Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-08

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Bob winning in the first round. Then
| FitzsimmOns and Corbett. which took
place at Carson City. New, on March
Ia 1897, and which Fitzsimmons won
in the 1lth round.
That battle always has been chron.
icled as Fitzsimmons' first champion
ship victory, but the files of the papers
| of February %. 1896, show that Bob
won his first heavyweight champion
| ship spurs by defeating Maher in Mex
leo. While Corbett, Fitzsimmons and
Maher were deciding between them
the championship of America. Peter
jackson still was the acknowledged
| champion of England and Australia.
and practically held that title until de-
feated by Jim Jeffries at San Francis
co on March %. 1898. The fact that
England or Australia failed to turn
out champion after Jackson beat
| Slavin does not enter into the argu-
ment. and should not change Jeffries'
standing. Besides beating Jackson,
jeff also took into camp all of the
America champions and those who as.
PRED for the title, which. in my opin-
ion, gives him the right to be honor.
ed as the first real worlds champion
under marquis of Queensberry rules.
1t might be well to state that when
John l.. Sullivan, in 1892. challenged
COrbett, Slavin and others he took
special pains to overlook Peter Jack
son, the only man whom he could have
fought for the worlds championship.
Sullivan, like other fighters, drew the
color line because it was a tough line
to cross.
The recent football game between
Stanford university and the University
OF California netted $24,O22, which
was equally divided between the ath-
letic committees of the two institu-
lions. Contrary to expectations. the
receipts from the game this year did
not fall far short of those of last
year, the difference being but 5000.
The famous Poe brothers received
$3.50 each for their services as umpire
and referee. and Chester Murphy $50
for officiating as head linesman.
One man, with a capital of IS cents,
has made $25O,OOO on the race track,
Davy Johnson, who plunged and
bought one horse for $4,000, was rem
dered penniless by the game.
Mike Dwyer, who for time was
terror to the bookmakers, succumbed,
and also went broke
Theodore Walton, wealthy polite
ian and hotelkeeper, first racetrack
gambler to be called "plunger." was
beaten by the game after ephemeral
| success.
Riley Grammar, whose whirlwind vic
tories over the layers of odds made
him famous. accumulated approximate
ly 100000 and today he is "broke."
Denver Post.
Yale got from the Harvard and
Princeton games this year $36, 700. All
Of the $4,000 Harvard game seats were
sold at 81 each which was divided
equally, netting Yale and Harvard
each $4,000. There were sold for the
Princeton game 28,70O seats of the
10000 available, and this leaves 29.7OO
fol- Yale and Princeton to divide.
Princeton sold 5000 of these seats and
Yale 24,600.
The brainiest negro ever seen on
the turf was Isaac Murphy. the Black
Archer of America. Murphy was a
master of pace and could ride thor
oughbred to perfection. Few white
Jockeys of modern times would have
anything on Murphy were he alive to-
day The black trainer came from the
south and trained horses for ante
bellum turfmen of the old school.
F'aithfulness and honesty were their
principal stock in trade. White COM
petition has driven them out of the
business.
What goes about football. horse rae
ing and boxing, also goes for cycling
and baseball. In the latter sport the
white man bOycotted him and barred
/ him from the professional game, while
the only cyclist of any account who
ever shOne as star was Major Taylor
and his kicks that men like Eddie
Bald, Tom Cooper Earl Kiser and 9TH
, ers always conspired to beat him be-
cause he was negro, in time turned
even men of his own color against
him, and today he is but memory.
New York, Nov 29.-Terry McGov
ern and Battling Nelson will box six
rounds early, in January in the Second
regiment armory in Philadelphia, says
the World. The match was arranged
T
, City fight promoter. He succeeded in
> convincing Joe Humphreys, manager
for McGovern, that the bout would
. draw at least $4,000.
q Jabez White, the English light
!. weight champion has announced his
n intention of returning to this coun
8 try next March to get on mattel
\ with Battling Nelson.
'The loose system of timing on the
= coast was never better exemplifiet
+ than in the recent Battling Nelson
q Jimmy Britt fight" says George Siler
Britt, it will be remembered. wen
. down in his own corner, and, accord
ing to private watches. he was dOwI
10 seconds when he attempted to rise
and it was fully six seconds after, o.
IL seconds all told, before Graney de
clared Nelson the winner. l spoke t.
Tlmekeeper Harding Immediately al
ter the fight, regarding the time. AM
he admitted that the limited 10 sec
onds had expired when Britt rolled OI
err, and that he was down at least l
seconds. Adding that he had count
ed correctly, but that Graney, bein