The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-07
Mccarthy and Christie Contest
Comes of Wednesday.
BUTTE HAS TWO BIG CARDS
HERRERA BROAD. BRITT o.
KEEFE BOUTS SATURDAY.

previous good records. By defeating
Gibbs, Mccarthy took quite an upward
climb on the fstic ladder. as the col
Ored man is rated high in his class,
Mccarthy is doing his training at the
fire department gymnasium and is
showing up in fine form. He has Sc
cured Sullivan. the man who gave Jack
Munroe all he wanted, as a sparrinG
partner, and, it is claimed. has i'm
proved greatly since he met Gibbs
Christie, the other contestant, is
scarcely known outside Of this state,
where he is considered one of the clev-
crest men in the ring In the past he
has been noted Tor hi speed, but the
fight fans claimed he did not have the
punch to do the business. Christie
was we'll aware of this a year ago, and
since that time has been hard at work
developing a punch, and he viii sur
prise the fight fans when he steps into
the ring Wednesday night. TO one
watching him daily punch the bag IT
is not hard to see that he can hit a
much harder blow than a year ago,
and this, with his well known clever
ness, ought to give him a good chance
Of winning over Mccarthy
Next Saturday viii be a busy day
for the Butte (MOnt) fight fans, They
have scheduled two matches between
top nOtehers that ought to result IN
two of the best fights that ever took
place in the mining town. One is be-
tween Aurelio Herrera and Kid Broad,
and the winner will be right in line for
a fight with Young Corbett for the
featherweight championship of the
world. Broad knocked Corbett out
once and later lost a decision to the
champion. He is reckOned as one of
the toughest featherweights in the
business and will give Herrera the
hardest battle of his ring career. The
other contest is between Jimmy Britt
and Jack O'Keefe and will decide the
white lightweight championship of the
world. O'Keefe obtained a decision
over Britt on a foul at Portland a
couple of months ago. Britt claims he
got the worst of the deal on that oc-
casion. and Saturdays fight will settle
the matter in the eyes of the fight
fans.
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1t is to be regretted that Salt Lake
did not get the return match between
Root and Gardner. which is now sched-
uIed to come off at Fort Erie on July f..
This fight would nave been the biggest
card that could have possibly been
brought to Salt Lake, as the fight fans
here never tire of talking of their Won
derful battle here nearly a year ago
From a reliable source it is learned
that both men would have been willing
TO meet here again if someone would
have come forward with a guarantee
of $4,000 for the match. It seems that
this could have been done with perfect
safety. as they would surely have
drawn double that amount at the
gate.
Terry McGovern has gone TO the
tack of malaria. The ex-champion
seems to be pretty sick. but expects to
be himself again in a few months. Nc
Govern says that he is completely run
down and that the country air viii do
him a lot of good.
Some persons think that I feigned
Illness just because I was afraid to
fight Attell." said Terry. such, how
ever, is not the case. If you ever had
annoying. disease it Is. I am positive 1
must be in the best Of shape, however,
before face him"
MeGOvern is still a young man and
there are plenty of fights in him He
has no idea Of retiring.
They are talking Of matching Nose
LaFOntise and Joe Walcott at Butte.
Mont The match, however, has only
reached the talking stage, and in all
probability will never get beyond that.
That Jim Jeffries is determined not to
let Jim Corbett get away from him is
demonstrated by the manner in which
he agreed TO all the conditions of the
match which were proposed by Corbett
at their meeting N Frisco recently.
Jeffries had intended to make the de-
mand that they fight in an eighteen
foot right, but when Corbett said he
would not fight unless in a twenty four
foot ring, Jeffries promptly granted him
his wish The match will be decided
next August
When Young Corbett, who is show
ing at Miners Bowery theatre, ap-
peared on the stage for his go with Kid
last week, he was challenged
by Joe Bernstein, the Ghetto champion,
to box four rounds. Corbett's manager
answered that it was against the law
for Corbett to meet Corners" but if
Bernstein cared to Corbett would Wres-
tie him a fifteen-minute go for fun or
Tor money Bernstein quickly accepted
the offer. and a side bet of 800 was
made. Bernstein put up $50 to bind the
match The match will take place next
Thursday night.
It's all very well for a man tc stand
IN the glare of the limelight in a pair
IF trunks and spiked shoes. while a
1Owling multitude cheers him to the
echo. but a time comes when even the
greatest gets on a level with the rest
If the world and has to take the same
lard knocks. Bob Fitzsimmons discov-
cred this last Thursday when he en-
erred the ring just before the handicap
10 bet on Hunter Raine. If there was
1ne place on earth where Mr.. Fitzsirn-
mons ought to have been at home it
vas in that betting ring. Men fought
Zach other furiously to get near enough
% the bOOkies to inspect the prices
Feet were trod on. stomachs and backs
ooked, hats knocked off and clothing
umpled and torn. Husky betting COM
nissiOners pIowed their way through
he ring. shOuldering ana Glowing 9TH
II folks out of the way and snarling at
hose who objected.
If a man tried to take step forward
he was very apt to find himself showed
rack three PAGES. in fact. what prog
ess men made was entirely involun-
airy, and depended on which way the
ide was setting at the moment Mr.
f1tzsimmons, always a very gentle per-
on in private. sauntered into the midst
# this seething thTOng He was caught
n the rush, his hat went flying in one
Erection and he was twisted so sud-
-enly above the knees that his feet did
lot have time to twist with the rest OF
Us body, and he looked more ike a
orkserew than a man.
''0h, I say now. p4atested Bob to a !