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TODAY'S SPORTING NEWS ACCIDENTS IN RING INSTANCES WHERE THE UNFORE. gOE4f HAS WON OR LOST A FIOTIC BATTLE. A chapter on "Odd Accidents of the Prize Ring" may seem odd even to old time patrons of the glovemen's sport people who figure that the only possible "accident" in a battle is a fluke or wholly unintentional punch, and that outside of these crasy wallops the fistic game is as mnuch a question of skill as a game of dhess, or as much a problem of relative strength as a hauling snatch between two truck horses. Curious accidents, however, have played quite a part in making prize-ring history. and singular mischances of the kind will probably always cut a figure in deciding battles, writes Houseman. These remarks are prompted in the main by the strange finish of Clarence Forbes in a fight at Omaha recently, Clarence, as everybody knows, swings, swerves and ducks like lightning, and is one of the fastest men, living at this branch of the game. While fighting Tom Sullivan, Clarence swung his body and swerved his head like a flash just to bewilder Sullivan. |His head came bang against a post, with o bat that could be heard throughout the whole building. Clarence was utterly dazed, and before he could regain his senses Sullivan fin Ished him. Benny Yanger, speaking of his ,ecent fight with Hanlon, says that it was not nearly so much the force of Hanlon's blow that dazed him in the fifteenth round as the fact that when he fell his chin hit the canvas with a shock severer than the hardest uppercut could have given. Something like to years ago Dick Moore and Henry Baker were battling in a stock yard hall. NMoore had all the best of it, but slipped, and his head struck a sharp cornered stake which some fool had left unpadded. His face was cut open, he was completely bewildered, and Baker instantly knocked him out. When Joe Bertrand fought Jimmy Barry about nine years ago he aimed a furious swing at Jimmy's head. The flying arm caught under a rope and was sprained, while Joe, wide open and defenseless, received several savage blows. Tommy White was fighting Billy Bren san in the sand about t4 years back. The sand was deep and sticky. White could not navigate, but Brennan, a flat-footed sort of fellow, got around with ease, and wore his rival down. In Minneapolis years back Charlie Glca son, a good fighter of the past, met a youth named Webb. As they came across the stage a calcium light flared up and Its blaze caught Webb full in the face. As he blinked, owl-like, in the glare, Glea son shot home a straight right and won the shortest battle on record-about three seconds. Harking back 40 years and more it will be remembered that John C. Heenan, when fighting John .Morrissey, had all the better of the fray until, aiming a hard punch at the other fellow, he bit a post full tilt and crushed his knuckles, th4us STOP The Awful Progress of CONTAGIOUS Blood Poison, Neurasthenia, Nervous Debility, Prostatic Troubles, Stricture,V aricocele and Private Diseases Before the Many Awful Results of These Condi tions Make It Impossible for You to Be Cured. BLOOD POISONING In its primary, secondary and tertiary stages, which causes rashes or blotches, every form of skin disease, pains in the bones or joints, sore throat and patches on tongue, lips and inner surface of the cheeks, sores on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet, falling out of the hair, rapidly cured. NERVOUS DEBILITY The curse of nations is that form of nervous disease which Is marked by a lower state of the vital forces, gradual decline of the nervous system, physical and mental powers. NEURASTH ENIA is a term full of meaning, the import of the words being that there is prostration of the general nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord and sympathetic nerves, together with the loss of special powers of men. There is no other malady in the long list of human ills that possesses the same power to disqualify a man for both mental and physical labor. Those who are so unfortunate as to be victims of its power, discover to their sorrow that they are gradually becoming incapacitated for busi ness, work, study and the pursuit of any pleasure. I cannot too forcibly enjoin upon all men of whatever age the duty of looking to their physical condition. My treatment gives vim, vigor, vitality, strength