The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-02-25

when Senior Lopez, native of Cas-
tile, aud, according to his own state
ment, a celebrated matador, fought
q cow for the edification of the
Butte public and his own glory. The
spectators averred that the COW show
ed more ginger than the fighter al
though neither succeeded in getting
up any excitement. The senior re-
tired from the contest covered with
dust which he raised by driving the
reluctant cow about the arena.
The taste of the Butte public for
the national sport of Spain was not
particularly whetted by Senior Lopez
performance.
when Gotch Wrestletl
Another arena which has been
succeeded by residences was that in
which Jack O'Keefe, = promising
young lightweight, battled Honey"
Melody for the lightweight crown
and where Jack Carkeek, the unde-
feated Graeco-Roman wrestler of
other days, met his Waterloo at the
catch-as-catch-can game with Frank
Gotch as his opponent.
There was a small crowd to watch
the bout but Gotch put as much gin
ger into the contest as IL there was q
huge purse at stake. Bad blood had
developed between the contestants
because one Of Gotch's string of
trainers had gone over to Carkeek's
camp.
When time was called Gotch went
after his man hammer and tongs. He
won the first fall quickly, with Car
keek receiving some rough handling.
Jack quit in the middle Of the sec
ond bout. Hes too quick for me.
boys; it's no use," said Carkeek.
Gotch was then in his prime. Car
keek was 81 years of age.
In the Days of Jack Quinn
my hats in the ring" said Col
onel Roosevelt. referring to his en-
try into national political campaign
and the expression spread through
out the nation.
A Butte man "beat the colonel to
It" but nobody outside of Butte paid
any attention to it at the time. Sher-
iff Jack Quinn sent his hat into the
ring some time before the colonel
tossed his chapeau into the arena.
Quinn tossed his hat literally, while
In the c0l0nel's case It was but a fig
ure of speech. It happened at one
of the old arenas on the east side,
the bull ring arena, If memory serves.
John H. Mcintosh, Montana's
champion amateur middleweight
wrestler of those days and a writer
of sporting events, conceived the idea
of staging a boxing bout or two to
nnf sSnano int0 Tho tue
William Scallon was heading a
movement to enforce the law against
boxing. Mcintosh staged a bout at
the arena. A pork and beaner from
Duncan McDonald's gymnasium-the
Duncan of the Mccoy fight
fame-met Sid LaFontise in the pre-.
liminary. 1t was lively go and
there were couple of knockdowns
Sheriff Quinn had been requested to
stop the bouts. Quin arrived late
and the audience had about made ur
its mind that there would be no in.
terruption when a black object cut
the air and landed in the middle OF
the ring. It was Sheriff Quinn's
black Stetson and the sheriff follow.
ed his hat. The bout was stopped.
The matter of the law violation
came up in court. Attorney Ale,
Mackel, whose statute made him g
conspicuous figure in any crowd, was
seen at the ringside and was sum.
moned as witness for the prosecu
ton.
Had Enough Exercise
did you see prize fight?" asked
the states attorney.
II saw a boxing match for exer
cise." said Mackel.
Were there any knock -downs?"
Zone man lay down time OF
two" tts
What caused him to lie DOWN.
II think" said Alex, rubbing hi
chin thoughtfully. "that he lay dowr
because he had had enough exer
cise."
Even the court Joined in the laugh
that followed. but when he rendered