Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-26

rounds at Memphis. Hogan is the lad
Sam Fitzpatrick had over in England
recently. and so tlattering was his sue
cess across the pond that he came back
here swelled up like a poisoned coyote.
| There was none of the feathers, save
McGovern, worthy of his game, and he
openly declared that he would never
pull on a mitt again only when Terrible
Terry consented to take a wholloping
Tommy. however. is a nice. generous lit
/ tie fellow, and seeing a bunch of easy
stuff in Gardner, he took him on down
| in Memphis the other night. just as a
warming up before his midnight lunch
/ The way that the Omaha Kid fired
! those broken dukes of his into the dap
I per Tommy's mug made him think that
a southern lynching bee was about to
| take place. Oscar knocked him down
about seven times in the first five
rounds and down and out in the last,
| the sixth.
| Joe Walcott and Kid Garter had a
hot tilt with the gloves the other night
at Hartford Conn. 1t was biff bang
| all the way, with the tide of battle
shifting in nearly every round. Carter
| fought with more confidence than he
! displayed against Tony Ryan at Tat
tersalls in November. He stood up and
exchanged blow for blow with the
black. Walcott, as usual, was the ag-
sressor. charging him like a billy goat.
and bombarding Carter with left hooks
to the body and jaw and right swings
for the ribs and head. Carter was very
groggy in the second and again in the
tenth round, while Walcott was clearly
in Queer street in the fifteenth. Garter
! do Wo1,
right jolts that floored Ryan twice IN
Chicago Carter was in far better con-
oition than Walcott, who trained little
for the bout.
Garter outweghed the burly little
black man fully Is pounds and had big
advantage in height and reach. Wal
colts short stature and dumpy build
bothered Carter not a little. as it has
all of the Barbados boxers taller oppo-
| nents. The fighting was fast and furious
/ in every round, both men taking a world
! Of punishment Honors We're easy in
/ the nineteenth round, when Referee Will
lis stopped the fight and gave Carter
I the verdict on foul He announced
that he had warned Wa!cott about hold
ing and hitting in clinches and break
aWayS.
Garter was growing stronger toward
ginning to tell, but most of the specta-
tors could not see where the fouling
came in. although the black scrapper
showed a dispositi ton to sneak over one
of his funny little swings on each break
away. The crowd was yelling madly foi
] Carter. and this appeared TO have not
little influence with the ring official.
/ Tommy HoganS quick defeat at the
hands of Oscar Gardner at Memphis the
other night shows that there was a
good deal of truth in the stories from
across the pond to the effect that Hogan
was leading a rather speedy life in Eng
land and in Paris during his stay there
In May. 1899. Hogan went 20 rounds with
Gardner at Louisville with hOnors abou
even, although Gardner got the decision
Since then the little old veteran from
Wheeling with the bunged-up mawley:
has gone back fast, as is shown by hi.
recent string of defeats, but to all ap
pearances Hogan has gone back still
more. He made miserable showing
both against Ben Jordan in England
and Gardner at Memphis. The defeat o.
Hogan disposes of one of McGovern'!
numerous challengers.
Frank Ernie, who is in the east al pres
ent. declares once more that he has qui
the ring for all time. The Buffalo DO,
is making preparations to enter Column
bia college TO study architecture. Ern'
denies that he has agreed to meet Nc
Govern again at San Francisco or any
where else. Erne has been in the habi
of changing his mind as often as
blushing maiden in the past but h
, seems to have finally determined to qul
the stuffed-glo game for good. On tol
, of Ernes announcement that his deter
mination to retire is final comes a lette
from Sam Harris to the effect that TER.
McGOvern will in the future defend al
Corners who wish to try for the light
weight title at 1873 pounds, the elias
limit. at the ringside. If McGovern ha'
not taken this stand the lightweight
championship problem would have bee1
a knotty one, as the feather weigh
king did not win the title from Erne
McGovern defeated the Buffalo boy :,
rs pounds, five pounds below the light
I weight limit. and he could not in justic
claim the title. should Erne care to d.
: fend it. until he had defeated the latte
1 at 1873 pounds. Now that Erne has re
: tired, however, McGovern Will be con
5 coded better right than any one I
e claim the title. The Brooklyn whirlWin
is admittedly the best feather weight !
the world. He can still do 122 poual'
the class limit. and yet he is willing |
give away 10 pounds and take on an
:. body who thinks he can beat him 70
+. op-notch honors in tbs class above -
own.