The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-30

Jos. MoscOni of Denver mana ger Of Abe
Spite, Is considering proposition from
Terry McGovern for fight to take place
between Spitz and McGovern in Chicago
next FEBRUARY. According to the propo-
sltlon which has been submitted to Mos
conf the winner will take all of the re-
ceipts. Spitz has challenged McGoyern
repeatedly, but until now has been UNI
able to receive any recognition of his de-
hes. Spitz made good showing against
Young Corbett" and it is, believed that
McGovern thinks he could make a little
easy money" and at the same time place
himself one notch nearer return match
With'"YOung CcTbett."
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Walter Wilmot will be the sole owner
and manager of the Minneapolis fran
chise in the American Baseball associa-
tion next year. The fight between the
association and the Western League will
pc confined to Kansas City and Omaha.
John E. Madden of Lexington KY, has
sold to Clarence H. Mackay of New York
70 head of thoroughbred mares, all with
foal, to stations on Hamburg Place. in
Guiding Plaudit, Imp. Mirthful, Glenheim
hamburg and Sandringham. The mares
are entered in the $40, 100 Hopeful stakes
of 1904.
Jack" Downey, the Brooklyn boxer,
who has been out of the ring for nearly
year, has decided to return to the
game again. powney has practically
been matched to meet Joe" Cans at Bal
timore within three weeks. The weight
will be 1875 pounds at o'clock on the
day of the contest.
Dan" Creedon and Al. Weining, the
cycMst-pugilist of Buffalo, have been
matched for the third time. The bout
will take place at Hot Springs, Ark, on
January 20.
George Dixon has signed articles to
meet Young" Tipman before the Knick-
erbocker Athletic club of Baltimore on
December 80. Tipman is the youngster
who recently got decision over Tommy
Fitz.
Tipman was practically unknown until
he met Terry McGovern. The latter
agreed to give Tipman $25 if he did not
knock him out in four rounds. Tipman
surprised McGovern by knocking him
down. The two roughed it so hard
that the bout was stopped in the second
round. .s',
The Dutch" Thurston- Matty Mat
thews match, which has been hanging
fire for several days, on account of
Thurston holding out for two tickets
from Chicago to Buffalo and return, was
consummated yesterday. They will
meet in the arena of the International
Athletic club at Fort Erie on New Years
eve. The articles call for Ground con-
test, the weight to be AS pounds at the
ringSide Jack Herman has been eager
to arrange the meeting for some time,
or ever since Thurston made such great
showing against "Rube'' Ferns at De-
troit
Thurston is to DO ais training at Chi
cago. The preliminary bout will be be-
tween George Salce and Warren Eur
brick.
Stewards of the Crescent Jockey club
Of New Orleans gave a turf reporter "a
hours in which to explain why he wrote
certain things about the track The
stewards should take a day off and ex-
plain to the public some things that
happened last week.
I recently returned from a five weeks
sojourn in Germany, says "Parson" Da-
vies in the Chicago Tribune. While there
learned that an American boxer, Jack
Lewis, and a company Of pugilists and
wrestlers had been making successful
tour of that country, dealing out hard
knocks and khOckouts to the German ath-
letes. At Berlin. Hamburg, Copenhagen
and other cities Lewis says he found the
Germans strong but slow. showing but
little evidence of boxing ability. His ex-