and ambition to weak and despondent men, young or old, married or single, regardless of the cause of their trouble. I master wasting weakness, etc., quickly and per manently. If You Are Suffering Consult the doctor who has made a special study of chronic diseases. Consultation and EIxamination FREE DR. NORCROSS .orner Rooms 9-0o-El, Owsley Block, Butte. spoiling his right hand and ultimately los iag the verdict. These are only a few Instances which show how large a part pure accident and the interference of Inanimate objects have often played in combats of the ring. They go to prove that mere strength or splen did skill, or even the two combined, may not always win, and that even bullhead luck is not always proof against a sud den influence exerted by the adjoining scenery. Speaking of accidents, the funniest ever seen in any ring came off at the Chicago Athletic association some seven or eight years ago. A large young man named Fitzgerald-who never fought again-and another earnest whale named Sheedy-who likewise laid aside the gloves the same evening-were doing battle. Both were very weary, and Fitzgerald was groggy in the extreme. Lurching across the ring, he started an uppercut-started it from 'way low, hoping to lift Sheedy's head right off its foundations. Sleedy fell back out of the way, and the uppercut. traveling on with awful speed, caught its sender right under his own chin, knocking the daylights out of himt and putting him in the archives of fame as the only man who ever knocked ltimself down and in sensible. Enter as maid of honor fromt your county some deserving young lady for membership in the excursion given by the Butte Inter Moun. tain to the World's Fair at St. Louis. HIS POOR SHOWING TERRY McGOVERN FAILS TO PUT BRIGGS OUT IN 15 ROUNDS AT THE CHASTE HUB. BY ASSIOCIATED PFiRES. Boston. Oct. al.-Terry McGovern, former featherweight champion of the world, was given the decisiotn over Jimmy Briggs of Chelsea last night after a hard 15-round battle before the Criterion Ath letic club. For to rounds the ex-champion seemed to have lost his old-time cunning, and even a favorable decision for him seaeed doubtful. Toward the end, however, superior ring generalship told the story and he had the Chelsea boy completely at his mercy. During the last four rounds Mc(;overn administered terrific punishment, but be was unable to land a decisive blow, and as the final hell found hboth lmenl on their feet a decision was given on points. HERMIS WINS _WITH EASE New York, Oct. az.-The Brlghton cup of $9,0oo, the last big handicap of the year, was run at Brighton Beach yester day, and IS.ooo persons saw lrermis, at 8 to 5, win easily by eight lengths. $40-Kansas City and Retu-n--$40. October 17th to asst, inclusive, the Oregon Short Line will sell excursion tickets, Butte to Kansas City and return, at above rate. Tickets limited for return. November so, good on Overland Limited or via Salt Lake route. Reserve bertbs now, Oregon Short Line City Ticket Of fice, iso North Main street, Butte, Mont. H. O. WILSON. General Agent. 10T MANY OUITTERS MAJORITY OP STARS OF THE RING WiLL. TAKE HARO BEATING RATHER THAN FUNK. I To accuse any man of being a "quitter" is to stir up strife, no matter how much a coward at heart a person may really be. A pugilist is all the more sensitive on this. point, even though his record has shown that he is possessed of a "yellow streak." He will do all he can to show that you are wrong in your diagnosis and wid sometimes succeed in convisncilng you, too. Take Tommy Ryan, for instance. Hlow often in years gone by have fight follow ers declared that Ryan was a coward. Now, however, it is concedied that no pluckier scrapper than Ryan ever wore lboxing gloves. Ryan has weak qualitisl as well as strong ones. So have all hdt man beings. In tmany matches the fates have been against Ryan. Otn numlerous occasions he was forced to cancel matches because of illness. Ryan's battles, es pecially int the last six years, are con vincinlg enough as t, his ganteness. Battle With West. His battle with Tommy West at Louis ville a few year. ago, when it was slash, slash all the way through, more thlaln proved this fact. \W'est is., or was, a tighter of sterling qualities. lie would never give tup until nature rebelled. And in facing a rival he was there to give and take all in sight. He reached Ryan oftei, and