Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-09

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fast work on both sides. The crowd was
wild with enthusiasm when the gong
sounded for the nrst round to end. AT
other without a moments delay in every
round up to the fourth. Suddenly the
cry was set up that the sheriff and his
posse We're in sight. The country was
level and nearly a mile away mounted
men. with rifles strapped to their sides.
could be seen riding at break-neck
speed toward the scene of battle. Some
one cried out to Corbett: Hurry up. JIM
Knock him out. Here comes the sher-
if:." Corbett started in to try and do the
trick. but failed. He was too anxious
to finish ChOynski that he broke his hand
in the attempt. Tho sheriff's posse was
soon on the scene. and the fight stopped.
To leave the impression that the men
were not fighting with skin-tight gloves
a set Of regulation boxing mits was SUBJ
stituted before the sheriff reached the
ringside. but that official would not per-
NIT the mill to come off under any con-
sheraton. and the fight was broken up
Il wanted it to go on" said Delaney
I'VE knew that Jim could do we'll enough
with his broken hand. right there and
then. to win. but ii the fight were put
Off it would be a great handicap to him
You know man can punch with brok-
err hand if he keeps right on fighting
after fracturing it. but if you go to doc
6ring it and let's it get stiff. it is all Off
This all flashed through my mind. and
that's why l insisted on fighting it ont
We all went back to Frisco feeling sore
This fight was on Decoration Day. in
1889. week later. at Benecia. Cal.
Ccrbett put Choynski out in 81 rounds
after hard fight. The men met on q
barge and the mill was one of the hard
est-fouSht battles in the history Of the
American prize ring. Some one switched
the gloves. Choynski being compelled to
use pair of driving gloves which made
IL uillcuit OF use his hands properly
1"rpett mad to fight with his fractured
in'"thles' ana. everything considered. he
s!'o"eo remarkable gameness. The next
me Norpett and Choynsk met, Jim won
III loul ROUNDS. The battle on the barge
was witnessed by some of the best known
- ~ 'IlS men IN this country-Porter
ASH Nat Goodwin. Nose Gunst and 9th
si"als wei known were there The
"tIeat or Choynslli was a hard h,ov, -
s - 'e'.os' as they paid Dempsey a big
sum To leave ar important encaeement
ms the state to come and second .To. >,
jim Jeffries' father and mo.her Nv.
natives of Ohio. The father wac boy,
at falrheid, Ohio, and his mothar on
ia'in c'ose by. The champion frs, 90 ".
Tue llsht OF day at Carroll, Ohio in F.ir.
lIeiu county. on April Is, 1879. saws tha
cincinnati Enquirer
N
"hi'ii was born at Canton. Ohio th,,
''o.ne u PRESIDENT Mckinley. His psr-
MS came from Switzerland. .Iaffrtas
."s ii,he pfothers and sisters. Rubin
4. ''o'hei ana sister at Akron, Ohio.
r,o,:s .'e ase q Jeffries' father Went 70
- Hta' @Aefe the champion attend
eu school, and afIerward Nent ia I'm,
me trade OF loaiIef mailing ,tafr j. fs,,,
OF various Kinds of sport, IN. nrasar1.
boxing and baseball over ali Of ,ers ~
- also a crack shot and a clever snrintar
MS apllfy in the sprinting line heine,
iaf superior to many Of the ath;e5as ~
the lighter classes.
Jeiifles first battle of in,nor+o,,o
came on at Mechanics pavilion. Frisco
III 1870 at the Neelham- Ga lastier tabt
ms opponent was Dan Long of San
= 'alclsco They fought for a purse of
less that 500. Jeff defeated I.on., in
thfee rounds At the very starr If was
hotlced that Jeffries' strong defense vas
ms great left-hand pu.lcn and suar1
LNeIy tlhne Long made a Lead FOR no
Los Angeles lad the latter would rarali-
ate with left iab and then right
cross His clever work with his 1,ft
hahd Set everybody to talking anl ,f+z
inns fight he was looked ur,, as
rphlef. lie neNt met Theo lore ya5,,
busNirk and then Henri; Bake. H1s,,ir,s
was defeated in two ROUNDS ana Ho,,ey
went Gown ana out in eight rounds. His
NEXT great battle was with Joe C'hornskii
al the time considered one of the e.reae
81 ring generals of the day. They
4ouSht draw. On account of the good
sHo"!hs JefE made against Choynsl1i, his
l'ie'l"S ADVISED him to go TO Carson Citv.
Where Jim Corbett was training for so,
rlt|Slmmons. He remained four Weeks
with Corbett
After retiring to the Pacific coast Jafr
met and defeated Mexican Pete It Dem
YER in three rounds. He also sto,naa
Joe Goddard in three rounds at Los An
Seles He then met Rubin, and their
pout resulted in draw after 30 rounds.
lie knocked out Peter JACKSON in three
rounds, and got the decision over Tom
Shafkey in 70 rounds. Jeff then wen+
east ana met Steve O'Donneu and Rob
armstrong in the same ring, or rather
ne was to meet both men, but broke his
hand on Armstrong ana could not take
on ODonnell. His next great hattie
was with Bob Fitzsimmons, whom he
beat in ii rounds and won the worlas
championship the tide he is to defend
on the evening of February Is at Saen-
geriest hall in this city against Gus
Ruh.ln the Akron giant, who is one Of
the most formidable heavy-weights in
the ring today.
The situation regarding the champion
snip contest throughout the country is
the same as it was five years ago, when
Corbett and Fitzsmmons We're matched
to light for the championship at Dallas,
Texas, writes George S.ler, VINO is card
ed to referee the coming contest in this