Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-14
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he thinks Of making a trip to Ireland. His
sister is here keeping house for him at his
goes to Ireland he will probably bring his
father and mother to this country when he
great deal Of money betting on himself
he, "ef 5000 against s. $50 that i would
dent hat the ex-sailor held the Buckeye
boy very much too cheaply.-Macon.
The chances are very slim for a heavy
weight battle in the immediate future. Gus
Rubin wants - meet Jeffries; but Jef Las
tig baa ca ar necon mt; Of ri his " bruised sa hand. Kid
Mccoy is on the retired list, ana Tom
Sharkey will have to take q rest before
Kid K M Mccoy consented Sent to meet rubin the
contest would undoubtedly prove a big at,
tn SICK to M his lnta haTsYe Of ts ak dsser a loeg
rest, and there is but little chance of these
two men meeting for months to come.
gentleman in Billy Madden and it's dollars
to cents that Colonel William is content to
let his man earn a little easy money travel
the big cities. Rubin would be a greater
drawing card. to be sure. if matched to
that is probably Madden's reason for want
ing Rubin and jeff to put their names to
q set of articles. AS things now stand Rub,
lin can rest on hOnOrs recently won until
matters in pugilism assume a brighter as
pect without hurting his reputation one
bit.
Late dispatches from New York indicate
that Champion Jim Jeffries is becoming
W lnr ! q, oyer nis f MS arm MY wh ae vas badly oai Yin in
bett; Jeff. when he was in the city, said
he had no fears of his arm not getting
a match at he Grst Opportunity; After
Rubin won his fight with Sharkey the
boiler maker was n Iitt1n SLOW in q ucuuorinp
the challenge. II appears now that Jeff il
afraid ~ take any great chances with the
big boiler maker may not be in condition
to fight for some time to come. If such is
the case there is but slight hope for A
expected that these two gladiators would
meet in New York before the Horton law
died out, but late developments look dis
couraging, and It IS highly probable that
pionship battle in New York City.
1t looks as though Frank Erne, the light
weight champion, has made the mistake Of
his life in contracting to put out Terry
McGovern is not quite heavy enough to
fight in the lightweight class as yet, but it
that division, and it Is reasonable to sup
pose, that he will regulate his training in
the future so as to take on weight instead
be as strong as possible when he meets
Erne. It can easily be seen what q tough
JUD Erne mas on his hands when one stops
70 consider that Erne will be trained down
70 the last minute to do 1873 pounds, at
when weight the men are to meet, and this
Will cause him to come in the ring very
weak. It's hard to figure how Erne has
much Of q chance in defeating Terry inside
or 10 rounds, and it wouldn't be such a
great surprise. if McGovern should do the
trek himself in that space of time.
IN fact, 1t looks like a good bet that he
VIII. Erne.s friends are not at all enthusi-
astic. over his chances, and many of them
Wlll nave their coin ON McGovern, as they
are wise enough to see that Erne is under
TOO big a handicap in his present match.
McGoyern has fully demonstrated that
he can beat all the good men in his class.
and, like a gallant thoroughbred race
morse, you can't tell how good he is until
Ihey show something that is his superior.
McGoVern shines more brilliantly as a
champion than George Dixon, who in his
gay was considered the greatest of all tho
little fellows. Dixon in his prime was
thought to be fast enough to beat nearly
any one in the lightweight class, and wher
ne went against Erne, Critic and Others
lhere was no limited round, knock our
agreement between the men. McGoverr
mas al the best of the match on paner
ana his many thousand of admirers vii
not weaken on him in this contest, IN
spite or the fact that he will be up againsi
a real champion and a fighter from head