Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-09-07

colored boxer would hang on and
wrestle.
Cans fought a remarkably clean
hight. He was fair in everything and
twice, when he knocked Nelson down
be picked him up. One time. when
one Of Cans punches knocked Nelson
through the ropes, Cans picked him
up and helped him to his feet AS the
colored boy stood with his hands
down, waiting for Nelson to steady
himself, the Battler gave him vicious
blow in the stomach. He was roundly
missed for this by the crowd.
Butte, Sept. 3.-Mike (Twin) Sulli-
van tonight knocked Jack Dougherty
out in the 18th round of the schedul-
ed 2o-round fight for the welterweight
championship of the world Dougher-
ty at no time of the match showed
himself to be in Sullivans class. The
latter simply tore the face of the Mil
waukee lad into ribbons. Dougherty
was aggressive enough, but his blows
were ill-judged and his gauging of
distance at fault, but he showed strong
recuperatlve powers, being knocked
down three times in the 18th for the
count of eight.
The main preliminary to the big
fight at Gol1fieId was between Jack
Clifford, formerly of Butte and well
known in Lewistown, where he appear
ed in the ring several times. and Bob
Lundie, of San Francisco. The con-
test was short one, Clifford knocking
his man out in the second round after
some fierce fighting. Clifford would
be able to hold his own with the top
notchers in his class if he had a BIZ.
more sand His last fight in this state
was with Louie Long at Helena about
two years ago. when he won on an
alleged foul, the decision being one
OF the "queerest" ever given. Dune
Mcdonald, of Butte. the square"
referee who gave the remarkable de-
cision in favor of Jack Munroe against
Jim Jeffries at Butte, awarded the
| tight to Clifford after he had gone
down from what he claimed was a
/ foul. There was no foul and the ref
cree was compelled to admit it. but
said he gave the fight to Clifford be-
cause Of a foul in the early stages Of
the fight. for which no claim had been
made, and which no one saw except
this square" referee, Mr.. Mcdonald
| Saratoga, Sept. 6. Never before
in the history of metropolitan racing
has the rivalry between the interests
OF the east and the west developed
such keen edge as that to be dis
cerned every afternoon at the Spa,
both in the doings of the betting ring
and among the jockeys and owners,
out in the paddock. The line is sharp.
ly drawn.
Talk about the native son PROPOSE
ton in pugilistic affairs out Frisco
way! Why, no section of men in the
world are SO conceitedly clannish of
local prestige and prerogative as the
New York bookmakers and horse own
ers. In the old days. when the book
makers held an exclusive and monop.
olistic control over the ring by virtue
OF the Jockey club recognizing the
bookmakers' organization called the
Metropolitan Turf association, the
bookmakers from Chicago, ILL.,, and
st. Louis, Mo-, came here in fear and
trembling.
western owner. for instance, had
a good horse. He heard so much talk
of speed and stamina of the purple
bred colt or filly of New York own
er that Mr.. Westerner generally fail
ed to nominate in the rich stakes.
But change has come about. due
largely to John A. Drake and John
w. Gates. In 1902 Drake came from
Washington Park I'd Saratoga with
Runnells, High Chancellor, Savable
and Wyeth. Gates had the bank roll
and Drake the horses. 1t is a long
story, but, suffice to say, the Drake
horses ran over the eastern stars at
the Spa, a series of successes termi-
mating with Savable's triumph in the
F'uturity in the autumn at Sheepshead
Bay. Joe Ullman and kid" Weller
ran strong book for Gates called
the Big Store II got the lions
share of the money gambled off by
New Workers that summer.
Later on McChesney, The Picket,
Colonial Girl and other strong perform
ers on the Chicago and ST. Louis tracks
ventured into the local field, and Joe
Yeager, Otto Stifel and Louis Celia
came a-hunting for the coin in the
betting rings. For three summers
now the invaders have been doing
right well, but here at the present
time both luck and money are com.
ing their way with such ridiculous con-
stancy the home boys are up in arms.
Bookmakers' clerks who were hust-
ling at New Orleans and out in Cal.
ifornia last winter have profited by
their knowledge of the form and class
ofwestern horses until right at the
present time automobiles and table
d'hote dinners as the daily wind-up
are the correct ideas in their set.
When John J. McGraw a few days
ago asked his New York champions.
with just indignation, whether they
intended to allow a German team to
beat them out for the National league
flag, he woke up the Irish players of
the two big organizations to full knowl-
edge OF the racial changes which the
personnel of the great game has I'M
dergone. During the past few years
the influx of Germans into the ranks
OF base ball has been something fear
full and wonderful. Silently, but eff
fectively. the Teutons have been edg.
ing in and holding their jobs with all
the tenacity of bull pup chewing
root. A few years ago the Germans
were so scarce that they could be
counted without much stress upon the
memory. Today they are so numerous
that they far outnumber the Irish.
John l.. Sullivan, who has been 10
n dow