powerfully, too. Yet Ryan stonI his ground as nobly as the Roman warriors of n!d. And it his battle with Kid Met 'y. who knockel him out. Ryan took cLnugth lunishtlment to qIttell several ordinary Imen. Take his battle with Kid Carter at Buft'a!o only recently. Experts thought that as soon as Carter roughed matters Tommy would cry "halt." Instead. Ryan rushed things front the outset. carryitng victory with a decisive punch in the sixth round. There are other pugilist,; outside of Ryan anl Ma;her who have Iheru accused of being "quittf'rs" whent they did not de serve the nIame. Young Corbelwtt has wbeen referred to as a coward. lie is far from that. however. In the early stages of his career hle was a hiboy who was of that "I-don't-care.what-Seernmce-nf-ime" kind, and unless he was winning a fight right off the reel lie did not care whecte.r he won or lost. Since he became prominent. how ever. lie has outgrown this failing and Ihe wants to will every fight he e'lgages in. lie showed is his fight with Terry Mc Govern the la't time they loet, after he re ceived an ugly Ilow in the vtnmtach in the eighth round that he was game to the core. If he was timid all he could have done was to have "lail down." None of the sports wounll have been any the wiser had he let himself lie counted out. As to Jim Corbett. It has often been said 1,f Jim Corbett tlat the slightest pIch wouhl make him SIDE LIGHTSION THE DAY'S SPORT NEWS The football game next Saturday Ie twceel tate Ih:tte high school andl tihe Anaconda high schlool at ('olul!,ia Gar dens prlOiiScs to lc a lively contest. Th'le Anacondia boys are a little lighter, andl in this the locil teamn has the adlvanitage. However, aside from the lmattt.r of weigt the clevens are pretty evenly lmatched. This w:ll be the BIutte battle cry, which is, of cottrs, sublject to reyision after the gamle lhas been played: A-N-A-tC-t)-N-D-. Saturday is IButte's day for joy and laughter, Yours mlight Collie som:e mnorning after. Manager IBiddy lBishop, who has the Mexican under his direction, is looking for a man who will meet Billy Woods at 15o pounds. Woods is lIlerrera's sparring partner and is about as tough a proposi tion at that weight as any man in the Ibusiness. Billy l.avigne writes the sporting editor of the Inter Mountain that when Iferrera meets Louie Long again it's going to be a different story. He thinks he has a comns, ing champion in the shifty, hard-hitting Long, and is only Itiding his time to get another chance at the Mexican. No one wishes to detract from ,Long's achieve ,ment in staying ao rounds, but it is sig nificant that all of the sporting writers on the coast are of the opinion that Herrera should have had the decision. ('hampion James J. Jeffries, fresh front the wilds of Old and New Mexico, has arrived with his manager in New York, where lie may appear before the footlights with or without the company of J. J. Corbett. "I will quit the ring unless some white fighter comes to the front pretty soon to dispute the title," said Jef. fries to an interviewer. "Never will I hfight a colored boxer. I am going to stick to tile color line. There is no one else to fight. Fitez simmons? No, I don't think so. I don't think 'Uob' would like to fight ine, anyway I am ill tip-top shape, and could fight on short notice, but I don't think I will he seen in tile ring In a hurry. After the last fight I started to go through the wildest parts of the West, and I did. I floated down the Colorado river to the Gulf of California, then invaded Mexico and saw a good deal of that country. I shot wild boars and ducks in plenty and had a rcyal time generally. "As for my future plans they are unsettled. Corbett has been saying nice things about me, I see, but I don't know whether or not be would be willing to join me in a theatrical ven ture. I have had several offers, but nothing has been done, but something may turn up when I get to New York." An international match for the world's featherweight championship has been clinched between Young Corbett, the kingpin of the feathers this side of the Atlantic, and Ben Jor. dan, who holds the title in King Edward's domains. The contest will take place before the Hayes Valley Athletic club of San Fran. ciseo during the month of December, probably a week before Christmas. The conditions of the match call for the men to weigh not more than ta6 pounds at 3 o'clock