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

10 the crowd. "how ! got this bum wing.
on my top pece?'
"Ah no. put in Bob Armstrong. Bob
tootsunimons gabe hit to you.'
Bob Fitzsimmons did nothing of the
kind" replied the sailor, land the story
that he did is about as true as the one
that had offered $1,000 to have it put in
Ilopcr shape
Then the man who has challenged the
winner of the Jeffries- Rubin contest ex-
piained how it all came about.
while out west some years ago l was
riding a spirited horse, to which l had
given free rein and was cutting loose for
all the speed that was in the animal,
when he became frightened at piece of
wagon top lying in the road.
My efforts to stop him proved una
NalIing. and the first thing l knew l was
sent lying into a barbed wire fence. NV
can was caught in one of the barbs and
badly lacerated. Before it was thor
oughly well l met Fitzsimmons, who
landed ON the sore spot.
almost every time l have boxed since
then the slightest blow starts the bum
ear to putting up like a pouter pigeon,
until it is now as YOU see it,
49,
A correspondent asks: whats the
HtotteI With f-eteF Manner. Ism ne AFRAID
o; Tom Sharkey?" There is an proverb
which says, "A fool can ask questions
which a wise man cannot answer" Now.
without intention of intimating that my
cGestioner is a fool or assuming that
| am wise man." must say as the in
terorogee. that l cannot answer Kid
Mccoy slipped out of match with Shar-
key ON the ground that he had not suf1i-
cient time to train properly and meet
Sharkey at the time appointed. That is
also Makers contention. His course,
However. seems to have disguised Shar-
key. for he is looking for another antas-
onist. l hope that he had Maher may
come together in the ring. Their meeting
III this city before the LenOX club was a
very unsatisfactory one. In the first
place. they were warned by the police
authorities that the contest must only be
scientific sparring match, and that IL
any vicious blows We're struck they
would arrested. Thus warned tried to SO
box as to keep the authorities out of the
ring and decide the contest by q single
punch. Sharkey did all in his power to
induce Maher to lead for him in the hope
that he might put the Irish champion out
with his counter Several times he left
himself wide open in his attempt to coax
the desired lead from Peter. but Mahe..
was exceedingly cautious, more so, in
fact. it appeared. than was iudicious.
a! last Peter did get a skelp which sent
Sharkey down to the ropes and on his
knees. AS he turned away, thinking that
Sharkey was knocked out, Tom jumped
up and, running after the man. struck
him from behind a fearful blow. 1t was
so sudden and unexpected that Jim Col
vile, of Boston. who was the referee,
Gidnt see it delivered. The police in
SANITY filled the ring and stopped the
| bout which was declared a draw.
The greatest diversity of opinion en-
listed among the spectators as to what
would have been the outcome of the bout
had it been allowed to continue. / was
Of the opinion that Maher would have
won, but others, some Of them good
judges. too. thought that Sharkey would
have been the victor. l don't think that
/. either man is as good today as he was
teen, and I believe that a match between
them would be tremendously exciting
Gre. For that reason I hope the Louis
Vile folks may be able to bring them to-
gether.
The Irish have several very witty
| m,aNims. One is Hills are green far
| away" and another is, Cows have long
horns in Connaught.' l thought of these
| proverbs the other day when I read I,
paragraph telling of the remarkable per-
| t"rmance of Tim Hogarty. the Austral-
| ian light weight. says Macon. If one
| half that is said of him is true, he is a
/ tstic wonder indeed. 1t is said that he
! has had over 100 fights. many of then
! with middle weights. and that his rec
! ord is unblemished by a single defeat.
He hasn't beaten all the men he has con-
! tended with, but he has made a stand
| off with all that he has not defeated.
Report credits him with being the most
skilful boxer Australia has ever pro-
duced and also with being the hardest
! hitter of his size in the Antipodes. Now.
when you think of the good men and true
! Australia has sent to this country We
must almost hold our breath in admira-
ton of Mr.. Hogarty, whom it is proposed
to pit against our own especial fStic
pride and wonder. Terry McGovern.