Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-13
THE RING


Little Jack McClelland. the young
Pittsburg 126-pounder' looms up out of
the pugilistic murk like redheaded
man in a fog. Rising from nowhere,
making good in thrilling fashion after
years of earnest work among the second
raters. McClelland now figures as the
one logical adversary to McGovern. Bet
TER than Kid Broad. faster than Dave
Sullivan, a fighter from head to heel,
NlcL ie..and is today the one chief fight
ing machine OF the business at the
weight bar Mc,io, ern, and lar no other
man.
McClelland's whole record has been
highly creditable. but he has never had
brilliant press agents. nor has he had
munaser line Sam Harris, Tom O'ROurke
or Lou Housenian. Had one of thess.
three men piioted him. McClelland would
be undisputed champion today. AZ it is.
the boy has worked to the front unaided.
He has been lighting some four years.
and has but one defeat marked against
Eim--a knockout by Oscar Gardner,
recorded when McClelland was an amat
cur in comparison with Oscar. who was
Their at the zenith of his glory. 1t was
the Gardner who whipped Dave Sullivan
and was robbed of the fight with Dixon
who stopped McCleland and young as
he was. McClelland gave Oscar an awful
beating before the knockout came. Once
afterWard they met, and it was wholly
good luck that gave Oscar, badly beaten
all the way. a draw.
McClelland has knocked out Eddie
Gardner, Oscars heavier and really ADLER
brother. He has fought the best of the
feathers and 126-pounders, cleaning them
up with ease. but even western fight
fans did not begin to notice his ability
till his quick knockout Of Eddie Santry.
This made him talked Of and the stop
page of Ole Olson last night at Toronto
puts the Pittsburger on a high pinnacle
of fame.
Olson is tough proposition. He had
never been beaten in decisive fashion
before. Tommy White. Jack Lewis,
Danny Mcmahon. and Tim Callahan got
point decisions over him, but in all cases
IL looked as if Olson would have won out
III longer battle. He has fought men
all the way from 122 to las pounds
weight. has won more fights than he has
lost or drawn, and. of late. had devel-
OF infghtjng. He made Oscar Gardner
look cheap, and he had Dave Sullivan
in deep distress when their fight was
ended by Dawes losing on foul Against
McClelland, it was figured that he stood
an even show through superior blocking
and cool-headed generalship. In this
column. it was plainly stated that Nc
Clelland was too fast, and should be 4
to favorite over Ole. So it sroved
He was all over Ole all the way, and
the end came after is desperate rounds
McClelland is the one man whom Chi
cago and Pittsburg sports would like t.
see fight McGovern. If boxing opens w
again in Chicago. the disgruntled ones
would forgive McGOvern and Harris LONG
enough for just this fight with McClel.
lard, and the Pittsburg boy would carry
the sympathy and all the cheering. 4
six-round go between them would be rs
good as 20 rounds between other people
and would be something to be talked
of for years.-Chicago Journal.
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The wearer of the belt and the title O
the prize ring in former days was com
PEELED to fight all Corners, first come frs
served, who could put up the required
stake (Which was only $1,000, and tn
only bar to the aspirants was that tn
champion could not be made to figh
Oftener than twice in one year, and h
could not be compelled to defend hi
title without six months intervening be
tween each fight. All this is change,
nowadays. The champion dictates hi
own terms, and every year he (who
ever he may be- makes them more an
more suitable to himself.
John l.. Sullivan was the beginner O
this bad practice. He drew the colo
line" to escape a meeting with Pete
Jackson. and when Paddy Slavin wen
all the way from New York to Cincin
natl and thence to st. Louis to shake
fight at him, he evaded it by stating tina
he was en- route to Australia to fill a the
atrical engagement. but he would accor
him meeting (previded he, Slavin, wa
unheaten in the meantime) on his return
He set himself up to be superior to rul
and precedent. and his successors. Jir
Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons. initiate
and enlarged on his bad examples.
But it remains for the present champio
to can the climax of fistic assumption
His match with Gus Rubin having falle
THROUGH. for the present at least (thoug
Billy Madden. who is as clever an az
vertiser almost as Billy Brady. claim
it will be consummated in San Frar
cisco early in the summer), he has ar
nounced through an interview his pre-
gramme for the future. Of course, /
assumes that he will defeat Rubin. II
will then be willing to accord anotht
m citing to Tom Sharkey; though if Be
Fitzsimmons still hopes for a chance
will give The Honest Blacksmith" tt
preference. So far, SO good. Isn't
kind-to himself?
When asked if he would fight Jim Coz
bett to finish (the eX-pompadour chan
pion being DESTROYS of meeting). the b
boilermaker stood on his dignity. H
asserted that if he did make anoth,
match with Corbett the latter wou
have to guarantee him that there wou