Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-09


| rigor by special counsel retained for the
| purpose on the charges of violating the
| state law against prize fighting. The
! charge is absurd, but nevertheless Zoe
and all the others concerned in the at
! fair will be fortunate indeed ii they es-
| cape the talons OF the law. I sincerely
! hope that no Texas jury may be found
| to aid and abet Governor Sayers bitter
/ persecution, but I fear the worst. Dan
| Creedon was to have met Harry Co.
vert of Chicago, before the Olympic
! club of Dallas, last Wednesday night,
but, upon learning the action of the au-
thorities in the Choynski case, the bout
was declared off. 1t may take place in
Hot Springs. Ark.
| While SandoW was exhibiting in this
| country some years ago some one raised
| the question, Gould a strong man like
him whip pugilist like Corbett?" who
was then the champion Sandow being
personally appealed to- ridicued the
idea that Corbett would have the ghost
| of a show with him, but he diplomatic
| cally said: He was too much of a gen
tleman to demean himself by fistic en-
| counter"
| l was in the Office Of the Southern no.
tel in st. Louis when an aristocratic pa
tron of pugilism took the strong man to
task for his assertion. Said he: San
| dow, you're not a MISUNDERSTANDING
| to the English standard. You are on'v
a professional athlete making a living
| by exhibiting yourself. Corbett by edu-
cation and manner is far more of a gen.
tleman than you are. l dispute your as
sertion that you could whip him in a
fistic encounter, and III bet you any
amount from 81 900 to 5000 that he can
| lick you in four rounds of Queensberry
| contest"
The strong man took water" and
there was nothing doing in match
| making way.
Last Wednesday afternoon another
professional strong man, who calls him
self "Rolandow," who has for some time
been imbued with the idea that he ha
pugilistic ability, tackled Jim Corbett in
three round bout in New York in the
presence of a select assemblage OF
friends and admirers of pugilism. Just
how he Jared gives a pretty accurate
idea of what would have happened to
Sandow' had he had the sand-on to
have faced the pompadour champion in
defense Of his boast. Corbett was some-
what cautious in the beginning of his
set-to with Rolandow, who is not only
a strong man, but is more than ordin-
arily active on his feet. He soon found
that he could hit him at will, and hi
then proceeded to assal him with left
and right hooks, upper-cuts, straight
jabs and body punches, interspersed
with feints, ducks, lodges and side-steps
which puzzled the disciple of Samson as
much as if he were in a maze. He quit
after three rounds, pretty badly used
up chap, and it was only due to Cor
| belts forbearasce that he was not sent
into dreamland. Strength is a good thing
to- have, a magnificent thing, but mere
strength will not win fights when op-
posed to great pugilistic skill backed ~
a fair amount of power.
~
THE coves wot love a milf will have
their sport. publicly if they may. but
privately if they can't. Already there
have been several scraps in private be-
tween small fry of the fstic profession.
The other day recent Irish importa-
ton named Tom Smith, who claimed to
be second Peter Maher, was tried out
with Kid Carter who recently scored
over Joe Walcott in the presence of a
select party of the right sort. Charley
White acted as referee. The Irshman
proved to be of the right sort, even
though he was unfamiliar with the style
of interpreting the Queensberry rules
which prevails in this vicinity. At out
fighting and at long range Jack was as
good as his master. but in the clnches,
fighting with one hand free, Carter near
1y knocked the Stats out of him, ami
when the third round ended Smith was
so badly winded and so nearly out that
his seconds would not permit him to go
J,,:rl
good bit of stuff, and when better posted
in American style of fighting he will give
q good account of himself
~
Before Broughton's time there was lit
tie or nothing of what is known as fstic
science. Fighters mainly stood up toe
, | to toe or knee to knee and hammered
away as best they could. In fact. I have
heard that in the British navy fighters
often sat astride benches, knee to knee,
and the slack of their leather breaches
used to be nailed to the seats. so there
was no chance to back out of punish
nleNt.
Broughton was the first to stop not
only to stop and bar blows, but to usa
footWork in eyading mis- man and get
ting away from him. He had sharp
penetrating eyes, which almost looked
through the man in front of him, par
| tally terrorizng him, as John l.. Suli-
van used TO do in the height of his ca
reer He was uncommonly strong and
quick.
The old chronicler says: Contrary
to most boxers, he did not depend upon
any particular blow, although he was
distinguished for giving some remark
able hits which were not easily forgot
ten. When necessary in a conflict by
putting in a stumick blow he often de-
; cided battle, ana his lunge under the
ear generally produced terrible conse-
, quences to his opponent.