he cannot go on, the ref eree count ten and decides the contest for the victor. s ; "That these fights are brutal and de moralizing is well known to every- 1 body who has ver attended one. "Look at J the v picture which Terry McGovern, known as 'Terrible Terry,' gives of his fight with Dave Sullivan. " 'His facelooked likeW rotten "ap ple; his left ear was hal - -; size of his head; It. was cut, bruised, swollen terribly.-' -His" cheeks were puffed out until you couldn't see his eyes; His lips were black, due and purple, drip ping with blood. His body looked , like a raw beefsteak. He was spit- J ting blood every time I sunk my fists in his stomach, over his heart or into his ribs. He was clinging to me to keep . from going down, , or, when. I pushed " him away, staggered around like a drunken man, dazed, wild-eyed, half conscious. "A few nights ago Young Corbett, who is advertised as one of the con testants for the 4 Waterbury 'bout, fought with Eddie Lenny In Philadel phia. The newspaper reports of the affair are interesting. "One says: 'He was" a sight for the Slaughter house when the gong rang down the final curtain. . A gaping cut oyer his eye poured forth gore like a young Niagara. His eyes were both young Niagara, and h was bowed in the fore-legs ' like Jl .broken-down gee gee. , Lenny was on one knee, all in, covered with blood" a "frightful sight for. gods, or.men.' -He was hammered to a pulp." , i . ; - ' '.v,,.;, I.' ' "Another in describing the same af fair, savs: 'With the sound of the gong in the third round Corbett was the same fighter who beat Terry Me JGovern at Hartford last Thanksgiving day. He assumed the aggressive. His Tight 6hot Into Lenny's stomach with el thud. His left hook went to the face. They were awful smashes. - Lenny was a tired and distressed fighter at tne end or tne round. - A cut under fcia left eye told of the terrific force of Corbett-s wicked blows. His-cut ,face was bleeding and his eyes were swelling more and more. Lenny was wobbly as a ship in a heavy sea. He was sent to the floor again from the jolts of Corbett's right hook. His seconds fairly carried' him" to -his" "cor ner and then he sat down and showed sure signs 'of sea-sickness. . It was the best fight ever seen in Philadel phia.' "One of the above papers, in the pame with ' the above description, re cords another fight which took place that same nlgh$ In these words: A bloody fight between two English bull dogs took place at a resort near the Harlem Bridge last night. More than four hundred persons paid five dollars each to see the ferocious canines tear ieach other to pieces. The spectators got their money's worth so far as a Sfrory spectacle was concerned. The fight lasted forty-two minutes and two seconds. When at was over poor King Tom lay dead in the sawdust arena, while Jack the Ripper, mangled so that It Is doubtful If he will live, was acclaimed ,-the victor.' . . "The price of admission to "both of these contests was "the same, and the character of the 'Four Hundred' com prMng the audience in each instance was undoubtedly the .same. Such nil" airs are occurring more infrequent ly than they did a few years ago, but that they can occur at all in any civ ilized community should , bring ' the blush of shame to honest faces. "Now, what la to be done about it? I am informed that' a license has been k U i xor a twcty-rour. i mtue ne. i th ' J ib.i- :r-; Corttt and to I lit p;1 f"Q . If V i - rt ? 1 1 i able from many points of view, but when it is found, as it was in . New London and in Louisville, that the in ternal machinery is defective, from whatever causer then an . invitation to any -practical source of assistance is proper. "I do not believe that the people of Waterbury want a disgraceful prize fight in that city. If the city "officials have been fooled, or if they are fooling the people, then an appeal for outside help should be made by citizens of Waterbury, who feel that their city is being disgraced by such-an affair as the one in-question is sure to be. - "When the fight was proposed for New London, after a license had been refused in Hartford, the citizens of New London aro vised themselves and finding the city officials were misrepre senting them, took, the matter to State Attorney Lucas, who promptly' asked Chief ; Justice Torrance for - a special session of the superior court, the same to Sit i in New London on the night of the proposed fight; In order that all persona Who Bhonlrt virvlnfp the :. 