in the afternoortmi of the date set for the battle. The bout Is' scheduled fo: so rounds, straight Marquis of Queensbery rules, with fve-ounce gloves. Although the question of a referee will be left open until Jordan's arrival it is very probable that Eddie Graney will be selected, He has officiated at nearly all of the important boyts which have taken place In 'Frisco recently. Harry Corbett, a brother of Jim Corbett, wlho is the leading light of the Pacific coast sporl. ing men, has been selected to hold the forfeits for the principals and the club. Charles Horan, who is looking after the in. The Largest The Cigar You Se'lig Never Tire of. Brand The cigar that of Clgars never varies in in the price, quality World, or aroma. Sold here, there and th Sland Is the everywhere. Jmohr's tPretrtiom, think of "quitting" in a hattle. no mat ter how tmuch he had at stake. \\'hen he fought Boub Fitzsittllmutnt at Carson (ity in 8H97 his defeat camue after a bluw il the wind, or solar plexus, as soule learned sporting writer termted that part ,f his anattny. I'ictures of that mill were taken and were reprodcted through ,,it the country. Corbett was knocked out he could not get his wind. And in all of his after fights Corluet has displayed wonderful gameness. To stand Io slash in: roulnds against a mant of Jim Jetlrirs' hih aandl fightitog powers is no mean I tk a Ieating that he will nott forget in ?lay thought that (George )ixon would -snit after he met a rival who coutd 9t't tit h" I ;:ll ptunchl himn hard. DLixon found ' h an tpivlnt tit ill Terry Mc(;overnt. I' 'r ti, t round, ,dc( iovern pouttnded thle I hrfttl ne.gro ttul the latter gave it Stu when it; i .Ontnds threw liIl tile sp)olnge. I , ;,tlltns ,;L is t sed of qlittilg when he t-iht Fr:,tlk Irnie the firt tinm at the I w :ahav Athletic 'th,. lIe did sto,,p. 1'ut ht' unlilI he couhl not see .'mid that he l.n"w he would he at the uterery of his n",n if he contenti. \When he met Erne i,:til he knockedi the Itultalto iy out. Limit to Endurance. I'uailists can stand t.o nmcth and no ;,',,t. it is their btusine.s to deliver and , t inishli ett. "]hey realize this ,or It ,vi wutld ntlot go into thei lltsiritess. t.,le of thrill arc' hil;httrulng and nlervous utl., littl.e thii')g Ipl'ey on their mliltd. 1,,I,'1. ," the EI ll r:lisl :li a'l 1.ham . lI n i it tterlit htiI hii. for N.w Y\vtk Il i. I tx \\ ed td. iity l. Ie ilc l rtp vera Itii le of welrks in I, i' .:,l . aIIta will t ll ll gol Ist St ill Ilancl.it u ai t I f o1 tile L' ,lll' t. ,Il iltt 1w i , to i i '.ii li.t l il e t of . rlile ,', ircolln unlili I,)' lii n lrain l, Ilarly Auhill, Ifh' Iii,, two cintentt on in the Eanl I~ i l Iraving fir the 'roat. The first, with ' iii ( alla llan, is hil.ld o take place fin I'hhaI 1, ; i. tonight. 'II hI , reidi is to lie denied in ll III,,n Ill Ihnhehrr :-7, tnil IlIHughey .lMurphy vli be the Ihmpli nlii',s opponent. 'Ihey will i, e It Ithel ('riteri.n Athletic clubh fur a I5 IIanli jllurely. .\ IllnIatch with Tolmmy 1Utlli iin. Itk, plat : dliniiig the first witk in N.,Vtitier in eilher St. I.ouis or Kanlans ('ity, It, .% h. tilh l Iged fir (''rt i t. aStl in that 'vent In will tult over tlll his way West. Illobrt Itilgnhiilinnsl ' battle with (;eorge 4(,;tllllr is tle next tin the card that is attratt liy attentioiin ill thle pu world. T'Ihe lpecula tl i as ito what figure lit', age stlll conlditionll are going ti Lulnt is the sole one involvedl. Nearly every lghlter whol known both tmen llHs said that with I' ita.immnins in fornm lr. Gard nrr wotld get oi, the train at about the hith station and lay upi for repairs, while Fits went ito the bliox ,flirce with at order fur first mnluny. "Syracuse" l'otmmy ityin cas the first note of doubt tus to tihe issue in favor iof litz'lln. mns Says Ryan: "If Vita doesn't bheat thiat fhli iwn ll a hlurry, say five or six roulnds, I don'i see where he will finish. They tell nle he couldn't spar two rounds with Jeffrie, witht out getting pretty tired. O)f course, lie was pirity fat then. If Iitzsimmons ranll lit (tard iler curly in the fight I guess lie call beat him. And I guess Fitz ought to be able to land at ilti. It's pretty nluclh of a guess on Fltzsim iliunl' condition and age all thile way." Ryan I. right ill so far as there is a gltesi as tio itzsimmns'illo ' age. Nobody knlown that, except that it is beyond the limit when a