Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-28
PUGlLIsTIc POINTERS.

Writing of the Erne fight.
Macon says: This fight has a moral.
Beware of Jealousy. Erne was jealous
of the praises McGovern received, and
out of this jealousy came the statement
which brought about the match, that he
could get down to 12S pounds and stop
McGovem in ten rounds The result
proves how mistaken he was and how
foolish he was in making it. From a
monetary point of view the match was a
great one. There We're fully $4,000 people
in the garden and I think the monetary
receipts aggregated fully 10000. h
fighters got ONE half of this sum and I
am strongly of the opinion, no matter
what is publicly said to the contrary,
that they split their share of the money
"even Stephen between them. Each Of
the fighters will net about $500 apiece
as his share Of the admission money.
McGoveIn also wins quite a handsome
sur in side bets. BY the way, it was not
as heavy a betting tight as I anticipated.
This was due to the o~verconfidence Of
McGovern's partisans. They had money
galore and they We're SO certain that
Terry would win that i'm many cases they
bet two to one on his receiving the de-
cision. This confidence dazed Erne's
partisans and influenced a great many of
them from betting as heavy as they
would have lone had the odds not been
so great.
We are likely to see some of the grand
est fights imaginable here in New York
before the Horton laws short lease of
life expires, says Macon, n the contest
that I have suggested for several years
as the piece de resistance of the ring. the
one between Jim Corbett and Kid Nc
Coy, may come off in Madison Square
Garden between nov and the end of Au-
gust. Should these men be brought to-
gether theirs will be most likely the
~grandest exhibition of fistic skill and sci
1-;toacco1 Sr NV, virD NTo(N0u
is the hardest hitter and is exceedingly
clever, but in tackling Corbett I think
he will find that he is dead up against
it," The Kid is quick, he is clever and
he is cunning, he is adroit, and he is a
| powerful hitter, but in every ONE of these
qualities, except the last, in my opin-
ion, he is outclassed by the California
, boy.
/ may be mistaken but I am firmly OF
| the opinion that if Corbett goes into the
ring in as good condition as ne was When
! hi faced Jeffries we are going to, see the
| most wonderful exhibition of fstic skill
imaginable, and that We are going to see
Corbett demonstrate once more That ne
is the superior of m man living as a
| boxer. Stick a big pin in this prediction.
| agreed to fight at the Garden on the
| 10th of August, and later on I will have
my say about their chances. Peter Ma
her and Choynski are also to meet in
| August before the Broadway Athletic
| Club. When they fought before Choyn-
ski had all the best of it until the last
round, when in a fit of overconfidence he
took a chance with Maher, and thai
chance landed him limp and insensible
for the time being on the floor. Since
then 1 think Choynski has gone PACK a
good deal. and whether Maher has OF
not remains to be seen.
I think that a contest between Mahel
and Sharkey would have been one OF
biggest money getters imaginable. Fer.
haps such an encounter may be brough1
about before September l. We hope so.
Though Dan Creedon, who once bea1
Jim Smith, the so-called champion OF
England" and also defeated Franz
Croiu "Tho Harlem Coffee Cooler" Wher