The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-25
,,. ;'' :' fed. SPORT IS

rFeuule boEan, among MS many good
| qualities, has an eye to business. Man
! ager King Of the Butte Athletic Assoc
citation had the clever little fighter as
his guest at the new saucer yesterday
afternoon. Freddie was amazed when
he realized what the scheme really was.
He never lost his head for minute.
however. and interrupted Kings talk
about what was going to be pulled off,
by exclaiming: Say, did it ever strike
YOU that this would be the best place
for prizeflght" That set King to
thinking and he is still at it, seriously,
too.
A Miss Fannie kilgore. the daughter
of the postmaster at Wildwood, Fla. is
certainly appropriately named. The
other day she called at the home of Mrs
James Hatfield Of Tampa. Mrs. Hatfield
was not in a humor for entertaining
visitors. because Of the presence of death
in her home. What she did or said is
unwritten but the scribes have it, that
Miss kilgore put aside all prize ring
rules and proceeded to plant both feet
on several portions + the anatomy of
Mrs. Hatfield. Now Miss Kilgore is in
Jail and the Tampa population is indig
nant. Miss KilgOre came to Florida
from Texas. She is what is known as
Texas dear.
Something like a dull and Sickenng
thud struck the National League at
Boston yesterday. The Bean Eaters
game with the Pittsburg aggregation at
tracted exactly 100 fans. That speaks
we'll for the National League, when the
century figures are compared with an
attendance of 3.O13 at the American
League game in the same town. between
the other bean eaters and the boys from
Cleveland. Looks as though there was
something doing in the American
League ranks despite the prediction
that the organization would be a failure.
Steve Crosby, the cOlOred lShtWeight
Of Louisville, announces that he is in re-
ceipt Of a letter from Joe GAM man
ager. in which the latter says the Balti-
more boy is willing to meet Crosby under
certain conditions, to be arranged later.
Crosby says he anxious for a fight and
adds that he thinks his forty-five fights
entitle him to go with GAM for the
colored lightweight championship.
Crosby should take advantage Of Ger
tain conditions and stipulate that GAM
is to do no punching, for if GAM fights
on the level the coroner will have
chance at Crosby.
One Francis Erne. who styles himself
champion lightweight of the world,
makes a grandstand play to the effect
that he is tired chasing Terry McGovern
for match. Erne is not the only one
who is tired. What could be more
wearying than to watch a 1888 pound
man going the hot foot after little
fellow at 124 pounds? There are others.
such as GAM, or McFadden. whom Erne
might tackle. if he really meant fight.
hut when the name Of the colored
fighter is mentioned Erne declares that
he has retired. He would do well to re-
main so or give up his bluffing at Nc
Govern.
Now that the match between Tim
Heggeerty, the Australian, and Tim Cal
lahan is off. it is up to Joe Bernstein to
determine what kind of stuff there is in
the Antipodean, who wants go at Nc
Govern. Had Callahan not broken his
hand and been able to go against the
latest aspirant for championship honors,
it is probable he would have had to
crawl in his hole: but that is all over
Now it remains for Bernstein to show
Heggarty. that he has long hard row
to hoe before he gets into the champion
ship class. Should Bernstein defeat
Heggarty, Friday night, the new conner
will not have a leg to stand on.