Glacier County chief., 1939-09-08

my eye troubles me a bit-although 1t
Is bit better than it was a year ago"
The eye trouble is due to a cheek
bullet wound that Mclaughlin received
WINE youth IN Wyoming. An ardent
admirer of William Cody, buffalo hunt
er, scout and wild west Snowman of
later years, Mclaughlin was out riding
with Cody on the Wyoming plains, he
states, when number of Indians came
out of a draw and began exchanging
compliments with them.
Buffalo Bill was the better marks
man and the Indians Withdrew after
a few Of them had been winged but
not before they had shot MCLAUGHLIN
through the right cheek. Buffalo Bill
paid them back for it," he declares,
but now I am paying for it, too"
D. D Mclaughlin has received more
complimentary publicity from Mon
tana and California papers than any
other athlete, it is declared. Other
prominent men and women hold the
spotlight while they are at the head
OF their division but as soon as they
are defeated they are forgotten. Little
Mack" has been what newspaper men
call good copy" all his life, first, be-
cause of his ability in various fields
running, jumping, vaulting, wrestling
and tennis and next because of his
remarkable vitality which has enabled
him TO win championships when 9TH
S-'S "a 40 u5N 4AStN 4N44S SlllCe
A San Diego newspaper said of him:
He was one of the most versatile of
MontanaS citizens. He is an account
ant, a bookkeeper, poet and half
dozen other things. He is the tennis
pro at San Diego when nearly 80 years
OF age. During his Montana days he
was claSsed as a No. athlete, runner,
jumper, wrestler, boxer, pole vaulter
and handball player as well as tennis
expert"
A Billings paper said in 1890: Nc
Laughln-they call him Little Mack
the the greatest man that ever came
from Donegal. Ireland. is from Butte,
Mont He was champion all-around
Montana athlete from 1888 to 1894,
retiring undefeated. In 1906 he took
up tennis and won the state champion
ships in 1906, 1907 and 1908 He
emerged out Of his retirement in 1917
10 administer sound trimming to the
state champion. Kenneth Simmons. age
- wears"
Mclaughlin defeated the late Matt
Canning much younger and taller
man, at handball when the latter was
champion of Butte. Before defeating
state Champion Simmons for the ten
MS Championship he won the Butte
tennis championship.
Shortly after his removal to San
Diego his Butte admirers dubbed to-
gether and sent him a fine silver cup.
On it was engraved the following trib-
ute: "a token of appreciation from
his friends to D. D. Mclaughlin. the
best all-around man of his weight in
the world. A star at running any dis
stance at jumping. broad or high
jumps, pole vauIting. hurdle racing,
Y iSht throwing. handball. baseball
boxing and swimming and tennis"
He had won this cup by an amazing
record it is declared which he made
against men who were years his junior
and were also taller and heavier. He
carried a handicap in every contest
Yet was never beaten at pole vaulting
or hurdle racing, won the Montana
swimming championship At PIpestone
SprlM-s in 1898 and was never beaten
in the 5O-yard dash. He frequently
m@t heavyweight boxers. 7.;hCurh his
own weight was nCVe- mJvr thau $50
pounds. Under present IIr training
methods i would have been about 142
pounds
A1on,anl's famous alI-a~ovnd athlete
was born in ireland in 1873 and is OF
SCotCh-Irish descent He care 70 the
United States in 1874 and had lived
in Nebraska. Colorado ard Wyoming
before coming to Montana.