Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-15
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Tacoma last week went the limit, and
the decision was draw. Sullivan
showed to better advantage during
nearly all of the fight.
And now the astonishing informa.
ton comes from Helena that it is now
Champion Billy Oglesby who is to
tight Kid Lee there on March Goth,
but 'Lige Oglesby, his brother, who
has no reputation at all-that is, not
one that he would care to exhibit,
and who has never been in the ring
before.
Rudolph Him., of Culbertson, gain
ed an easy victory over Mark Nelson,
the terrible Swede," in their fight at
Culbertson, putting him out in the
third round. HIM appears to be a good
| one, although not yet fully tried out,
Nelson being no match at all for him.
Him. announces his willingness to
meet any man in the country at las
pounds.
Only 10 American bred horses have
earned the distinction of winning
100000 or over in the history of the
turf in this country. Irish Lad and
Africander were the latest accessions
to the ranks Of the all-star aggregation
of brilliant performers, which is now
made up as follows: Dominic, Kings
ton, Sir Walter, Raceland, Hanover,
Salvador, Miss Woodford, Potomac,
Strathmeath, Banquet, Tammany, His
Higness, Firenzi, Dobbins, Tourna-
ment, Iroquois, Irish Lad and African
der.
Jack Clifford, the Butte pugilist
who recently lost decision to Jack
Cordell at the end of 2O-round fight,
now claims he was jobbed, and wants
another go at Cordell Clifford has
developed into one OF the shiftiest
men in the ring. He has speed to
burn, terrific punch and a guard
that is almost impossible to get
through. He lacks just one thing, and
that is sand. In his last fight in Mon
tana, which was with Louie Long at
Helena, a few weeks ago, he gave
Long an awful beating, but as soon as
| the white haired lad from the coast
|
killers, Clifford went down and claim.
ed he had been fouled The claim was
disallowed by Duncan Mcdonald, who
announced, while Clifford was still
on the floor, that the man was sham
ming. Nevertheless, he awarded the
| fight to Clifford, which was about the
only rank decision Mcdonald ever
made, outside of the Monroe-Jeffries
| ruling.
Jake Kilrain, who was looked upon
| by many in the days of John L. as
the coming champion, Is taking life
easy in Baltimore. DOminick Mccall.
frey is in Pittsburg. Jem Mace, in
many ways the most wonderful man
the ring has ever known, is still alive
and in London. He is deeply inter.
ested in all good works, and his son
is a clergyman. Tug Wilson, who
succeeded in hugging John l.. through
a limited round contest, and getting
big purse for not getting knocked
out, keeps a road house near London.
Jim Hall is training league base
ball team. Herbert Slade Is reported
as being back in Australia. but the
writer knew him we'll at Salt Lake
city for several years, and he is prob
ably still farming in that section.
Jack Burke is keeping public house
in Dublin. Peter Maher is now in
the milk business. That ought to
suit Peter. Mike Conley, the Ithaca
giant, is enjoying life at Cincinnati.
Steve O'Donnell is boxing instructor
at Harvard. Billy Edwards is a
special policeman in New York. Jack
McAuliffe is bookmaker. Arthur
Chambers is a prosperous cafe pro-
prietor in Philadelphia. Jim Williams
: is a policeman in Salt Lake city.