Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-11-21
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up their own nerve in acting tile part
OF an entirely confident and nonca.
liant scrapper wo is doing the thing
just for the fun of it.
It's faculty is generally found in
the fighters whose scientific attain.
ments are In excess of their power to
slug and take a world of gruelling.
Mysterious Billy Smith was one of the
first to bring it into play, and such
ring generals as James ]. Corbett and
Abe Attell have practiced it with
soOd results.
Mysterious Billy Smith fought Joe
WalcOtt five times, four of which
were draws, but the negro was at all
times Smiths master. although the
latter would keep up a running fire
of taunts and jibes which made the
inky cuticle of the Barbados Demon
often turn an ashy gray, SO flustered
would he become.
you ugly black hycna," Smith
would remark while he skipped
around the ring. 81 don't believe you
realiez what fool you are to get
IL here with me. First, I'm going
to spread your nose all over your
face, and then I'm going to make
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Walcott generally lost his nerve,
and had Smith possessed the punch
he undoubtedly would have beaten
Walcott. In the battle in which the
negro was given the decision it is
said he became so enraged and wild
tant he just clustered in and literally
smothered Smith.
Kid Broad had way of thrusting
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loose line of talk that would make
an average sailor hide his head. Not
withstanding the kid has no palate and
generally travels with an interpreter,
his opponent was generally flustered
SO by the jargon that he would let
all sorts of opportunities slip and
leave imself open for some of Broad
awful punches.
A lot of by play In the ring before
the handshake has the effect of rat.
Ting a fighter. Mccoy had a great
way of wearing sinister, contemp.
tuous smile and looking his man ov.
err from top to toe in a manner that
made the other fighter squirm. Young
Corbett also was on to this game
Corbett, however, kept up the talk
and it is said that it was due to this
that he got and held the Indian sign
On Terrible Terry McGovern.
With fighter like Jeffries or Mar
vim Hart this guying doesn't go. They
are both too intent on the fighting it.
self to hear anything or see anything
for that matter, but the man before
them. Philadelphia Jack OBrien. is
a grandstander. in this line, of purest
ray. He will enter the ring in a
most nonchalant manner, bow to right
and left to acquaintance in the crowd
and will not see his opponent until
few moments before the whistle
Then he solicitously inquiries after
the pug's health and chats with him
in patrOnizing manner. He ran
this game over Young AL Kaufman
and got the lad, who is naturally a
scber-minded, undemonstrative fellow
so ratified that he didn't know what
he was up against.
Battling Nelson is out of it for a
long time as a fighter He amour
ces that he has fully made up his
mind to do a lot of travelling before
he fights again and among other sec
tons that he will visit will be Den
mark, his native land Nelson is will
ing to make match right now if the
favorable terms he thinks should be
offered are forthcoming, but he wants
the match to be set for future date
SO that his plans will not be inter.
ferred with at all. AS club match
makers are not doing much business
or that system it is likely that the
Dane will wait for some time.
! George AIDE, author and playwright
and incidentally the owner of a large
farm in Indiana has turned his at.
tention to football and has completed
a list of rules intended to make the
game less strenuous. One of the ar
guments advanced by AIDE in support
of his football guide is that it will
also reduce professionalism to the
minimum. Here is the code the Hoos.
Ter suggests:
Selection of players-The II play
ers constituting the team shall be Sc.
lected by the faculty, and the student
who has received the highest grade
in Greek anthology shall be captain
of the team. No student shall be
eligible for the team unless he is up
in all his class work and has an es.
tablished reputation for piety.
Preliminaries-When team ap.
pears on a field for contest it shall
greet the opposing team with the
Clautauqua salute, which consists of
waving the handkerchief. After this
a few minutes of social intercourse,
with friendly chats concerning books,
and writer's, may precede the opening
of the game.
Substitute for the "Toss"-Instead
of tossing coin to determine which
side gets the ball. the two captains
shall be called upon to extract the
cube root of number given out by
the professor of mathematics. The
captain VINO is first to hand in the cor.
rect sum gets the ball.
Advancing the ball-The ball hav-
ing been placed in the center of the
field the umpire who must be a pro-
fessOr of geology exhibits to the team
having possession of the ball fOs-
sill. All members of the team who
think that they can name the geologi-
Cal period to which the fossil belongs
will hold up their right hand. The
umpire will select a player to name
the period. If he answers correctly
he advances the ball two yards. II,
In addition, ne gives the scientific
name of the fossil. he advances the
hall five yards. If no member of the
team can answer the question pro-
pounded by the umpire, the opposing
team shall be given a trial. If sue.
cessful, it is given the ball.
Substitute for kicking godfather
a touchdown has been made the one