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should prove to he splendid drawing
card and the club is lucky that gets it,
1t will he pulled off in one OF the local
opera houses ii It comes at all.
A. Beveridec. manager OF Jack Madden.
writes me that his man is IN splcudid
shape for his bout with Oglcshy tonight
and that he is sure to carry away the
Helena boys scalp
This will be the first real good scrap
Helena has had in many long day and
should draw well.
Madden made good showing against
Herrera IN Great Falls and had he not
given away many pounds of weight there
might have been different result
At any rate. the little Brooklynite has q
hard fight left in him yet. and he promises
to show his hackers tonight that there IS
sii'l championship timber IN his sturdy
little frame.
OgleShy on the other hand. has not
displayed any great ability OF late. Ills
showiu" against Herrera here was rotten.
Since then. however. he whipped Kid
Madden in Wallace, Idaho, and his Hell
cna friends are willing to back him against
Jack Madden on the strength OF that
scrap.
Tonight IN the Auditorium the Bo2c-
man basketball team viii line up against
the Butte team, which was until recently
the Parochal school team
From all accounts the visitors are very
last at the game and the local team OF
Billy adams does not expect an easy
time OF il. The last game of basketball
here was between The Fort Shaw Indians
and the ParochialS The Auditorium was
packed that night. tact that demon
strated how popular the game has grown
IN Butte
The Bozeman team arrived last night
They will have practice this afternoon
a. IL.
of tonight. Following is the way the two
teams will lineup,
Butte. Position. lozeman.
Stella O'Donnci. . ..ccn,cr..........Miss Pcasc
Frank Dillon. right forward Carrie renweli
Edna Payne. .......lcii forward " Mcpherson
May ot onnor.. right guard. .Miss Francisco
Mamie Mcdonald. left guard. Miss kciscr
Substitutes Butte: Gertic kipp and The
lcsa Grace. iioEcman; Ngue, Morris, Helen
yeiiers and Miss Houston.
On Monday evening next there will bc
a meeting OF all the local athletes ioi note
III the Broadway gymnasium for the pur-
pose Of organizing a track team. 1t is
the purpose OF those who have the project
in hand 10 develop some crack men Ia
represent Butte this summer At the track
and field meet
Weekly try-outs will he held until luly,
when the final state meet will he held.
Decoration day will he a special event
udN lbI dll sports III DNllt.
II is To he hoped that more interest will
he taken in the field day this year than
was shown last. Although tue crowd was
slim when the track and field athletes as
scmbled at the gardens the 18th OF July,
this lid not discourage the lovers OF clean
athletics. and they determined to make
an annual field day in Butte at which all
the towns III the state should he repre-
sentcd
One thing that kent the crowd away
last year was the fact it was Derby day
at the racetrack and tnat drew the sport
ing push. Then. too. track athletics have
not gained the foothold in this part oi
the West they have in the East. The pco-
pie have to be educated up to them.
II a IOo-yard foot race can he arranged
TO be pulled of on the next field day he
tween Pat Corcoran. who beat Dundon,
and Schneider of Billings a big crowd is
assured, as everybody wants TO see these
two knights of the cindcr path run II ont.
II is TO be sincerely hoped that the
scramble of the different clubs for good
fights will not hurt the game in Butte.
| II is almost dead certainty the game
won't he hurt if the clubs go about it in
the right way. 'Tis all right to Try and
outbld each other. bat when bitter per
| sonal feeling exists its time to call a
| halt.
Take Salt Lake for example. The fight
| promoters have about killed the game
| there by petty quarrels which were aired
in the daily papers.
As long as the clubs are composed Of
| representative citizens nobody will regis
| ter a kick. but when rank outsider pOles
| his nose on the scene and undertakes 10
/ show us how the fight game should be
| conducted we can't help squrmng.
! JOHN ~. MINTDSIL