Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12

FERGUS
suit of battle on the coast few
days ago; he had the promise of a
fight with Hanlon and with Hyland,
and they fought each other. Scaler has
fought fifty-One battles. OF these he
lost three, fought five draws, won five
on decisions and scored thitry-nine
knOckOuts.
Cincinnati, Oct. 9.-Rules for the
series of baseball games for the worlds
championship between the two Chi
cagO teams in the National and Ameri-
can leagues, which will be played at
the National league grounds, Chicago,
on October 8 and the five days follow
ing have been announced. All the rules
heretofore governing will apply to the
series as well as the detailed rules
adopted by the commission last year
to carry out the rules above referred
to.
The following additional rule will
hereafter govern in these contests:
Rule 1.-THE authority of the UNI
pires in these contests will be supreme
and the umpires are authorized to eject
from the game all players indulging
in vile and indecent language and I'M
fair tactics. Before the distribution Of
the prize money belonging to the play
ers the commission will take cog
nizance of all representations by the
umpires and inflict such penalties as
they see fit against offending players,
and the penalties so inflicted shall be
taken from the prize money belonging
to such players.
The first game is to be played on
the National league grounds and all
games played thereafter will be alter
mated between American league
grounds and the National leagus
grounds.
Ever since the now famous fistic bat
tie recently fought by Joe Cans and
Battling Nelson at Goldfield, New, the
newspapers of the country have been
full of rumors of all kinds in regard
to the future of the two participants
of this. the greatest priZefight on rec
ord. Some have said that the two
would no doubt be brought together
again in second battle, and others
have ventured that it would be impos-
sible to get them in the ring again.
Then, again, reports from Nelson 5
end OF the wire say that the Battle1
is aXious to have a chance to redeem
himself, but that he terms will have
TO suit him. Cans too, has on several
occasions since the fight, announced
that he was perfectly willing to take
on the Dane again. but that the next
time he was to be the dictator of the
terms, and not the one who is tt
meekly sit back and submit to the
most unreasonable demand imaginable
without uttering a murmur.
Never before, however, has the
champion announced his position a!
he did last week when a guest of hon
or at a dinner given by colored friend:
in the east, he made the following
statement in regard to his future
plans: Nelson is the man whom
want to box; but l want to say RICH
here, that if we box again Nelson viii
come to my terms or l will not DO,
him; nor will l box again, but shall
retire from the ring, for l feel that
have done credit to our race
Because the work of the professional
boxer is strenuous and calculated tt
break one down physically, it often Il
thought that his years of usefulness
in the ring are numbered and limited
1t is thought that the punishment tina
he receives tells on him and in few
] years he is all in. While it is true tina
: occasionly one battle will PRACTICAL
, wind up mans ring career, as rule
, the boxer who trains faithfully can g
along for many years. There absolutel
is no limit. 1t depens upon the boXe
, himself. Bob Fitzsimmons. the deaI
, OF the profession. has been plU1din
f along for years and years. and has er
! gagged in so many bouts that even h
t himself has failed to keep an accurat
+ tab on them. In 1880, when Jem Mace
: the English champion, made a tour Q
). Australia and New Zealand. Fitz frs
began to attract attention. He wa
working at the forge in his brother
blacksmith shop in Timaru, New Zes
land. at the time, and when Mac
= reached the boot-shaped island Bo
!. was one of the first to enter the bo,
!, ing tournament given by "The Gypsy,
: as Mace was called in those days.
Fitz was a nOvoice but, with tn
,. natural fighting instinct and an unlin
tied amount of confidence and amb
ton. He defeated four men in the con
petition, and was given the amateu
championship of New Zealand. In TIL
way of remuneration for his remarl
able performance, it is a matter of rim
: history that Mace remembered hil
magnificiently by presenting him wit
the magic words, "Jem Mace" wri
ten thereon. That was twenty-six year
: ago and Bob has been fighting eve
since. Rather long time, but the oil
' warhorse says he is still in the gam
e and able to clean up a lot of them We