Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, February 28, 1909, SPORTING, Page 3, Image 29

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THE OMAHA Sl"NTAY BEF: 'Fr.TUT? C. 1?.
Ti ee. Omaha Sunday Cer
f'SAHA. rUNDAY. FRRRCARY 9. IM.
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IHKRH are many g-wd thing that
cannot he wild of the Cleveland
management, but there Is onr that J
can. (levelsnd set an riunplt la ,
n rftret which other man e- '
nvnt might, wtth profit to ih-mwlrn
and has hall. fallow. When did
you ver hoar of Cleveland giv
ing mjt an innouncvm'dt a to what
thia mail or that gets? Clevelsnd treats
the matter of ta salaries a bue'n-
proposition which concerns nobody but
Cleveland and Cleveland Is dead right.
Too many tram owners and managers
make a vulgar dlep'ay of these maitcra.
It la harmful, exceedingly harmful. In tha
f irat place )t la nobody' business what one
man paye another to work for him. There
Isn't anything milch mora private In Ita
essential nature than a men's private In
come. In business Ufa thia principle i.
rwonornised. Im't bsee hall business? But
tha point with which the manager should
concern himself, and which Cleve
land evidently observe, la that tha
pracUc of disclosing wx-h things
haa a disquieting efrect and many
tlmea discouraging result upon other
player and teams. Player may
know whtt each other gets, but having
these' tilings biased forth In public print
Is much more trying to patience than keep
ing them hid In secret. It Is a bad busi
ness pcactke and Cleveland has sliuwn
that tha mischief la more than sentimental
by refraining from falling Into It. The
multiplicity of hold-otits on emmt of
salary this year Is simply one effect of
constant agitation of this question. If the
sama treatment accorded in other line of
business were applied to base hall It is quite
within the probabilities that the number of
malcontents would he lessened. And that
lim't saying that playera should not stand
up for tbelr Ighrs and Insist on more
ray when they think they are really en
titled to It, or that a reform In this matter
would di away entirely wtth auch con
troversies, between owner and player. But
that tha effect would be mutually helpful
is not to be questioned.
"He' the same old Ccmlskey." said a
friend w'io met the Old Roman at the
depot going west. niat'g what they have
ben saying for the last twenty years.
Thera la a magic charm about thia man
that keepa him aver young, that preserves
a youthful face and elastic step, a childish
seal and adolescent optimism. He must
be an altruist. Anyway, he la a giant of
success. It la this mysterious charm thst
makea him so. He doesn't know what tha
word 'lose" means. "Can't" Is rot In his
vocabulary; he never says "no use." Jones
convinces everybody else that he's through
with basa ball. "I am still looking for
rielder Jones to run the team thia year,
the sama as ever." Is Coiniskey's bland as
sertion. But If Jones does not. If lie quits,
somebody elsa will run tha team and the
team will ga right on winning. That's
Comiskey. He appreciates a man e serv
ices, but not to the point of thinking or
allowing the man to think they are In
dispensable, and when hla strongest prop
la taken from under him he just leans
over an another, and If It isn't as strong
a support In time, then he gets 'one that is.
Ifa tha same old, dashing, debonair Comls
,key, who led the old Browna four times to
the pennant of the old American associa
tion and once to tha wcrld's flag. FVr
diplomacy, strategy and all tha elements
that, go to make managerial acumen, -ha
perhaps has not yet hsd his equal In base
j baH.
Cy Toung. like most of the men who
have played profsskual ball ss long aa
he haa. atanda like a Gibraltar for organ
ised law. Wlille younger playera alio
may never hope to reach the Tcung
standard of efficiency are kicking and
bucking about being sold or traded, this
old king of pitchers, sent In the evening of
his fruitful career from the city where tha
greater portion of hla playing days have
been spent, to another elly, makes only
this comment: "I think a team owner
ought to have a right to say where a
player shall go. If I were paying a man
SS.ffW or tt.OOO for six months' work, I
would expect to' say where ha should go
and wrist n anoura do. That has the
true ring. And yet Cy Toung hain't been
run over by any managers in his career.
. Such men command a respect which others
' cannot compel and hold pi ares cf dignity
not within the reach of others. It Is tha
spirit of basa ball, tha spirit which prom
ises its permanency.
Omaha has no reason to complain at
President O'Ncil a aeleclioa of umpires, nor
haa any other city In- tha league. If what
la known ncd heard may be relied upon.
