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EVERY ITEM OF UP-T0DATf SPORT finds PLACE ON THE big
TWAIN AFTER JACK CLIFFORD
Doc Flynn and Kid Opie Would Both Like to
Make Match With Champion-McCarthy
Writes From Boulder local Chitchat.

There arc two men after Jack Clifford
since his latest victory over Jack Wade
and so far as known now Clifford can have
the opportunity Of beating both before he
leaves for the coast
Yesterday the proposition was made for
Clifford TO 90 against Doc Flynn for
Io-round 20 for a purse of $4oo-$2oo
side. Clifford was not seen in time TO get
an answer but there is possibility of
the two men being brought together in
private before the Montana champion
leaves for San Francisco.
Opie is also after Clifford again though
Immediately after the Wadc-CliIford match
the champion announced himself as
ready to take Ope OH. The statement
was made later that the backing promised
Opic had not materialized and that for
this reason the match was abandoned.
Flynn is looked upon as one Of the
men with considerable license to whip
Clifford. though in form he would hold
the small end OF the betting for the reason
that Wade whipped him handily at Ana
conda last fall.
Flynn's friends insist that his defeat
by Wade was due to carelcssness and over
confidence and there are hackers stand
ing ready to put up good sized purse In
case Clifford will consent to meet him.
The match should prove drawing card
as both men are of the same order OF
fighters and would certainly put up a
good contest
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COURSlKG AT WEST SIDE PARK
Result OF the Draw for the Twenty-tour
Dog Stake Tomorrow.

Some good coursing is promised at the
West Side Coursing park tomorrow. The
drawing for the a4-dog stake was made
last night The first course will be called
at 80 p. m. The result of the draw
was as follows:
Foley & Shorts Lady Newark VS.. w.
II. Smiths Might Be Keen
X. M. Campbels Queen Moo VS.. c.
Sanders Shy Midget
A. w. Jones' Glencoe VS.. A. w. Jones'
Montana Jack,
X. NJ. Campbell's Sara VS.. II. c. loves
On Alert.
{. NJ. Jones, Gold Standard VS.. Wilkin-
son & Andrews Fred Freedom.
c. Saunders Jersey Lily VS.. b. BENEFITS
Jack Romney.
Knight 4 Kents imp. Spring VS.. H..
Corbis' Dartmoor Dan. 3
A. w. Jones Dexter B. vs. J. Gerson's
May BE Kind
w. II. Smiths Pat Freedom VS.. A. J..
Vanderwhite's Scotch Reel.
Paschal Poe's Lady Bug VS.. Knight &
Kent's Grafton.
Foley & Shorts Dorothy Belle VS..
Paschal Poe's Isis.
A. J. Vanderwhite's Lady Gayety vs..
Rowe Il Noal's Charlie Prince.
Glencoe and Montana Jack guarded.
Glencoe goes against Sara; Montana Jack
against On Alert.
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GATES HAS BETTING
RING BADLY SCARED
WORKS DOUBLE UP" SYSTEM AT
SARaTOGA-SENDS IN rs PER
CENT OF ALL MONEY.

Racing history cannot show the equal of
John W. Gates, whose appearance in the
betting ring at the Saratoga track is one
OF the biggest sensations OF the year.
Gates has the betting ring scared, and
that's all there is to it. With John A.
Drake he is working double-up system
that is causing the bookies to lose much
needed sleep at night. A lew weeks ago
the Saratoga bookmakers read OF the do
ing Of this pair and accepted the state
ments with the traditional grain OF salt
The bookes chuckled to themselves and
declared they would add to their bank
rolls.
Since the advent OF the two plungers at
Saratoga, however the bookies have been
on the run. Gates was so anxious to get
his money down the other day that he
went into the ring himself to assist his
commissioners. He lost on all the early
races of the day, but he got it all back on
the last event, together with handsome
profit OH the days speculation. Gates
works on the principle that if one has
money enough and doubles up on the bets
he cannot fail to win, and as he has the
money his system is working out.
Panic in Betting Ring.
With a roll of money vastly larger in ito
proportions than the entire ring together
multiplied by the bank roll of the field
bookies, it is little wonder that panics are
the order of the day in the betting ring.
1t is new sensation for the men who take
the bets. 1t is estimated that IS per cent
of the money wagered every day at Sara
toga is put up by John w. Gates.
Whitney is by no means pigmy in rae
Ing circles, but as compared with Gates he
sinks into insignificance Gates would be
successful by himself, for he knows what
he wants and bets on his own judgment
With his unlimited capital he could
scarcely fail to come out ahead of the
game in the end
Gates, however does not go it alone,
and often has the advice of John A.
Drake. Together they are well nigh in
vincible. Their Judgment is remarkably
true.
The two men are totally unlike another
factor which enters into the scheme to
make their joint dealings overwhelmingly
successful Drake is COOL deliberate and
wise. Drake is volcanic, but his judgment
is superb. If he loses one, two, three, -four
times, it does not bother him. He goes
in for the next race, doubles up his coin
and comes off with his bank roll swellet
to colossal proportions.
System Is Profitable.
Gates and Drake find the double-uI
system so profitable that they are wonder
ing why nobody has ever thought of i
before. As matter of fact lots of peopl
have thought of it, and just as many hav,
longed for bank account large enqaght'
warrant thesplaying of such game M
wouldn't bet on 'sure thing"
saDrake has cleaned up millions by thi
system. In England he won fortune h
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McCarthy at Boulder.

