The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-03
Wants A co WITH JONES
Jack Rowett An xious for Another
Wrestling Match.
HAS POSTED HIS FORFEIT
MCMILLAN Looking for a Match With
Charlie Moth-Andy King Would
Like to Meet Lafontise-Sport-
ing Gossip.

ing Gossip.
Jack Rowett is anxious to have an
other go with Jones, the man who de-
feated him in recent wrestling match
in this city. He has a forfeit posted
with Jimmy Fickel, and wants Jones
to come up and say what he is going
to do about it. Rowett will go East
| in few weeks.
D. A. Mcmillan. the winner of the
big match with Louis Cannon at the
opera house the other night, is very
anxious to meet Charles Moth He will
wrestle him, mixed, for $3.50 side and
donate the gate receipts to any char
liable fund that may be named. Nc
MILAN met Moth some years ago in
| Minnesota and the outcome was in
| favor of Moth, although Mcmillan
| learned afterward that Moth had en-
tered the ring with body creased.
| Any King is in the city and wants
go with La Fontise. In fact the
town is full of eagerness for bouts
among the principals themselves.
Many remarks on the two heats in
| three system have been heard by the
people most interested-the horsemen-
| during the progress of the light har-
| ness races, and the general opinion
| seems to be that it is a good thing.
| The spectators are with the new
| method enabled to leave the track
| about 4:30 or ) O'clock and thus reach
| their homes 1T a respectable hour, in
stead Of watching races, which, when
! they are dragged out to four, five, six
and seven heats, as was often the case
| heretofore, become rather monoton-
| Gus.
From betting standpoint the old
| system was the best, as there is little
| chance to FIX" many races now, and
| the practice of certain drivers, under
| instructions from their employers, Of
| laying up heats, juggling with the pub
| lies money and patience is not so
| frequent this season, because if a
driver is out for the money, in the
| two in three system he must drive his
horse for all the speed the animal pos
| SeSses.
There is no form on the trotters
such as prevails on a running track,
yet naturally there has to be plenty of
| figuring on the part of the spectators,
and the three in five system could sue
cessfully upset the calculations Ct any
! figurer and follower of the "dope" that
ever made bet, while the two in three
narrows the thing down more closely,
| and an ordinarily intelligent man can
| get fair line on what the perform
ances of the entries in the two in three
| races is likely to be, which is more
than he could in previous years.
| When four and more heats are trot-
ted by the same horses, breeding,
speed, past performances" form in
fact, is lost in the shuttle, and the race
becomes merely a question of the sur
vival of the tittest. matter of endur-
| ance alone. The new way is the best
way, and in spite of few who. hav-
| ing their own pecunary interests more
at heart than the grand old sport it
| self, declare for the old way. The
| two in three system proved success
full this season and it brought the gate
! receipts up to as high a figure as did
the three in five in the past. The
| spectators and most of the horsemen
were satisfied, and that is all that is
/ necessary.
$50 you want to know how to hit if
you get into scrap?" said Jim Cor
bett. well l will tell you what 1
would do. l would not waste any
| time, SO that the other man could get
| in the first blow. Give him a straight
right hand punch in the jaw or on the
nose. Use all of your strength and
have your fist punched into as knot
as hard as steel If your fist is not
doubled up right it will be smashed
all to pieces, so you want to look out
| for that. In doubling the hand make
it as much like a bullet as possible;
| be careful of the thumb; double it
down at right angles, so that the tip
will be we'll behind the middle knuck-
/ les of the fingers and protected by
| them. Don't leave your thumb stick
ing up; If you do you are apt to catch
| 1T on something and spran it badly.
be careful not to use swing blow:
| that frequently proves very dangerous
| to the thumb. The fist must be per-
fectly tight. and if you happen to have
| a Kid glove on your chances for a good
hard hit are better yet, as the glove
| b1nds the knuckles together. That
| IS why skin glove, or hard glove
| nshting is fiercer than with bare
knuckles.
''If you study the science of blow
like this you can put a man to sleep
with little trouble, but if YOU go about
smashing man at random you are
| apt to get the worst of the bargain.
| The joints of the wrist and the
lower part of the back of the hand are
very delicate. and it does not take
much TO Knock them up. The right way
is to hold the hand SO that there is
straight line from your knuckles along
the back OF the hand and from the
wrist to the elbow. Lunge with your
fist, and lunge hard, and you will give
your adversary something to remem-
ber."
r. A. Smith, manager. for Frank
Erne, has decided to pit the Buffalo
| ian against O'Brien at the earliest pos
| sible moment. Smith had a confer
ence with Jack Dougherty last night,
and O'Brien's manager agreed to give
Erne a months time in which to pre-
| pare for a bout. Dougherty, however,
says he will insist on $1,000 appear
ance money for the next match, as a
$3.50 forfeit is hardly enough to COM
| pensate for weeks of training.
Dougherty had practically made up
his mind to let Erne go and make a
match with McFadden, but on Smiths
assurance that Erne would be ready
to fight in months time. Dougherty
decided to stick to Erne, as by defeat
ing the Buffalonian O'Brien would
have clear claim to the title.