The Butte inter mountain., 1903-10-02
GENERAL NEWS OF SPORT WORLD
SIDE LIGHTS ON THE
DAYS SPORT NEWS

Spokane is certainly making Garrison fin.
ish. Another defeat for Dugdale's men yes.
terday.
Butte didn't play at Salt Lake yesterday.
The game scheduled for that day was played
Monday.
Mysterious Billy" Smith, erstwhile prize.
fighter, has deserted the ring for the Salvation
Army The other day in Denver he sat on
the platform with General Booth.Tuckcr and
two score Salvation Army celebrities. "Myste.
rious Billy" was good man before he quit
the two-ouncc gloves for the hundred horse.
power banjo. A considerable number of other
good men have found by experience how hard
he could hit. Terry McGovcrn is the most
illustrious of these. Tommy Warren, the Tip.
ton slasher, and Dave Callahan are others.
lhe Mystery" told the story of these en-
counters to the audience. In the audience was
sprinkling Of sports. They were friendly,
but not altogether friendly, either, TO the
formed pugilist. When the latter told of his
meeting McGovern a rancous voice from the
front of the house interrupted him to say:
Yes, an Terry knocked your block off,
too"
Which is probably history. but was unkind.
Mr.. Smith spoke for 20 minutes. II was
always terror" he said. II began when 1
was baby and never turned down a fight
Then lie told the divertng story OF n match
in New Jersey. at was q finish fight on the
turf. and the guys friends had it fixed TO win
1t he lost. But me and my friends was fixed.
There was guns pulled and-nothing DOING
1t appears that this estimable lerseyman sub.
sequently poured kerosene over his wife and
set fire to her, for which rifing oifensc. The
Mystery explained. lie is actually on trial for
his life now.
and 1 might have been with him." the
speaker admitted, but 1 broke away from
Satan. ! was passing Salvation Army camp
with my wife and she asks me 10 go in.
Not for nine says L. Why, those blokcs
are ont for graft. ] wouldn't get up and talk
like that for a thousand night"
Al Neill, who has been out Of the game n
spell will shy his caster in the ring again this
month. This time he will try to reverse the
decision Dixie Kid gained over him at Los
Angeles. which was his last mill. The Sequoia
club OF Oakland has signed them to box IS
rounds on October 20. Weight was fixed at
i4a pounds. There will be at least four big
events pulled off in or near San Francisco in
October There will be two in Oakland. one
in San Francisco and one at Coloma.
Al Ahcrns. who is fighting in England under
the name of Jack Clancy, won his first battle
at Liverpool few weeks ago. lie fought Joe
White OF Cardiff IS rounds and got the dcc.
sion on points. An English writer's descrip.
ton Of Ahcrn's maiden effort abroad follows
when the pair got together it was
that White had great advantage in height and
reach over his extremely good looking. we'll
built and younger opponent The Cardiff man
had all the best Of the opening rounds, but in
the fourth Clancy avoided Whites heavy
swings clevery. and timing his blows with
great judgment he had easily the best of the
meeting. After this White clinched great
deal, but in the seventh round he got home
heavily on the face, and the American showed
signs OF much punishment. lie maintained.
nevertheless. the bustng tactics he had
shown throughout, and White was gradually
worn down. In the twelfth round Clancy got