Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-10-20

mOnd.
Because two well trained athletes
on one of Uncle Sans battleships saw
fit to box six rounds under the super
vision of the officers Of the ship there
has been considerable comment re.
garding the same, some claiming it
tended to make brutes Of the crews.
els it not better to have the men
trained and become physically strong
and engage in boxing matches on
board the boat than go ashore and be-
the like?" says T. 8. Andrews of the
Evening Wisconsin. when young
men are compelled to remain aboard
boat for months at a time they natur-
ally want some diversion, and what
better sport could they engage in than
boxing? There is nothing brutal about
it when properly conducted, and 1t
certainly is not anywhere as near dan.
gerous as football or lacrosse.
Two we'll trained men should never
have trouble in going through bout
limited to 10 rounds or whereabouts,
unless they are matched in a one-sid-
ed manner. A man may receive q
bloody nose or black eye, but what
of that? There are few boys who ev.
er went to school that did not get both
on numerous occasions. There are few
football games where there are not
from four to half dozen young men
used up much worse than any man in
a boxing match.
"The jackies on the men O. war
want their sport, and If they prefer
boxing they should not be denied the
pleasure, for such work will do more
to make real fighting men of them
for Uncle Sans navy than to mix up
in street rows on shore or to play mar
bles aboard boat. The trouble is that
most people are prejudiced against
boxing simply because the confound
it with the old time finish fights, but
there is as much difference between
the old and new style of fighting as
there is between night and day.
''In the old days men fought with
bare knuckles until one of them was
knocked out. Now they box say six,
eight or 10 rounds with big padded
gloves, and the referee decides the
winner on points. Sometimes man
is put down for 10 seconds and that
ends the contest. Where the men
are not evenly matched the referee
stops the contest, SO that the men
have fair play throughout. 1t is a
splendid exercise and should be en-.
couraged more instead of discouraged.
1t is the taking promoters and man.
ayers in various parts Of the country
that have done so much to hurt the
game"
kid" Egan, formerly press agent for
Jim Jeffries, arrived in Frisco from
Goldfields, New. with the object Of
arranging match between Battling
Nelson and Jimmy Gardner, to take
place at Goldfields in the week be-
fore New Years day. Egan says
that bank in Goldfields has taken
up the proposed match as a business
venture and will offer purse of $685.
900, the sum of $4,000 being already
deposited. Gardner has agreed to
sign at 1873 pounds. Nelson is now
on the road with theatrical show
anG Egan is seeking to locate him.
AureliO Herrera, who has many ad-
mirers in Lewistown, has finally secur-
ed a match with Eddie HanlOn. The
mill is to be pulled off before Tom
McCary's club on the coast November
8, and the two pugilists have been
training for the bout at least HanlOn
has, and Herrera says he has. This
is the first fight Herrera has been able
to secure since his meeting with Neary
was stopped in Silver Bow last summer
in the first round. HanlOn, with his
brother Dan and Spider Kelly, has
gone to Santa Monica, CAL, to train.
Hanlon has taken on considerable
flesh of late, and he will train from
now until day or two before the
fight.
AS a reward for winning the Ameri-
can base ball league championship
pennant the eighteen players of the
Philadelphia club were presented by
President Skibe, of that club, with 49,.
131.49, to be divided equally among
the men. This is the amount of the
Philadelphia clubs portion of the re-
ceipts for the first four games of the
worlds championship series with the
New York National League club. The
Philadelphia players also received &c.
846.46 as their portion OF the receipts
Of the worlds series allotted to them
by the national commission.
Since Jockey Eugene Hildebrand' S
retirement from the saddle there has
been some uneasiness among the jock
eys in the east. as there were rumors
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