Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-03-14

ner. Docs" head hit the concrete
floor In the orchestra pit and when ne
came up he was decorated with gash
On his forehead several inches long.
Referee Sullivan rushed to Barney
and told him not to be 80 rough rs
the party he threw ouE OF the ring was
doc" Flynn OF Butte, and Tine 1el-
low. Barney stopped throwing others
out Of the ring long enough 20 ten
Patsy that he wouldn't hurt Flynn for
the world. Barney was a giant IN size
and before his police days, was en-
plOyed on smelter hill, packing and
stacking an0des, several hundreds OF
pounds in weight, so tossing the I40-
pound Flynn through the air Was ac-
compllshed with the greatest OF ease.
While the tumult, fighting and
shouting was taking place, Attorney
Tom Walker of Butte was relieved Of
a derby hat and a pair Of eyeglasses.
The man who was TO become state SEN
ator from Silver Bow county some
years later has owned other hard head
pieces, but none Of the specimens OF
as the lifted lid that someone got away
with on the night Herrera was rocked
to sleep in Anaconda by Louie Long.
PreIim Goes Extra Round
Sid LaFOntiSe and Curly Rhue fought
in the one preliminary. 1t was slam
bang all the way. Abe Cohen refereed.
When the six rounds were over, Abe
ordered the boys TO step off another
canta. At the conclusion OF the over
time period. Abe declared the bout a
draw. Then Abe took on the job as
timekeeper for the main event.
Nose LaF'ontiSe, Sid LAFOnttSe, Bar
ney Barras and Maurice Thompson
were in Herrera'S corner. Long had
Billy Lavigne. Con Sullivan, Dave Stat
terry and George Biggs In his precinct.
Long claimed the lightWeight cham
pionship OF Montana as result OF his
victory.
In October of the year before Long
and Herrera fought 40 rounds To q draw
at Vancouver. In that fight the men did
everything to each other that the rules
would not permit, but they got away
with 1t. There was no love lost when
they met in Anaconda. The Butte gang
thought 1t was the pay-off In the first
round when Herrera made Louie look
like selling platter. Neither the Butte
or Anaconda crowds expected to see
Longs great comeback in the second,
when he turned the tide of defeat into
victory. They cheered 50 much that
the rafters OF the Margaret theater
quivered with echoes. No wonder the
crowd did not hear the gong az the
round ended The excitement caused
by the rush Of seconds and spectators
into the ring, and the subsequent dis
order made 1t a night long TO be re-
membered by those who were on thel
scene.
Herrera Got Revenge
Once again, Long and Herrera we're
to meet Exactly two months after the
Anaconda battle, the pair fought at
Butte.
This time the bout went the limit, !
20 rounds. Herrera won. Tt was Just !
another fight. It lacked the thrills OF
the Anaconda encounter. 1t also lacked
the by-pIays. And the wagers were not
as many nor as big.
On the same day the Port Arthur
bombardment was renewed by the
Japanese Senator Mark Hanna Of (
Ohio was critically Ill 4. Billings re-
1oiced as the news of the passage OF
Crow reservation bill was received !.
Two days before, the wedding of Jere-
miah j. Lynch and Margaret Kelly
was solemnized at st. Lawrence par
Ish.