Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-23

There has been a bunch of talk to
the effect that Ryan's declaration that
he would re-enter the ring was only
| a blum to get some advertising for
him, which would stand him in good
stead in the show business. There
is no truth in this. Tommy will be
| seen in the ring shortly, and his CD.
ponent will in all probability be Jack
o Prien. The Los Angeles match.
makers have made us a good offer.
and Ryan will probably box before
0 southern club. The terms that Nc.
Carey has offered are as good as we
| can get anywhere.
I'm regard to all the offers sent
Ryan, continues the big manager.
"the middleweight champion has re.
ceived none of them. All he knows
about them is from what he reads in
the papers,"
Curley will be prepared to pit Hart
against the best heavyweights in the
world after his contest with Burns,
and will not stop until he has beat
them all or they have lowered his
colors.
Morris Levy has matched Mike
(Twin) Sullivan and Honey Melody
to meet under big tent at the base
bal! grounds in Los Angeles on the
18th day of March. Melody will go
to the coast as soon as he has fulfill
ed one or two engagements he has
contracted for in the east.
Toledo, Ohio, Feb. 19.-"I have not
challenged Jim Jeffries," said Jack
O'Brien, middleweight champion of
the world, who is here today, but
in case he returns to the ring will
only be too glad to meet him.
II know that it sounds foolish for
man Of my weight to talk in this
vein, but I have absolute confidence
in my system of milling and | be.
lieve that it's efficiency is much more
pronounced than bulk of muscle"
II he disposes of Tommy Ryan,
O'Rrien says he will look upon Mar
vim Hart as being his next legitimate
opponent.
Vaudeville is responsible for a great
many things, and it will now be held
to account for the patching up of the
differences existing between Bob"
FitzsimmOns and James j. C0rbett,
two gentlemen who have both attain.
ed some reputation in their day as
pugilists, but have given up that pur-
suit for acting"
Vaudeville brought the two notables
together through the medium Of the
William Morris booking Office, where
it is presumed both had entered intent
upon career in the continuous"
"Fitz" for the first time and "Jim" to
continue an interrupted tour through
an hallucination that he was the ideal
"Cashel Byron
Walking in on each other accidental.
ly in the inside Office" James ].
gave Robert a friendly slap on the
back, saying, Come on, Bob, let's
shake" extending the hand that Fitz
SO successfully lodged. "All right,
JIM replied the Ruby One, and the
two men shook hands in friendly
spirit for the first time since the men,
orable battle at Carson City.
''You two had better go one and do
monologue together" remarked HUI
go Morris, who was standing by, and
then he promptly blushed.
''Well, you book u.s." replied Fitz-
simmons, and Hugo hasn't yet recov-
cred from the shock-New York Tele-
gram.
kid" Herman's challenge to Jimmy
Britt has once more brought Eddie
Hanlon to the front. The little Ma
tive Son says that he is entitled to
the first crack at James Edward, as
he figures that inasmuch as Jimmy
sidetracked him so that he lost the
February date, he surely should be
one of the principals in the March
fight.
Jim Burge, who boxed Billy I.avigne
before San Francisco club years
since, and who was known as Iron
Bark" Burge, recently turned up at
the Coolgardie gold fields, western
Australia, in company with Australian
Billy Murphy, where they gave box
ing exhibitions. The latter also en-.
livened the bouts with latest Amer.
can comic songs on Edison's phono
graph.
Big Al Kaufman and Sam Berger
will be scheduled for a match to be
/ pulled off next month, If the offer Of
Eddie Graney is accepted by Billy
Delaney materializes into signed arti
cles, and there seems to be every
prospect that it will.
Cleveland Ohio, Feb. 22.-Dr. w. w
| Gibson, the veterinary surgeon WHIT
was with the Smathers stable at thu
time of the now notorious race be
tween Lou Dillon and Major Delma
at Memphis in October, 1904, scouts
the story that mercury was used in
quarter boot to make the mare los'
the race. He said tonight:
Il was in the employ of Mr.. Smath
ers at the time of that race and hal
been all season. On the day of tn
big race I looked Lou Dillon over an,
she appeared to be in as good shap
as she had at any time during the sea
son. You know she had been in tn
best of condition early in the season
having been sick at the Chenille tracI
until Aug. /.
''In my opinion the trouble with tn
mare was that she was burned up b
the excessive use of alcohol on hel
Time and again that season | sa,
her trainer and wiper pour a quar-
or more of alcohol oyer her Will
she would be cooling out between
heats. This alcihol would have tn
effect of closing the pores and as
natural consequence her blood wOul
become heated. This lasting all sea
son would be sure to take some effec
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