Show KNOCKED OUT OF THE RINK The Montana Skater Lacked Heart and Gave Up chic Race The following letter to Pat Conlon of Butte from the noted New York sporting man Al Smith who had charge of John L Sullivan on his Montana trip explains the cause of Reynolds defeat in the big skating race It is dated the day on I which Reynolds threw up the sponge 1 He says FRIEND PAlYour dispatch is just I received Reynolds is a good skater but has no heart He was the best conditioned condi-tioned man in the race but SOUTh of them were a little more speedy than be and it seemed to dishearten him which he will tell you and Murray When 1 left him last night he looked all over a winner and was favorite in the pools but he told me this morning that his skates did not work right etc etc and that he could not win 1 would have given 1000 to have him win it for old Montanas sake Butte Inter Iountafn |