Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-31
GIVEN
TO CORRIGAN
LaFOntiSe FOuled His Antag0n-
iSt Repeatedly.
HAD THE BEST OF BATTLE
And Could Have Won, But Lost His
Head.-Many Spectators
Present.
HAD THE BEST OF BATTLE

fOur or nNe uuIluIGu SpOItS od" "oSN
La Fontise, the Butte heavyweight lose
a fight tina would i've been his had he
kept his head, at the football grounds
early last evening. The mill was award
ed to Patsy Corrigan of San Francisco,
after two and a half rounds had been
fought, during which the Butte man had
| decidedly the best of it, and would have
won, but for the fact that in a moment Of
anger he forgot himself, and fouled his
opponent repeatedly, and the referee very
properly awarded the fight to Corrigan.
The quietness with which the mill was
| pulled off, and the large attendance was
singular. The tip went abroad a day or
two ago, and was circulated quietly
among those who would not peach, and
| consequently the officers were supposed
to know nothing of it. The arrangement
| was that the fight should be a 20-round
| affair, Marquis of Queensbury rules, and
| the men agreed between themselves that
| there should be no hitting in the break
away or during a clinch. La Fonelse
stripped at 17C pounds and Corrigan at
$50. Matt Dee acted. as umpire.
The first round was tame. Apparently
each man was afraid IF the other. Cor
ligan was cool and confident and forced
the fighting. La Fontise was the reverse,
but showed great agility in getting out OF
the way of the vicious, but slow swings
Of the Californian. Both landed during
the first time, but did no damage, the
blows lacking steam.
The second round was interesting. Both
men landed repeatedly, La Fontise get
ting in several jabs with his left which
seemed to daze Ccrrigan. Towards the
end of the round there was an interesting
mixup, during which the Butte man
struck Corrigan repeatedly about the
head, drawing blood, the result Of La
Fontise's longer reach. Corrigan was
groggy at the end Of the round, but was
cool. La Fontise was in good condition
but was very much excited.
The third round was of just W. min.
utes duration. Corrigan was receiving
nearly all the punishment. La Fontise
was landing just when and where he
pleased when he lost control of himself
| and went after his man without any re-
gard to rules. C%orrigan felt himself CO.
ing, and in order to save himself clinched.
La Fontise got his left arm around Corri-
gan's neck and with his right uppercut
him viciously and repeatedly. There
We're cries Of foul. The referee tried tc
separate the men but could not. La Fon-
tise's seconds rushed in and attempted
to pull their man away, but he continued
to pummell his helpless antagonist. Fl
nally the men were pulled apart, and ii
was several seconds before the referee
could make himself heard. When the hub
bub subsidized somewhat the referee an
nounced that he would award the fght
to Corrigan on a foul. Then pandemon-
ium reigned. Just outside the ring one
man hit another with a cane, and another
was knocked down, n the interest In
the referees decision was for a moment
lost in the new diversion, which for a time
was as interesting a mix-up as the mill
that was Just over. Fortunately, how
ever, no one was hurt.