The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-30

aEef is making All SORTS VI eACuSSS ~
offset the fatal defeat and to show that
Terry wasn't licked by Corbett. but was
just put out through an accident.
Harris has posted $500 for a return
match with Cor!,ett and magnanimously
offers to give Corbett the entire purse
il McGoyern does not knock him out be-
fore the limit of 20 or % round Harris
is .squirming under the defeat and lays
the accident to the fact that Terry
hit his head on the floor and that the
fail instead of the blow put him out OF
business.
Well. all of those things may he true.
but then again they may not be and 1t
doesn't do any good to put up official
apologies for such a game little fighter
as Terrible Terry"
1t would be in much better form for
Harris to freely concede the defeat as
! the result of Corbett's superiority and
ask for a return match on those
grounds.
Jim Kennedy of the San Francisco
club has offered a $40, 900 purse for a
match between Corbett and McGovern
and if Corbett thinks better of taking
McGovern on again before making some
easy money with the others. Frisco
people may see the fight.
AS Il matter u L ldtt AOt1Jell Noulu UN
showing poor judgment in taking Terry
on again at once. There are plenty of
ambitious youngsters to try a
mixup with Corbett. and some of them
are able to put up enough money to
make it worth the while of the new
champion to go against them. If Cor
bett is out for money as we'll as glory
he will stay away from the McGovern
people until he has gathered the pile or
coin he so badly needs.
Dave Sullivan is one of the anxious
ones who say they can put up $4,000 for
a match and Corbett may 80 farther and
find less money.
So
Al Neil of San Francisco and "Mys-
FERROUS" Billy Smith fought 20 rounds to
a draw at Portland last night. Neill
proved to be the cleverer man in spar
ring but hadn't the steam behind his
! blows necessary to a conclusion with
the mystery. Neither man showed
marks of the battle at the conclusion of
the last round.
According to the situation which has
developed in the last few weeks, it is
not unlikely that peace will shortly be
restored between the Western Jockey
club and the so-called American Turf
Congress-.
In fact, it is pretty generally known
that action looking to the termination
of all the difficulties between the two
bodies will be taken at the annual meet
ing of the ware of the Western
Jockey club early mex month. And the
chances are that the OVertures made by
the Turf Congress people will be ac-
| cepted in some form and that hcrsemen
can in future race on whatever tracks
they elect.
The Turf Congress people. of which
the St. Louis combination of Tilles-Cella-
Adler is at the head. have paved a way
for the smoothing of matters by request
ing that the tracks now composing the
American Turf Congress be allowed two
! representatives on the board of stew
ards of the Western Jockey club. But
the latter at the present time. for some
reason best known to themselves, can
only see their way clear to give the
Turf Congress tracks one representa-
tive. However, many developments are
likely when the annual meeting of the
stewards is convened.
Probably the most active individual
on behalf of horsemen who had "out-
lawed' themselves and subsequently APP
piled for reinstatement was President
Bush of the Crescent City Jockey club.
He knew full we'll that unless a great
many We're taken back into the jockey
club fold there would be a dearth OF
material at his New Orleans track this
winter.
Whether in his activity in looking
after the interests of these horsemen or
for some other reason it is said that Mr..
Bush fell into disfavor with a couple of
local track magnates, the principal one
being Richard Fitzgerald, president OF
the Chicago Jockey club track.
On top of this comes the rumor that
Mr.. Fitzgerald is in favor of agreeing
to the demands of the American Turf
Congress that they be allowed two rep
resentatives on the board of stewards of
the Western Jockey club. However. be-
fore this concession can be granted. some
track now having a representative in
that body will have to be dropped, as
there is only one vacancy.
Which one of the tracks now in the
Western Jockey club will step aside: 1t
is scarcely probable that any will do so
voluntarily. However,, it is common
talk that some steward will nave to take
a back seat before harmony can be re-
stored. and Mr.. Fitzgerald is reported to
be in favor of Mr.. Bush retiring. But
the latter, as everyone knows. holds a
pretty strong hand in Western turf af-
fairs and it is scarcely probable that Mr..
Bush can be deposed or induced under
any circumstances to resign as a men,
Der of the board Of stewards of the
Western Jockey club.
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The Centerville and Crescent football
teams will come together in a game OF
ball at Athletic park tomorrow after
noon. Time will be called at $3.50 o'clock
The line up will be as follows: Center
men, Burns and King: right guards
Kave and Couch: right tackel. Bray and
Coleman: right ends, Harrington ano
Dubil; left guards, Toward and NC
Kuen. left tackles. Foley and Baker
left ends, Phillips and Jerome: quarter
backs, O'Brien and CrOnin: right half
backs. Murphy and Slater: left half
backs. Opie and Rivet: fullbacks. Wha'