The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-09

these men. They will be followed in
their training stunts and careful notes
will be taken as to their physical condi-
ton.
The date of the contest has not been
set.
IL may be that we won't lose anything,
after all, by Herrera and Clifford falling
to get together. We are informed by the
management of the fight club that Britt
has signiiied his willingness TO come and
swap love taps with Bishops Mexican, and
that Clifford and Irwin will face each
other for the second time.
Now, ! want TO go on record as predict
ing that the followers OF the fstic game
viii see the fastest and fcrcest battle ever
pulled off here il Britt comes from Frisco
70 fight Herrera. From all accounts
jimmy Britt is a concentrated cyclone.
When he steps into the ring there is
continual smashing until something drops !;
and, thus far, ii hasn't been Britt.
We all know here what Herrera IL.
That little dark lump OF humanity is
tougher than piece Of India rubber, and
when the rubber uncoils there is enough
steam in the blows that the wiry arms
send ott TO fell an OK. II there is any
body IN this country OF ours able 10 take
his measure he can take away a nice piece
OF Butte coin.
Britt will probably agree to make 1913
pounds at 3 o'clock for Bishops man.
That is more than Clifford would do
Herrera is quite Indifferent as TO whom
his next opponent will be. All he cares
about IS fighting someone, and he will go
H. TO win whether that one be champion
OF a dub.
As for Jack Clifford, his next opponent
will be Toby Irwin, the same lad who beat
our Jack some two months ago. On that
occasion Clifford got the smutty end of
the referees decision. He was the aggres-
sor throughout the fight, and aggressive
ness counts for great deal with a consci-
entous referee. Jack swears that if he
faces Irwin again he will either lick his
man or be taken from the ring on a
stretcher.
There are hundreds of sports here who
want 10 see these men mix it.
All in all, we are going to see some fast
scraps here before long.
Sam IIildreth, owner of John Peters,
the crack sprinter by Lord Esterling, was
recently asked to put price on the colt
He replied $4,000. When another guess
as 20 the horses value was put TO Hildreth
today, he said II am not anxious TO sell
him at any figure much below $4,000.
When | bought a string OF racehorses
from John W. Sehorr two months ago
most horscmcn nudgcd one another and
whispered. Sans bought gold brick.
Well, | just fooled them. won a mum
Der OF races with each horse, kept few
and sold the remainder at big profit
John Peters was a bargain. lie has
won more than s. 5000 in bets and several
thousand dollars in purse money. lie paid
for the whole stable. That is the reason
| am not anxious to sell him. | will con-
tinue to give him a few races for month.
After that ! will rest him up Tor the
Washington park meet"
Nose LaFontise lost $3s yesterday be-
cause he wasn't able to bowl as well as
Aurelio Herrera. Biddy Bishop, llerrera's
manager, offered 10 bet Nose IS ball for
seven balls that the Mexican could beat
MN. Lalontise took it mp and the three
adjourned to the Thornton alleys to have
it out. Herrera turned the trick every
time, and when II was over Nose dug up
seven IS bills and turned them over to
Bishop
Well" remarked Nose, 81 guess I'm
better with the gloves than on the alleys,
and hereafter III keep my money in my
jeans when I'm bowling
The work Of Kid fredericks. who OF
late has been performing about iiavrc and
who has challenged all our local light
weights, has attracted considerable atten-
tion in the East. Here's what an exchange
says OF the Kid:
Buffalo. never happy since its fstic
idol, Frank trne. was shaken from his
pedestal. is rejoicing over the fact that one
kid fredericks is on his way TO the
Bison City from the distant West. where.
according to the Buffalo people, he has
been doing a great business in the knock
out line. Fredericks promises TO take the
place OF Erne. The returne4 wanderer is
a lightweight, and has written ahead to his
friends asking them to match him with all
OF the I33-pound boys in the world, Jim
mie Britt, of course, preferred. freder-
icks has been in Alaska and along the
coast, where he is reported to have achiev-
ed many victories, all of which we appear
to have overlooked in our rush through the
sporting pages. When he gets back to
Buffalo the coming CHAMPION might great
ly aid the cause by explaining why he did
not stop at Frisco to challenge Britt IN
stead OF deputizing newspapers several
thousand miles from the coast to do the
work.
There is one reason why frcdcricks
ought not to be given meeting match by
any club. Any boxer OF these later days
who insists on prehxing TO his name the
ancient, time-worn and nauseatig sd or
Young should be passed over without
consideration
Billy Corcoran, sporting editor of the
editor as follows:
Would like TO match Eddie Kennedy.
Eastern welterweight, against Lafontise,
Gibbs, Clifford, or any of your men out
there at I45 pounds at 3 o'clock. Kennedy
has met all the best men in his class ..e
has lost few decisions, but has never
been knocked out. lie beat Jack Burnett
in two rounds; Tim kearns, Joe Young,
Philadelphia Tommy Ryan, Young Kenny,
George kirwin, Jack Waldron, Frank Col
lier and has lost in 10 rounds to Matty
Mathews.
"Ilc will take on any man in the world,
IS per cent to the winner and rs to the
loser or under any arrangements that
might prove satisfactory. II you can
. match my man, send for him and he will
icoine at a days notice"
"a Ii Nose or Young Gibbs want any oil
Kennedys game they can have it by let
ting the writer know.
/. Philip J. Dwyer, president Of the Brook
lyn Jockey club, has been put in absolute
charge of the Metropolitan Jockey clubs
new racecourse at jamaica l.. |. ! he chief
event of this association will be the Tx