Dugaa and Mullen are total atraogera to
this circuit; Clarke Is well known In Omaha
aud moat of the other cities, while Jack
'Haskell is thoroughly known. Clarke 1a
a fornitr piaycr and prefers umpiring. That
ought to make htm a good one. On thing
h new men hsva no task whatever before
"Antu so far aa keeping up any general
standard aet by tha men whom they dia
ltca la concerned.
If Ienvr strengthens all departments of
Ita team aa it has the catching, the rest
cf tn leagua had aa well go to the stable
now. . With . Zaluskey. McDonaHigh and
Rarer, just secured from Brooklyn, the
Grhtsles aught ta be able te do the busi
ness behind the bat anyway. Acs it not only
are they strong catchers-look at thera aa
batiara. HcDenough and Kaiuskey are two
of the sltigcers of the league and Ritler
can hit sums.
Whan Pat Dougherty came et with his
emrd for mora pay Commy asked alike
Cantilion U he thought Pat wanted (he
moaey to hire an assistant w.tn. Certainly
he couldn't have tho-jgiit hia playing last
)tit called for any advaare.
PtealdrBt Murphy apoi igised to Ban John
aun and Garry Heir ma no and wrvta a
Mifnad atatnanesl rearettina hla iiirf...n,-.
with Pulllaro. A casual obaerwr might
coneKtda that Mr, Murphy was not entirely
In tha right in those controversies.
At last James J. Callahan has been re
kaaed by CVmlakry, after about ftve ears
.f dtsasaortatton wtth the Bex as an actual
player. And tha waivers came promptly.
That probably may be considered a ch-eed
incident.
, B P. Mu kenfus Is n-ken efs es-sec-retary
ef the Bi. Loirs firuwiuc Retail
li. days ef ruarlta k ami Reiischsger,
those once famous catcher.
It s been a flue wm.fr for nm.i-alinging.
m 11 vuIU to be a co:ker a,iin;ier fjr reai
playing.
Kctchell mux ix ha a hankering f.,-
ervOOii UliXH.
Ara all tha euUaae reinstate J? U so.
ir.g the gong.
EUCHRE'S MANY VARIETIES
Nearly Forgotten STca-Hand Gam
as tarl Kodiftcatioa.
CALL ACE Ef LIFTIKFJrr FORKS
Kite Mandred aa AdTaaeed tyla
Hslrk lias Www Many Frteads
Oix-aral Rsrkre Calls far
Real kill.
Few gm have undergone so msay
changes in so short a time aa our old
friend ejehre. Fifty years ago euchre was
almoxt, the national game In this country.
On ail the steamboats of the western
rivers euchre was tha stsndby, and such
old books on gambliag as Green's always
refer to IU '
About twenty years ago people; began to
be satisfied with the old two and four
hand gam of euchre, their tastes having
been broadened by an acquaintance with
duplicate whist and Its intricacies. The
first change came in the form of wbat was
known as seven-hsnd euchre, played with
the full pack, like whlat; a variety which
ta still very popular In many parts of the
south and west.
Like most of our modern gaines. seven
hand euchre owea its vugue to the Intro
duction of the bidding element. Each of
the seven plsyers receives seven carda
from the full park of fifty-three. Includ
ing the Jrker. four remaining for tha
widow. No trump Is turned, the privilege
of naming the trump being sold to the
highest bidder.
I. aid a the Btdaier.
Each player haa one bid. and he must
name the suit he would like for trumps
and the number of points ha thinks ha
, W,.KJ1. ..v.. k.
can make. The highest bidder tskrs the
widow and discards four csrds In Its place.
He then paws markers ta those at the
table that he selects as his partnera for
that deal, if he wants sny psrtners. It I
usual to select those who have the lowest
scores, so aa not to sdvance thoee who are)
already high " j
If the bidder undertakes to win me
.eirfc. ..t r ih. seven he is entitled to two
Banners onlv. and the three nlay against i
the remaining four. If he haa bid elx or
seven tricks, he cso have three partners,
and they play against the tnree who are
left out.
If ha thinks he can make seven tricks j
without anv partners ha can bid ten; but i
he must bid It before seeing tha widow.
If he feels strong enough to win all seven
tricks without either widow or partners
he can bid twenty, which ta tha top.
