The Anaconda standard., 1899-09-03

George Siler of Chicago has been mu-
tually agreed upon to officiate as ref
cree in the Palmer McGovern fight.
This is done in Difference to the little
Briton's wishes, and McGovern evinc-
ed no disposition to object to any con-
dtions imposed by his rival The Mar
quis of Queensberry rules will be strict
ly interpreted, and as Palmer and Nc
Govern have qualified for championship
honors, and are therefore thoroughly
versed in the requirements, there is
little reason to believe that anything
but good fair fight will be the re-
suit
Palmer, by the way has left his
training quarters at Saratoga lake and
has located at Mamaroneck, N. Y,
short distance from the arena at Tuck
ahoe, where the fight will take place
The little Englishman was not salts
fed with his former surroundings.
There was little, if any excusiveness
there, and he claimed to be bothered
by the constant stream of visitors from
Saratoga. His work was interfered
with, and he found quieter spot where
he could devote his time solely to
training for the task that is before
him.
That pair of glove scared veterans.
Jim Hall and Joe Choynski are book
ed for 20-round go at Louisville Sept.
25, writes Joe Campbell. Ed Rucker
of Louisville, president of the new
Nonpareil club, which will pull off the
Hall-Choynski match, writes that Hall
has taken on a new lease of pugilistic
life, has shaded the damp numbers on
his menu, and has gained Is pounds of
weight since bidding au revoir to Ken
tucky's favorite tonsil ticker. Hall is
clearly the master of Choynski as a
boxer, and would have won from the
blonde Hebrew at the Broadway club
few years ago if his strength had
stuck to him.
kid" Lavignes friends sustained a
severe mental shock the other day
when they read that he had enlisted
in Uncle Sans army and or his way
to the Philippines had stopped off at
Battle Creek, Mich, long enough to
get goriously drunk, incidentally
knock the Jolly tar" out of every
thing in sight and wind up with being
landed in the village lookup. In this
way the famous Saginaw Kid" paid
the penalty of greatness. To have his
name used as the assumed cognomen
of another was not the sincerest form
of fiattery, for the imposter who as
sumed it was the grossest kind of
counterfeit in all particulars except
that he could, according to reports,
fight like house afire. The real La
vigne, had he not been carefully alb
stemious for weeks past. would surely
have thought that he had EN- when
he read about the Battle Creek encoun-
ter the other day, and learned that he
was not in New York, leading a sober
life, at all, but was far west on the
way to the Philippines with a regi-
ment; that he had been crazy drunk
and that NE had licked the whole po-
lice force of town. One advantage
| that the pugilist derived from the in
cident was the opportunity to read the
post-mortem estimates of his capacity
as fighter and the supposed cause
of his decline from championship
heights.
He learned also that despie the fact
that to the best of his knowledge and
belief he had been behaving in an ex-
emplary manner, striving to regain his
old-time form, this was not so at all,
but that on the contrary, heartbroken
by his defeat by Erne, he had plunged
into dissipation's vortex, and doomed
to become soonaa hopeless has been"
The real Lavigne owes a good hard
I one over the solar plexus to the roust-
about who has caused him this per-
plexity of mind. Incidentally, he de-
sires it to be understood that he does
not consider that his pugilistic grave
has been dug Lavigne says he is
working consistently to regain condi-
tion, which will make another match
with Erne productive of at least a
more even contest than the last one.
New York. Aug. 26.-"Kid" Mccoy
and Jeff Thorne, the English mid
dleweight fighter. who were to have
fought at the West Chester Athletic
club, but whose match fell through ow-
| ing to the Englshman demanding 81, 900
| win or lose, We're rematched at the
| Broadway Athletic club recently to try
| conclusions in 25-round bout at that
| club on Sept. for so per cent. of the
| gross receipts, of which the winner is
| to receive 70 per cent Thorne has the
greatest confidence in his ability to
| best the kid and stated that if Nc
| Cormick could put Mccoy in the land
| of dreams in as quick time as he did,
| he stood an excellent chance of giving
| Mccoy red hot argument, and fur
ther stated that it would not surprise
! him in the least if he were awarded
| the decision. McCoy's unlucky defeat
| by Mccormick has evidently taught
| him a lesson, for he does not intend
| to hold any fighter too cheap in the fu-
| ture and will train as hard and as
| faithfully for his bout with Thorne as
| he did for Creedon.
| Mike Sears, the Lewiston, Me-, feath-
| erweight. has issued a challenge to box
| Johnny Richie at lis pounds
| Steve O'Donnell has been offered a
| chance to box Gus Rubin at Denver.
| Colo, next month. and may accept
| Dave Sullivan states that he is will
| ing to meet Joe Bernstein before any
| of the New York clubs at 100 pounds.
| Mysterious Billy Smiths hands are
| in very bad shape, and he intends to
rest up until they are in fighting trim
! again.
w. b. Gray of the Westchester, N. Y,
| club denies that the $4,000 purse is to
be split up between McGovern and
| Palmer.
George Munroe, Terry McGovern's
| sparring partner, will meet Andy Daily
in a 20-round bout in New York in a
| few weeks.
! Oscar Gardner still thinks that he can
box at lis pounds, and will probably
challenge the winner of the McGovern-
| Palmer bout.
Tom Broderick will meet Eddie Con-
| molly in a 25-round contest before the
Broadway Athletic club, New York, on