Jerry Mccarthy, who is in training at
Boulder writes as follows to the sporting
editor OF the Inter Mountain:
Il am writing YOU, letting you know how
! am getting along. Opie and are here
at the Springs and are in fine condition
and I'll surely make hard fight the 10Th,
and il wont be lack OF condition If ! am
not successful in defeating Dal OF
course ! realize how fast Dal is, but | can
go little myself. | punch the bag SIX
rounds. skip rope ten minutes, do shadow
work four rounds, Opie and | go four
or five round bout, which is on the rough
order. and wind up by wrestling, which
completes our afternoons work. besides
running over the hills in the forenoon.
The Springs is a fine place to train and
is the proper place for getting in colt
dition. Ope is in fine shape and is awful
anxious to box Jack Clifford or any r33
pound man who wants CO."
Harris and the Dread "Unknown.'
Now that Harrington is out OF the talk
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ing for a Cornish match with Harris in
Butte, the speechifying revcrts to the
original challenge to Harris to wrestle
an unknown for $500 side.
There is considerable speculation as to
who the unknown is and Harris and his
hackers so far have steadfastly refused to
consider any match in which the man is
not named before the forfeit is placed.
Among the followers of the Cornish
style there are still hopes of Harris being
induced to take up the challenge, as he
is recognized at this time as the peer of
any of the local men SO far brought out
and just one more hrstclass bout for blood
is what the men Of the mat would like to
see.
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Herbert and ArticuIate Matched.

the crack western horse, Articulate, meet
in match race at the Springs. The mat
the two horses, and as each thinks he has
the better horse. it is quite likely that the
race will be pulled off. Both horses are
good murders, so that the conditions OF the
track will cut no figure. 1t is proposed to
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Big House a Sure Thing.

"We'rc going to have the biggest house
of the season at the Broadway theater nexr
Tuesday night" said Manager John Smp-
son today. Mccarthy has a great big
following in Butte and all Of Walkervillc
will be there TO see the pet" dc the
trick with Hawkins. OF course every one
knows what Hawkins has done, but there's
a big lot OF Butte sports who don't think
he can do it again where there's Nc
Carthy to be bestcd.'
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the people of Montana did not appreciate
high-class racing. and that until they were
educated up to paying an admission at the
gate there would never be another first
class meeting in Butte.
Mr.. Wilson stated that at the close of
this meeting he would retire and would not
again take the lead in the attempt to
establish racing of the better class, either
i'll Butte or elsewhere in the state.
The announcement is further made that
racing will close officially September l. and
that while it may be racing will be kept up
for two or three weeks longer in Butte in
order TO satisfy the horsemen who have
petitoned for continuance, there will be
no meeting held by the Montana Jockey
club in Anaconda, as was at first arranged
for.
Butte Does Not Appreciate.
In speaking OF the situation. President
Wilson said today "Candidly, we are
having high class OF racing at this meet
ing which the people Of Montana do not
appreciate. While the attendance has
been fairly good it doesn't seem that the
people fully appreciate the class Of racing
which has been given TO them by the
association.
suit the people Of the state. and it is GER
tainly this sort OF racing they will get in
the future until they can give much better
support to the enterprise.
Il am satisfied that there will never be
given the same highcass racing in Butte
that we have given this season, as they
will not be able to get anybody to take
hold OF it and invest the same money
again.
Il shall quit after this meeting and
think most OF my associates have expert
mented with the Montana public for the
last time with first-class racing.
There have been many people who
speak OF the 6o-day meeting and query as
10 why so long meeting should be held
You see we up here out OF the world-in
fact when il comes TO horses to DE shipped
from the best tracks-it is always a
question with an owner 10 come to Butte.
The altitude and climate is against him
and the cost of shipments Is something
enormous. A man many bring his horses
here in good shape and yet he can't be
sure OF racing them for month, say, be-
cause OF the change in climate.
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Lord Derby Defeated.