The bidder always leads for the first onc. irtt hi( hard. If the elder
trick. All he can score la the amount of nJuld , BOt Mtlrnd with Ma draw, ha can
hia bid. even If he takes more. Ha and niprcpoe again, and tha dealer has another
partners all scora the same smount; fi I aDnortun1tv to alve cards or to refuse
for five tricks, six for six and ssvsn for
seven, five being the lowest bid allowed.
When he haa oo partnera ha scores tan
or twenty, as the esse may be, provided
he haa bid it. It he has not bid it ha
must take partners. If the bidder's side
falls each adversary scores as many points
aa were bid. This Is better than setting
the bldder'a aide back.
Call far Best Car.
In seven hand euchre tha selection of
the partners was found ta be too much of
a lottery, as no one could tell which ones
held tha good cards unless blda had been
made. This led to numerous schemes f or !
getting hold of the partnera who could be
of some asslstsnce to the bidder. When the
Australian game of call ace euchre came
along It waa Jumped at and tha seven hsnd
game waa kept for large numbers of plsy
ers. In the Australian variety of euchre it it ,
not really the see that Is called en. but
tha best card in play of a named suit. Four,
five or six can play, but four makes the
best game and is the usual number. The
thirty-three card pack. Including the Joker,
la used for six players, twenty-nme cards
for five, twenty-five carda for four.
A trump la turned up in call the ace and
each player in turn can pa or order It up.
No one but the dealer can taka the trump
Into his hsnd. If all pass and the dealer
turns K down each In turn has a chance
to make it. The player who ordegj up,
takea up or makea the trump la allowed
to call on the best card of any suit but
trumps for his partner. This psrtner is
not revealed, however, until the card falls
In tha course of play!
If tha maker of the trump doe not want
any partner he can either announce to play
alone or he can, call for the best card of a
ault in which he holda the aca himself. If
the ace of the-called suit is not' In play
the holder of the king, or even the queen,
may be the partner.
If tha maker of the trump and h)s part
ner get three or four of the five tricks,
they score one point each. If they make
a march, they scora two in four hand, three
points in ftve or six hand If the part
nership is euchred each adversely scores
two regardless of the number of plsitrs.
The euchre of a lone hand .! count, two!
lt a lone band la successful in winning all
ftve trk-ks it scores one point for every
player at th table, four in four hand.
Oaase ( Five Haadred.
This gam had its day snd was all the
raga a few years ago. It la still a great
favorite In many places, on account of
its life and vsrieiyrvtait when i cam
along the would 6 scientific playera all
Hooked to It. , Th.a variety ia something raln, ,t pmilico. th attention of horsemen
like bridge, but it is a game for thro j wl entered there because Pimllc
playeis. Sometime fuur pUy at It in part- j t.,a, p:acticallj alone aa tha on track,
neiship, but it spoils some of the fine j (a vrylnd OB ,, tn unlon
points, aa the adverssrtrs cannot get tut j whr- teiting 1 tat til allowed unrestricted.
plar between them. u cf Mly vtrritl on for a certain
Trn cards are dealt to euh Nyr. three- BUBlbr of daya ia each of the Maryland
four-three at a tim-, from a thirty-three j tounlM bui jt maybe conducted klong th
card park. Including the joker. After tha jlnt,
first round Is de!t three are laid off for; n Merviand Jockey club was
tha widow ahich Is to be taken by tn.
i w.
, ",
certain number ef
; one bid to ma
tricks, which must M m or more, with a
nmnd trump ault..
The auita outran on another ia tat
same order as at bridge, spades bir
lowest and six trttks being worth itinJu.
I BJK In club ia wor in diamond tu.
in hearte 10. sad ia no trumps 1-V For
each additional trick the initial value is
added so thst seven In spades would be
worth M. eight In epaoVs I-' snd so
Clubs would add ' each trick.
The highest bidder is the one alio offer
th game whic'i counts the re at. not nsc-
iiwrily (he on that a n the moat
!,. .id. a,Z'
ads f- tZ' ftrT
tricks. The M-idT tskes
rani three csrdt snd le
.rut.' in Una gime the J ker a trump I
. T J . . . '
even in s no-truamec. but tt rennot be,
used as s trump ss long ss the holdar ef
, It en fi'llow sMtt. If the Joker is led the
hul.ter of it must rl Ihe suit be wast
1 ,4aved to it ' , i
tn sr n, tee bidder get. ,ny what he j
! bid. exeert thst if His b't wa nst worth.
