The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-17
A"h "~AlTE-McNALLY Arr.,p
'"erenee Of Opinion Settled II H..
INenty-four feot Ring. :
Id which It was decided that M.v.,,,

VYAAlO0 Settled In q
i~"enty'four feot Ring,
la which 1t was decided that McNa,,,
T,.s. was right.
Lsst sunday evening tho lon. -
sse,..zed and much talked Of sr;..
nEht between JacK W.,ts Oa plize
Nils MNNy weight Of Montana, and
ws;es, McNaliy. the Champion heavS
Colorado came of in tn,
~. tlon. The affair was witnessed
ao,ut A'V muscular loving d,sci.
I1s oI q chuich Wes,, who c,,n.
Si.outed a Little over $1,000 to tn.
y, ctorious missionary from Colorado
~ ~ shepe of admission fees ~.
Terms or the engagement providino
;ua. 10 the victor belongs the spo,ls. y
~ other words the gate money. A
littie stake of $3.50 a .ids WV,
ALSO put up in order to add interest t.
me occasion. 1t was also agreed
that the disputapts should wea,
montana hard gloves and be govern.
Gu IN their movements by certain
rules Aid down by q MARQUIS OF
Queensbury.
waite appeared upon the platform
= Iittle after 8 O'Clock, followed in q
nan an hour afterwards by Men ally.
Each was received by the audience
with loud cheering and other de.
monstra.ions of approval peculiar to
such gatherings: "Bully boy, Waite.n
Go In old fellow" "There's the
Colorado rooster" CANT he dandv,j
and similar expressions were heard
upon every hand. After aoout an
hour spent In selecting a referee and
t'me-keeper. both were. found in the
persons of Mr.. John Cudlhee who
consented to act as Moderator of the
meeting, and Mr.. George Hopkins
who agreed to announce Time" &C.
cording to the rules above referred 10.
Waite, who was seconded by Dune
Mcdonald, his preceptor or trainer,
assisted by Jack Mcdonald, now
commenced to "peeI of" tor the
fray. When the last of his duds wa
handed to his attendants he showed
mp a magnificent specimen of man.
hood. Straight as an arrow, broad
shOuldered and every muscle upon
his legs and arms standing promi-
nently out he presented a model tit
tor the genius of the famed old-,ime
sculptors. He turned the scale at
about los pounds.
McNally also stripped his bark and
stood before the admirlng audieEce
like . young Hercules, just ready
to clean out an Augean stable.
While not possessing that symmetry
of form ana grace of movements
which characterizes Waite, bis
towering form, we'll rounded shout
ders and swelling muscles suggested
to the mind of the beholder the idea
of strength and great powers of
endurance. This Colorado infant
who has only just attained his ma
tips the beam, in fighting
Trim, ut $50 lbs.- He Was seconded by
Mccormick. assisted by Jim
McC4uley- When the bottle holders
were conveniently placed aud the
seconds had shed their superauous
clothing and all were ready
"TIME"
called and the two
men advanced, exchanged the
customary clvilities by shaking
hands, thus emphasizing the high re-
+pect aud regard they had for each
re urned tn their corners
time was called, both men
sprang to the scratch and the
FRET ROUND
commenced. Some cautious sparring
and u few ftints occupied the first
ten seconds when the ball opened IN
earnes'. Each seemed willing to
The fighting and each gave and
took according to the most approve
fashion of modern slugeefs. After
enjoying themselves for about a
mifute with this amusement the men
clinched and Waite wa raised up
like an infant and thrown to the floor
McNa.ly landing his 100 pounds OF
b me aud muscle upon him. Waite,
being in Men uly's corner, the latter
stood over him ready to send his
right under his ear as so n as his
knees left the floor. But Waite was
in no hurry to be ca'essed in this
manner by McNally. Slowly and
cautiously rising until his right knee
tnurhed the floor, he suddenly
sprapg up like q tiger from h,s Ian
and aimed a viciou. blOw at McNally's
mug. wt.ich the latter easily parted.
Slugging now ensued, followed by
IN which short ann 0ody
blows were dealt o. each
with a will deserving of a better
cause. But Waite got decidedly tn.
worst of it and when time Was called
he went to his seat a whipped man.
It was evident before the round was
half over that Waite was greatly over
Mentally owered above
him in height, his reach was, at least.
three incnes longer than Waite's and
his great strength enabled him to
up Waite like a Jacknlfe'
he got hold of him. The
terms of the match were that the
fighting was 10 he done under Mar
nnis Of Queensbury rules. 1t it
done under those rules. 1t
was so far under that everyone
failed to. see them. To an
outsider it looked like an old
rough and tumble fight.
Tn. magic line drawn by The btlt
below which it is supposed no
.nnuiIist will strike was not observed
in the least. McNally's bread basket
from his knees up was frequently
;ntarviwed by Waite while the
fnrmer countered by throwing Wa'te
around up 4 the stage like a man OF
Straw. Several times the con
and once or twice the referee were
con,nelled to part the pugll'sts 80
that the fighting could 90 on in
:. decency and order" When time
called for the
SECOND ROUND
McNally came up with a bound,
; %as' to hurry matters. But his game,
,vss soon showed itself, for as MAC
commenced cen to force the nsc oarpg
Waite was on hand ready 10 10 c carss
out the sluTging business II snd w WI eou the
he got the worst OF IT, ared to bis