The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-11-29

Jeffries. Furthermore, Munroe won g
Incidentally he was richer by $500, VII
book. Jeff did not live down his e
months after. Wherever Jeff docked, :
the MunrOe episode was thrown at
him. Meanwhile Munroe was touted as
a possible champion.
The triumph of Munroe occurred In
Butte. Fifteen hundred people, includ-
ing five women, checked in at the
Broadway theater to see the boxing
card, that offered an exhibition
fries as the principal bait. The four
round exhibition with Munroe, stole
the show.
The crowd went wild with delight
as Munroe was declared the winner of
the 5000 and the match.
Title Not At Stake
Jeffries and FitzSimmons were max
ing a transforming trip. Montana stops
included Butte, Anaconda, Missoula,
Packed houses greeted the champion
and ex-champion. At all stops, JEFF
fries would agree to box some local
man. If he failed to knock him out in
four rounds, he would pay off in gold.
Munroe, a miner, an imposing giant,
a great rough-and-tumble fighter, and
an all round athlete of note, was
urged to put on the gloves with the
champion. The title was not at stake,
as these nightly jousts with home
town boys were billed as exhibitions.
At every city, night after night, JEFF
fries would stow away the boys who
ventured into the ring with him. But
at Butte, he struck a tartar. With the
home crowd cheering for him, Munroe
not only kept out of harms way, but
mussed up the champions hair and
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knock him down and thereby remov-
ing some glamor from the Jeffries
mantle. That knockdown or fall down
On the part of the champion was cap
italized on by Munroe until they met
the second time.
From the Anaconda Standard, the
following paragraphs tell the story of
disappointment that was slipped by the
champion:
Decision to Jack
Jack MunrOe, a miner at the Ana
conda mine, who claims the title Of
amateur champion heavyweight of the
Pacific coast, was given the decision
over James j. Jeffries, champion of
way theater last night. The decision
was well earned. Jeffries had declared
that if he could not stop Munroe he
would pay him 5000. He failed to stop
the local man and Referee Dune Mac
Donald gave the decision to Munroe.
When the gong sounded calling the
fourth round at an end and before
Munroe was the winner, the $500
| spectators, including five women, were
on their feet shouting like wild. Men
waved their hats and jumped up and
down for joy. The women not only
applauded literally but forgot their
feminine dignity and shouted. The wall
of the theater never before resounded
with such unstinted enthusiasm and
vociferous commentator of any man
as last night.
1.-THE victory of Munroe over Jeffries
was brought about in the third number
of the athletic program which the
champion of the world and Robert FitZ-
simmons are giving from city to city
on their tour under the management
Of Clark Ball and Bill Delaney. The
program included a bout between Nose
La Fontise and Doc Flynn as a first
number, a farce between Fitzsimmons
and Jack Stewart as a second number,
the rafting good bout between Jeffries
and MunrOe as the third number and
a tame exhibition between Jeffries and
Fftzsimmons as the concluding act.
Off to Good Start
"Munroe started the proceedings by
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stiff right jab to the nose. Jeffries
recognized in Munroe a worthy oppon-
ent and waded in to finish him. Mum
roe delighted the crowd by cleverly
blocking the vicious swings the cham
pion threw at him.
"Munroe %outpointed Jeffries all dur
ing the first round. In the second,
Munroe landed three hard blows to
Jeff's jaw in rapid succession. Jeff
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condition and puffed constantly. Jeff
got mad and knocked Munroe to the
floor but Jack jumped to his feet at
once.
I'm the third, Jeff set out to get
his man, sending Munroe to the floor
again. He put out some hard rights to
the jaw. Two more times in the round
count. He was there not to whip JEFF
fries, but to stay four rounds. Some
times the Butte man would clinch to
protect himself, but he invariably got
the worst of the clinches. After one
of the clinches, Jeff got in a right
swing to the stomach. and Munroe went
down to stay had not the bell saved
him.
Crowd for Miner
When the men came up for the
fourth round, the crowd was wild with
excitement. From all sides came cries
of Stick to him, jack and Jack was
sticking. He never once faltered OF
showed signs of yellow Had he not
been so tired, he might have hurt
Jeffries. but his blows lacked steam
Jeff was going it desperately, taking
advice from Fitzsimmons who was ir
his corner. Munroe would go down
from a punch, take a count, and come
back ready for more. Once, the cham
pion went to the floor, but was up a
once. When the bout ended, Munroe
was all in, but he was a hero to the
crowd, deserving the tumultuous ap.
plause which greeted him."
Nose La Fontise knocked out Doc
Flynn, then of California, in the Sec
ond round of their 60. The bout wa
scheduled to go 10 rounds. Nose wa
all over Flynn from the start. The
champion welterweight of Montana
went in to finish his man right away
There was a difference of eight pound.
in the weight of the boxers: Those