Fergus County argus., 1905-02-22

S15 pounds.
| Butte has gone daft over skating
and contests at the Holland rink are
almost nightly occurrences.
| Jimmy Britt states that he will
fight next month II he can get match.
He is willing to take on the winner
of the Nelson-C Corbett fight or Jabcz,
the English champion.
| Joe Sosnick, of Great Falls. and
Jack Livingston, of Pocatello. fought
a twenty round bout at Pocatello last
week, and the Great Falls man was
given the decision on points.
Rudolph Him., an ambitious young
fighter who has made quite a repu-
tation in northern Montana. will try
conclusions with Kid Fredericks at
Culbertson after the latters contest
with Lee at Great Falls.
Maurice Thompson, VINO was up in
this neck of the woods with the Her
reras, will fight Charles Neary at Mil.
waukee Friday night. Thompson has
steadily been making good in the east,
and is we'll thought of there.
r. R. Bennett, of the Heron Hill
Gun club of Pittsburg, last week won
the title of champion live bird shot
of North America and the Gilman and
Barnes trophy at Detroit Bennett
killed "a birds out of a possible 25.
The annual report of the Yale Ath-
letic Financial union for the year end
ing September 30. 1904, shows total
receipts of $106,396 and expenses of
$75.174, leaving a profit of 31,222. af-
ter paying $4,000 for maintenance of
the Yale field.
Two Feathers, the tall Montana In
dian who has broken into the wrest-
ling game, is attracting good deal of
attention in the east. He is unde
nably clever. but is too lathy and
lacks strength to so against the top
nOtcherS successfully.
Ike Hayes, the colOred heavyweight
of Butte, who has been in the ring
, for about 20 years, and who once
, held the championship of Montana
has signed for a bout with Jack Riley
} of Spokane, to take place at the Fort
Assinniboine gymnasium on March 5
{ A scheme is on foot at Great Falls
, to form state base ball league con
sisting of Butte, Helena, Great Falls
, Havre, Missoula, BOzeman Living
ston and Billings. The talk now i:
that state conference should bt
: held.
Bob Fitzsimmons has announced
: his Willingness to meet Jack O'Briel
in the ring at Panama for purse 0
$25.OOO, as offered by Clark Ball
r Furthermore, Fitz has put up $500
( as side bet to meet O'Brien any
: where. AMI asks the Philadelphian t
j. cover it.
Jerry Mccarthy, of Walkerville
e knocked out Jack Reilly, of California
9 in the seventh round at Spokane las
il week. Mccarthy appears to have dc
/, velOped into an exceedingly cleve
:. boy. Tony Caponi, of Chicago, no,
wants to fight the Walkerville lad a
# Salt Lake.
s. Kid Fredericks and Kid Lee hav
a been matched for another fight t
a take place at Great Falls on March
The men will weigh in at from 13
to 1873 pounds, an.l as they are to 6
r 20 rounds, a finish affair is expected
Il The former contest between these tw
e good ones was at Havre nearly tw
e years ago, when Lee went out in tn
e fifteenth round.
Jack Munroe is going back in tn
e ring. The Butte miner has bee
e matched for six round go with job
e Willie, who recently gave Jack O'Brie
s such a hard fight. Munroe outweigh
6 Willie about 80 pounds, and is fl
ured to have good chance. TIL
Butte man is said to have improve
# much since his fiascO with Jeffrie
II and there was plenty of room for /
n A new heavyweight has appeare
It He is Squires, the Australian, an
has lately been taking them down tn
line with such ease that his admireI
rt want to match him against Jeffrie
e Should he he brought over Jeffrit
O. will meet him without delay. I'll
IS champion is ~~'' to have reused u
IS like hungry man when he heal
the dinner bell at this news from Au
tralia.
W Capt. Anson, the famous Chicae
t. ball player of few years ago, hs
S. been angered by the claim of JAG
ly Chesrbor and Clark Griffith to the G
re feet that he (Anson) cannot ste
Chesbros famous spit ball. The We
eran offers to make cOnsiderab
rt bet that he can do the trick. II q
Or most think" says Anson, that I cou
RS put a pair of gloves on my feet ar
u. stop Chesbro's spit ball."
le
Or Interest now centers in the fig
between Young Corbett and Battlir
Nelson, soon to be decided at Ss
n Francisco. It is considered quite {
al even thing. in spite of the trouncir
es the battling one gave the form
a. champion on the occasion of their la
ks meeting. Corbett has left the pril
e, rose nath this time, and is gettll
himself in marvellous shape-just VIII
he failed to do the last time out. Jill
my Britt says he wants to see Ct
It. bett win, but picks Nelson as the 81
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