Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-09
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The English ring is badly off for heavy
weights, and there is no mistake about
1t. When Charley Mitchell arrived here
a few weeks ago he said there wasn't
an English heavy weight. barring him.
self, that Terry McGovern couldn't whip
and it looks as though the assertion is
true, says Macon.
Last Monday night philadelphia
jack OBrien made his debut in the
English ring at Newcastle Trent with
a Birmingham middle weight named H.
Smith. They We're to have fought Is
rounds for a purse of s2O0. but in less
than three rounds Smith was so badly
used up that he was unable to defend
himself, and the referee stopped the con-
test and awarded the victory to O. Bren.
who Immediately challenged any heavy
weight in the three kingdoms. The ca
bile informs us that a chap named Scales
will accept O'Briens defiance. Who
Scales is 1 don't know at present, as his
fame has not crossed the ocean.
, Now, Jack O'Brien is a rafting good
light middle weight, even in this ceun-
try, but imagine even if you can for
moment his throwing down the gaun,-
Jet to Bob FitZsmmons, Jim Corbett,
Tom Sharkey, Gus Rubin, Peter Maher.
Bob Armstrong, Denver Ed Martin. or
Kid Mccoy, to say nothing of Jim jeff
ries or even Joe Wolcott. don't think
there is one of these men he would have
better than l to 2 chance with, and
If he were to meet some Of them the
odds in the betting would range from 5
to 10 to l against him.
hope he may be able to balance Scales
as easily as he did Smith.
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In view Of this state of affairs is it
any wonder then that comparative
handful of Boer farmers has been able
to resist the flower of the British army
as they have done when the pugilistic
ability of it's rank and file is SO poor.
There was time when the British army
was the equal to any in the world, when
Wellington was it's commander, for in
stance. Then the English ring flourished
like a green bay tree, and it had fight
ers by the dozen capable of coping with
any in the world. 1t is very different
now, and it would not surprise me if
the decadence of the ring had a good
deal to do with the deteriorat ton of the
fighting ability of the present breed Of
Tommy Atkinses.
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Mccoy missed meeting his friend
Charley Mitchell, in New York, as he
had started for West Baden Springs,
in Indiana (Which place has high repute
for It's efficacy in freeing one from the
effects of over-indulgence in the tawny
juice of the grape or in the more COM
moner kinds of booze), but he wired INN
en- route and 7 haven't ha cIiphtact
doubt that they will meet up" as we
say down south, in a few weeks.
Mitchell processes sincere desire to
meet Jim Corbett in ring once more,
and l haven't the slightest doubt that
there may be a possibility Of their COM
ing together, probably before one of the
California clubs. There would be big
money in such a meeting, l have no
doubt, though l honestly believe that
Charley hasn't a one-to-tWo chance of
defeating Jim in that event.
In return for Mitchelrs published opin-
ion that Gus Rubin wouldn't have a
chance of winning with Jim Jeffries, Bill
1y Madden, as hot under the collar as
lime kiln, offers to pit Denver Martin
against Mitchell and wager 81, 900 that he
Will stop him in less than 10 rounds
Charley treats this offer with silent
contempt, which is perhaps as good a
way as any of avoiding a meeting with
the husky siackamoor.
Though Mitchell and Mccoy are now
friends / would suggest to Them to par
aphrase the Hon. Tim Campbell. once
upon a time, Why should friendship
stand in the way of businesso" Box
ing is McCoy's business and so is If
Mitehelfs, it appears. Nov, Charley
posed for many years as "England's
Boxing Champion" the cleverest man
with his hands since the DAYS of old
Jem Mace. OF course, he can't be ex-
pected to be as good as ne was when
he met Sullivan in Chantilly, but il
McCoy's meeting with Corbett was or
the level, as he claims It was, he is
Americas second cleverest boxer. =anf
a meeting between him and Mitchell,
strictly on their merits" ought to be
vastly Interestingly don't know
whether such meeting can be arranged
OF not, but l merely throw out the sur.
gestion. Tom Sharkey is another fisti,
gentleman who wouldn't be at all ad
verse TO hstlc meeting with his kid
lets. There is evidently a hen on il
the Mccoy camp, and where it will b,
tit Piooap4S NC aeNeiope4 III day o
two.
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Joe Choynski is in tough 1ucl and h,
will be playing in great good forum,
II he escapes doing the state of Texa.
some service in its penitentiary. Jo
went to Galveston, in the Lone Sta
state, and there knocked out Jack John
son, colored scrapper, In the thir,
round of what was to hare been n %
fouhd bout before the Galveston Athlete
club last Monday night. Hardly ha,
the bout ended before a squad of Teya
Rangers swooped down on the ring an,
arrested the scfappeEs' loo king them VI