Show OF A REFEREE BY GEORGE SilER war oC buh fitt In the mid middie 1 dIe we vet t Henry I Laker aker he h with tilt the aCul Ti ht hald knockout wallop and the wheezing CM ot asthma Now low HenrYs although a hard and willing fighter ho could go some imo de hi hi wheeze beeze nc ver aspired for championship hon honors ors gen content with a ano noW no and then to not hIm the b r withal to k keep p his thor thOl saturated for tor several week at hast with the tun atut that made MU aukee famous It must not be pre that be beuse use Luse of hili hI ambition to be the charn cham holster holter that he did am opinion of hiM hu Uc j as N he be really wh when n behind and within easy a re reach ug alJ of a of udal that b 11 hold 1 his own with the beat of Jr tim lIt II went vent his leV leVErd Erd eral points better when thoroughly by that he could beat ill man flUit that ever pulled oft u a 1141 ai it be said for tOl hint that he h hied 1 led to make good is boa ta when U II r it became C necessary iary to lila his from his hia in these lie he no man With hint him it wa as a aJ aI I de J of come first served provIded tl monetary Indu were there bumped his way through hIm for years ears receiving noth 4 lug ilig but hard little money but or of beer The latter hatter was dished out to him by hl his he n a match on and he Invariably to get enough enouch or of the long green out ot of a 8 fight to keep himself for a week or two ho how hoOne w One rA day In the fall fail in the early lb t J wac as all In or rather all outS out v Dick a really with for middle 1 ight championship honors bonora hap T Pt md along and as a the price of R a iava looked a it did to Baker he quickly hooked up to fight lIeury for a purse and ite to the of It The mill niH was waa Arranged to talce place within two weeks after 81 signing art atti ks f and on the date data selected they mat the tho ol open en to have havo It out ont with two ounce gloves Betting on the tho result was even money and nd take your pick bulk ot of the tho coin was placed on because of hi hia known abilities us is usI j I fighter and aud because the did riot fiOt care to ob co theIr money flick Dick worked like a master mechanic Irk In the th two rounda lounds but in the thet t third bird the rough condition ot of the ground with his sidestepping with result Henry hung one ot of his ha hamakers bay makers on his jaw which put him down don donfor for the count ot of nine Moore aro arose e eth I th ith hilo hb steps directed towards Queer street and sta staggered out ot of riach or of a wallop which had it landed have ended the tight fight It looked bU for fOl Richard about this thia time and thinking dl discretion crellon the better p part rt of tur lu turned tall tail and tried to crawl t the ropes and ad out lot of th tl ing F for tor hS his and ad for hn dt az AI was later proved he tried t tj j run tim out near his corner and his ad adb adt b t rt rents disgusted l at his aho show of CO cow blocked his Way which corn com piled him to fight or quit cold Fac B Baker ker again he for fOl U a afeW feW more one or of which him but cornel cornera were caned called for tor before I Js could be counted out The rho minutes Tit did him a world of good h as he be into Henry Henn like a new man maii ed remarkable cleverns and andOU ou out Jut in the eighth round it e The losers losera end of the purse hardly for Bakers trainIng ao 0 after bor enough of the root ot of til 11 evil ovll keep him loaded for tor at a week ho he or rather lather the man that Ok flaIr ilC of oC his earnings to seek a a ari le ri match with doore The latter 4 Jumped at t the chance of at ct ng henry another trimming nn and 1 im m Ined for a twenty ht to take place In private In Inh h hi stock district The rinK ring t on II a platform was waa just to Inores liking as aa it ca hint him an op D to show his clever footwork TI H was Wag In the pink ot Con condition n while HIlY u ry was tat fat enough to kill Thy lost no time Ume In getting to work r l 1 before the end each t f the first t round it If HI as the ut that Dick it c Henrys master ater and barring an t nt would surely wrel win They bat batt t Wy for tor nine rounds with Ith Moore fj the better work ork In the t I t h Baker telephoned one of 1 lon long which just grazed ed J I s j jaw The blow did ft net t laud land b t Moore in backing away aay from it slipped and ten fell his head striking one orthe pooLe posta ot of the ring his scalp and laying him out astr asIf dead It was A fluke victory for tOl Baker and when I congratulated him on his luck lucky win he said td Lucky What are you talkIng about I laid for