The Butte inter mountain., 1903-04-23
GOSSIP

When the end came the big fellow laid
his head upon the bed and sobbed like a
child. He was unable to talk to anyone
lie could not speak of his wife without
a sch.
''Shc was the best friend | ever had"
said he. she was the best woman that
ever lived. and | don't know what ! will
do. There's the little ones. and If it
were not for them | wouldn't care what
happened Poor Rose, She was always so
fair about everything. ! can't talk about
her; feel just like q woman"
Billy DcCourscy, the fcatherwcight
puRilist. has written me asking that
statement III the Inter Mountain of some
time ago he corrected. He had reference
been defeated by Kid lredericks. De
Coursey says ne met l'rcdcrcks in Seattle
last April and at the end Of 20 rounds the
decision was draw.
He inclosed the following clipping from
the San Francisco Post:
AS was expected, Biddy Bishop has
dc-stepped TO Billy DeCOurscy and has
declined 10 match Aureio Herrera, the in
Hated Mexican, against the Los Angeles
i12.pounder.
Recently George Green wrote TO Bishop.
Offering a return match 10 the Bakers
field man and making the terms more
generous by raising the weigh, TO Il6
pounds rinRside.
bishop declined to again take on the
boy who at one time punched Herrera all
over the ring at Los Angeles and earned
the decision over him. He stated, how
ever, that he would think over the matter
and concluded by saying he would fight
provided the weight was made I27 pounds
at o'clock on the evening Of the battle.
AS DeCoursey IS "A light featherwcighi, +,
it is not likely he will make such con
ccssons to man who always PROCESSES
his ability to make rs at the ringside."
The dispatches that reach us from
llayre persistenily declare that the sheriff
there will not allow the Herrera Fred
ericks fight. 1t looks more and more as
though Butte will get it,
Charley lrcdcricks left Alhambra
Springs last night for Butte 10 arrange
the match for this city, should it develop
that ilaVre is out Of the question. Fred
erlcks don't care whether the match come
off on the 27th or whether it is postponed
few days for the fight club which gets it
to advertise.
II is understood that both the Broadway
Athletic club and the Butte Sporting as
sociation. OF which Jack Lavellc is man
ager, have made bids for the contest.
They are going to have baseball in Salt
Lake and Ogden this summer or bust"
The fans down there demand it and as
there seems 10 doubt but that il will pay
the only thing left to be done is to select
manager and corral some good players.
AS TO the salaries these players will get
Salt Lake paper says:
1T was stated upon reliable authority
yesterday that the local association will
pay its men each $50 per month, rs d
regular salary. This in itself is the equal
Of the salaries paid on some OF the better
teams in the minor leagues. However,
this is not all 1t is possible for each
man to add to this salary a liberal division
OF the gate money, so that he may be able
to amass fairsized fortune right here
this summer
There is never deartli Of players, for
If there were "A half dozen new leagues
formed they could all dc filled up with
good playing material.
Butte would like to see Salt Lake have
good baseball. 1t has long been the wish
OF the fans down there to have Salt Lake
in the league to which Butte belongs, bu,
this has been considered an impractical
proposition in the past on account Of dis
tances.
If Salt Lake can't have league baseball
we hope they can get the next best thing.
JOHN ~. MCINTOSH.