;tw he -! ruints if he takea all tea nilL,ur.wni. ru. -trlrkt.
H he falls to wake s Hl he is ee . auia a fojiball !kv-h for 1a wi.
hack the vilsie of his h. In either c-a j praclU aiW settled bpvs a th ill eelrriior.
each of r;a dversri-. Keen- hia tricVsjor And;vW U nmua. Ins fsm-u lull
separate, snd .-h counis It poiria f or ! bat k of the IM eleva. as tae field coii.
es-. h trick he ixduid jalty a ina At tl.e Th faol bU learn a ill b bandied through
,tie In.rlies ? (s gaw. t bidder al- i three t:)imi4la Th" sriu-dule 1 pracuc
was h-irlna !! ftr-4 co"r'. ' slly cosnpiete. It will conlaiu twelve game.
1 ItiM-ard luaebre.
Nvw li st i. an ld suwy Ihry ars
tr lng aometb.ng new. whir at eshed d -
csvrd va, Br, siihoug,. U is tsaiiy nothing
or lees than tha French game of
carta. WhU true American amterprlsa
ar.a disregard ttt aid world prejudices some
playera era wsin the American rank of
tha car a a. but Tt kj no better gem on that
account. All it aooomplanea la to make It
esay to remember.
Tha thirty-two card pack la oaed, bttt
there is no Joker. The rank of tha cards la
pe"ultar. Inasmuch as the ace la not tha
best of the suit, tha order being K. Q J.
A. 1. . t. 7. both in cutting snd in plsy.
ft la more than probable that American
players will force the are into first placet
and "mark" it inatsad of the king: other
wise It ht Important to remember that ln
king la the beat and tha Jack will win the
see.
Disrard euchre Is a game for two plsy
ra only, and like piquet It la likely to be
come popular for that rearon.
The higher cut deals tha first hsnd anl
each- player receives five carda, three and
two. Tha next card la turned tin for tha
trump. If this Is a king (or an are. ;f
the ace Is to be the best ear tha dealer
marks one point for it Immediately. This
turned trump Is never taken into the hand
or changed, as In euchre.
Iaapwrtaat Part af Play.
Tha pretty part of the game la la tha
discard. The nondea'er, or alder hand,
looks at his five cards and decides whether
or not he will play thera aa they are or
ask for a chance ta discard and draw to
In-prove. No matter which he doea. he
cacnot change tha trump for that deal.
If ha decides to stsnd on his original
carda ha says "I play these." which com
pels the dealer to p'sy without discarding,
but it also obliges the elder hand to make
three of the five t ticks or he is euchreJ.
If the elder hsnd wsnts to drsw he says
"f propo." rr "Cards."
When the elder band aVs for cards. It is
the dealer's turn to ssy whether lie will
nlsv with Ms oriainsl hsnd or will drsw
" """
t Improve, and thst Is where the science
or tne gsme comes m
If he wsnts to
draw hlrnee'f lis rejjly to the demand.
"Csrds." is. "How nisny?" But If he re
fuses to taka csrds himself, he also re
ftises them to his adverssry by saying.
rwy. in- rrlu. v.. "-" "
for tn,m oH n!m ' m three
tricks out of Ihe five or he is euchred,
When a proposal to draw carda is made
and accepted, the trump card Is laid aside
and the carda asked for are dealt from
tha top of the park, after th number
asked for have been discarded. When the
elder hand baa asked for cards and they
are offered, he mtist take one. and he may
taka any number from one to f'.ve.
rroseM Bad Dram.
Ths elder hand being helped, the dealer
belpa himself, but neither player laa'.
lewed to look at hla diararda after they
trm; but these secondary proposals ana
refussls carry with them no penalty for a
euchre. A euchre Is poal onI?
the hands are played aa originally dealt.
Elder hand may continue to propose aad
draw as long aa there are any carda left
In tha pack, but the trump card remains
the sama. Aa soon as the dlscarda are
ended, through one or other announcing
that he will stsnd on hia cards, the first
thing Is to mark tha king. If It ia In play.
If either alder hand holds tha king of
trump h must announce It and score a
point for it before ha leads to tba first
trick. If he does not hold It, he must
say. '"I play. that the dealer may
mark tha king before m card is led. Other
wise the score for the king it lost.