1nw might be promptly dealt with. ' He then notified the mayor and others eon,: i cerned that, if the fight took place all participants would be dealt with as the law directs. ."Not wishing to face the probability of a state's prison sentence the con testant's and others , Interested quickly arranged to shake the dust of Connec ticut from their feet and hold forth In Kentucky, where tlfsy felt sure of being welcomed with open arms. "But here an awakened rii-iz&nsTiin rent the air with protests and the gov ernor and attorney-general took a hand, resulting in an Injunction which prevented the fight. v"NoW; i have to say to all Inquiries that If the people of Waterbury are willing to permit Bill Crowley to give an exhibition such as has been de scribed ,1 don't see what we can do. "I ? write?, this letter -for a ; two-fold purpose. First, ta make clear our po- w viu ineuus, who tninii we should act in the matter; and, second ly, to call public attention to this dar ing attempt to set at defiance the laws of our state in the city of Waterbury. S. P. THRASHER. , "Some people may think it's a" cinch to manage a champion pugilist," said Al Herford, the right hand man of Joe Gans, the colored lightweight, "but to tell the truth it's no picnic. When Gans was an unknown quantity ft was no trouble for me tn eot him, and they always Insisted on the purse oeing aivideu, To per cent to the winner and 25 Der cent to th l as or s they aU thought Gans was easy meat. XT . i m t am . " ow u is amerent. These feUows who challenge. Joe to fight for the cham pionship title are either Inrikintr tnr a lot of cheap notoriety or want me to cut me purse in nair. Weu, not for mine. I tell TOU. it Is a nrptftr tnnrt job getting a colored boxer up to the ! iui o tne xauder these days. Of j course, some may say, , 'Look at Tom O'Rourke. Did hp Tint" TTioVo . riaMiya ' Dixon the champion?' . That is true, but it was much clearer sailing then. Another thing, there was not one-quarter as many boxers as there are now, to say nothing of the good ones of the present time. Then there is the treat ment usually meeted but to i colored man in the ring. San Francisco ref erees are particularly severe on them. The next time I go there -with the champion I will dictate "Who' shall be referee. Of course, if I mentioned a man of ,the Wyatt Earp type I would not blame them, to" object, but if they won't stand for an honest man's ser vices .you can bet there Js something doing. J The idea of the people on the coast to raise objections to a man like George Slier or Charley White, saying they must have a 'Frisco man or none at all! Didn't western referees act In that capacity in New York during the flourish of the Horton law? They New Yorkers never objected, so what license have the people or the clubs out there to register a kick? There's a fellow at 'Frisco; by the name of Jimmy Britt They call him a 'phenom.' Why, I of fered to let Gans stop him in fifteen rounds or lose the-gate receipts; but I guess they , think I am a 'rummy'a phrase the coast people use for a 'suck er.' Look what I had to concede to get the championship from Frank Erne., I fought him -in his own town, agreed to the paltry purse, and also to all the In sults that were thrown at me, bunt that did not,make me quit; I .still roasted Erne the carder, and the whole world knows the results. It lasted just 100 seconds, : 1 promised Erne ' a return match but not right away. When I asked him and Jack Herman to meet me at Buffalo on September 10, to my disgust I found Herman, but not Erne. When I asked Herman for the ex champion he said he went to his farm in Lewiston that very morning to fix up a gymnasium. Since Gans first started out I have made for him and myself something like $100,000. But there's the expense best of living and best railroad traveling. ' Then almost everybody loos for a tip from a cham pion, and there are other things too numerous to mention." Chicago. Oct 3 0. Lawrence Temple, Tom O'Rourke's new sable pugilist, shines forth .. upon the .boxing annals as the inventor of a new fighting sys tem, and one of the most effective de vised since Terry McGovern came for ward with a novel method of "cop ping" the tnan and the dollar. Tem ple's system is picturesque. It is only practicable, however, for burly men,' of broad and stocky build, possessing great .physical strength and hitting power. He does not spar, feint or danced He does not rush as other fighters do; dashing in on springy toe3 and with short steps, but runs Just as he might If trying to catch a car. As he arrives he keeps one 'glove so set as to cover nis jaw, he arches his body so that he cannot be hit in the dinner, and he flails the. other hand Into the other gentleman with unerring accu racy. Professors of the old school de cry the Temple system andrgue that a scientific jolter would sidestep the black and- jar h-m into dizziness. The scientific fighter 'doesn't exist who Is as burly, as Temple, and no slim man no matter how skillful, has the main strength to stop his rushes. Ryan and O'Brien, of all the fancy Jabbers are the only ones who have any license with O'Rourke's man. Tommy West and Joe Walcott are about the only huskies who could transact business with him. There is nothing to it Temple has invented