Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01

pul accepting a salary or bonus Tor act
ing as coach palliates the professional
aspect of the transaction to their entire
satisfaction
Tommy Connect, the great runner, is
on his way to the Philippines, a membe
of the United States army. Tommy
served all through the Cuban war, and
was one of the first up San Juan hill, his
running qualities enabling him to out
distance most of his comrades. Tommy
is a corporal Of the Sixteenth United
States infantry.
Conneff developed his running powers
in a peculiar way. He was born in Ire
land, and when a boy he lived quite a dis
lance from the school. He never could
be accused of getting up early in the
morning. The result was that he had to
run every morning all the wav to school
in order not to get a '~clubbing' for be-
ing late. That is how he laid the founda-
ton of the powers that afterward en-
abled him to become a champion middle
distance rune Of the world
Connect is still little, but oh, my! Any
one who can run one mile in 4 minutes
and Is 3-5 seconds, even though he only
stands 5 feet 6 inches high and weighs
but 1876 pounds, is entitled to the most
! distinguished consideration. Tommy, who
has won more championship medals than
that other famous little man, Napoleon,
! won VICTORIES, Is dIllOHS III "ioI
Eclipse was among race horses and the
old American among the British yachts.
! From 1885 to the present day he has
been a prominent middle-distance runner,
In June, 1888, he won the English one ana
five-mile championships, and he held the
American five-mile championship Tor TOUR
! years.
He also held the ten-mile championship
| and has made numerous other records.
! Connect has carried the emblems of both
the New York and the Manhattan attn
letic clubs to victory in international ana
home championships on the cinder pain.
Billy Madden is the handsomest fstic
manager in the business, and he Is as lull
| of ideas about the proper Interpretation
of the rules of the Marquis of Queens
berry as a fyste is full of feas. he mas
! lust formulated a new set of rules winch
! are a singular hodge-podge blending or
old prize ring, Queensberry ana DaVe
, Blanchard fair play rules. Billy, If he
could have his way, would have no clinch-
ing or holding whatever. He would not
| even have a man push another away from
him. He would have mo hitting with
one hand free"
! Neither would he permit a man to hit
in the breakaways. These rules would
be hard on Tom Sharkey, Mysterious
! Billy Smith, Joe Walcott, Terry McGov-
! ern. Oscar Gardner and men of their style
of fighting. Billy's knowledge of English
isn't equal by any means to his fistlc m
formation, and as a consequence his
rules are very defective, in that they
frequently say 1.-The referee may" do thus
and so. However,. there is very little
likelihood that Williams rules will be
put to use in the immediate future. If
Gus Rubin was to win the championship
no doubt Billy would frame rules that
would exactly suit his style or ishting,
bl1t GINS is not h 1mniOO-Vpt. and 50
Billy's rules are not effective. By the
way, what a time a referee would have
working under such rules that would
disQualify a man for pushing an opponent
back who was boring in or who hit him
as they broke away. Every S. bottOr in
the house who lost would denOunce him
as little better than a highway robber.
Umpiring a baseball game against the de-
sires of the rooters for a home team
would be a picnic in comparison.
BY the way, Madden has succeeded in
matching Gus Rubin against Peter Ma
her to box 20 rounds before the Lcnox
club on the 18th of April. If Maher trains
properly and fights with any kind of
Judgment he ought to do the big Swiss
in q. canter. Rubin was nothing more
than a chopping block for Kid Mccoy,
and the Kid is not nearly as hard a hitter
as is "the Irish champion" However, /
wouldn't advise any one to bet counter
felt money on Maher. He is the worst
in and outer in the ring, and no one can
tell what he will do. 1t used to be said
of him that he could whip any man in
the world that he was not afraid Of In
the last year or so he has been careless,
even with chumps, and he is just as likely !
to be knocked out by a big, strong novice
as he is by a champion. / am sorry to
nave to write this about Peter. for he
is a real good fellow and a wonderful
pugilist when at his best, but he has a
large following of warm-hearted Irish
men who think the world of him and who
will bet on him any time he enters the
ring. He ought to value their friendship
and loyalty enough to train properly for
every contest and never take a chance
even with a chump. If he did this there
is no knowing but that he might be cham
pion of the world as well as of the "ould
dart" Drop to yourself, Peter, my
bouchel, with a suddenness that will
amaze and delight your friends. You will
have a great chance with Rubin to re-
habilitate yourself in the good graces of
the sporting world.
The Charley Mitchell Sharkey match
has fallen through, as nearly every one in
the know felt sure it would. 1t was only
a finder to stave off a meeting between
has gotten rid of his rheumatism and that
Fitz has developed a dickey right arm,
the Bolingbroke clubs offer melts away
into thin air, as did the witches from
Macbeth's vision, and in place of it Shar-
key offers to box the champion in five
weeks. 1t is hardly probable that Fitz
will pay any serious attention to his chal-
lenge. Though Fitz seems to regard the
trouble with his right elbow as an an
noyance rather than as q. serious matter,
a good nan of his admirers believe that
he may find 1t a very serious thing in