Tha second player In each trick must
not only follow suit, but must win tha
trick If be can. To fall In either when able
la' a revoke. When a revoke Is discovered
the carda are taken back and played wr
again from that point. The revoking
player scores nothing if he makea the odd
trick and scares on only If he makes ail
five. If the revoking player does not mak
the odd trick there Is no penalty.
Five polnta 'la a game. Winning three
or four tricks counts one toward it and a
march counts two snd a euchre two. The
king always counts one. '
Tha great secret of success In this game
la to know upon what cards the plsyer
should stand aa elder hand or refuse to
gtve carda when he Is the dealer. Thera
Is bo game of carda In the world in which
thia haa bean figured down to auch a fine
point, so that it is impassible to find a
hand which cannot be mathematically dem
onstrated aa a "stand band" or a refusal."
Tha reeult of these calculations ara
known aa the eux de regto and they are:
Any hand with three trumps in it.
Any hand with two trumpa and three
carda of one suit as high aa a queen, or
two csrds in one suit and king of another
uit. or ' three carda of different suits as
high aa a king and Jack. (Remember that
the king Is the highest card.)
Any hand with one trump and three
winning carda In another suit, or a four
card utt to a king, or three carda of one
suit with twe queen in tha hand.
! w1th6ut trun,p hoUld hV
four court csras or tnree queens.
Thia 1 a' very fine game, which needs
only ta become better known to be the
favorttt of the euchre family.
PD4XIC0 E.EAL RACING GEOUKD
Marylaaa Track Abwat All that la
Ueft W here Betting bet.
BALTIMORE, Feb. r.-When racing be
; ,ln,llv launched at aUiatoga. when Gov
l "' ' . - . .
; rnor Odea Bowl and an meooa ouuinea
4 .ram for the firtt meeting in WW.
..... ... ... Dinner Party
ineipi
t . - -' a . . i h. r 1 1 , :M
ttakes. aftcrwatd known
, ,u, .or .y,ar-old at two mile. Tnl
... on of ,h, mot valaaW v.ni ver
conitattd la tal country up to that. time.
being worth lllaou. and entrlea were mad
by tba principal turfmen.
The first ruanlag wss won by Pieskness.
and ia Hal tb perl Criekmore won tns
I race for Governor Bow,i. when he lowered
lb colors of th mighty Hindoo, th sir
ot Hanav.-. Winner of tbi famoua race
! were Harry Bateeti. Hubbard. Tom Boal-
" Vaadalu. Tom Ochiltree. irgil. King
"" Pu of M-nl' Orenada.
MOrf ' wr" ,"' "
Lm The bird, Haaove.- and the list
ne- .
Closes Willi t!a me ui n .
after ahica tne race aa u scontinued until
j revived a few years ago by'the Weshington
J '' t,uu'
' M(Mrk V...U.
a lal year, moat of the pponeaia oe;og
. forwerlj . orw change is t:.e
! suballluilon of AmLerat fr Buskntil. a
caaog that i Ua.lt l b pe.avaueni.
PCCILISTS OIT OF THE RING
Ihfficult Task for llaay to Earn Good
Li ring-.
HXAL TICKETS HARD TO FIST)
Kid Melwy Haa Taeaa All Re lea In
nrlel" sf Baslaees Yea tares
-Swase Have Mareeeded In
Different Prwfewalowa.
NEW TORK. Feb. K.-"How cam a mar
pugilist earn a comfortable livelihood after
hi fistic prowess hss left him and he finds
himself sll in. miaua s bank roll 7" aakod
th old New Tork aporting man during a
confab with hla friends the other night.
"They can't all he actors, bookmakers,
saloo.i keeper or bank burglare."
"I tell you boy. It'a tough proposition
for a champ k-n, who haa been feaaned and
petted by th sporting world, suddenly to
find himself a dead one knocked out and
unsbU to earn auy more coin with hia
me wis vs.
"There big Jim Jeffries, ths king of
them ail, who 'quit the gam about four
year ago and wa going to make a bundle
raising alfslfa oa hia boa Angeles ranch.
He started a saloon and had an Interest tn
a fighting ciub on the side, but now they
ay haa sold all of these thince because
h couldn't make them pay, and ia on his
wav back to the fistic srena.
"Tha who! trouble with theee f.ghtera,
except a few of course. Is thst they are
not business men. Half of them live up in
the air In dope dreams..
"Among the old time fighters years ago
there were few who managed to make out
after tbelr rirg careers were at aa end.
