Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-22
SHOULD HAVE
BEEN A DRAW
Opinion Of Expert On OgleSby-
Levere Fight.
BUT OPINIONS DIFFER
Fast Boy From Helena Had a Knack
of Getting Away-Was a
Good Fight.
BUT OPINION DIFFER

The Leyere-Oglesby contest, before the
Butte Athletic club last night proved to
be the fastest, ~cleverest battle ever
fought in this city. and was witnessed by
500 spectators, who rot the worth or
their money. The decision went to
Oglesby, Helena's favorite, and who. for
the time being, is the champion light
weight of the state, but there were many
who contend that the light should awe
been declared a draw.
No one can question Referee Langdon's
honesty in this matter, and this Is the
first decision that is at all open to critl-
cism. 1t was simply, think some. an
error of judgment, a mistake that the
best referees in the land make. Langdon
was carried away by the exceeding
cleverness Of the young Helena panther,
who was apparently the freshest at the
end of the fight, n who had inflicted
the most punishment. But experts who
watched the fight closely, contend that
the contest should have been called a
draw at the finish, for the reason that
in fully 20 out of the Is rounds Levere
was fighting On the offensive, n that
Oglesby, in his anxiety to avoid punish
ment when in tight quarters on three,
and possibly four occasions dropped to
MS ndNOS dlu klceS, repeating Tic MIL
saving trick on one occasion after the
referee had warned him. These points,
opponents of the Queensberry rules con-
tend, should have been taken into con-
sideration by the referee, as counter
balancing the trifling advantage Oglesby
had over Levere in the last few rounds.
One expert suggests that the matter can
be settled only in one way-that the men
meet again in a few weeks, on as soon
as they are in condition to do so.
In the first round Oglesby was the ag-
gressor, landing two or three times, once
heavily on Levere's left eye. This was
the most effective blow that the Helena
man struck during the entire rs rounds,
as, after a few rounds, the eye was of
no use to Levere. and he fought the re-
mainder of the battle at considerable
disadvantage.
Levere rushed I'M the second round,
landing several times on the body, Ogles-
by countering ON the head. Levere had
Oglesby on the ropes and was punching
him when the round ended.
In the third round Levere landed sew
eral times on the body, once over the
solar plexus. The round finished in a
lively mix-up, in which several blows
We're exchanged.
In the eighth Oglesby was on the Of
~fensive. but honors were about even
when the gong sounded.
The last two rounds were decidedly in
Oglesby's favor, although Levere was
forcing the fighting.
In me twenty-fourth Levere was
knocked down. Levere was grogey at
the end of the twenty-ffth, and in, the
din and tumult the referee could be
heard, but held up Oglesby's right hand.
thus indicating the Helena man as the
victor.
The preliminary, which was between
Peter Jackson and Lees, colored. was a
lively bout, in which the former had the
best Of it.
Referee Langdon said this morning that
the articles Of agreement called for a
decision in favor of the man doing the
most execution during the rs rounds.
Under the stipulation. " said he, II could
not have conscientiously given any other
decision. Oglesby certainly did the
most execution and the most clever work.
Up to the twenty-fourth round I had
decided to make up my mind to call the
match a draw" -