mlan call safely stay in tile pugilistlic gamnle. As to collndition there is no doubt tllut Fitrsimmonsl Ila. nott weighed unlder it, pohunds in either iof ihe battles lie has fougllt in the East with Coillhlanl or Grim. It is considered doubtflul if lie call get to the weight required of nlimi, isx. That lie will be below his lmaxilmuill elh cicency against Gardner appears certain. Gard ner is a tough nlit. If lie stays in the rinlg Ib IIg enough to tunllle to Filt's curves lie may uplset all calculations. As Ryan says, thi: lili i..h then is uncertain. Vitz's wonderful fight. ing record will doubtless send hiit favorite to the ringside. Some years ago, when the bicycle rage struck rwry city in the land, only to die away almost a. quickly as it came, hundreds of dealers lost money and dozens of factories shut down; but of late years the falling off of purchases in cities has been more than counterbalanced by the use of bicycles on farms aiid in villages. In this country there is no way of olitaining actual statistics as to the nIumber in use, but in France every cyclist has to pay a special tax, and there an ifficial record is kept. It Is genlerally agreed by those returning front abroad, and it is known in the trade, that in France, as well as in the other countries of Europe and in Great ritain, cycling Ihas passed througlh much the same history as it has here, a craze over a novelty, a boom, a reaction, a big slump, and then a settling to a common, place usage. In France, too, there is talk of .a big falling off or popularity of cycling, and it. is reflected In the French papers. In the face of all this come the facts from the French taux bureau showing that every year of the last eight there has been an increase In the number of bicycles in use,. In spol there was an in. crease of nearly too,ooo over igor. The figures of the tax office show ,io.d,y68 bicycles in use in ipgo, and ,sra1,74a in 9poa. To be exact, the gain was Just 94,974. The figures for each year since 1895, showing the steady but fluctuating gains, are interesting. They are as followsl l8 Si.....""...... a56,084 I899l............ 838,856 SR96............ p,816 I ollo0........... 987,130 18 ........ .... 408,869 si9s............ , 6,768 Iby ..,.......... 483i,414 1 ipQa,............It,s9 ,,ts A ~OMPLETE STO~K Guns, Rifles and Ammunition Your Patronage Solicited. Hardware Anaconda eopper Department Mining eo. Butte, Montana Sonic of them by llature love peace, yet whlen they go into the ritng they forget all this, aind fight with all the couLrage at their commandll . 4i)f course the ring shlel tens cowards. but they are not nllllng the tllpnotcihers as champilons. illy Mad dtll says that the surest way to dIevelop a "quitter" is to have him llake a great IspluIrge itn a gyluasiumnl. "As soonll :s lie getu into the arena ill a real fliht," said the veteran manager, '"hli litrue nature will assert itself. lie will either give tip at the slightest pire text 'or stick it hilt lntil lie is sent to temporary ollivion." What Sullivan Said. John I.. stllivan olly recently sail to a rcpolrlrr of thll Su. : I nelver accuse a man of bleing a quitlter 3ltil I have lproof. I wouil kinock a miIIan IwI in a jilly if hle sail that ahbout ille. 'Il here is no use taking a licking for othllilng or stanlillg a pounding when ylou haven't gitll the cha:lllce i rIcipr)oc;i tc . eSolpc', Ito h' stlrce, have yellow streaks, Ibut they usually get the millne biecause they are wiCe sllatch mllakerts. If a 1ou11n choosesli to take on an easy mark, that is his l';iir. Ilic is out for tile stunff, and if lie call get it without mullch troihle. nlnd in a legitililate way, who has the right to complainiliill, chi " JOE GANS A VICTOR IIY A, SOa IAh i sI a Ki l''i5t. l'lailadelplia, Oct, a i.-Joe (I ans, the lightweight champion, had the bitter of the six roulld fight witll Eddie Kenny of Pittdurg at the Southern Athletic club last night. LOU DILLON WINS FROM MAJOR EASILY BY ANi.SOi IAtl ) I'x"f,;. Memphis, "enit.. (Oct, at;.