The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-26

ring and meet the winner of the Dempsey
Mccarthy match IL they offer a suit.b,e
fornia club will al y future meeting com
slider the rshtter favorably.
The Louisiana Jockey club will race
stead pf three times ~ week. az hcrcto-
fore. Northern men are rientifni therc
just now.
Jockey Freeman l.as u good reputation
as a rider, but he seems To he afraid tn
take the turns sharp enough, and has
this.
John b.. bay says he will mot surrender
the lease he HAS ON tho Polo grounds tor
less than <SO.00O. as the New York leag,,c
club management spent that much IN nm
provemcnts last year.
The amount OF money which changed
hands on the Macalester-Knapp shooting
harvest for the Phiiadclphians who
placed their money ON their fciiow-towns-
man.
D. New York league club is arranging
a series of games with college clubs. The
club that makes the best w will get
a banner. Yale, Princeton. Williams and
Manhattan nave -cn-crs'd the to'ir'iaHseh'
80 far.
Spokane's new trainer, Elmirc, says the
Kentucky derby winner u IN perfect
nSia 10 ; Sown nI Troc, a% i1a%ss at n' any %,i' d hs
lance. The pair will probably meet i'm
the early spring at Nashville. r.u,,.,,
III NNallStees ttic
bantam, is expected to reach Boston In
the spring. He will try to make q match
with either Mccarthy or Dixon. He has a
good record of Victories. and Joyce. the
English pugilist, says he will make things
lively for either Of the American ban
tanis.
81. Petersburgh tai skate in the worlds
championship contest had AN interesting
f hn w,an ,ns h bafarc ,b noa,G and a,, nestle nei
and the second time was notified that he
would he given "A hours To take his de-
parturc. II was only by appealing tn the
British con al that the order was modi-
fled to allow him to remain until after h
skating: In the light OF all thisi il isn't to
be wondered at that the young man won
the worlds championship.
Louis Cyr, who signs himself the strong
est man i'm the world. writes from Taun-
s s%a as s,s, Miller n; and rdA ). an" ". Ksnncdy Pro
fcss to he the men in the world.
1 claim they are not. I will lift the Police
any other man living for $500 TO 5000 u
side. Ii Miller. Kennedy or smith CLAIM,
to bc AS strong. let them deposit money
and make a match"
The London Referee rightly remarks of
tho Australians: "Tbcy give nothing
where the previously al~i-conquering Ham
Ian first met Beach, or in its n~cIRhbor,
where Burke, the prime Irish lad from
Lambeth, WASN'T hc"l, first met Slavin.
That you have to he good and extra good,
too, To get anything worth having from
the Australians il shown pretty accu-
crs and bicyclists, to say nothing of var
ious others. who have started of for down
under on shcaring hought intent. and
who have considered themselves uo end
lucky IT, they returned with their own
fleece left on them"
G.. w. Rowdon. the English amateur
bc as active as "a cat. Alta recent cnter-
tainrment he gave the following exhibit
lion: Jnmnins through 2 hoop Is inches
Jumping ON To "a mans shoulders and
thence over "a bar raised 2 feet from the
ground. Jumping in AMI out of barrels.
Jumping on the handle of "a sword. the
point being placed on "a mans breast and
forehead. Jumping over n mans head.
tho head with the side of his shoe. Jump
ing over eight chairs. two at "a time, ii
Ways and forwnri. each spring md pitch
men seated in chairs i'm one rising Jump.
Jumping on and off jars and handle of
hatirons. Jumping OH tn the backs OF
two chairs and there remaining. aud also
ON To the shoulders OF "a iaan. ~JuinpiuR
ON and oil "a mans face without injurinR
him. Clearing 10 chairs at ono spring.
Rowdon uses no sprinR-board or artificial
means. and i'm many INSTANCES his "takc-
DON " The r n"ss au 1r OF a% ,rire sN won mow VT
athletic meetings.
Speaking of the Kilrain-C~ orl,ctt en-
counter inter The New orleans c~orrespondsnt
- ,Ah W sahy
This is tho first time the San Francisco
pugilist has ever been away from that
city, where he was born and raised. He
il - years old and married. He also has
u great many well-to-do relatives. He il
q feet in height, finely proportioned. and
i'm condition weighs 1TS pounds. For u
number OF years he was a clerk in the
Navada bank, and aftcrward clerkcd in
AN insurance company. During this
time Corbett WAS u great amateur
boxer. and he acquitted himself with
so much credit that he finally drifted into
professional pugilism, in which lac has an
unheaten record. Corbett has won 10
fights at different styles of fighting from
good men. Among the prominent men he
met was Jack Burke, the Irish lad. with
whom he fought "a draw when he was only
ls. He knocked out Mike Brennan in
three rounds. the man il took doc McAul-
life ~ rounds Ia dispose of. lie boxed
doc McAuiiire four rounds for points and
had tho best of il. He ii. feated John
Donaldson. Professor Miller of Australia,
Captain James DAILY and Frank Glover.
His last big fight was tho ono that gained
him his greatest reputation. II was with
Joe Choynski, who is u good man.
last Jnnc. Corbett had fought
him to n finish four times
previously and won each time. This last
time. after fighting five rounds, lie broke
his right hand. and the sheriff stcpped in
and stopped further proceedings. The
referee postponed the fight for six days.
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