Show Tex Rickard Bumped by a Bunch of Sporty Ones From the Klondike San Francisco Feb 17 Accord Accor Accord Accord- Ing ng to the latest report from Tex TeC Richard Rickard will not be offering any purses for pugilists to batter batter batter bat bat- ter each cach other into pulp in Jn the near future futuro as tho the man who Jumped Into the public eye by reason of at giving the tho largest guaranteed guarantee purse that was ever contested for by lightweights is 18 said to be on the down and out list so far tar as finances are concerned Since Sinco pulling off oIT the memorable Nel Gans-Nel- son championship battle In the open air arena at Richard Rickard has hassone gone sone ono through more marc than one fortune but he always alwn's bobs up like a cork and two months ago aso started ono of or tho the and most date up-to-date date up gambling resorts In the picturesque mining lovin own with a 3 new bankroll that ho he had I secured I Things were going along alons swimmingly swimming swimming- SWimming SWimming-I I ly Iy for tor the Nevadan until a bunch ot of of blew Into the sagebrush town with a n sack that was wa full of the yellow stuff Being old friends of ot Tex they desired to give his little game a a- whirl For three days and nights they bucked the various games of ot chance an and while at first Tex wore woren a n smile a mile wide It began to fade tado awa away as the high rollers from the North began besan to rake In Jn the tho dough b by bythe bythe the thousands s. s The limit was the sky and as M luck was with the fellows around te table an and not with the tho bank Tex's pile pilo b began be gan to like e a bank of snow before a chinook wind and when the tho blew they ha had raked 2 26 25 of Richards Richard's cash which caused him to close up shop and now there thore is a big lock on the front door and Tex Texis is looking around for tor a new angel to furnish another huge wa wad to take tale talethe the chain from the tho door that bars the entrance o 0 |