Lord Derby, the horse that defeated
Thomas w. Lawson's Boralma for the $4o,-
900 stake week ago at Hartford, Conn,
was the other day defeated by mare of
much slower mark
The event took place at the matinee of
the New York Driving club at the Empire
State track.
The trotter that performed the feat was
the bay mare, Louis Jefferson (a:I7H).
She belongs to {. X. G. Billings of Chi
cago. He was not here to drive her, so
her trainer. Scott Mccoy. handled the rib
bons, while Mr.. Smathers drove Lord
Derby.
The race was a special mile dash Louis
Jefferson was sent away flying, while Lord
Derby was rather slow in starting, and be-
fore the half mile post was reached the
mare held the lead by full length.
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Ruled or Butte Track.

+. Kraft and George Webb have been
notified by the judges at the Butte track
that they must get their stables off the
grounds by Monday next. The reason:
given for the action is that the horses
have been running unsatisfactory races.
The horses in the Kraft stable that are
ruled off are Kenoya and George II.
Ketchum. The Webb horses barred are
Rose of Hilo and Uloa, Kenova was en-
tered recently in $1,000 stake race with,
excellent chances for winning. No penalty
is attached to the order except to leave
the Butte track, and no specific charges
are made. ..
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He May Reform.

It's the unexpected that happens some
times. SO don's get worried or alarmed it
Umpire Mccarthy should suddenly take to
calling out the number OF balls and strikes
in any old game he happens to umpire in
Butte within the next AZ hours. Mac
has not decided yet whether to number his
calls or not--but then he's fellow given
muchly to surprises-all sorts OF sur
prses.
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Champion Woman Bowler.
Eneland's Champion Oarsman.

American oarsmen are interesting them
selves in movement that is being made
to induce +. S. Kelly, this years winner
Of the Diamond sculls at Henley, to visit
this country. Titus, the American oars
man, who lost to Kelly, is one of the prime
movers in the affair. Kelly is recognized
as Great Britain's foremost oarsman and
is very popular in sporting circles on the
Island. Should he accept the invitation to
visit the United States it is the intention
to arrange several matches with some of
the best oarsmen on this side of the
water. e.
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SUNDAY Is After Mccarthy.

Bert Sunday wants to fight Jerry Me-
Carthy for a match at II5 pounds with
Hawkins. William Matley, Sundays
manager, has issued challenge to Nc
Car,hy for match at i45 pounds with
side bet of saoo, the contest to take place
wherever the best purse is offered.
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There will be no more high-class racing
in Butte after the close of the present
mceting-at least not for several years, il
the prediction of the present officials is
fulfilled.
President Hugh Wilson Of the Montana
Jockey club came out candidly today and
stated in terms not to be mistaken that
HIGH VIII SON
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"Fitzn Out for Good.

There can be little doubt that Robert
Fitzsimmons has retired permanently
from the ring. Although twice defeated
by the giant boilmaker. of the two, he is
the more popular, and will go down in
ring history as the greatest fighter that
ever donned the padded mitts.
Jeffries is the undisputed champion, and
for the present at least, there is no one for
him to fight. Jim Corbett has been mem
toned in this connection but it is doubt
ful if he would stand a ghost of a show.
Others have suggested Tommy Ryan, but
Ryan is evidently not over-anxious and in
turn suggests Hall Adali or some other
giant Turk. Sharkey or Rubin might
do but the match would not be of much
interest All things considered, Jeffries
stands in fair way to retain his title
until some new find springs up to give him
battle.
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A Souvenir.

