The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-27
THE CLUBS NEXT EVENT.
Two Crack Jacks Who Will Contest
for a Good Purse at
Ming's
Billy Lewis, Of San Francisco, and
BurEs, the Australian
Iron Man.
Both Have Way Up Records ana Have Put
Many Men to Sleep In
tho Ring.

the opera house on Monday night Of mex
week promises to be the FIRST meeting o.
really fiTst-class men that has taken place
undo the auspices Of tho Helenn Athletic
club. Billy Lewis has already shown wha,
he can do. though the mon he has ruu
against here were considerably his interiors
Jim BurRe comes from Australia with q
record of victories that would justify him
In starting a private graveyard had all hit
engagements been to furnish subjects fol
the undertaken. The articles of agreemen,
are drawn with o view of confirming both
men to tho business in hand, that Of giving
the public a frst-olass exhibition. Dannie
Needham, the ex-welterweight champion,
will referee the match. lie has q reputa-
ton for honesty and fairness the world
over. The articles of agreement, as signed
by Lewis and Burge. ere o. follows:
I'VE. the undersigned, agree to contest
before the Helena Athletic club on the
night of the Sd of April. 1893. with FIVE.
ounce gloves. for twenty rounds or more,
or for as many additional rounds as the
referee sees fit to decide the match. Said
match is for a purse OF $500. tho winner to
take 800 and the loser 500. II there are
any signs of a fake on the part OF the men
signed in this contest they will lose their
forfeit money they have up and the purse
offered by the club. The club will select
the referee and a timekeeper for the club;
the men will each have the privilege of u
timekeeper. We also agree to be in the
ring at 10 p. m. sharp. II one man DELHI
erately fouls the other he will lose his for
felt money and the purse offered by the
club. and the man who gets the match will
receive the winners end OF the purse. In
cree will warn them, and II they
continue fouling he will call IL no
match, and the men will forfeit all claims
to the purse and the forfeit money. Tho
men in this contest will ,efrain from all
dirty ACTIONS and p%rofane language. The
them from 60 doing. We also agree to
post 5000 forfeit money with the CLUB. said
money to go to tho Helena Athletic club il
we fail to live up to the above contract.
We also agree to contest under marquis of
Queensbury rules. Lewis is to wsigh in at
three O'Clock on the afternoon Of the fight
at lag pounds"
Here are q few OF the men who sue
number Of rounds il took him to do them
up: Joe Maddler, nine rounds; Jack
O'Brien. twice In six and Ave rounds; Tom
A4cAu0bovs tulXtysbWOS LAu "
thirty; Tom Bones. twenty eight; George
Connolly. nine; Jim Smith. thirty-two; Joe
NuRent. ffty-two. Tom Nelson, thirteen;
Martin Power, nine; ALI Dsbo, ono; Jack
Fuller, six; Tom Mckewen. seven; Jack
Goyan. sixteen; Tom O'Brien, six: Jack
Maloy, thirteen; Tom Maloy, seven;
Billy Murphy: twsnty-seven; Jimmy Muir
ply. nine; 3. Mckenzie. twenty-eiRht; Sam
Baxter. lightweight champion of England,
eighteen rounds; Reddy Ssamore, fourteen;
Sandy Ross. three; Sid Barnes, ten. Be-
sides doing the O'B,iens, Maloys. the
Murphys and the Others named. Burgs
$4,000 at Sydney. New South Wales. He
fought George Dawson three times, win
ming the first in sixty-fve rounds. The sec.
ond was a forty-round draw. The third
time the fight was stopped in the thirty
third round. BurRe was finally beaten BY
Billy MCCARTHY, a middleweiRht. in twenty
Blanche pivot blow. He has had three
fights In this country, all before the Cali.
fornin Athletic club. They we're with
George La Veine. whom he beat in fifty
rounds. Billy Mahan. who lasted twenty
four rounds. and Charles johnson, who
Johnson is now matched to fight Dannie
Needham before the Butte Athletic club for
a $1,000 purse. Burge was brought to this
country by the California Athletic clnb to
fight Austin Gibbons. Gibbons would not
come to weight and the club paid all ex-
penses.
Billy Lewis has a list Of victims almost
as long as that Of BurRe. His first encoun-
ter was with Jack Hsnlon, of Chicago. whom
he defeated in seven rounds in Sacramento,
Gal. His other fights resulted as follows:
Defeated Charley Fox in seventeen rounds
ut Sacramento. and Harry Savage in ten
rounds at Los Angeles; at Ell Paso, Texas,
beat Jack Lawrence in twenty rounds,
Hank Norton in three rounds, Sparrow
Golden in five rounds. Norton a second
time in ten rounds, and Jimmy Nichols IN
six rounds; at Silver City. N. NJ. beat Jack
Lawrence a second time in fifteen rounds
with one hand broken; at Marysville, CAL.
fought GEORGE GreQson f%orty-nino rounds
to q draw; and fought another draw with
the same man at Sacramento, the police
stopping the fight at the end of the nine
tesnth round; at Los Angeles beat
Happy Jack, colored, in eight rounds;
fought Jess Smith. colored heavy
weight, to a draw of si1ty.four rounds az
Denver: beat jack German in seven rounds
at Hastings. Neb., and the Omaha Pet,
Eron Shorey, in twelve rounds at the same
place; stood of Charley Turner of Stock
ton, at Nevada City, CAL. for the eight
rounds in which he was to stop Lewis; and
defeated Jim Burns in six rounds at Helena,
winning on q foul. His last battle was
ten rounds In the opera house here ON Jan.
81 last.
Mr.. Burge is training with Jack Hall al
TOole's road house. Lewis ia exercising at
the Pastime club under the direction of
Ike Hays.
Ribbons, laces: embroideries. notions and