Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-24

ton to see the camp and seek a fortune,
Jack Carkeek, the son of old Tom Car
keek the champion wrestler of the world,
met in a Wisconsin town Prof John Dom
aldson the athlete and pride of Minnea-
polls. They concluded to take a trip out
west and see the great mining fields. Al
that time Cornish wrestling was que
popular in Butte and Whitehead Jimmy
Pascoe had defeated everything wet of
the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.
Among the other wrestlers Of the west
was Sam Smell and a few others about
Grass Valley, California, who Were re-
garded as good men. Larry Gleason who
showed his talents in the late to irna-
ment with Billy Jones was a boy in the
old Wisconsin ',Wn where old Tom Car
keek raised his family.
When Carkeek and Donaldson arrived
here they often visited Larry's home at
Walkervllle and practiced wrestling to-
gether. While practicing Larry and Jack
caught OH to a new wrinkle which Car
keek has used to advantage all over the
world IN his matches. Finally a match
was arranged with Whitehead Jimmy
Pascoe. Carkeek won the two falls in
fair time. Later he wrestled Sam Smell
and threw Smell so had that Smell was
unconscious for quite a time and could
not continue the match. The wrestling
rendezvous was then a place in the cellar
where the Turn Verein is now situated
and was kept by Barney Tickells and
Jimmy Job. At hat time old Barney
was at Salt Lake in search of bar fix
lures for his new place and Jimmy Job
attended to affairs. Jimmy is we'll known
by all the old timers here. He finally lief.
and went to the African fields and at
present lie Is The proprietor Of the City
and SulIul ban hotel at johannesburg.
After defeating Smell Carkeek went to
Grass Valley and won the on
the Fourth of July following. Then he
went east and beat everything he went
against and finally went to England and
defeated Pearce the English champion,
coming back to America as the champion
OF the world and thoroughly establishing
himself as a worthy successor of his ia
ther Tom Carkeek the previous champion
of the world.
The men Carkeek met in Butte were
champions of their day in the west and
thousands of dollars were bet upon tn,
results. Jack was always a pleasant and
jOcular fellow in and out Of the ring and
has many friends left who witnessed his
work in the old pavilion.
Already four great fights have occurred
recently in which Billy Woods has pick
ed the winner, even to the number Of
rounds. Last night two fighters won
money and made friends whom he has
tipped off as winners. They were Joe
cHA@A " dAN oS 1C Soll.
ed Sharkey to win in 10 rounds with Nc
Coy, and Jeffries to win in II rounds with
Fitzsimmons, the public might do we'll by
watching his tips. He favors Erne in
his fight with Lavigne on July 8, at Buff
falO.
Those of the coast who know both the
fighters AL Neal and Jack Mcconnell, will
experience a big surprise in a few days
to learn of Mcconnell being defeated by
Neal. Neal has learned his trade before
he went at the business, and being a new
nan the public is ignorant of what he
has up his sleeve.
The defeat of Gus Ruhling by big Joe
Kennedy is liable to result in Kennedy's
early Waterloo. When lighters have fair
success for a number of fights their heads
get so big that a defeat puts an end to
their career. Kennedy has one great
fault which will stand in the way of his
ultimate success and that is, he Is ficl,le-
minded. A man to become a successful
fighter nowadays must have a force of
character as we'll as a physique, and
should become loyal to his tutors. Jim
Jeffries would have made a rank failure
of the business and would easily have
been made a tool of had he not paid strict
attention to the advice of Billy Delaney
at all times. Jim Corbett dumped his
friends all over the country by ignoring
Delaney's advice the last few days he
was in training at Carson City, and per
hitting one of the wise-acres of the east,
| Charley White, who supposed he knew
more about Jim han Delaney, to guide
him.. Kennedy was very fortunate in
! securing the attention of such a man as
Young Mitchell, and he surely could Sc
cure no better man to push him to the
front.