Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-04
I'm SPORT SPORTING ING CIRCLES.
TWO SEVERE FIGHTs YESTERDAY
AND HOW THEY RESULTED.

One Near New York a Draw After 4.
Bloody Rounds-But the One in Min
neapolis Settled in Eight Rounds
i Dempsey Knocked Out.
MINNEAPOLIS. August 2.-Charlie Gea
son. OF this city, and Jack Dempsey. light
weight champion Of the Pacific Coast
fought to the finish to-day with skin gloves
on the banks OF the Minnesota river, neal
Fort Smelling.
After long dispute as to the weight and
the selection of a referee, the men got down
to work at about noon. The fight was for
$3.50 a side. Only fifteen friends OF each
icoptsstant were allowed as spectators.
Dempsey was knocked out in the eighth
round.
TIE AMERICAN CYCLIsT BEATEN.
LONDON, August 2.--Richard Howell,
champion, to-day defeated NJ. G.. Crocker.
OF Boston, in a ten-mils cycling race at
Wolverhampton. Howell passed the post
% times to Crocker's Is times. The dis
tance was covered by Howell in 26 minutes
2 seconds.
BASE BALL SCORES.
WASHINGTON, August 2.-The Senators
put up very good game to-day, and de-
feated the Quakers. Score: Washington
2, Philadelphia 0. Batteries: Whitney
and Mack, Casey and Schriever.
Chicago-Borcher's good pitching won to-
days game for the home team. Score:
Chicago a, Indianapolis 8. Batteries:
Borchers and DAILY, Bardick and Buckley.
Cleveland Cincinnati game postponed on
account OF rain.
Baltimore-Baltimore /, Kansas City 4.
. adelphia-Athletics 5, Louisville 4.
Boston-The home team lost on account
OF Morrill's errors today. Score: New
York z, Boston 3. Batteries: Welch and
Ewing and Radbourne and Tate.
Detroit-The Wolverines played q school
boy game to-day. Score: Detroit 5, Pitts
burg g.. Batteries: Getzein and Sutcliffe
and Staley and Miller.
MONMOUTH PARK RACES.
MONMOUTH PARK, August 2.-One mile
Flagealetta won, in lazy; Benedictine
second, Strideaway third.
Three-fourths OF mile-Chemoise won,
n 1:16; Groomsman second, Carriente
jhird.
Oneand one-eighths miles Speciality won,
n l:57; Inverwick second. Cascade third.
One mile-Lady Primrose won, Cam.
,ysses second, Taragon third. Time, 1:43.
Freehold stakes, mile and q halt
ferenzi was first away but soon gave way
% the Bard who, with q lead oftwo lengths,
howed the way to the starting post where
he race began in earnest. Time for mile
.:43, and was on the last hall one-fourth
nile from home. Bard still had the lead
i length and half, but as they
traightened out for running. Ferenzi came
p and Tapped him the nearer they came.
Hayward with clincbed teeth now
aised his whip, and it descended with
harp crack over the Hanks of the flying
'ard. Then went up a cry, "The Bard is
ea aten." And so it proved, Firenzi draw
1g out in the last few strides, and win
ing somewhat easy by length in 2:34,
qualling the best record.
Three-fourths of mile-,Little Jack
ton in lit, Harrisburg second, Salesman
nlrd; ;, 4.euum seuonu, oceun rnIru.
RACING ArCHIcAGo.
CLEVELAND, August 2.-Five thousand i,
srsons attended the races to-day; the
Gather was perfect and track in excellent
,ndition.
In the 2:20 class trotting purse for 81 ,
90, unfinished yesterday. Junemont first,
ov. Hill second, James G. third, Geneva t
fourth. Best time 2:13h. t
2:2O class, trotting purse for $2,0O0.-Ie 9
ady Whltefoot first. Roy second, Newton
. third, Forque fourth. Best time 2:1Sa.
Grand special trot, purse $2,5O0-Guy |,
on in three straight heats, Fred Folger
,ird Rest time 2:1SL III
The PAGER, You Bet, with running mate 6
ack. .Go-Easy, in the attempt to break I
s record of 2:66, made mile in 2:05&.
2:1S class, trotting purse for $4,000
white Stockings won first
eat FaYonia second and third heats. | !,