John Morriscey made a rot of money keep
ing a gambling house here and In Sara
toga, but he had a good business psrtner
tn Reed, who hsndl-d moa; of the coin.
"' recall tha.. ilorrisaey's widow went
through with tha money John left hr, so
her friends up around Troy had to bury
her.
They say Reed leert quit a large tor
tune, much larger than Mcrrlssey a. Why?
Well, simply because Reed waa th better
financier.
Bee-sae Gaxad Lawyer.
"And there waa big Ed Price, who fought
some bard battle In the ring forty or
fifty year ago. When h returned from
the ring he took up the study of law and
became a successful member of the legal
profession. Price was really a wonderful
man. considering the hard knocks he re
ceived In hi early career. Ha wrote ev
rl popular plays and cruld converse In
telligently in French. German and Chinese.
He wa a great favorite with th Ctuna
mn of thia city and wa attorney for a
whole bunch of them. Whenever a chink
got Into trouble in Chinatown he always
found Price th man to get hint out.
"Jtst before he died a couple of year
ago thia fistic lawyer successfully de
fended two Ch names charged with mur
der in the firtt degree. It waa a remark-
j able trial, and the way Price had the two
chinks turned loose surprised every on
who followed the case. Price wa mere
than 70 rears old at the time and mad
one of the most brilliant speeches ever
heard In th criminal courts. He left
about a quarter of a million dollara.
"Ben Hogsn. who fought Tom Alien for
the heavyweight championship of America
In in, got religion ahtrtly afterward and
became a sort or a preacher tn Jerry Mc
Aulty's Mission. He- waa known aa th
reformed pugilist, snd managed io keep
the wolf away from his door.
Rellalea His Refage.
"Another fighter wtih teligious procliv
ities waa Billy Frailer of Boston, who left
the pulpit to combat Jack McAuliffe for
the lightweight championship In ltvfi. After
a hard battle of twenty-one round
la Boston Frailer was knocked out. He
took to religion again after thia defeat,
tut after preaching up in New England he
decided to tackle McAu!Iffe aealn. So
they met at the old Manhattan Athletic
club here in IS-.- and Frasier waa sent to
dreamland In the thiid round. John I
Pullrvsn. who artVd as ttferee, told Frsxier
he'd better return to church work and give
up righting. Frasier took the big, fellow's
advice and has ben preaching ever since.
"Don't you think the fly Kid McCoy
l.aa gone th limit on all kinds ef ven
tures outside tha ring? Ha certainly has
not left a stone unturned- When he posed
a a middleweight champion he opened a
feetiv saloon In th heart of th Tender
loin on or.e of the most prominency corner
of Broadway. For a few montha he did
arm ualneae. but It soon faded away,
and the nimble McCoy soon disposed of
hi end of the venture.
"Then he started a b xlng and physical
culture affair in Forty-second - street,
where he and another fly gent undertook
to teach actors, broker and sporting men
how to be strong and use the1? fists. Those
i who got too strong received sotn smart
lessons in stopping blows with their faces
and soon retired, not only to save their
manly beauty but alto to think It over.
while M-Coy and his pal Isughed behind
j the scene and looked for more romeon
j NrCsy a Hwwllac well,
i "McCoy, however, wanted the mane;' to
! com quicker, so ht went Into the diamend
' and Jewelry business tn Long Acre square,
f For a time tha Kid sold glittering stones
! to all sorts of people and rode around
I town in a swell auto. Finally hia partnera
wok up to ths fsct thst McCoy's x
! penses were too heavy far th firm, so
! ha retired from the concern and became
an tgent for an automobile company. Thia
I enabled him to spin srojnd among th
swell hotels and lobster palace where th
j millionaires dine and win at night,
i "I don't know How many machines he
) sold, but MoCoy dropped bis auto game la
j . ,nort tln). ,Ba e0d a dteetlve agry
milh ,00d. a former Central offie
' man. who had been bounced from the d
j partment by Commissioner Bingham.
J "It waa soon evident thst McCoy did not
. fancy this Sherlock Holrr set. for he
t tried herd to get back Into tha fighting
1 gam by boxing a stiff named Stewart at
! lb National Athletic club. Tha bout was
! such a farce that th crowd went hora
' ill tn nnm we hear thai tha flv Kut ta
over in Pari, where h and Tad Sloan ars
supposed o open an American barroom
for th entertainment of Amerlraa mililoa
aires. Can you beat thia record for keep
ing the- ball s-rolilngT
.aVia I.. Uat mi tb Blag.
