The Butte inter mountain., 1902-03-28

upon the setting sun and paddle their
canoe through the Golden Gate.
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There are about $4,000 trotters In the
23O list, and nearly 5000 PAGERS with
record of 2:25 and better.
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McHenry says that one of the highest
class PAGERS he saw last year was Lo-
| conda the son OF Allerton.
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1t is said that an Eastern man offered
| Sc, 900 last week for Sweet Marie, the Los
| Angeles mare by Mckinney that has
| matinee record OF 213k. 1t is said that
| Mr.. Taylor, her present owner, contem-
| plates racing and declined the offer.
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Eggs did It," sighed j. Rube Ferns as
| he wobbed back to his dressing room
| ''I'll never fight on Friday again as long
as | live" and Rube mopped the blood
off his battered face and proceeded to
| put on his street togs. While the Kan
| sas slugger was dressing he expressed
| the opinion that the hen fruit was weak
ening, but being "A member of a church
| which forbids the eating of meat on this
| day eggs constituted his diet. This IN
Rubes reasons for his defeat at the
| hands of Al Nell, who rocked him IT,
sleep in u rounds of hard and exciting
| fighting. but II will not go down with the
| large crowd who witnessed one of the
best shows that has been pulled off in
| San Francisco in months. The young
Californian won simply because he was
| Ferns master in every department of
| the game.
After all philadelphia Jack O'Brfen"
Is not the man, pugilistically speaking,
that his English record would lead us to
believe. The other night I'm the pro-
verbally sleepy town of Philadelphia
| one Charley McKeeyer gave the much
heralded Jack a good argument for the
space OF six rounds and In the initial
round of that contest McKeever landed
a right wallop on the point of :he jaw
of the English champion that came
within an ace of putting him in the ranks
of the has bens. From all accounts
O'Brien has expressed on several occa-
sions an anxiety to met Tommy Ryan,
he OF Syracuse fame. But certain IL Is
that the redoubtabe Tommy would
make a chopplng block of OBren If
they should ever come together In the
roped arena Some Eastern critics would
make 1t appear that Ryan Is not the
when he was the acknowledged cham
pion of the welterweight division, but
there seems to be no good reason for
such theory. With the possible ex-
ception of Joe Waleott, the Black De-
| mon of the Barbados" Ryan Is the best
man OF his weight in the ring today.
| Unless we forget he has only one de-
| feat to his record-the time he was put
| to sleep In the fifteenth round by that
| foxy boxer Kid Mccoy. Tommy has a
| ring experience of some IA years dating
back to the day when he fought Danny
Needham 10 rounds to a draw With his
long experience then, his stiff punch, his
| shiftiness, and above all, his ring gem
eralship, Tommy is more than a match
for any mddleweight in the business of
his inches. Jack O'Brien, II he is wise.
will not tackle Tommy for some time yet.
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When Kid Carter of Brooklyn knocked
out Joe Chonyski In jig time several
days ago. he did what~the best men In
the ring failed to do when the sandy
haired pugilist was In the heyday of his
! prime, all of which goes to prove con-
clusiVely that Joe Is not by any means
the formidable opponent that once gave
Jim Corbett, Bob Fitzsmmons ana a few
other topnotchers, close arguments. Joe
has been fighting now for some Is years
and we would suggest that II is time for
him to 'go way back and sit down"
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News comes from the West that minor
colleges that hav hitherto taken but
little interest in college athletics are at
last opening their eyes to the fact that
they are behind the Eastern schools in
this respect and are determined to hire
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well as mental caliber of the students
The colleges and schools of Colorado
have already made rapid stride in that
greatest of all college games--footbal
put even they are woefully behind in
track athletics. AS for Montana schools
ana those of Idaho they have scarcely
considered track athletics and 1t is q
pleasure to note that they are 10 en-
ploy experienced coaches from the larger
Eastern schools to develop this particu-
lar branch of athletics. A competent
coach viii give more attention 10 fo.m
than to results; with proper form the
results are sure to be satisfactory
49,
The National Sporting club of London
Is persistent in its efforts to secure
iouhg Cofoetts consent to fight in Lon
don with Terry McGovern during the
coronation.
Young Corbett has refused an offer OF
$1,000, made by Ordway, the English
clubs representative.
Word to this effect was sent to Ord
way and the following telegram was
received:
"Will Corbett accept $4,000 guaranteed
and expenses for a contest in June?
"ORDWAY.
Date Gilsey House, New York"
corbett was seen and said: IT would
as soon box in London as anywhere
else, but I will not fight Terry Nc
Govern before October Is, the date men
toned in our agreement. The National
club can bid in the meantime If it wants
the contest in October, and If it's bid
, is the best, I suppose 1t will get the
fight. That is all I have to say on the
subject"