Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-08-17
LATEST SPORTING
...... NEWS

John A. Drake, who recently spent
couple of weeks in this vicinity. is
now at Saratoga. where his entire
string of racers is quartered. Mr..
brakes stable this season is the
strongest one he has owned in some
years, and while he has had some
bumps during the past few months.
he has on the whole, been quite sue
Cessful, and as he is a heavy better,
the stable is doubtless more than pay
ing its way this season.
Secretary John w. Pace of The State
Fair has just announced the complete
entries in the four big stake harness
races which will take place in Helena
during the fair October | TO October
q. The purse in each one is LOCO,
and the horses elected to 90 in them
represent not only the best talent in
Montana, but in the entire west. en-
tries coming from several different
states.
Labor day will be the banner day
of the year for sports in Butte. There
will be fight between Twin Jack
Sullivan and Jack Dougherty in the
big arena; at the base ball grounds
Tacoma and Butte will play the last
game of the base ball season; at the
race track the trotters, PAGERS and run
ners will finish out the day.
John l.. Sullivan only fought six
prlze-ring battles during his entire ca
reer, and in giving him credit for that
number his ten-round glove contest
with John Donaldson will have to be
included. He knocked Donaldson out
in ten rounds in Cincinnati. Then he
fought John Flood on a barge in the
Hudson river opposite Yonkers. and
won in eight rounds. His next battle
of importance was with Paddy Ryan
at Mississippi City, on February I.
1882, for the heavyweight champion
ship OF America which he won in nine
rounds. He then fought Charley
Mitchell at Chantilly, France, and sue
ceeded in getting draw after fighting
1hirty-nine rounds in three hours ant
eleven minutes. The next year he me
Jake kilrain for the heavyweight
championship title and defeated hin
in seventy-tive rounds at Richburg
Miss. Three years later he met hi
Waterloo at the hands of Jim Corbet
in twenty-one rounds at New Orleans
New York, Aug. 16.-Jack O'Brie
suddenly set sail for England withou
saying anything in advance as to hi
intentions. 1t is understood tina
O'Brien goes to England to fight JAG
Palmer, the alleged heavyweight chan
pion of Britain. who was once SPAR
ing assistant for O'Brien. and VIII
would be the easiest sort of a mari
for the American. After he get
through with Palmer, O'Brien will g
10 Australia and gather in some NOR
easy money by beating Bill Squires
the alleged heavyweight champion O
that country.
1t is limited that O'Briens sudde1
departure was due to the fact that h
would, had he remained here. bee
compelled TO meet Berger again, o
else Tommy Burns, whom he regard
as very unpleasant opponents. BY tn
time he gets back to America he hope
there viii be some new heavyweight
who are more tractable.
Jack Munroe has finally landed RICH
side up IN the new silver mining field
of Cobalt. Province of Ontario. Canadf
about 300 miles south of Hudson Ba,
On the shores of Lake Temiskamins
Jack is running a pleasure resort l
the Coney Island variety. and. by tn
way, he calls it "Coney Island" TIL
opening occurred a few weeks agt
and in the New York Telegraph Kal
Decker gives description of the O,
casiOn and the actions of the propr
etor at that time to do justice to tn
memories Munroe's Butte friends r,
tain of him. A party of Pittsburg pei
pie happened along in time for tn
doings, chartered a boat at New Ii
keard and went across the lake. Thi
is what they saw:
Jack MunrOe was superintendent
the opening himself. He showed n
change in physical appearance froI
the time when New York looked hil