tOl that punch fOr six rounds and when hen the opening came I lot let to go and landed It It if you w anything about fighting you ou Will give me inc credit for land landing In a and well weIl planned p punch that his bl head and thAt i I am 11 the hardest hitter hiUer In r t 1 busi ft nose Mid ho meant It Ita a e D kers Dakers Oft one punch victory reminds me sf the fi fight bt Mexican e Pete Ever Eer Everett ett won at Cripple Creek on th tha t fer er noon neon ot of July 4 1 Some Soine ot of the sports in hI town lown wanted to get Pete licked so sent to Dt Denver nr for a big biS colored man ho the they had been informed was rm trong anha idling t ilC country looking for tor easy money The Armstrong at rIpple Creek about two W 8 before time Ule daY daYt t for the battle and amid as lie he showed howd up pretty well ell In training lie he entered the ring a hot favorite Pete a those who no have seen Reen him in ring action can attest t c the most of his time timeto timeto to covering up his head his arms He die did this with th big black out the entire first four rounds and never vor attempted to deliver a blow It looked like money moner from home for the black bleek durin durIng these sessions tile the tact fact did not land an blow His work pumped him not beIng thoroughly lie he an l the call ot of time for tho firth fifth u as as a 1 dishrag seeing fleeing which Pete camo out front from behind the cover ot of his arms hit the ringer one soak on the Jan and took l the e m money ne The J the big black out oit of town and as Pete hiked It soon after the got abroad that the fight had been bien fixed and that the supposed Armstrong had bad been planted in Denver Denvor by the cunning Max Iet IetI I lean OAn e The name nam ot of Bob Armstrong brings to my y mind the trimmings ho at the hands hand a of Frank Childs at one onetime time Ume dubbed the heavyweight champion of America Sam Summer d had bad Childs under his managerial and also alro was the matchmaker for tho Chicago Athletic and Charles K E Davies at the tho time had hod con control control ot of Amstrong Tue rho athletic directors of the tho C A 4 t demanded a fight between n a pall mir ot Of and Summerfield Without con oon suiting Davies Induced Bob to gO on with his man Childs Armstrong In those thole d days ys was wan touted as the second Peter Jackson arl Davies as did others in the game upon hIm as the comi g which made tIme Ule match app appear or lop The clubs lAr large e gymnasium was avas packed like when the two bg blacks blacka stepped Into the ring and as Bob had the advantage of fully six Inches In ht height and probably twenty pounds In weight not speaking or of his superior knowledge in the fine points ot of the game came there was wat no Childs mone moneIn money In sight The dl disparity between thern when they shaped tor or action was ludl ludi erous and the betting was wag not who would win but how many CUds would ata atay There vas as nothing doing worth men In the first round but in the Frank brought YeT over a swing swinging lug ing right which with the back of Bobs beau heau sending him head headforemost foremost through the th ropes ThIs was It a scratch hit and one it was as presumed that meant the utter annihilation ot of Childs Instead how however however ever Frank Flank dropped him wIth a clean left On the jaw and when hen he arose ho hung ono one on him that did not come oft off until ten minutes after he had been bem out Ut fter the fight the story went the ther r rounds that Armstrong Armstron h ben doped before he entered the ring so another h was arranged to take place Zit at Deb Bob traIned to the edge edre for tor that contest and It was write your own on ticket that h he would wIn It W wu not In hIm however to beat Iii his sawed off opponent as Frank beat him so 50 do and so a 13 the Chicago dope if tory story never again WiS w a alluded to Armstrongs bet best showing tas ate with Jim when the th no now retired champl JatI matched d himself ta top Bob Boband Boband and St Steve Ve ODonnell each In ten rounds Bob was ail to t go the first t ten rounds and he not only staid th the lima but lid did not have an any the ot or the a unet Jeff it wu was reported Inured Injured bin hie bannin the and did not take tako Steve Stee on Jeffs record shows a victory over fer Armstrong which accord in log to t the e conditions condItion or of the match he did not gain galu tram from mine Ini Im there with It this SM ase son S Say More Mose its tough about therit banks bank t t 1 Hows that those guineas down th thre O dont kno know alive You cst caRt swing on them for your our own dough after