! "John I. guillvan bat had a aomswhat
' eventful career outside of th ring. He
s- gau his business life ss a tinker la a
, South Boatoa (in shop long before he ever
i put a boxing glove en. Jofrvi wa vary
j frtid o" p'sying btl and n noonday h
returned to th shop about fifteen minutes
' after t.le wblaile had blown. A burly
i foreman gave ftjllivaa a hard raltdowi
and also a kick with hia liesvy beet for
being late, whereupon John. ith a p-nrl
oa the jaw. sent tb bully through a gisas
indow. Th's in.ndeni gal ied (-' 'ulliun
I
I
ihe name uf the Hiimo srrong boy aal
, made htra a fignier.
1 "After tu- beae il.iminxi and was ia
; high popular fsvar. gjllnan opVaed a big
; aaloon ia Wt li.jion street, rioaton. The
' t.rrmg wa a regi l" t-lrru snd UteJ
tor a uxmlu. I avr saw so much wine
and btwae flow during th same period
tlnce. Sullivan, who waa backed by a
krews) ftllow named Miks Clsrka was
obliged lo remain In the caf during tha
entire month. Clarke knew that Sullivan
waa th drawing card and wouldn't let
him escape, a John at and slept in th
Joint while hundred of men galtered
around him.
X really believe tt wss this prolonged,
racket that caused Buiuvaa's first break
down. After two week of this sll dsy and
night wtiM gusaliag Sullivan waa a wreck,
but h stuck to It until natura finally com
pelled htm to quit. I think r waa th
ickest bis; man I ever saw when he was
carried to th hotel fer repair. Tin
saloon did but little business In John's
absence, and he got to tire of poaing aa
proprietor that ha finally sold his end for
a song.
"Sullivan next tried hia hand aa sport
lug sditar f a New Tork pictorial weekly
which waa Just be-fore he fought Kllrala;
but hi copy, when It waa In vldnea,
wa so flerc that the owner of tba paper
soon dropped John from tb payroll.
Dsseaa Harrison's Great Head.
"Duncan B. Harrison, th actor and
theatrical manager, thought h saw nig
money in getting Sullivan to appear ia a
play called "Honest Hearts and Willing
Hands.' It waa supposed to be a fin melo
drama but John, after song coaching,
mad It a roaring burlesque. It waa very
funny to e th big fellow trying to do
the heavy with his two paws hanging
stiffly at his side, like huge hams.
"Tha audiences used to laugh until they
cried when Sullivan tried to make lova to
Nora, the heroine of the play. He want
at it so fiercely It looked aa If ha waa go
ing to knock out Nora In one round. Bulll
van got to booting on tb road and th
show became stranded tn the backwoods,
the whole company being compelled to
scratch hard to get back to New Tork.
Bslda Harrison snd his slsr acaor had a
fearful row, which ram near being a
tragedy.
Aa a monologue artist, however. Sulli
van haa made more of a success, for dur
ing tb last four years h haa appeared
wtth his own burlesque company and haa
coined money, which he baa hidden away
ao that nobody can get it but himself.
John's a very wise old guy, all right, with
out tha boose.
"Prof, John Iaflink who had Sullivan
licked at Madison Square garden back in
1884 but didn't know It, er waa too yellow
to go in and finish John when b had him
hanging helpless on the Topes, ia th beat
preserved man of hla age la tha country.
He' M. yet looks Ilk or W, as straight
ss an arrow, hard a a rock. Ia th winter
h taka wealthy fishermen down to Florida
to enjoy their sport. In th summer Laflin
takea more rich fellows yaching for their
health. As the reault th wis profesaor
is on Eaty street and always live th aim
pi Ufa
Jlaa Carwett'a Trlala.
"Tou'll remember that Jlra Corbett tried
the saloon business and really made money
at it, but ha did not fancy tha boot game
and got out when chance came to get his
pile. Corbett haa made a auccesa aa an
actor and la well fixed. He man to stick
to the footlighta and beoom th greatest
comedlsn that ever happened, ha saya.
"Th breesy Jack McAullffa ha had
many upa and downs outside of the ring.