-- What was expected to lie one of the greatest hartless contests in local hlitory proved to lie a very taime affair ycsterday when Lol D)il lotn gave Major D)elmar a delcisive blcatiig in two straight ineat, in orditnary tiw.e. The two-alnilutl': trotter. met in the second renewal of the Meiimphis cup. Ideal weather cnrli'io,. prevailed and the track was ill perfert shape. Fully sg, oo0 people were ill atteNldC; ceI' when the two challlpiioll, drlivein by tlhecir owners, Billings and Susathers, appeared on the track for the first heat. Mr. Billings won the pIle on the toss of a coin. Starter Newton gave the word at the first attempt and Lou oDillon imme diately forged to the front, and without effort opened a gap of three lengths, which advantage she held to the end, winning in an easy jog. In the second heat Major Delmar broke badly at the first eighth pole, allowing Lou Dillon to assume a lead of ao lengths. Turning into the stretch, Mr. Billings realized that lie had the race at his emercy and pulled the mare up and won by eight lengths. Both heats were trotted il a:o4 . Enter as maid of honor from your county some deserving young lady for membership in the excursion given by the IButte Inter Moun. tain to thle World's Fair at St. Louis. Butte Dog Defeated. BY ASSOCIATED PREtss. Kearney, Neb., Oct. aI.--Northern Light, the 'Montana entry In the Mississippi valley coursing meet, was yesterday de feated In the run off of the first and second ties. For Using the Mail, BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, San Francisco, Cal., Oct. a.---George W. Rumble was arrested yesterday on the charge of using the mails for the pur pose of defrauding people by inducing them to buy mining stocks. AURELI0 HERRERA The Fighting Mexican, and EDDIE SANTRY Only victor over lien Jordan, the Englais Champion. 20 ROUNDS 20 Before the Mt. Ilaggin Club at the Margaret Theater, Anaconda, hoataas For the Lightweight Champlouship of the Northwest, Thursday Evening. Oct. 29 'lickcts at Fried's Cigur Store, liutte; at Smith D)rug Co.'s, Anaconda. Special Irailn will run fromt Butte on night of contest. Round trip fare, $s.no. CHAMBERLAIN TALKS REPLIES TO CRITICISM6 ON SOMi OF HIS FORMER SPEECHES ON THE PROPOSED TARIFF. sIY AbbIO IATI'Is 1'UI'.5s. londonl, ()ct. as. At Newcastle last night Joseph (Chamberlain returned to the tarilf controversy when he ahddressed a meeting of 4,o0o people and held his aldien(e for an hour and a half. The novel feature of the meeting was a bat tery of telephone receivers placed in front of the speaker's platform, by means of which tie speech was conveyed directly to the olfices of the local lewspapers. Interest in the tarihi controversy has apparently not abated, reports on the speech and colmllclts on it taking pre cedence in the press over even the de cision of the Alaskan boundary triltnal. The speech was principally a reply to criticism of Mr. C4iamberlain's previous utterances. liHe had not pretended, he said, that his system could Ie instituted without costing anything at the start, but he did urge that taxation be transferred from points where it benefited nobody to points where the empire would profit. DOES IT PAY TO BUY (HEAPT A cheap remedy for coughs and colds rl all right, but you want something that will relieve and cure the more severe and dan gerous results of throat and lung troubles. What shall you do? Go to a warmer and more regular climate? Yes, if possible; if not possible for youe, then in either case take the ONLY remedy '. at has been In. troduced in all civilized countries with suc cess in severe throat and lung troubles, "loschee's German Syrup." It not only heals and stimulates the tissues to destroy the germ disease, but allays inflammation, causes easy expectoration, gives a good night's rest, and cures the patient. Try ONE bottle. Recommended many years by all druggists in the world. You can get this reliable remedy at Newbro Drug Co. and J. T. Finlen Drug Co. Price ajg and y75. Enter as maid of honor from your county some deserving young lady for membership in the excursion given by the Blutts Inter Moul. tain to the World's Fair at St. Louis, Hunter on Tioket. BY ASSOCIATED PaEsa. Frankfort, Ky,, Oct. a.--Secretary of State Hill last evening certified to the county clerks of the Eleventh district the name of Dr. W. Godfrey 'Hunter, to go under the log cabin official republican bal. lot. Dr. Hunter was formerly United States minister to Guatemala. Magnificent Stablo Burned. New York, Oct. ar.-Fire has gutted the coach barn and stables of the estate of C. L. Blair, near Pea Pack, N. J. The mar ble building, which cost $zoo,ooo, was one of the best appointed structures of ite kind in the United States. .The horses were saved.