The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-31
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Helena says: Negotiations are still
pending with President Lucas of the
Pacific Northwest league for the o"gani-
cation of the Pacific league with Helena
and Butte as members of the league. AS
vet no definite understanding has been
reached but it is quite certain that it
will be known during the week whether
the Montana towns are to be members of
the Pacific Northwest league.
Progress has been somewhat SLOW as
it Is necessary to begin all over again
and try to secure an offer of another re-
duced rate. The companies offered to
make a rate better than $25 for the
round trip and if the offer is renewed
the league will doubtless be assured. The
Pacific Northwest league last year con-
sisted of four teams. If Helena and
Butte so in it will make a sx-team
league, and if Great Falls and another
coast town is admitted the league will
be a hummer eight-club league.
Everything depends upon the attitude
Mr.. Lucas takes in the matter. If he
antagonizes the railroads again the
whole deal will be declared off. as ar
engagements depend largely upon the con-
cessions made by the transportation
companies.
There is talk of a match between
Terry McGovern and George Lavigne
The latter has made a new reputation
in putting away Hegarty, and his friends
think he is coming again. The PROPOSE
ton is for the men to fight at 12S pounds,
ringside, for $4,000 a side.
Lavigne has been after McGovern for
some time, and sporting men would like
to see the pair come together. as Lavigne
Is a fighter very much on the same or
der as the little Brooklyn wonder.
The quick and decisive manner in
which Lavigne put away Tim Hegarty,
the Australian champion, at San Fran
cisco the other night has impressed his
old-time followers, ana many believe
that he would prove pretty hard prop
osition for McGovern. That was
Lavigne's first fight in nearly a year.
but he showed that the rest has done
him no harm.
Billy Roche, manager for Lavigne
thinks that the kid is as good today
as when he held the lightweight cham
pionship.
"Lavigne has come round in great
shape during his absence from the ring"
said Roche, "and his recent go with
Hegarty has just given him the real
workout that he needed. He is now
ready to fight McGovern, and the match
cannot be arranged too soon to suit
u.s."
Bids for the Sullivan McGovern fight
will be received until O'Clock, Decem-
Der 81. when the fighters will meet to
accept the best offer. According to the
articles signed by the men certified
check for $1,000 must accompany each bid
as guarantee of good faith.
Sam Harris and Terry McGovern are
both out with newspaper cards denying
the story that they have quarreled and
are about to separate. Evidently the
pair have made up because each de-
at the other.
George Gardner, the Lowell middle
weight who knocked out Kid Carter here
last Friday night, has accepted the chal-
lenge of Jack Root of Chicago.
The Massachusetts boxer is anxious to
have the match take place as soon as
possible and would like to meet Root
next month.
Tommy Ryan has appeared in the role
of a humorist of the first class. The
other day he brought suit against Cham
pion Jeffries at Kansas City for $1,000,
which amount he claims is due him for
training Jeffries for the battles with
Fitzsimmons, Sharkey and Corbett.
The claim of the Hebrew pug is about
the siliest thing that tricky fighter has
ever done. Every one conversant with
ring matters knows that about all
Tommy did was to sit around the train
ing quarters and watch. Jeffries work
He had on the gloves with the cham
plon just once, during which time he got
punch which sent him to the bench
Tor the rest of the training period.
Ryan published book recently, giving
his ring experience and few tips or
the game, and one of the most iaughabl.
things in the volume is picture witt
the title Ryan Teaching Jeffries.''
JeHrles treated Ryan like a prime
when the latter really had no claim t.
consideration and in return the fox,
Tommy is taking advantage of the con
nection to get some more cheap ad
vertising.
Willard Sanders, the California traine
who campaigned the two great trottin
mares. Dolly Dillon (2:OO and jamie
(2:OsA), now dead, through the Gran
Circuit this year, has been telling tt
other California horsemen since he g,
home how much speed their horses mu
have if they expect to stand a show ,
winning any money in the Grand Circui
In conversation with couple of Cal
fornia men who are contemplating tr
East with some horses next season, Sal
ders said:
THE scoring in the average heat in IL
Grand Circuit is equal to race here
California, In the pacinp claSsac T bo,
snapped my watch on the horses the fir
eighth, while scoring many times at OIL
and it is generally about 0:15-a 2-mil
ute gait. In the trotting races the SEQ
ing is very nearly as fast, and when
horse has come down for the word five
Six times at that rate of speed it begil
to tell on him. One cannot figure vel
well on what a horse will show in
workout here. think that a horse shou