Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-06

again him. If McGovern can lick any
man in England. what can't Walcott
do?
Ed Cook, one of Jim Jeffries' agents,
who is now in st. Louis. says that there
is something in the report that the boiler
maker and Rubin will clash on the COAST
but that so far no match has been made,
and nothing further will be done i'll the
matter until Delaney is heard from.s
Delaney left Chicago for San Franchises
with the intention of looking over the
situation out there, and if he thinks Il
is favorable, the two heavy weights
fighters may meet before Jim Kennedy g
club If not. Jeffries will take rests
after his theatrical season comes to al
close at Kansas City. There has been
nothing doing in the way of big fights
and the coast for some time. and the
prospects for Jeffries and Rubin meets
ing there do not appear to be very
bright, especially with hostile legislation
threatened. Rubin will appear at the
Standard in this city next week. Cham
pion Jeffries is to be the stellar card at
Havlin's. Both should draw we'll as tliey
stand we'll in local sporting cilcles.
Boxing managers. who are driven to
distraction seeking spots where their pro-
teges can cop the cOin," will probably
be interested in a list of the cities where
the game goes on uninterrupted. Many
of these spots seldom see the light of
print. the milling being conducted quiet
ly and with no blare of trumpets. Others
simply gain fame in their own districts
and are never heard of outside the state
lines. Yet many of these obscure ham,
lets give fine purses: all of them permit
the game with little restriction and an
enterprising manager with money
enough to stand railroad expenses could
traverse the land and reap golden crop
of dough.
are as follows:
Louisville, Ky: Covington. Ky: Mem
phis, Tenn; Hot Springs, Ark; Joplin,
Mo-; Oshkosh, Wis: Milwaukee, WIS;
Appleton. Wis, Denver. Col: Telluride,
Aspen, Glenwood and dozen other Col
orado towns. These mining camps stand
for ten rounds, give fat purses. and &C.
tually Jail a fighter who tries to dodge
out Of his engagements. Rawlins, Wyo.:
Cheyenne, Wyo.: Butte, Helena, Great
Falls and Anaconda. Mont. The Mon
tana chiefs of police will lock up any
man who fakes or does not go his 20
rounds at glorious pace. San Fran
cisco, AIarysville, Fresno, Los Angeles,
Bakersville, Santa Clara, San Jose, and
half a dozen other California cities. The
talk about California clubs not wanting
little men is all bosh. That applies to
San Francisco, where heavies are given
the preference, but the smaller towns in
California will give light weights $3.50
purses for 20 rounds any old time. Seat
tie, Wash; Baker City Ore. Various
small mining towns in Arizona and New
Mexico, Vancouver and Victoria, British
Colun; bia; Savannah, Ga; Trenton, n.
j.; New London, Hartford, New Britain,
and New Haven, Conn; FAlAs aAiver,
Mass; Bangor, Lewiston and Portland,
Me-: manchester and some other New
Hampshire towns. Elwood and Alexan-
dria, Nd: Toronto, Canada; Dunlo,
Mount Carmel. Summit Hill and score
of other Pennsylvania mining towns.
Baltimore, Fredericksburg and Cumber-
land, Md. Out of all these towns man
ager with enough money to carry him.
self and boxers along should certainly
gather coin.-Chicago Journal.
Considering the way boxing is tram
meled and prosecuted in this country,
the present British boxing status seems
like a gigantic burlesque or farce-com-
edy. Over on this side Of the water there
are boxers by the barrel; there
are big men and little men, fighters Of
every class and of no class at all; there
are scores and hundreds Of ambitious
pugs, all eager to get a chance at fight
ing, and there are no places for them
to fight in. Two-thirds of the sports
where boxing was allowed a year ago
are closed, and the reformers are chas-
ing the weary glovemen from post to
pillar In America, therefore, there are
plenty of boxers, but there are few spots
where they can mill.
| In England the situation is so exactly
| reversed as to be hilarious. There is no
| limit on boxing over there. The fanatic
| and the -than-thou fools do not
| bother the fighters. Boxing has become
as much an accepted thing and part OF
English sports as baseball in America
| The English papers contain advertise
| ments Of boxing bouts as openly as ours
| do of theaters. Anybody who has the
money to start a club, and can find the
| spot, and keep decent order, can start
! one in England. The reformers will not
worry him, the politicians will not skin
| him and knock him, and he can ride OF
| fall on his own merits and the merits
of his shows. But woe is me, Albania
where would he get the material for his
| shows?
Considering the way boxing is tram
meled and prosecuted in this country
the present British boxing status seem.
like gigantic burlesque or farce COM
edy. Over on this side of the water
there are boxers by the barrel; there
fall on his own merits and the merits o.
his shows. But. wos is me. Albania
where would he get the material fo
his shows?
In America there are champions ga
lore. In England there are not ever
second raters. There are third raters-,
few, and fourth raters in numbers. Blu
real drawing cards, men who put up