a new way of fighting, and it 13 one that gets th money. -. - : ., -. St Louis, Oct 10. After' 20 rounds of pretty sparring Tommy Feitz of Brooklyn was given the decision over Johnny Reagan here last night For their short journey of six rounds at the Penn Art club of Philadelphia, on October SO, Tommy Ryan and Jack O'Brien have been offered the tempting sum of ?5,000.. This Is probably fh? largest pwrse -ever hung up for a boat at this djstsin.ee . ON THE GRIDIRON. Company A'a eleven will play the, first scheduled game a week from to morrow at the Athletic field, when the Torrington T. A, B. eleven will be their opponents, and after their game with the Naugatucks last week whom they outplayed at every point, the Torrington boys propose to pay up th military boys for their defeat in Wa- terbury last year, and an exciting struggle is" looked for. Torrington has been coached this fall by the great Hogan of Yale and Bert Smiley who is . no ' novice at the game, and this; means much for the T. A. B's. The Co A eleven have a game scheduled for every week from now until Thanksgiving day, when the annual wrestle with the St Thomas cadets will be on for ' the local championship October 25 they play at Naugatuck,; and on November 15 Manager Walte will make his first appearance in Wa terbury with his famous eleven, al though some are unkind enough to say that the Naugatucks could not be induced to plajr in Waterbury with the; Co A eleven, r Co A's team will prac-: tice to-night at the usual place. The; squad now includes Morrison, Stout,' Short, Dodds, Bird, Hannon, McAn-; drews, "Herb" and Joe Dews Beards-1 ley, .Wells, Noonan, Cook and Chat-; tleton. , ." - ; NUTMEG GRATINGS. ' WITH THE WRESTLERS. George Bothner Makes His .jJlrst Ap-; pearance in Some Time. After an absence of several months from the mat, George Bothner, the lightweight wrestler, engaged in a bout With Leo : Pardello last night at the' London theater. Pardello agreed to throw Bothner within fifteen minutes; at catch-as-catch-can or forfeit $504 Bothner was in the' pink of condition,! while Pardello looked fat After the fifth minute Pardello began to thake things easy. He tried several times for a Nelson ,but each time was uhsue cessful. At the eighth , minute . they began to rough it all over the stasre. Bothner secured a hammer lock, but Pardello had no toruble in breaking it. When the fourteenth . minute rolled around both . men were tired and breathing heavily. Bothner. stuck the remaining minute out White" Plains, Oct 10. William Mul doon, the old time wrestler, Is defend ant In a suit brought by' Mrs Mary L. Carhart for $2,500 damages to her big house in Mamaroneck avenue, which Muldoon hired for a sanitarium on May 1, 1899. Mrs Carhart charges that when Muldoon quit the property to go into his new sanitarium the win dows were, broken, and the water left turned on so that the pipes froze, burst and flooded the house. Muldoon will have Kid McCoy, W. H. Thompson, the actor, and a number of other New Yorkers, who took a course of training at the ; sanitarium, to prove that the house was left in good condition. BOWLING LAST NIGHT. - Following are the scores of the two teams bowling at the Y. M. C. A. al leys last night: RIVALS. 1 2 ' 3 T'l W. Hodgea ;...1CS '.160 " 153 4S7 Hart . ....... .113 179 143 437 Wood .... .... 93 150 116 359 Nichols .... ... 99 . 131 22 352 Swensen (allow- .. ' . ? ' ance) 125 123 125 375 '' Totals .598 - 751 : 661 -2010 ; DEFENDERS. ' ) 2 3 T'l 119 132 351 149! 171 448 177 141 465 90 92 311 154 130 391 Seng 100 Warner;.... ...128 Stowe .:. 147 Valentine ... ..129 Peck .....101 : .Totals .... ..605 - 689 . 672 1906 BASEBALL NEWS. Talk of Consolidating Two St Louis ; Teams. ":.v St Louis, Oct 10. The Republic to day says: ' "According to reports, after a caucus by representatives , of .Nation al and American base ball teams at the Planters' hotel last night, the entire interests and franchise of the National league in this city have been ' pur chased by the American league Inter ests, thus placing the : control of base ball in this city in the hands of the younger body. Mr Hedges," secretary of the St Louis American league club, when seen last night denied that any agreement has been reached or con templated by the base ball factions." Steamers Collide. CHARLESTON, . S. C, Oct. lO.The Clyde steamers Iroquois and Apache collided in this harbor off Cummings. point shortly after 2 o'clock In the morning, the latter vessel receiving damages that forced her captain to run her aground on Morris island to prevent her -sinking. ? The bow of . the Iroquois was badly used up, but ' the ship was able to turn about and return to her dock after the accident The Iroquois was outward bound for Jack sonville, and the Apache was inward bound for Charleston. .The night was clear, and there was, only a slight breeze. A mistake in giving signals is said to be rppTwicW f r the accident Art Simma and Willie Fitzgerald have agreed to box twenty rounds at New Britain on October 16, for a guar, anteed purse of $300 and 50 per cent of the. gate receipts. Hew England Liquor Warehouse We carry in stock all kinds of Imported Case Goods in WINES AND LIQUORS John Decquypers gin, large bot $1.35 John Decquypers gin, small bot 1.00 Hennessy 3 star brandy, 1.50 Hennessy 2 star brandy, 1.30 John Jameson Irish whiskey, . 