Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02

There has not been a notable prize
fight since John l.. Sullivan and Jake
kurain fought at Richburg. Miss. They
fought in violation of law aud tor slch
( violations they were taken back to the
! state of Mississippi. tried by it's courts
and legally p,sAished by Imprisonment
J and fine. Where no casualties have re-
suited there have been no punis.,ments
inflicted that l can recall, On boxers
who have commended under Marquis Of
Oueensberry rules. Jack Mc.Aulifte was
arrested in England for boxing l., viola
ton of the law. He was represented by
! Lord Charles Russell, afterwards. if
| mistake not. chief justice OF England.
Lord Russell proved so conclusively
tn difference between prize fighting and
boxing under Marquis Of Queensberry
rules that on MrAu'ilfe's second trial
tie queens counsel. who had charge of
his prosecution stated that he could not
niake car Il case and asked to have the
charge dismissed
1T isn't now as it used to he in my
GAYS" said Barney Aar r.. enc the light
weight champion. In my days a man
had to train for months to get into con-
diticn. He had to eat only rare beef or
wel-cooked mutton and his bread had
ta rc At least two days stale. He had to
Vet as hard nails y fore entering the
ETC.,. ard many time after fight he
Nh uld not be able to leave his bed for
n eks. You had not only to encounter
THE punching Of your opponents bare
l.a.ucllas, but you had u wrestle With
him as Wsl. ana il You weren't as good
Tilt that game as your opponent was. You
stood a fine chance N haNirts the life
l.lf shat.en out If yuu NY tremendous
falls on the hard ground. It's very differ
tat nowadays. The men in training eat
plttty mitch what they like
LAS far the punishment inflicted now
auays, i'll isn't to be III .ntioned alongside
IL that iAen used to have to take in my
days. In my time We used to try to
weaken a man by bleeding him freely
ard by binding him. as We'll as by
punching his ribs Il d by shaking him
With fails. Why, When l fought Sam
Cullyer down at Acquia Creek below
Washington he punched me under the
heart SO often and so hard that my side
sweiled UP big as small loaf OF
] bread. l didn't draw an easy breath
FIT six months after that fight, and may
be ] didn't farrup and Wall. . Him " /
When | got through with him his face
looked like raw beefsteak, and his
own mother couldn't have recognized
| him. Nowadays 10 minutes after cham
nicnship fight you frequently the
rllE walk nut with hardly mark to
N sllow that they had been in physical
4 encounter. Why, if you hadn't seen
them boxing you couldn't tell by their
looks that they had even had a sweat
II doesn't take much to make John l..
Sullivan talk fight these days. The
greatest ever likes the subject and
now and then entertains friends with
pointed criticisms on the present day
same and memories of the past. The
other night in New York, John l.. was
in a laxative mood, with Terry Nc
Govern as the subject under discussion.
What do you think of McCsove111 as a
pocket edition Of yourself, John?' a
II lend asked.
The former champion CT the word
thought a moment and then said: Ter
ryll do. He goes after his man as John
/. used to do. Doesn't waste any time
iiddling and fussins with looking glass
tactics, but sails right in to do EN-.
That's the proper way to fight if you
are Oh the level. What's the use Of try
ing to be fancy. 1t is bad business, be-
cause sometimes the other fellow is liable
to punch you on the jaw when you are
locking at the crowd and out you go
Terry likes to fight and he can punch
, That's what I used to do when l was
good. He knows the only way to go al
a man is to knock him cold with a crack
on the jaw, the only place they hit a fell
low when they want to stop him.
'Terry's kid yet, but when he grows
Up he will be good man. His habits
are better than mine We're, for he does
not hit the old stuff, and saves his coin
5 That's where he shows his good sense
for some day, when he's old, like me
he'll need the dough. Nobodys going t.
hand it to him then, you can bet on that
u Of all the fighters before the public to-
= day, Terry is the best and squarest. Tn
= fcnd of the boy, because hos worked hi
y way UP from nothing, and has not go
a sWelled head He knows how to behay.
l" himself, and you never hear of him in ;
. brawl.
:, anybody who ever says that Mccoy
:, err is guilty of taking must not maxi
!. the crack in my presence, for I won
- stand for it. Yes, should say that Ter
:, ~ is a pocket edition of John L., onl,
- he's am improvement on the original
= II Sullivan could live his life over agail
- he'd do what little Terry's doing now
y There seems to be some doubt as I
n whether or not Tom Sharkey is matche
to fight Peter Maher in Louisville o.
February 16. The Louisville Athletic clu
.s officials say the match is arranged an
fe both men have signed articles of agree
,s ment. Sharkey. however. says if he
;, matched with Maher he knows nothin
g of it. In a letter to his manager Bar
10 ney Reich, Sharkey says he has hear
r nothing of the reported match betwee
~ him and Maher. Reich says he can
+. understand the situation.
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