Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-04-26
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The young women of Butte are about
to establish gymnasium of their
own.
Monte Attell knocked out Kid Tay-
lor, of Chicago, at the Windy City
last week.
Terry McGovern is suffering from
paresis and will end his days in
sanitarium.
Tod Sloan's efforts at New Orleans
have convinced all TURTLES that his
riding days are over.
The state base ball league has been
formed at last, with Butte, Helena,
Great Falls and Missoula in it.
Maurice Thompson has returned to
Butte from his successful eastern trip,
and wants to fight Young Corbett.
Dick Hyland, who was defeated by
frankie Neill recently, put out Joe
Riley in jig time at Grass Valley last
week.
Terry McGoverns break down Is at
| tributed to his almost constant train
ing extending over several years with
scarcely let-up
The proposed Montana ball league
has not advanced further than to be
proposed, and now Butte proposes to
have a city league of its own.
Among others who will greet John
L. Sullivan when he arrives In Butte
is Duncan Mcdonald, who toured with
Sullivan when the latter was cham
pion of the world.
Ketchel, Of Butte, and HIM, of Cul
bertson, fought 20 round draw at
Miles city last week. Ketchel is gen
orally thought to have had shade
the better of the bout.
Sally Lunn, who took a two-year-Old
record of 22SH, is entered in a big
stake at Buffalo. Will Clark will make
his debut this year in the Yellow
stone stake at the coming Denver
meeting.
The Russian Lion, HackenschmidI
turns out not to be Russian at all
but German. He has no equal in the
world in Graeco-Roman wrestling, and
is said to be second Sandow in
strength. His weight is 200 pounds
John w. Pace, Secretary of the
Montana state fair, has completed and
issued the racing program for fail
week, the card containing IL running
six pacing and six trotting races. The
sweepstakes on the stakes races, Of
which there are six, aggregate $4,000
Marvin Hart seems to think thai
he has arrived since gaining decis
ion over Jack Johnson, but Charlie
Mitchell, the greatest judge of boxers
in the world, goes no further than t.
say that Marvin is probably the com
ing man in the heavyweight division
Jerry Mccarthy, of Butte, once NOR,
went down and out before Honey Mel
lody, of Boston at Spokane last week
Jerry was outclassed in every de
partment, and the end came in tn
eleventh round. A stiff left handler t.
the point of the jaw settled McCar
thy's championship aspirations TO
keeps.
: Tom Stout took his Lewistown Tig
ers up to Glengary Sunday, but tn
, local men failed to win the ball game
Glengary was there with Felix McGinl
in the box, and the game was very in
teresting for a time. Glengary wol
by a score of II to 16. The batter
for the Tigers was Sherman, Die
Baker and Ed. Baker.
Sullivan's bug house press agen
has cut loose again. After putin
out some dirty challenges" to Fit
simmons and Jeffries, he come to tn
front with challenge to Charlie
Mitchell. The last one, strange
say, contains no dirt, and it is poss
BILE that the P. A. remembered tina
Mitchell came all the way from Emf
land not very long ago to appear at
benefit for John L., when he was sic
and penniless.
Rube Waddell, the famous Phil;
delphia pitcher, throws a little ligf
on the delivery of the spit ball, an
like all the others, comedies that
is the real goods. Rube says: "Th
spit BALI is the only one of the ne
ones that amt a fake The re-
are all dope balls But the spit bal
hurts your arm, or it does NINE, an
only use it once in while. Yc
see you have to let it go with a sna
to get in the sharp curve, and tn
hurts your wrist. Nobody can te
me a sharp curve ball can be throw
without straining the wrist some an
way"
Battling Nelson has been tryir
very hard to force Jimmy Britt in
a match, but the Californian has p
him off, and now the Dane is thinkir
of making a match with Herrera !
Butte. In their last memorable fig
there, the Dane won after one OF Il
hardest battles in his career.
Jimmy Britt's refusal to meet B:
Ting Nelson is looked upon by Il
Frisco sports, and by the entire cOu
try, for that matter, with disfavt
For that reason, more than anythil
else, the authorities have refused
grant a permit for the Britt-Whi
fight. The whole matter has gone {
err until May 6.
The first light harness stable til
will leave California for the gra
circuit will be that Of w. A. Clark