The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-27
THE CONTEST TONG lit.
Pcrsell aud Gallagher Nath Confds Mt
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Winning. 4M
Kid Gallagher, Of Butte. AMI Charley
Parsell, of San Francisco. will meet In d
finish contest with gloves tonight At che
opera house. Both men have been training
hard for weeks, anI both are confident Of
winning. From the reoo ds of the man
whoever comes out winner will know he has
been to a fight, Gallagher IL the wslter-
weight cham pion OF the state and nieRns ia
keep the titls IL hn can, Perssll IL rae
tically u new conner. though "a he ltses tbs
country and means to stay, no will d. liz
best to win the big end of the purse.
His condolences is shown BY the
school for boxing here when he
wins this match. Gallagher has a slight
advantage in height and has an enormously
long reach. He is also very quick aud has
the reputation OF being one or tha most
wicked intightefs in the business. A'sr in
Butte, where he belongs, he Is r.ms
favorite, and a train load OF his h 3 will
probably come over in u special tra 70 see
the contest. The Helena Athletic un-
do whose auspices the contest takes lace,
have taken every precaution TO prevent any
actions on ths part of the contest nts that
will make the Il hit anything but fur and
on its merits. The pu sc il 800. of which
the winner gets 5000 and the loser 300.
The winners end of the pu Sc il large
enough to sure the men striving to gain
IL on his mer its, and no foulinv need be
looked for, as both men have up big for
fcits to make n fai fight. A wrestling pom
test between j can I!afont and jim Burns,
and Il tive.rouud glove contest, will p ecede
tina main event.
A visit was paid to Gallagher's train ing
quarters Yesterday for the last time bet ore
the fight. A doctor standing by remark cd,
AS Gallagher stripped to punch the bag.
that he was the picture of health, and he
looked it. Every muscle in his body stood
out and worked like machinery, "a he beat
a tattoo on the big punching bag in front of
him.. Gallagher is a hard punch r. and is
quick as lightning and very shifty on his
feet; and seems to have a good cool head on
him. After punching the bag for q short
time he put on the gloves with big Frank
Freeman, his trainer, and as they warmed
up to their work he seemed to hit the big
fellow at will. Gallagher must have good
staying owe and looks like he could
fight for q week. He has very little to say,
but is confident of winning. After the
good. and as the men we Q working on him
he showed that he had not wasted
any of the time he had to train
In. After he was rubbed perfectly dry and
as he sat there in his big heavy under
clothes. he said: IF l lose this fight it will
nov uS Uuo IuGA u GplblbIoIA tuoe ~ AooC
it for me, and ] have never gone in a con-
test where l have felt more confident Of
winning. My seconds will be Freeman
and Starvey, my trainers, and Jim Blu MS"
Gallagher is a very pleasant young man to
meet. Flo ia about % years old. His record
is a good one. He has had an even dozen
encounters in the ring and has never yet
felt the sting of defeat. Persell was also
seen yesterday at his training quarters. He
is in good shape. He was just winding up
his work for the day, and was jumping the
rope, and did not stop till the young man
standing by counted ! 200 times. Some one
remarked to Pc sell that he was going w
against a hard game this time. Perse!l
it, but If he beats me he will know he has
been in a fight ] can tell You that"
1.-THE contract has got you tied down
pretty fine. has it not?"
We'll, l can fight square. and I have $500
forfeit money up. l will forfeit it if l
don't. They have got everything about
covered; that makes a man fight pretty
careful. l weigh about LAG pounds. l will
weigh 145 in the ring"
Persell was about dressed. He put on
his heavy ovcrcoat and after q few words,
in which he said he was ready to make the
fight of his life, he left for home.
There will be a great array OF boxers in
the special train to see the match. Danny
Needham, ex-champion welterweight of
the world. and Shadow Maber will be here.
next month.
Letters and kilograms are pouring in to
Manager Strothers and Sec etary Dillon
and for the last three days they have been
Ike t busy answering lette's and selling
seats to those interested in the sport.