The Butte inter mountain., 1903-09-03
GENERAL NEWS OFSPORT WORLD
SIDE LIGHTS ON THE
DAYS SPORT NEWS

New York, George Gardner is going after
him, rough shod. If calling one four
iusher, sdestepper and coward will brihg
one to terms Gardner ought to be success
ful. Bob has aroused the middlewcight
champions ire by apparently ignoring him
altogether and talking about fighting Jim
Corbctt. Gardner said recently:
'ffitz announced that he would fight the
winner Of my battle with Root, and when
| won said would take him on. | went
cunning after him all over the country,
and he lodged My manager, Andy Craig,
travelled all the way to New York to put
up a forfeit OF $4,000 to cover the contest
think the sporting world will say in jig
time who has been doing the ducking and
whether or not Mr. Fitzsinimons is on the
square. Z
II am only too glad TO fight Titzsii1
mons under the conditions binding the
ight-hcavyweiRht championship, with
which he is thoroughly conversant Will
he make goodt Well, let's see. He's
dodger, as events will prove. He can have
my game any time he wants il.
Jack Johnson and Hank Griffin will not
meet in the preliminary to the Hanlon
Yangcr go next month at San Francisco.
1t was reported that the two big fellows
we're matched, but such was not the case.
Mr. Griffin refused TO have anything to do
with that Johnsing man aud the go fell
through. Morris Levy will match two
other men for the first go which will be
billed as double main event.
Frank Erne. ex-champion lightweight,
will enter Columbia college when the fall
term begins next month both as a profess
sor in athletics and as a student. He has
been engaged at salary said TO be $4,000
by the athletic faculty to teach the stu.
dents OF Columbia the manly art of self.
defense.
Not only will Ernc devote his time to
teaching boxing and developing the STU
dents, but he will enter three classes, and
says he hopes to graduate from the college.
He says he has fought his last battle. and
that the next four years will be spent at
Columbia, where he will study law.
With this end in view lirne has spent
the entire summer at his home OH the
banks of the Niagara whirlpool, where he
has been preparing for examination which
will be necessary for him to pass i'll order
to enter college. Erne has been under a
tutor whom he engaged in Paris while
abroad to box during the kings corona
tion.
Eddie Hanlon will be the next feather
weight champion, and ii ever he and
Young Corbett meet again the clever hard
hitting coast boy will vim James ].
Corhett made this prophecy recently.
The prediction was prompted by re-
mark that Benny Yanger was about to
leave for Frisco, to engage in another 20
round so with Eddie ''ianger will
come back beaten man sure" insisted
Jim. Benny is a splendid little fighter, at
that. but this chap Hanlon is a veritahle
whirlwind. Hes got the punch and the
skill. too, and that combination is mighty
effective.
Il heard n good deal about Yangcr and
knew that he was a slugger. They used
TO tell me that he got after his fellow from
the tap of the bell. Well, he did with
ianlon. He started sluggng. but Han
Ion gave him such dose OF il that he
quit right there After that il was Yam
ger who made the safe plays. He was
mighty clever too. with his blocking.
i think Hanlon will get the feather
weight championship because he is inn
proving at a tremendous rate. Watch his
next fight with Benny. See how he makes
him travel the pace from the start. He'll
Dut him ont sure