Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-20

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he cut Franks left eyebrow badly with
his elbow and Redeemed and marked his
face considerably with hard punches. He
reached Erne's wind too, oftener th2n
| was agreeable, and once or twice he had
the Buffalonian plainly a bit tired. Nc
Fadden was a bit toddly on his W legs
towards the end. The battle lasted one
hour and 80 minutes, and it was well
worth seeing. McFadden is only % years
old. He is the janitof Of an East side
| tenement house and works besides in a
big butcher shop. He is good to his
mother and has a large circle of warm
admirers who protested sharply against
the referees decision that "Erne had
won on points, He did by a large ma
jority.
My readers know that never since the
match was talked of have l been thor
oughly convinced that Fitzsimmons and
Jeffries woul fight, especially here
abouts. Finding that no license could be
obtained for the Coney Island club that
would permit them to fight in it's ring,
Fitz is quite sorry that, like the stored
poll parrot, he talked too much while
out west last winter, and half a dozen
overtures have been made in his behalf
for a reconciliation, or perhaps / had bet
I say Aoi " hAo te''-SA Nh'AA
that the Lenox club was composed of
"crooks and fakirs," and that it was "a
robbers roost.' Senator Tim Sullivan
has been informed that Titz never meant
to include him in his denunciatiOns, but
that he referred mainly to Tom O'Rourke.
Senator Tim has a good memory, how
ever, and he wasn't caught by this chaff.
Besides he. isn't the kind of a man to go
back on a pal, and the assault made on
O'ROurke only made him determined to
stand by him to the bitter end. There
is little or no prospect of the Fitz-Jeffries
match coming off in this vicinity and NOT
muct better for a go in Denver. The law
allowing boxing matches, or rather prize
battles to take place in Colorado did not
go into effect until the first week in July,
and besides an opposition to a champion
ship fight taking place in Denver is de-
veloping that it Will hardly be possible
to withstand. The Salvation Army has
declared against it, and a meeting of the
pastors of the Evangelical churches of
the city was held last week at which it
was determined to employ expert cOun-
sci to start legal proceedings and keep
the matter IN court SO as. at all events to
make the fight a very Improbable one
in the event of it taking place. 1t is no
wonder then that Martin Julian and Fitz
on one side and Billy Brady and Jeffries
on the other feel very blue at the dim
prospect of a contest. Even if they do
fight in Denver / doubt if there would be
enough money taken in at the doors to
pay the purse said to be offered for it, for
here in the East at least the thing is
looked on as a cake walk'' for Fitz, a
contest which he can end in a few rounds
If he doesn't think it advisable to pro-
crastinate the finish for 10 or Is rounds to
help out the Photographic scheme. Tom
ORourke openly charged that it was as
serted in a Francisco that Fitz had let
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benefit of the pool room keepers. OF
course Martin Julian denied this, but so
many queer things have taken place in
Frisco that it would not be surprising if
the allegation was true.
Talking last night with a man who is
right in "the inside circle of pugilistic
politics hereabouts he said: This whole
trouble is due first to FitZsimmons and
next to the Coney Island folks. FitZ
thought that because he was champion
. that he was IT, and that every one would
have to bow down to him. He not only
denounced the Lenox club as a nest of
crooks, but he and his manager boosted
that they would see that there was no
boxing permitted in New York if they
were not allowed to have their own way.
Now they find out that they amt deuce
high. AS for the Coney Island folks, they
acted very unwisely and injudiciously
That the Horton boxing law was put on
the statute books of the state of New
York is due to Senator TIM Sullivan more
than to any other man. Two attempts
were made last winter to wipe it off the
statute books, and but for his exertions
they would have been successful. He
!. wanted the Coney Island clvh and was
promised its arena lease, but it's owners
threw him down. He wanted the big
t fight and he would have used his influ-
!, ence to get the Coney Island folks a H.
cense had he gotten it, but he wal
baked. Tom O'Rourke was willing t.
!, match Sharkey to fight the winner at thu
;. Coney Island If the Fitz-Jeffries mattel
went to the LenoX, but the COney island
1 folks thought they had pull enough tt
1 get a license, but they foun they were
) mistaken. Billy Brady thought that HI
4 was smart enough to get the best of Sen
e ator Tim. Now he finds his connection
A with the Coney- Island club has cost hin
t four or five thousand dollars. with n,
chance of getting it back through
championship match. OF course this /
h going to make some trouble, but it i
e trouble that cannot be avoided. 1t ha'
to come" For my W part l am sOrr,
e that this trouble has not been averted
c and it could have been had diplornac
t and not bull medicines been practiced
e 1t was a case OF pull" against pull,
and that Tim Sullivan has 'the stron
: pull in Tammany Hall the result shows
Fitz has been doing some trainin
4. lAoun at Rath Reach. and he n already i