Ha waa a cooper by trad before ho took
up fighting, and when he waa the light
weight champion he mad money faat
aa a bookmaker on the racetracks. At
one time he had a 1100,000 bank rolL Dick
Roche, who waa Jack's manager then,
woa asked by a young fellow from Jersey
who thought he could scrap to arrange a
match with McAultffe.
" 'I'v $1.0x0 of my own money to bet I
can win. said tha stranger. Roch pointed
McAultffe out to th Jersey man at the
race track. The lightweight champion waa
airing himself on the lawn in front of the
grand atand drtaaed to kill. When the
young fellow got Jack's ear he pleaded
hard for a fight, but Jack only smiled,
shook his head and said a $l.ono side bet
was no otfect. The youth walked off
dejected. A month later McAuliffe hunted
up Roche.
" "Where" the guy who wants to fight
me. Dick? Get "him quick! I'll go him! 1
need the money! I'm all in!' declared Mc
Auliffe, mho had gone broke on the ponies.
But the Jersey youth waa never found.
"McAuliffe also hsd been in tha saloon
businesa twice, and each time he haa re
tired gracefully without a decision against
him. He ran at one time som of th
moat successful pool rooms In town In
th good old dsy when it wasn't con
sidered auch an awful crime to play tha
race. Jack also hss been an actor, an
agent for a Wall street broker and la now
running a boxing club In Brooklyn.
Bab PltaalBasnaaui Aetar.
"There's Bob FUssimmons and his young
wife over la England showing at th music
halls In a bum sketch. He still continue!
to challenge the world, poor fellow. Jo
Can retired last fall after Nelson beat
him and opened a hotel in Baltimore, but
he's going to com back to the ring ia a
few week.
"Tom Srarkey la breeding trotting horsea
over in New Jersey and I making money
with his Fourteenth tret . saloon. Mys
terious Billy Smith, the wildcat of wildcat
fighters la hla day. runs a eeamen'a hotel
way out in Portland. Or. 6 pike Sullivaa
I raising chickens and teaching physios
culture at Sheepshaad Bay. Jake Kiiraln
ia getting $50 a week aa John L. Sullivan
sparring partner. Steva O'Donnell la box
ing Instructor at Harvard university. Paddy
Slavin la wtth Deavsr Ed Smith up In tba
Klondike looking for gold and I said to
have s'ruck it rich.
"Pedltr Palmar and Dick Burg art
doing a bit tn English visions. Trry Me
Govern is tmng t,i be a ball player snd
Leach Cress is pulling teeth. Johnny Orlf
fin. 4 clever featherweight, was a dentist,
too. Tommy West is getting U a day in
! '.Frisco as an expert plasterer. Joe Ellin r-
wood is a Watt trt longshoreman. Buf
falo CoateMo wanta to be an atrial oavl
gctor. Gaorg la Blanche, the marine. Is
a physical wreb in a Boston hospital.
EdCi Curry 1 keeping a Park Row 1a
mill- Jimmy Larkins is chief of dettvtive
r. Jertev City. Jack Fallen ia a Brroklyn
copper. Johnny Van Heest Is a faro bank
dealer in tha far west.
Fat af the Samaller.
"Billy M-irphy. ence the featherweight
champion f th world, is .back at hia old
ttada. tailoring In AustrsMa. Billy Pllm
n.r is keeping a "pub" In Birmingham,
England. Jem Hall and Young Grtffo,
two of the elevwrest bxrs that ever en
tered tha ring, ar bang-rg around broke
In Chicago. Brooklyn Jimmy Carroll and
! big Jack Burgee ar running a Brooklyn
thirst parlor. ' Alex Oreggalaea la eon-
' . w 4 ai,,w m Vte Tmm h, w
a lining . .
Ryan, who hfc a fat bank rell. ia th
boxing- Instructor of th Chicago Athletta
dub.
"Charley Mitehetl ia living on Velvet
avenue at Brighton, Erg: and In aannmer
he follow the rce along wtth Jen Car
uey and irther Knglleh pug Jck SkeMy
I ta a mnny making saloon in Yor.kers.
1 peter Matter Irving la a booae am-
a rinm la Philadelphia. Uriiy Darey ia a
tteatrical manager tn South Korwalk.
Coin. Paddy Gorman la a a bine soaker
wtrking for ths c-ty. Isn Ceedoa haa a
saint. a a Melbourne. Austrsja Jem Mac,
who will b T In April, as still -ioing a turn
Jin tb Fusils rnua.r halla. Ja--b i'wuey
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