The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-09-20
- Montana
- Ring Tales
~ By JOE L. MARKHAM
" Chairman Montana State Athletic Commission
YOUNG WALLACE VS.. STEVE
KETCHEL

YOUNG WALLACE VS.. STEVE
KETCHEL
Just a few months before the Kiley
boxing law was due to fade from the
legal picture-on Oct. Is. 1914-Young
Wallace of Milwaukee and Steve Ket-
chel of Chicago, lightweights, fought a
10-round draw at the Broadway theatre
from artistic and financial standpOints.
The small crowd that witnessed the
card, paid S867, which set an all-time
low for legalized bouts in Butte.
Wallace had engaged in eight or 10
bouts in the state, three with Paddy
O'Hern, n with Yankee Rhue. two
with Lem kegg and several with other
lads. Ketchel had won a decision from
Maurice Thompson; had numerous en-
gagements in Australia and l the
Middle West. Also, Steve had showed
his plain and fancy wares before aud
fences in several Montana cities. The
match on paper had all the sarmarks
of a good show, but it proved to be a
bust.
Harold Crazy, now a vice-president
and traffic manager of United Air
Lines, at Chicago, covered the bout
for the Anaconda Standard. Crary,s
opening paragraph is reprinted here:
Room mate Exhibition
There was no murder on the Broad
way theatre stage last night. A fair
sized crowd of fight fans went there
to see Steve Ketchel murder Young
Wallace of Milwaukee. Nothing Of the
kind happened. AS a jiu jitsu exhibit
ton, the lightweights done noble" and
when the 12-round loving match was
over, Referee John M~ar1ntosch called
it a draw. The boys put on a room
mate exhibition. Cat-cals in pro-
fusion were tossed at the principals"
Several times during the match. the
boxers We're exhorted by the referee
to fight" 'Tosh warned the lads that
unless they mixed, no money would be
Forthcoming. The fans made them.
selves hoarse with their barrage OF
abuse directed at the Messrs: Wallace
and Ketchel. Only occasionally would
the boys stage a rally, and, at these
few times, light blows were exchanged,
AS the house would gross less than a
81, 900, and because there were eight
boxers on the card, besides theatre rent,
advertising, stage hands, referee and
other items to pay, the principals were
not interested in their work. Ihey
skipped through their act llstlessly.
Prelim Saves Show.
It remained for Ray Brown and
Young Mcguire, both of Butte, to fur-
nish the card with a sweet flavor. This
pair of youngsters put on a fast, Slam
bang e~ight-round bout. Brown won n
Monk" Mooney, kid brother of
Matt, put away Jimmy Cooley. IN one
round. Jack Price of Butte n Fa!pn
Lowe of Philipsburg, drew in the H.
round semi-final.
Before the main event, Paddy OHern
and Lem Kegg challenged the Wlnnet.
- $500. ;,,o a hiu hand FOR Inc
kid from LewiStOwn was a pig 1aVor1Ie
baseball, Football Spice
The Boston Braves, styled as the
miracle team" had just won the
worlds championship from the Phil
adelphia Athletics, taking four games
in a row. The Chisox won the chi,
cago city series from the CUBS, ana
baseball for the season made its exit
that week.
Jess Harper was still coaching Notre
Dame football teams; HIS ,IignJ lals
Irishers' were scheduled to play 4ale
that weekend. Yale won % to U. "A
great football player, Knute Rockne by
name. succeeded Harper as head-coach
of Notre Dame the following season;
It was Rockne's good fortune to build
great teams; to make Notre Dame the
most respected and talked-of grid iron
eleven: and, to make for himself a
never-to-be forgotten record as the peer
of coaches. It was Rocks misfortune
to meet an accidental death, right at
the time when his a~ch1eVenle1lS alu
fame were greatest.
That same week, it was on a Tues
day, Montana U defeated washington
State college 10 to 0. Punk" Owsley
was captain of the Grizzlies. H. H. Sat-
terwaite. recently of Anaconda, now re-
siding in Great Falls, played a half
back position for the Cougars.
Butte's Strongest Team
On Saturday of the same week, Dill
lon and Butte high teams played me
first interscholastic contest OF the 1914
home season. When II was al ove[
Dillon had scored seven points, While
Butte had a grand total of 81.
On that Butte team, the roster was
replete with names that made high
school, later college, independent and
Coaching history. "Swede" Dahlperg
Steve Sullivan, Butter" Driscoll, Buddy
Phelps, "Skimmet" Dee, Larry Meyers
Lip" crowley, Sid Rowe, Dutch" Mol
then, Walter Freshman, Jimmy harris
Kitto, Volger, Clinch and Mueller wore
the purple and white. Butte won tint
inject the Duke"
A bozo as big as Primo" Camera
helped coach Butte high. He had beer
to many a football wal with Butte high
and Denver U teams. His fame ant
proves are still fresh in Rocky Noun
tain grid circles. It was none othe,
than "Duke" Schroeder who helpet
drill. browbeat and inspire a grea
bunch of kids into a championship
George Downer, then superintendent o
schools. a clever grid tactician: wa
with Schroeder. At the seasons end
the Duke" elected to practice dentistry
which he still does. When he resignet
as mentor, a young man from Min
nesota q, who had made the all-Ameri
can, wa selected to be the "head-man
of Butte high athletic teams. He toe
developed a championship footbal
season. he wa drafted by Montana I'm
iversity to fill the head coach Job. H
stayed at Missoula two seasons, move
south, finally going to Tulane. At tn