Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-06-29

track in Ireland. Mr.. Croker denie
the report. 1t was reported that h
offered $25O.00O for the course. br
that the Leopardstown club would nc
sell, in spite of the fact that the NEE
ings have been unsuccessful for som
time past. owing to their exclusiv,
ness.
Announcement has been made b
Billy" Nolan. manager of Battlin
Nelson. that the Hegewisch fighter an
kid" Steinman of Chicago have beel
matched to fight within the next tw
months. The men will meet at 13
pounds. weigh in at o'clock the da,
OF the fight. The fight will go to tn,
club Offering the best purse. Clubs il
Los Angeles, Portland and Seattle hav,
been asked to send bids.
Battling Nelson says: "The hard
est blow ever got was handed to me
by Christy Williams, a colored fighter
down at Memphis or Nashville l saw
everything that the man in the Licl
observatory ever saw. and I believe
there were two or three planets in my
vision that the professor overlooked
| came nearer getting knocked out
right then than | ever did in my life
But when l got my noodle cleared once
L.:
BY the way. I fought six negroes in
my life, and out of the six battles =,
got total of just 1880 | will never
tight another one, because there is
nothing in it. Not that I am afraid of
any of them, Cans included. but they
are not good drawing cards"
Ihat the average age of death of
athletes is far below that of the ay.
erage person in ordinary walks of life.
That foot ball is excessively dan
gerous.
The idea in all kinds of athletics. -
said DR.. Goughlin. SHOULD be to i'm
prove and make men by moderate ex-
erclse. and not to maim cripple and
bury them"
DR.. Coughlin quoted Professor James
OF the Illinois State university as say
ing that nearly all foot ball PLAYERS
base ball men and lawn tennis ex.
perts have weak hearts. and are more
liable to disease of other forms than
persons who exercise moderately.
W. A. Clark. Jr., and Dr. A. d. Gal
braith, president and secretary re-
spectively of the Butte Fair and Rae
ing association, have returned from
Denver, where they attended the races
at Overland park. and induced many
horse owners to come to Butte for the
races this summer. A train load of
horses now in Denver will be shipped
to Butte some time in July and quar-
tered at the track. Mr.. Clark and
DR.. Gailbraith will do missionary work
at The Meadows in Seattle next week.
The adjutant general of Montana
has received a letter from the head
quarters OF the war department in
Washington, urging that provision be
made for sending a team of marksmen
from the Montana National guard to
Sea Girt, N. j.. for the next national
rifle match, which will take place
there beginning September a. The war
department is hopeful that every state
in the union, as well as Hawaii, Porto
Rico and the Philippines. will be rep
resented at the meeting.
There is question as to which
is the better batter. Lajoie or Keller,
and here is an answer:
Lajoie is slugger, long distance
hitter Keller is place batter, al
though at times very frequently, in
fact. he lines 'em out.
The big Cleveland sticker is a nat
ural born ball player. This is true not
only at the bat but in the field. He
plays short or second base in def
ance of all known rules for the COW
ering of the positions. But like the
hornet who never figures it out ne
gets there just the same.
It's the same with the stick. He
larrups at anything and generally gets
it, He doesn't think anything about
1t. All balls look alike to him. With
the bases full and the pitcher trying
to walk him he has reached out for
the fourth wide ball and slammed it
to the fence.
Keller is as deliberate as a chess
player. There S a mental diagram that
goes with everything that he does
at the bat. If scientific hitting has
the bulge on the plain swipe. then
Little Willie can sit in the high chair
and feed crumbs to the great Larry.
But it is results, not how they are
obtained, that go to make up the JOY
and the bank rolls in this vale of going
to bed and getting up again.
And both these boys get results.
From spectacular point of view
and this view has to be considered
Lajoie is more popular than Keller.
The fan likes the long swipe. 1t likes
to see the ball disappear on the dis
tant skyline. Larry gives them ac-