Fergus County argus., 1902-10-29
Fight Between Eddie croake and Nose
La Fontise Results in a Victory
for the Butte Boy.
A FAST AND GAMEY FIGHT
Croake Has the Best of II for Six
Rounds But the Butte Fighter is
Too Fast for Him.

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round fight. Eddie Croake was knock
ed out at Great Falls on Monday night
by Nose La FOntse. The following
account of the affair was received over
the wire at the Argus Office by the
courtesy of the Great Falls Tribune ::
Special 10 the ARGUS.
Great Falls, Oct. 27th.-The fight
won by La Fontise in the eleventh
round by straight lead and right hand
cross to the jaw. Croake fell to the
floor and was unable to recover by the
time the referee counted ten. La
Fontise was game and though he suf-
lered practically no punishment from
his adversary, he broke his right
thumb at the first joint during the
third round. He said nothing of it
until he had gone to his dressing
room after the fight had been declar-
ed in his favor. He entered the ring
at 1iS pounds. both of them being
the same weight. The seconds for
Croake were Jack Wade, Kid Lee and
George Wilson. For La Fontise Jack
Clifford, Jack May and Billy Smith.
Referee James Jewell, Timekeeper
Sam Goodman of Helena. About 700
people witnessed the fight.
Round l-Croake landed with his
left, Nose ducked. Croake rushes and
lands light left, La Fontise ducked
again. Croake rushed to clinch and
leads with left to La Fontise face,
but blow is lost. Nose goes back
laughing. Croake lands left on ribs.
Nose lands on face with right and
ducks. Nose ducked under left hand
swing. Bell rings.
Round 2-Mose' leads with left but
is cleyerly blocked, both duck. They
rush to clinch. Croake leads with
stout left to jaw. Nose ducked. Croake
lands lightly and ducks under left
swing. Round ends with both men
swinging wildly, no damage done.
Round 3-They clinch. Croake then
lands left on stomach. Nose makes
straight lead for face with left and
lands. They clinch. Croake upper.
cuts on Moses jaw. follows II up and
they clinch. Considerable infighting.
Croake lands savage straight left on
stomach. Nose looks distressed.
Round 4-Croake leads with left to
body and they clinch. Croake lands
crushing blow with right on ribs, leads
again with left but fails to land. Rush.
es and swings left but Nose ducked
Croake fighting hard Croake lands
left on jaw but does no damage. Leads
again but is cleverly blocked. In this
round La Fontise showed clever foot
work and ability to avoid punishment.
Round 5-Croake lands kidney blow
and rushes La Fontise to ropes. then
comes back with straight left punch.
Croake lands again on body. Croake
lands left and Nose ducked. Nose
lands straight left on Croake's wind
and they clinch. Bell rings.
Round 6.-They clinch. Nose lands
on Croakes jaw. Croake appears tired
but lands on Moses face lightly. They
clinch and fan the air Croake ducks,
Nose follows with left lead. Croake
appears distressed. Bell rings.
Round They clinch. La Fontise
lands another straight lead on nose.
follows it up and they clinch. Croake
lands on right jaw, and Nose counters
on nose and gets first blood. Croake
is groggy but holds on. Nose lands
another straight lead. Croake lands
left on Jaw and right on body. La
Fontise falls but is up again before
three Is counted.
Round S-Croake lands right on jaw
They clinch. Nose lands on left jaw
and rushes. They clinch. Nose lands
on nose and they exchange light taps
with no damage.
Round 9-They clinch. Nose rushes
but fails to land. they clinch. Nose
lands light on jaw. Croake forces
Nose to ropes and they clinch. Elk
change light blows. Nose leads with
left and lands on jaw. Croake falls
to the floor groggy and gets up al
count of seven. They ciinch. Bel
rings.
Round 10-They clinch. Croake ap
pears excited, rushes and lands lef
on nose and they cHhch. Croake lands
with left and Nose ducks. Nose lands
straight right on wind, Croake rush
es and Nose ducks. They clinch
Nose leads with right and lands OF
cheek. Much infghting. Croake rush
es and Nose ducks. Nose lands three
light ones on Croake's nose. Croak'
Is weakening.
Round 1l-Mose rushes and Croak'
ducks and they clinch. Croake leads
with left and Nose ducks. Nose land'
left on jaw, and they clinch. Mos'
leads again and lands on nose. The!
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