Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-09

signed, but as yet Nelson has not post
ed MS forfeit, and this reason leads
| the McGOvern people to believe that
probably the Battler is leaving a loop
hole to escape.
Jack O'Brien has sent strange tel.
egram to San Francisco. He has or.
dered Alexander Pape, to go to Reno.
New, to see IL it will be possible to
arrange for fight there iwth either
Jim Jeffries or Marvin Hart. This f.
regarded as extremely visionary and
folish. There is not single chance
in getting Jeffries back in the ring
and O'Brien, according to his warm.
est friends, had better let the LOS
Angeles giant rest. As for getting on
match in Reno with Hart, that, too,
looked like bad move on O'Brien's
part. Much more money could be So
cured in San Francisco without a bit
Of risk.
The three highest salaried ball play
ers are Lajoie, Hans Wagner and
Jimmy Collins. The big Frenchman
is accredited with drawing $4,000
for managing and playing second
base for Cleveland. Collins pulls down
$1,000 for playing third and manag.
ing the Boston American club and
Hans receives $1,000 from Pittsburg
for leading the National league in hit.
ting. Just how much Christy Math-
ewson is paid for winning the pen.
nant for Mugsey McGraw's fighters
Is not public property, but it is q
tidy figure. McGraw is paid $4,000
for managing the Giants. but he is not
a player, and Hanlon will receive $12,-
600 to manage Cincinnati this year.
New York, Jan. 24.-Bob Fitzsim-
mons, the pugilist, and his wife,
bought farm at West Dunellin, N
j., yesterday. The farm was formerly
the rural home of United States Sem
ator Dryden of New Jersey. Fitz will
turn this farm into a resort for men
who wish to recuperate.
When Pat Callahan hit Marvin Hart
that wallop in the jaw and floored
him in the first round of their little
turnip out in Butte the other night
Pat was merely repeating ring his
tory, although in this case Pat did
not go quite as far as some of the
other suckers who have pasted
the jaw. Some of them have made
much reputation and money by being
lucky enough to do so.
The case of Jack Munroe, like Cal.
lahan, Butte miner, stands out as
prominent example of what an alb
solutely worthless lOut could do
when backed by a little piece of
luck. Munroe hit Jeffries in the jaw
in that same history-making city and
sprang into $8OO-a-week fame with a
burlesque show.
Munroe could not fight a lick. al
though he was good enough to beat
Tom Sharkey in Philadelphia. Mum
roe actually was SO bad that Tim Nc
Grath, who then trained him held
towel in front of his face when JEFF
fries got into the ring with him the
second time. so that he could not
see the champion. McGrath was
afraid MunrOe would jump over the
ropes if he got look at the big griz
i ely in the other corner. for his knees
were knocking together and he was
white with fear. Jeffries walked over
aside, grabbed Munroe's hand, glared
at him and merely said Hello" with
that threatening falling accent. That
settled Jack completely
Callahan hit Hart and knocked him
down, but Hart was strong enough
to overcome the momentary trouble
knocking the much lighter Callahan
) out in the second round. But the
bout teaches again the lesson what
some of Harris other fights have
and the man who hits him hard
on O,ol, iS cortoip IN uin
Hart is not such a knocker out
: as one would expect to find in such
hefty chap. He is far from being
an accurate hitter, and his eager rush
es are all to wild. He will find slip
perry customer when he meets Tom
, my Burns in Los Angeles, but the diff
} ference in the weights is so strong
, that it does not look possible fol
, Hart lose. Still, by winning he
. will gain nothing but the money
, Hart may be a championship pos
sibility but he is far from being g
, first-class fighter.-Chicago Chronicle
Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. S.-Stren
uous work has been cut from tht
: program of both Aurelio Herrera ant
, Kid Herman, the Chicago boy who il
to meet the Mexican champion to
J night. Both boys are at weight an
are doing only enough work to keel
in their present condition until figh
) night. It is certainty that Their
will be more betting on the Herman
Herrera fight than any bout Los An
} geles has been in many day.
The w. c. T. U. representative VIII
) asserted that Herrera has signed tn
pledge must have dreamed it. TIL
Mexican has never had the faintes
t idea. of ever signing anything whic
. even remotely resembles pledge
He takes his nip every day and
doesn't seem to interfere with his ge
ting into condition. The way Herrer
puts it is this:
81 have been drinking whisky S
long that | wouldn't be able to trai
well unless l kept right at it. 1t don
hurt me. I'll be in good conditio
when the night of the battle arrives
To see a fighter in training line
Zip against bar would give most {
the fans heart disease, but with He
rera it is different. He takes to bOoZ
as duck does to water and all hi
| friends know that if ic n regular thin