The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-27
r THE BATTLE.

Gossip About Yesterday Fight stewart
Wants to Meet brennan ar Kessler.
BY the Standards Special Wire.
BUTTE, May @.-The chief topic of rom
versation on the streets and in the sa-
looms to-day was the Kessler-Brennan
fight ut the race track yesterday. A great
variety of opinions vas expressed. Many
were, of course, ready To proclaim the
fight a grand fake and as having been en-
tirely too tame TO he digniiied By the
name of a prize fight. II is a singular
fact that at every contest of this kind
there Is always q large section of the
spectators who will not be satisfied unless
one OF the principals are killed. These
sanguinary individuals were out in full
growing about having paid n dollar to
witness ''such q scrub scrap
Nevertheless the fight was a good one
as suchlfghts go-and those who:carefully
watched the men pound each other are
arguing to-day that taken from the first
to fourteenth round il was one OF the
hardest battles that has been fought in
the ring In Silver Bow. There was one
| point upon which all who witnessed the
fight agreed however, that il would have
been more satisfactory had the
fight been terminated by the princi-
by many that Brennan would
have O the fight had il been fought to a
finish. Brennan Is mo- one of those, now
ever, as he said to-day that il was "A big
contract TO whip George Kessler. Mr..
Brennan said: II was really not In good
condition when | entered that ring yestcr-
day. | was sick about two months ago
and fully recovered. did not
make as strong a fight as ! would like To
nave made, but there Is one thing no man
can dispute, that ] did my very best. The
difficulty Is That many OF my friends did
not properly understand how lard II Is To
whip kessler. They dom size him up To
be half the man he is In the ring.
Kessler Is a hard man TO whip. He
is hard as iron and hits like a trip ham
mer when he does strike. I am satisfied
that ] a whip him, but he certainly IL
not the picnic that many people think. |
made as good q fight as ! could and will
friends nj some time I'm the future that ]
car do better when in TRIM"
Brennan was the only one who showed
signs Of having had a fight yesterday. His
left eye was black and swollen, his riph,
ear was cut and his nose and mouth
Kessler had not a mark. He is resum
ing his trade and says he don't want Il
fight. He says he was i'm the pink OF con
dition and could have made a good fghl
for 81 more rounds. IL IL not likely tina
these Two men will ever meet in the rins
again.
Hank Stewart, the Anaconda man who
had n fight on with Kessler last wintel
but which was prevented by Mayo
Mahan from taking place tonight Gales
at the STANDARD Office and said that ID,
was ready to make a match for a fight 3,
"A finish with either kessler or Brennan
Stewart said: 81 have SO behind me fol
a go with either Of these two men. |
must be q fight and no hippotrome.
will fight them in public ar private an,
give them their own way about terms. I
either wants To TAX up this challenge H.
him signify his willingness by arranging
10 meet me AT once Ia sign articles q
agreement" Stewart, who is n switchmal
in the yards at Anaconda, weighs abou
80 pounds. He says he will fight at aboti
l75. He is said 10 have won some goo.