Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-12
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MA Parker has promised the Bill
lings Athletic club to fight there in
the near future. the club to select the
other man. Parker says he prefers
Maurice Thompson of Butte, and to
get him will give the big end of the
purse, win, lose or draw
The Manhattan. New. Athletic club
has offered purse of $4,000 for Il
finish fight between Rube Smith of
Denver and Joe Cans, the cOlOred
champion. Smith, of course jumped at
the chance, but as yet Cans accep-
lance has not been received. 1t is
doubtful if he gives it any consider
alton at all.
Hans Wagner is the leading slug
ger OF the National eague, according to
the best dope. The Mighty Dutchman is
now in the lead with 339, though he is
closely pursued by Mccarthy, of the
Brooklyns, but as Mccarthy has not
played in the same number of games
as Wagner and Steinfeldt, it can be
seen that he has no clear title to Sec
Ond position, which is Steinfeldts.
will meet before a Philadelphia club
after all. They recently signed ar
tlcles to do SO, but the agreement was
for certain stipulated percentage
which brought the contest into the
prize-fight class. which is against the
laws of Pennsylvania. The offending
clause was eliminated from the new
articles, and the mill will take place
a dol 70 tn ~,
tional Athletic club of the Quaker city
That a determined effort is being
made to drive Danny Maher, the great
American jockey, from the English
turf Is certain. Makers skill, his per
feet fair and honest riding have made
him immensely popular with the race
going public and have made him pow
erful friends who are able to protec
him against his enemies, who are mum
bered principally among the sinai
class, which is steadily losing in
fluence, who are jealous of all things
American.
Baseball is the cleanest and cold
est game that man ever played" re
marked Clark Griffith on the Highland
ers' last day in ST. Louis. Here we ar,
playing team without pennant pros
poets and having to fight in every in
ming as hard as if we stacked III
against the White Sox. My player
come from all parts of the country
but there is civic as we'll as profes
sional pride in their efforts to cap
ture the championship. The man in o.
out OF base ball who talks of a frame
up in league is an idiot"
Emil kinst, Chicago base ball fan
has invented new bat with which hi
claims that every ball player can hav,
a 300 batting average and the pitch
ers will not have a look-ii. The new
swatter's aid is slightly curved and il
the same size as the ordinary bat. Tn,
curve is what does the work, accord
ing to Kinst. The manner in which thu
curve is placed determines how tn,
ball is to go. When a batter learns thu
secret of the new stitch he can com
mand the ball. He can make a deae
bunt, fly to right field, a groundel
to center or a liner to left, just as h
pleases.
Kid Scaler of Spokane, who Tough
and whipped Sailor McQuoid at Butt,
last spring and with whom Phil Knigh
recently stayed 20 rounds in this city
has retired from the ring. The littl'
scrapper says he is going to dig in ant
make some money so that he can liv'
easy in his old age. The real reason TO
his retirement, it is stated, it that h
is disguised with the difficulty in sc
curing fights. He was to have me
Johnny Grove. who was killed as a re