The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-12

buOulQ IL Do 0XeQ TO come OH dDOub NAV!
Gras time, what tremendous number OF
northern sporting men will go to the
Crescent City to see it. know ~ men
men from New York and vicinity who would
journey south and give $50 apiece to see the
mill, provided they are assured thai 1t Will
come of in comfortable hall, on Time, Dc
free from interruption by ronghs, and tnat
there will be no unpleasant legal proceed
ings afterwards. If these guarantees can be
given the tickets will be sent north and SOLD
in week. If the match is made think it
will be the greatest betting fight we have
known in years. Dempsey has plenty OF
friends who will back him with their last
dollars, but there are plenty of other men
who believe that La Blanche has fully
demonstrated that Jack is no longer invinci-
BILE. and though they have not met Fitz-
simmons, they know his record. and they
feel that his superior height and reach
ought to give him tremendous advantage
over Dempsey. All the Australians we have
seen are thorough fighters. and Bob is no ex-
ception to the rule. It is this difference
of opinion which rely on to cause big
betting.
Pritchard are due to settle their little dis
pute, and when it is settled we ought to
have line on the goodness of English mid
die weights. Mccarthy has fought both
Dempsey and Fitzsimmons, and both de-
feated him with ease though he is such a
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most pound the head off him to do it. II
Pritchard does not do him with equal ease
he will not grade with the best men OF his
class on this side of the Atlantic, and he
had better stay at home. II. on the con-
trary, he should do William "hands down."
as the turflnen say, he can come here BY
the first ship secure Of hearty welcome
and more money in q year than he can
make at home in a lifetime.
The match between John Murphy and
George Dixon is progressing nicely, and the
indications are that the lads will meet
Murphy has slightly the call in the betting,
and if be puts up the fight for Dixon that
he did in his first round with Cal McCarty
there is little doubt that be will justify the
faith that is reposed in him. The match
is creating a great deal of interest IN a
journey to Providence to see 1T. Murphy
and Dixon are both fighters who will do
their level best to win, and no doubt they
will make a hurricane mill.
The hitherto undefeated Jimmy Larkins
is the last witness in evidence, as it were,
to the fact that man can't load up on
strong drink and 60 up against good, stiff,
young opponent with lmpunity. John Bar
leycorn has blemished his record in the
most disiguring way. and the worst of it is
that though, by meeting and defeating his
9uondam conqueror, ne may demonstrate
rior skill and prowess, the blot on his
scutcheon will only be dimIned. not effaced.
The match between Mike Cushing and
Austin Gibbons ought to receive fresh i'm
petus from the offer of the Audubon club of
New Orleans to hang up purse of $1,000
for their contention. Gushing ought to be
81 ID that his friends have SO much cont
dence for him that they are giving him a
chance to redeem himself, and he showed
his gratitude by getting into perfect condi-
ton. He underestimated Gibbons abilities
last winter, but he will hardly commit that
blunder again. It's dollars to doughnuts
that Gibbons will find Mike tough man
when next he faces him.
If all the men in authority felt as does
Adiutant-Gen James Mcdonald, of the
state of Virginia, what boom pugilism
would receive. He recognizes the fact that
young blood is hot and impetuous, and that
young men of high breeding will differ and
quarrel often over the most trivial and in
significant matters. He believes, too, that
it is better to settle such quarrels by an APP
peal to the arms God has given us rather
than by resort to guns, pistols or swords:
He also informs us that the authorities of
the military institute of the state are of
the same opinion, and that they wink at
the settlement of cadets quarrels by ap-
peals to the fist. This is good democratic
doctrine-I use the word in its broad sense
and not in its political application-and Its
practice will do more to put Virginia in line
with the civilization that prevails north of
Mason and Dixon's line than anything else
wot of. 1t the ''younkers',' of Heidelberg
would settle their duels by Marquis of
Queenshury rules instead of slashing each
others cheeks, noses and ears with sharp
swords, how much better off they would be
both in body and looks, and how much
better off Germany would be in the future.