atter 1 In the afternoon HEW Hse HseI I am with a 8 burll buhi O iC my own and I cant got get th the cashier to loosen unless unIeS I get n a Just Juat let me take tk four bits blUi tIll tomorrow old but I never carry earr any money money h In th the d m Among the ors e folloW followers N who have tho and nd taken up their residence In ew York Is Zimmer Zimmer wem character froth front childhood and he never nevel has lived down his nest He came naturally b by alt all the ot of the racing trade but In hi his career there cannot be located no a spot pot where he hc mude a take Ito He cnn can get anything that any body ha bait but he does not need It now Ho He has arrived lt at ot of the Ole home mft mans S ambition which means that 1 h hhas has got his nd has it properly pro no I Zimmer on the Pl gaiu about a dozen ears ao 10 with a dope lid ridden on pest peat called a w a U 1 f but Unit lot let Inn out J badge was all that Ar mend mended ed in those the da days but had a 0 hankering for Cor teed feed and ida 1118 owner found it to Lo him with it in order that ho he might put UP art a speet ble ap appearance raDt When lit at Now ew Orleans seven even years ears ago the tho room deck clerk at the fair grounds place him MI AU th the stalls stall were filled more inure or lees leas fashionable race racehorses horses and Zimmer was wat put to It se seI I verely tn tim find lod tot lila hl meal ticket He rOlle oae to the o esLoa slon how however ever lie tol told thi tb attendant nt of the sPavined teed to load lead him Into the first stall ho le found vacant Alter Aft r one good goodnights nights rest Simrock was tol to move out He was shifted int j another Y va vacant cant stall onlY to 1 iH served with a an another other othel writ o n Se See h here rc said to the barn harn boss I guess ye ro d nt dont know who this s hOrse belol belongs S to Hes yours he asked th the faithful Not No ou eu pur Ute lUG This horse belongs S t to t Bu Bush h and hen hell be bea a pretty man It If be it oUt olt hes heg been tossing around from ORe ose place to her r Well it If the case care said the attendant wen well have havo to take tak care of oC Just he have ur man lead him over to the mule barn I reckon hell I be well takes care cae of f over r there thelo therea a a a beat mule out I of m als a day t for r three weeks I but be wt was for racing purposes purpose According to Zimmer all the fell fel felE E it t of his tan tail bi ears grew a foot anti antia n a half long and he deelo developed d a Wag norma that greatly disturbed the theother theother other quadrupeds in th neighborhood There was a in the book that seemed to fit It was a race for horses that had lived under false I pretenses since early col b od and the owner carefully set about hm for rOl it He told the 10 boy to canter cantil him the rack for a 8 lap or two and the tIlro throw sl six fast fur lonas Into him In about lO Simrock broke from the pole but bu t down about the furlong he came caine up to I the mule team that was pulling the harrow There ho flopped his ears and I c came mf to a dead wane walk Ho He fell feU in beside the ma whoso whose feed he had stolen and could not net he be persuaded to leave him After that him up for fora a hopeless degenerate 4 0 C CTOrn TOrn Tom has arrived Itt New ew Or Orleans Orleans leans for tor the winter season iMs n He Hc came clean from Memphis The word old clean in iii 5 case is used advisedly It also has something to do the context not been coming super superabundantly abundantly for Tom In lat leers ara but lit lia lI a Ie few good rond friends who wish him well and who would go a little further farther than that for him One of frIends is a Chicago alderman who likes s his companionship ThiS ChIcago go visited Memphis la t summer eummer to attend the race meeting there ther F Fall ll had one e horse which won on race laCe years ears and then was dc The Tho horses name S I Gold Goldstein api the Chicago alderman hu bad lost enough money on him tofit QU a do dozen en gorgeous gin palaces palMe catl called d at atthe atthe the hotel where the alderman was sto stong stay jag ng one morning and seemed painfully ill at east GOst the matter with you OU Mae asked the Chicago friend I 1 dont know Mike saId McFall but I think Im troubled with a little eczema c enla Go 00 in there said the alderman pOinting to the bathroom adjoining his apartments nd take p Jl bath I guess what you need u i l No 10 Mike Uke sa sad McFall Ive regis ered a YOW vow not to do anything liko that until I Goldstein wine a race Well then you lObster said the alderman I guess well have to r clean cleon you ou |