"Sce that bail" said "Homc Run" Joe
Marshall this morning as he produced
sphere from his pocket. "Wcll, that's the
ball held until Flannery started to
third last Thursday I'm going to hold
the goggasted thing the remainder of my
lifc-or until my wife. il ever get one,
takes it away from me. See?
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plungng, double plunging and triple plung-
ing. Moreover, he usually won at long
odds, thereby creating the more of SEN
sation.
There is only one man in the betting
! ring at Saratoga who will take any and all
money offered by these two plungers. 1t
is Joe Ullman, All the others are scared
to death and cannot be induced to accept a
asingls wager.
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JUDGE THOMAS EASILY
DEFEATS SILVER DICK
Leaves the Post First and Is Never Head
ed-The Track Was SIow-Great
Crowd Sees Big Match Race.

Good weather and all excellent card
combined to draw one of the largest crowds
OF the season to the race track yesterday
afternoon. The opening races were not
altogether uninteresting but the big event
OF the days sport and the one which the
people had come to see was the match race
between Silver Dick and Judge Thomas.
Judge Thomas established his reputa-
tlon as sprinter of merit early in the
present meeting and when he was beaten
by Silver Dick in the recent match race
between the two horses and Populist the
surprise was general.
Judge Thomas went to the post yester-
day the favorite notwithstanding the fact
that he was to run against the horse that
had beaten him. That the victory was
I popular one could not be doubted after
the mighty shout that went up from t,e
; stands as Judge Thomas came in front of
the judges stand first by nearly two
lengths.
Judge Thomas had the best of it from
the start. Getting off first he was never
headed and won easily, Silver Dick
seemed indisposed to do his best and gave
about as miserable an exhibition of quar-
ter mile sprint as one cares to see once
in lifetime. He Scarcely seemed the
same horse that made the distance in aIH.
The race yesterday was anything but a
fast one and the time marked, sIA, is
very lenent.
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SPORTING BREVlTlES.

Sam Harris is quoted as saying that ho
IS willing to bet $4,000 on McGovern.
Wake up, Sam McGovern is not such q
certainty in this scrap.
Louisville is willing to take the Corbett-
McGovern fight if~nobody else wants it.
The Butte inter mountain., 1902-08-16
Pacific Coast Golf.


Golfers throughout the West are look
ing forward to the second annual meet
ing of the Pacific Coast Golf association,
which will be held on the links at Del
Monte, Cal, beginning August I8.
Entries for the women's amateur cham
pionship of the P;cifc Coast will close on
Monday with T. P. Cover. secretary of,
the association, at Io Beale street, San
Francisco. The event is open to all anna
teurs who are qualified under the bylaws
of the association and are members of
affiliated clubs. The qualifying round
9:3o on Monday morning, the 18th.
The eight best scorers will enter the
first match play round, beginning at go
on Tuesday morning. The sem-fnal
round will be played on Wednesday morn
morning. All the rounds will be over I8
holes. The winner of the final round
will be the champion woman amateur
trophy will be held for the year by the
The runner-up will receive a silver medal
and the winner gold one.
In addition to the womcn's champion
ship there will also be a competition for
the Del Monte cup for men. the contest
between teams representing Northern and
Southern California for trophy present.
ed by ]. W. Byrne, president of the Pa
cifc Coast Golf association. Teams of not
less than six players nor more than eight
will be selected at Del Monte from the
available golfers.
The open championship is for amateurs
and professionals, the winners If amateurs
receiving the gold. silver and bronze
medals of the association, and il profess
sionals receiving money. as follows: First
$Ioo, second $50, third $40.
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Champion Splinter Injured.

The worlds champion amateur sprinter
Arthur +. Duffy, whose record is 3-s Sec
onds for the 100 yard dash. has probably
run his last race. He is now suffering
from an injured knee in England, and
the rector of Georgetown university, on be-
half of the whole faculty, has cabled Duffy
to give up the track, as it might seriously
injure his health.
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HOW THEY STAND.
American League.
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.

Pacific Northwest League.
Helena at Butte.
Seattle at Tacoma.
Spokane at Portland.
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make the match for $4,000 a side, and
the Saratoga association would add prob
ably $4,000.
The Butte inter mountain., 1902-08-16
An American Monte Carlo.

The Jockey club and the Saratoga Rae
ing association intend to make strenu-
ous fight to dispel the gambling atmosphere
that Is steadily growing at Saratoga. 1t
seems to be the aim OF the gamblers now
there to make the place an American
Monte Carlo. and Mr.. Whitney and his as
sociates are desirous of combating the trend
in this direction. The gamblers recognize
in Mr.. Whitney the most powerful Of all
their enemies.
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National League.
Brooklyn at St. Louis.
New York at Chicago.
Philadelphia at Pittsburg.
Boston at Cincinnati.
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Western League.

