Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-09-21

fighters has almost disappeared. Tom
my Ryan is one of the few survivors,
Ryan broke into the game about nine
teen Years ago, when skin gloves rul-
ed, and the fighters had to buck jump
from the county sheriffs. Under those
grueling conditions Ryan fought jim
my Murphy 81 rounds. Martin Shaugh-
messy 46 rounds and Con Doyle %
rounds. His longest and toughest
fight was with Danny Needham Feb
ruary l6, 1891, at Minneapolis. Danny
was good in those days. He made
Ryan run 1879 miles, and tired himself
out. Then Tommy turned and col
lected Daniel in 76 rounds.
The longest glove fight on record
was contested at New Orleans April
6, 1898, between Andy Bowen and
Jack Burke. They battled 10 rounds.
many people going out for meals and
coming back, as the scrap went over
seven hours. For two or three hours
not blow was struck, and Burke,
growing leg-weary, finally keeled over
The longest fight now in the rec.
ord books was between Mike Madden
and Bill Hayes, the old-time, bare
knuckle men, who battled 1856 rounds
In England with the raw 'uns in 1843.
There is also faint tradition of bout
in England or Australia that went PIG
rounds, but the details have not sur
vived to the present day
Jake kilrain and Jem Smith fought
106 rounds, bare knuckle, in France
but the fight was always regarded with
suspicion. But when it came to rea
tights that were a strain upon the
fighters the bun must 60 to Sullivan
and Kilrain. They met at Richbure
Miss, under the hot glare of a south
: ern sky, June 8, 1889. Sullivan wa
y |, too fat, kilrain trained too thin. Meth
J, er man had any business fighting t
: finish in that conditions and unde
!. that sun. Yet those giants stood u
:. and fought like Trojans for Is terribl
- rounds, when Kilrain finally gave il
Sitting Bull, son of the famous Siou
,, Indian warrior, is umpiring amateu
:, base ball games at Spirit Lake, Iowa
:, summer resort. Some of the tastes
, - teams in Iowa will have the Indicate
:, held by the Indian umpire during tn
season, among them the Indian teal
:, owned by Colonel Walker of the Oh
:, cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Railroad
~ and the Hawarden team. the tastes
- amateur team in the northwest. 81
ting Bull is as good an umpire as hi
At father was fighter. There is no pla,
n. ing with him. When he makes a d.
~ cision it goes" and he does not e
# excited.
Is Jack tTwin) Sullivan, brother |
~ Mike tTwin) Sullivan, who defeate
=. Jack Dougherty of Milwaukee at But,
q. on Labor day, is now in Dawson Cit
" Northwest Territory. and, according
n letter received by Johnny Corbet
of Denver, expects to clean up $1,000
in two fights there within the next 81
y. weeks. He will return TO the Unite
lie States in October and wants to me,
h. Jim Flynn, Jack O'Brien or Sam Der
TT er in Denver the latter part of tn;
IN month.
at An unusual condition, under whiC
i'll millions might have been made /
a 'parleying" two-case note on Il
e winners, existed at Sheepshead bs
or track one day recently
IT. Long shots came under the wire
IN rapid succession, and "pikers'' figure
out that 81 bill, bet with its su
cessive accumulations on all winner
Mt would have netted the plunger 81.
to 704,916. And all this sum might hav
Is, been won without risking the origin
h 81 after the first race.