Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06
General Sporting Notes.

Australian Billy Murphy says that he
intends to return to his home i'm New
Zealand in a short time. The ring career
of this hard-hitting bantam is about
ended.
Hung Foy, the Chinese pugilist, and
Harry Fisher of Brooklyn, nave been
practically matched to box 20 rounds be-
fore the club offering the best induce
, ments. They will fight at catch-weights,
and the contest will probably com off at
the Lenox club.
make final arrangements for his fight
with Dick Burge in England. The Lon
don club does not want to allow him $500
expense money, as it first agreed.
Tommy Vests nose is still in splints,
and it will be some time before the
Cabin boy" can go into the ring again.
Pitcher Robert Becker of the Rochester
club the other day struck out 16 batsmen
of the Utica team and gave but one case
On balls. Becker was secured from the
Philadelphia league team by Al Bucken-
berger, manager of the Rochesters.
Freaks in the baseball world are con-
stantly coming to the surface. A fat
mans team has been organized in Pitts
burg and will play exhibition games in
Pennsylvania and Ohio. The lightest
man weighs 240 pounds and the heaviest
800.
Horsemen in Gotham are in a particu-
larly happy frame of mind. Not in many
years has the horse business been so good
In all it's branches, and the long promised
return of "better days is al absolute
reality.
Ike Weir, the retired featherweight
| champion, has gone back to his old love,
the horse. Before he entered the pugilis-
tic arena Ike was considered one of the
best steeplechase jockeys in this country.
| He is busy nowadays teaching private
parties the art Of properly riding and
! handling the saddle horse. In connec-
| ton with his work he educates horses to
perform all the different gaits to saddle.
When Jimmy Michael deserted France
! several years ago he left a huge a in
the ranks of the champions, and his old
! trainer, Choppy Warburton, had to look
| around for another wonder. He ound
| him in a French lad whom he picked up
the boy and in a measure he took
| Michaels place in the hearts Of the
! Frenchmen. The boys name is Cham
pion and he is good at all styles of racing.
This years Paris-ROubaix road race, an
| annual event, was won by Champion,
| who beat out a field Of 81 starters and
| rode the Sc kilometers in So: 53.
Chicago yachtsmena are planning a series
| of races preliminary to the trial contests
to be held in July for determining the
challenger to the Canadian cup. 1t is
! said that each one Of the four boats
! striving for the honor of challenger will
be engaged against a trial horse in the
| first tests. The races will probably be
held off Jackson park and will take place
| weekly, beginning with Decoration day.
1t is doubtful if California will ever
| again see six and a half months of con-
| ~secutive racing. The general public has
| tired Of the sport. Horsemen generally
| concede that for the preservation of the
turf in California a material shortening
Of the season is necessary. They be-
! lieve the season should be no longer than
is actually necessary to attract the big
| eastern stables across the continent.
| Four months will probably be the limit
! next year, opening Dec. l and closing
| April /.
Frank Erne has started training for his
| contest with George McFadden. which is
scheduled to come off at the Lenox A. c..
on May 9. He will do most Of his indoor
| work at Buffalo and intends to use the
!! park roads for his open air work. Erne
did not expect to be matched with Nc
| Fadden when he went to New York. but
expected to sign to meet Spike Sullivan.
When the match was offered along with