ST. Joseph. 2; Des Moines, I.
Milwaukee, 3; Denver, o.
Peoria Colorado Springs game post
poned wet grounds.
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TRACK AND FIELD.

Baltimore is to get the fall games of the
South Atlantic Association, A. A. u,
which will be held the last Saturday in
September.
Eastern athletes will be kept busy pre-
pairing for this and the meet of the Metro
politan Association, A. A. U., which will
occur in New York city on August 3o A
feature of the event is that all the medals
and other prizes have been donated by
old athletes or by admirers of amateur
sport.
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SEATTLE RACES OPEN MONDAY
Its Gates--Pacific Coast GoIf-- -"Fitz" Is
Out For Good--Sportng Gossip.

Racing will be on at Seattle in earnest
Monday when the King County Fair
association throws open the gates to the
public for the 10 days inaugural racing
season. II will be the most complete rae
ing plant in the Northwest and every
known modern racing convenience will be
in operation to dispatch the fields quickly
and with accuracy. The latest improved
Maxwell starting gate will be operated
for the runners, and the improved Hess
timing and result machines have been
received from Cincinnati. The announce
rent of the stake attractions for the vari-
GUS days has met with general approval OF
the public and horsemen. Four hundred
stalls have been completed and of that
number 200 are already occupied, while
horses are arriving daily from all sections
of the country. Montana will probably
have the largest delegation, as applications
for over 200 stalls have been received
from Butte. The meeting will be mixed
one, with the harness horses and thorough
bred runners alternating for public favor,
with five or more races daily. On Satur-
day, August a3, the Seattle derby, $1,000,
for 3-year-olds, will be run. and on this
day the program will be made up entirely
of running races There are "a nomina-
tons for the derby, and of that number it
is believed at least /, will face the starter.
Champion Woman Bowler
Mrs. Frances Saakes, the champion
woman bowler of California, and with
some claims for that honor for the United
States, has record that will outshne that
of many bowlers of the sterner sex who
have been in the game for long time.
Mrs. Saakes first tourney work was in
1901, when she was one of the womans
team that competed in the tournament at
Los Angeles. Her average for 4S games
was I45 r-As, and it is said that she has
crossed the 200 mark oftener than any
other woman bowler.
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Arthur Sutton, probably the best known
of the professional swordsmen of the
West, is in Denver, and issues a challenge
to any and all comers. He is willing to
fence either with the foreign broadsword
or rapier o
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RESULTS YESTERDAY.
American League.

American League.
Boston, 2; Chicago, 1.
Philadelphia, II; Detroit, 4. Second
game--Philadelphia, S; Detroit, ?.
Washington, 6; St. Louis, 2. Second
game--Washington, 2; ST. Louis, I.
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American League.
Cleveland at Washington.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
st. Louis at Baltimore.
Detroit at Boston.
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Lester Reiff, the well-known horse train
er, has severed his connection with John
a. brakes Western string at Chicago, and
is ell route to San Francisco. There was
no misunderstanding between Reiff and
Mr.. Drake, the former simply being dis
satisfied with the quality of the horses
placed in his care.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-08-14
POMONA,

Mrs. G. II. Smith left here last
week for her home in Nashua, N. H.
Miss. Mercedes Keown returned
Monday after a pleasant visit with
friends in Glenw0od.
A business meeting of the Home
missionary society will be held at the
home of Mrs. Morrison, next We'd
nesday afternoon.
Miss Helen Eames has returned
from Georgia, where she has been
visiting friends for several weeks.
Miss Mercedes and Arthur Keown
VIII leave Saturday afternoon for the
north. After visiting friends for a
time, they will go to Mortified,
Mass, where they will enter the
Moody schools A social will be
held at the hall Wednesday evening
in their honor.
Mr.. Fred Post one Of the early set
tiers of this place, was visiting his
many friends here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Worcester
started for the north last Thursday.
where they will spend several weeks
visiting relatives and friends.
We are glad to have Mr.. H. A.
Perry with us again for q short time.
The G. L. meeting was lead SIM
day evening, by Miss Mamie Morri-
son.