Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-01
LATEST SPORTING
NEWS

Jack Cordell wants to fight Herrera
In Butte.
Fredericks and Lee fight at Great
Falls tonight.
Christie Mathewson will pitch for
New York again this season.
jim Warner, who is now in Butte.
IS trying to make match with Young
ketchell.
Harry Forbes was given the decision
over Paddy Nee at Indianapolis last
week after ten round bout.
w. X. Vanderbilt has gone to Eu.
rope Tor the express purpose of secur.
ing the fastest automobile ever made.
Jimmy Gardner Is very anxious to
get match on with Britt, but Frisco
is not anxious for the contest appar.
emily.
Piggy" Ward, who played with
Butte last year, will be a member oi
the Birmingham, Alabama, nine this
season.
The All-Americans who went to Gu
ba to show the natives how to play
ball, lost seven out of the nine games
played.
Joe Cans, champion lightweight of
the world, and Willie Lewis, are to
fight at Baltimore the second week
in March.
Jerry Mccarthy, who recently de-
feated Jack Reilly at Spokane, is in
Butte, and wants to fight Honey"
Melody there.
John L. has challenged Jim Cor.
bett for match, and says his def is
on the level, and that he believes
he can put his conqueror out.
Frank Gotch, the champion, under.
took to throw Joe Grant three times
within one hour at Washington Sat
urday, and succeeded in doing it.
w. w. Coe, Jr., of Somersville,
Mass, established new shot putting
record at Medford Saturday, sending
the 16-pound shot 40 feet, 1913 inches.
Kid Scaler. who is now in Great
Falls, has challenged Kid Oglesby, Of
Helena. It ought to make a fair con-
test, although Oglesby will surely win.
"Pittsburg Phil, the famous turf
plunger who died recently, left S.,
100000. He was the first man to
systematically collect the form Of the
horses.
J. w. Haines, a Salt Lake bowler,
has just broken the Utah record by
scoring 300. This is the perfect score,
and has only been made 20 times un-
der record rules.
Wittmer and Gotch are to wrestle
for the championship at Cincinnati
in a short time. The match has been
practically arranged, but the date has
not yet been fixed.
At Melbourne Saturday, Arthur DUFF.
fy, the American champion, scored
his first victory in Australia, winning
the 100 yard invitation handicap from
the scratch in 10 1-5 seconds.
James J. Jeffries announces finally
that he will defend the worlds cham
pionship just once more, and that will
have to be within the next twelve
months. At the end of that time, he
will retire from the ring.
Ned Price, who at one time bid fair
to be the champion of the world, and
whose great fight with Joe Coburn
years ago is remembered by ring fol-
lowers, is today one of the leading
lawyers Of New York city.
Abe Attel was given the decision
over Eddie Hanlon at the end of a
six round bout in Philadelphia Friday
night. No great amount of damage
was done and Attel appears to have
won through his superior cleverness
and speed.
Montana sports who visit the Lew.
Is and Clarke fair at Portland this
summer will find old John l.. there.
The former champion, who has been
delivering temperance lectures
throughout the country, is arranging
to open a saloon during the fair.
Tom Sharkey has again gone back
to the wrestling game. He has been
matched to go against Leo PardellO in
about ten days, and both men are
training. FardellO agrees to throw the
sailor twice within an hour. Sharkey
Is training with Spike Sullivan, who
Is to fight Jack Lee in private.