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had fouled twice.The preliminaries for the 23d havenot yet been arranged, but it is probable that they will be given out in the jearly part ot next week. !Signed articles for the Thurston-McCfure fight which is to take place at Scribner’s on the evening of the twenty-third, were received yesterday I from Ed Hayes, manager of Mike Cc-Clure.There was some delay in receiving the articles, and the llt;*eal promoters of the fight had determined that if they did not arrive by 6 o’clock yes- 1 terday evening, the match would be declared off. Dutch Thurston was growing impatient and had an idea that McClure was playing for time in order to catch him out of condition and things began to look doubtful.Kid Williams, who had challenged the winner of the bout, was getting busy, through his manager Bert Lor-aine, to fix up a match with the Dutchman for the 23d. It turned out however that the articles had been mis-sent in the mails, and they turned up all properly signed last evening. Th# forfeit money has been put up by each fighter and there is now no obstacle in the way of the preliminary arrangements. The fight will be according to Marquis of Queensbury rules, winner take all. The boys must weigh 148 pounds at six o’clock on the evening of the contest.Charlie Thurston is training hard at the Halfway House. His sparring partner is Hamilton who fought a draw with Bright Eyes the night of tne Thurston-“Wrillie” go. The dutchman is fast getting into his best condition and, as usual, is saying very little regarding the fight.“I’ll fight him any way”, Charlie remarked as he was enjoying a rubdown. “He played me a dirty trick once, but I’m willing to let him make his own terms so long as it’s winner take all and we have a referee that’s on the square.”Th*? “dirty trick” that Ditch referred to occurred in Oakland, when ainid the hisses of the crowd, according to the Dutchman’s dope book, the referee called the fight a draw after McClure
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The Daily Californian
Bakersfield, California, US
Fri, Mar 10, 1905
Page 7
Full Page
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John H.
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