Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-16

| came about in an awfully funny and
| unexpected way, and l was surprised
that a fellow of Doughertys experience
| should fall so hard
| The first time the FitZsimmonS- Cor
| hett moving pictures We're shown in
! New York l became possessed of a
couple of ducats for the show and in
| vted his 'Seltzerlets' to be my guest
| that night.
Remember. now. Richard, old chap,
l said, you as IVY guest for the even
! ing. and 1t is not to cost you anything.
not even for food or beverage before or
after the exercises
| My word. what delightful fellow
YOU are. William said Dick. Surely,
old pal, I'll reciprocate at some future
! time
| We went to the doings and on our
way to the theater l balled him up
few times. and he was about two-thirds
| to the hazy when we arrived at the
playhouse. The pictures were a big hit
| with him, especially the parts where
| our jim looked to be winning. He is
stanch at> rer of Corbett, and it was
indiscreet enough to make foolish
wager. BY the time the thirteenth
round was reached Dougherty was en-
h remely jublant.
i r Great contest. clever boxer, that
Corbett person; looks as hou.'h he
should win before very long sai> Dick
Back. back l said. III wager you
q new top-p piece Fitz wins in the next
round
'Foolislls,oy: what I amt you are
answered the misguided youth at my
side. You are not only on. but you
can make it a parade roof ana also
| 'lte ana sip after the play, if you so
desire
It's bet said I. OF course every
body knows that F'itzsimmons reached
the solar pleNus in the fourteenth
| inning. and Dick was to the had for
4 silk hat costly spread and several
seuttles of the ruby juice of the Etrus-
an grape. He didn't set to be Mr..
Nisenheimer for some little time. but
| when somebody finally did put him
hepp. he heefed 30 different kinds of
murder.
He made good the bet, however, and.
rs he didn't WEIGH. of course l can't
cal him a We,chman. He said he would
be careful after that. and l guess he
lived up to his resolution. because to-
day he wouldn't buy gold dollars for
dollar Observation-Disclosures Enquirer
charley Mitchell gave an exhibition of
courage. never surpassed d. in the Eng,
when he met Jim torhe,t at Jackson
Vile. He was ill., was not half-traineu
and was fully aware of the fact that,
barring accident, he was in for licking
lie had gone south with no intention of
fighting turbet. He had hoped and ex-
pectsd that the governor of Florida
would prevent the fight from taking
a "a Of ri
he was 'blutfing." but when his bluff Was
called and he had to face the champion
in the ring. he did it with the best grace
possible. He walked to the ring appar-
entity as cool as Il cucumber. though a
friend who was with him at the time
told me that there was ii trsnlor in his
voice which showed how nervous he was
After he was Knocked out and had re-
covered his senses :, never uttered
word of complaint or apology. He took
his Cruel like u man.
i ,n. -
Billy Edwards was the phenomenal
lightweight of his time. He was the
cleVerest man OF his weight in his day,
and h can hit as hard it was sad, as a
heavyweight. .'et whenever h, was
matched to fight man. it was reported
that for Il day or two before the ba tile
h could hardly Cat or sleep. he would
be SO nervous. \ couple of DAYS before
he and Sam Collysr fought their last
battle. tollyer at his training quarters
: in ply to a question as to how h fit
said:
"A lot better than Edwards does bet.
| hear he was five pounds over weight
yesterday. but h stopped training. for
he knows he viii worry himself down to
weight by the time he has to SCALE
4 st -hG into f1,1 ,.ir, l.
wards in every single round of the fight
proved to be the superior man. They
fought bare Enucl;lss and nearly every
time that Edwards hit his man about the
. face he would cut a gash an inch long in
him OF raise a lump on him as big as Il
hens egg. Collyer was b.; far the more
nervous of the pair when tn actual time
Of combat arrived. and yet he was as
game a man as ever DOTTED his shirt in
the ring.
While training to fight John L. Sull-
van down at Aleuhurst james Corbe tt
Il was plainly nervous as the time of battle
/ grew near. One evening as they We're
crossing over Deal Lake Macon said to
him. Jim. Don't be afraid of this bis
fellow. If you fight as ! tell You tn
you'll lick him as easy as breaking
sticks Stopping suddenly he caught
Macon by the lapels of the coat and look
.ng him square in the eyes. he said:
Macon. amt Il bit more afraid of him
than ! am of YOU, ana you'll see that's
true when we get into the ring. ! am
only a bit nervous, but thatll wear Of as
soon as we exchange blows That
prophecy proved true. 1t was Sullivan
who was the nervous man after they had
fought round or two.
When in his prime John l.. Sullivan sc
far outclasGed ali his contemporaries
that for Il long time he was so absolutely
confident of whipping his opponents that
he used to frighten the life half out OF
!. them simply by giowerng at them as