| Show IT WAS EPIDEMIC Betting on the SullivanCorfoett Fight Boma of the Hen Who Won or lost large Amounts on the World Paralyzer Salt Lake has never before seen anything like tho wagering that took place on the SulllvanCorbott fight The betting simply took the form ref an epidemic Capitalists Capital-ists clerks servant girls newsboys and bootblacks all fell a prey to it and in nine cases out of ten all were clamorous to offer the most ridiculous kinds of odds on Sullivan Sulli-van The money that was cleaned up by those who had the nerve to back Corbett would start a bank There are some of the lucy and unlucky ones The biggest bet was probably made and lost by John Daly who wagered A W McCune 1000 to 500 > on his fellow countryman coun-tryman the peerless John L Mr McCune will spend the next dividend on 400 shares of Daly stock and rumor says be has already wagered it even up that Cleveland beats Ben Harrison Mr Taylor ihe real estate man walked off with i > 500 the result of an even bet with several stonecutters so Riepen called them after the third round had been read off at the Tunnel Fritz Riepen held the stakes Sheriff Burt cornered about z20D Colonel Murray 108t a hat an overcoat a suit of clothes and a pair of shoes Mr Koch the manipulator who hired the wire to the Tunnel and sold the pools made some tall money from his commissions but blew it all in and more too on Jobn L Cal Stebbins bet three gin cocktails against three quarts of champagne on Cor bott and walked home with Roederer ad infinitum Fritz Riepono bootblack wagered his whole stand and outfit against 3 20 on Cor bett and is 30 richer today Major Bird mourns the loss of SlSO Charley Stanton it is said owns the whole fire department A number of the laddies tantalized him to death with extravagant ex-travagant odds on Sullivan and at last he took n Pow of them up He is said to have the fire department pay rolls assigned to him for the nert threo months Colonel Ed Kelly who has been dubbed by his admirers the Prince of Sports wired from ioe < Orleans to his partner here it is said to put in every dollar o his own or the firms money on bullivan as ho was sure to win Reilly took the advice ol the prince and Ed must have backed his favorite in New Orleans for all be bad DO cause it was told on tne streets last evening even-ing that be had wired here for money and had received the answer that be would have to Watt until some was gathered in as there was none left Louis Lacon picked out as winners the three losers but he says be has money enough left to pay next weeks board Memberr Riepen says the next big pool attraction at-traction at the funnel will be when Grover Clevelands name is written in monster letters across the blackboard Fritz did no batting on the fight but says he Is saving all his money to wager that Cloveland will be the next president of the United states |
