Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-04-05

Young Corbett is still struggling to
get back in the game.
Honey Melody and Jerry Mccarthy
are to fight in Spokane on April Is.
Jack Munroe, has declined an offer
from Jim Jeffries to become the cham
pion's sparring partner at $50 a week
Herrera wants to fight Nelson again
at Butte. The Mexican modestly says
he is now displaying championship
form.
Jack Munroe, the Butte athlete, is
living at Birmingham, Ala, and has
invested some of his earnings in real
property there.
Honey Melody is trying to arrange
a match with Frank Duffy, Joe Cans
or Jimmy Gardner, the fight to take
place in Butte.
Despite his faithful work, Tod Sloan
seems to be making very slow progress
toward getting back into his old form
as the worlds premier jockey.
Kid Mccoy has picked out Pitcher
Frank Smith, Of the Chicago Ameri
cans, as the man who can make Jim
Jeffries fight for his life.
The Spokane base ball exhibition
company has secured temporary in
junction restraining w. H. Lucas from
organizing a ball team at Spokane.
Rudolph HIM, of Culbertson, stay
ed with Tom Riley, Of Seattle, Il
rounds at Culbertson last week. HIM
was clearly outclassed, but Riley could
not put him out.
Kirby Hoon, of Helena, the best
pitcher Butte had last season, has de-
cided not to accept an offer from the
New York Americans, and will play
this season in the west.
Miles City will have a good glove
contest on April 10. Rudolph HIM
the Culbertson lad, who has made
such remarkably good record Of
late, will try conclusions with Young
Ketchell, who recently defeated La
fontise at Butte.
Andrew Ecklund and Charlie Chist
two we'll known Helena amateurs
have joined the professional ranks
They were signed by the Salt Lake
league team last week, and will &C
on the diamond at once. Chist Is a
pitcher of great promise, and Ecklund
is a catcher of ability.
Jim Jeffries announces that he will
meet Marvin Hart if the public wishes
it. The public may wish 1t, but the
public will witness mighty poor dgh'
If Marvin Hart ever goes into the
same ring with Jim Jeffries. Better
wait for Squires, the Australian cham
pion.
Sam Martin, the we'll known Butte
sport, who was formerly In the res
| taurant business at Helena and Butte
won two combinations last weel
which netted him nearly $1,000. flt
played Franch Nun, George Leiger ant
Councilman twice, and Hands Across
and Councilman on another ticket
| The four finished as he named them
Oxford defeated Cambridge in the
annual boat race Saturday, 1t being
Oxford's first win in three years.
The Los Angeles race meet came t
an end Saturday. Taken all In all
the meet was disappointing. This
was due to the laxiety of the judge!
in enforcing the rules strictly, am
some of the wierdest races run il
years resulted. It is the general be
lief that the books had altogether tot
much influence on results.
Duncan Mcmillan again failed Il
throw Jack Curran, of Great Falls
four times in an hour at Missoula las
week. Mcmillan secured three falls
FWhat pleasure there can be In wit
Messing a match of this kind, from
a sportsman's point Of view, 1t is dill
ficult to imagine. Mcmillan is SO ia
superior to Curran that the latter Il
compelled to act on the defensive a
all times, and it becomes simply
stalling match, so far as Currans par
in it is concerned.
The third and deciding game o
the series between the High Schoo