1.25 Powers & Sons Irish whiskey, 1.25 Glenllvlt Scotch whiskey, 1.25 Imported port and sherries, 1.00 Hunter's whiskey, ' 1.00 Wilson's whiskey, 1.00 Mount Vernon whiskey, ' 1.00 Old Crow whiskey, 1.00 Hermitage whiskey, - . 1.00 Mumm's champagne, large bot 3.50 Manhattan Cocktail whiskey, 1.00 Old Pepper whiskey, 1.00 Apple Brandy and Honey, $1.00 Call and get pur price list. We have the only ladies' room in the city' strictly for ladies only. Frank' Brothers 8r Co Corner South Igaln an$ Union, streets. Interesting Items Boiled Down for the BeiieOt of Cur Busy Readers. John McDonough, 14 years old, liv ing In Hartford, had his right leg bad ly crushed in the yards of the High land division in East Hartford about 9 o'clock last night i Ex-Warden " William S.i Ward of Southington, superintendent-of the H, D. Smith Co, was badly gored by a cow last night at i his home in West street, and but for prompt assistance he would have undoubtedly been killed. I Mr and Mrs Amon Bradley of j Southington were married sixty-six ; years ago yesterday and with relatives j they quietly observed the anniversary at their home on North Main street yesterday afternoon and evening. Both are hale and hearty. - . "This is a result of the coal strike,'' complained John D. Jackson of South Manchester as he entered the oflice of Dr William S. Gillam . last evening with his hand bound up and blood flowing freely from his left hand. .While cutting wood he had Chopped on his thumb. Dr Gillam dressed the Injured member. ' ' " In a fit of insanity, last evening about 10 o'clock Charles H. Rigby, a hatter, residing at South Norwalk, at tempted suicide by shooting himself three times In the breast and later cut ting himself with a jackknlf e, but as the cartridges ' were blanks and he knife only a penknife his Injuries are not serious. Rigby will probably be sent to the State Hospital fr the In sane at Middletown. Rachel Bernstein of Hartford noti fied the police yesterday morning that a roomer " had stopped at her house Wednesday night and had disappeared yesterday morning. She missed $12.50, a plain gold, ring,; two gold rings set with red stones, a chased gold ring and a gold chain. She was satisfied that the lodger took them. Word was sent to the Springfield police and the man was caught there late In the af ternoon as he was buying a ticket for Ware, Mass, in the Boston & Albany station. FRENCH STRIKE SPREADING. Antl Preparing to KeIt Attack of the 'Striker. PARIS, Oct. 10. Further informa tion received here from the coal min ing regions indicate that the strike is spreading rapidly, butr while in the Pas de Calais, Nord and other districts the cessation of work is already com plete, in other ; regions the mines are still working at full ' capacity. The strikers in the Pas de Calais district ? number 47,600 men. The mines are working full at Montlucon, department of Allier, and Montceau-les-Mines, de i partment of Sabne-et-Loire, where a ! large majority of the miners are op- ' posed to the strike At Anzin, depart ment Of Nord, only 2,800 out of 14,000 ; men have ceased work. , . - r.f. The "yellows,"., as the antistrikers are j called, are, preparing to offer re sistance in case attempts are made to prevent them" from working. . They are distributing pistols and cartridges and are organizing night, patrols. It .is probable that at the most only 120,000 out of 162,000, the total number of coal miners in France, will join the strike. - The lack of coal has sJready caused a number of iron works to close, and increased quantities of coal are being received in France from Belgium and Germany. . Carnegie's Gifts Accepted. LONDON, Oct 10.--Andrew Carne gie's gifts of $75,000 to Belfast and $35,000 to Limerick for the establish ment of libraries have been accepted. In writing his acceptance of the prof fered freedom of Limerick, Mr." Carne gie said this was an honor too great to be declined and that his heart was al ways warm toward Erin. ' Tennessee Pot office Looted. JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn., Oct 10, The local postoffice was broken into during the night and robbed of about $200 in money and $275 worth of 6tamps. ' ' , Ground Whitened In Essex County. ELIZABETHTOWN, N. Y., Oct 10. In several town9 of this (Essex) county snow has fallen. Enough came down to give the' ground a coloring of white. 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