Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-11-03 | Page 2 | Ben Hogan, Ex-Boxer, Preacher is Dead

Ben Hogan, Ex-Boxer, Preacher Is Dead Chicago, Nov. 2. Ben Hogan, found- j er of "Hogan's flop," which for so , many years sheltered derelicts, ho- j boes and castaways at 2 cents a bed j each if they had it died at his home here yesterday at the age of 8 years. With the passing of the ex-prize fighter, fight-er, preacher, sociologist, humanitarian and host to Willie, was recalled the days when thousands of unfortunates were fed and sheltered by the humane hu-mane mission, at 22 Meridan street, which friends said he always operated oper-ated at a financial loss. "Moody, the noted evangelist, taught me to preach," Hogan once said, "and then 1 learned that there was more to serving mankind than be giving hungry men words. That is the reason rea-son I smarted the soup mission and the flop." In his youth Hogan was said to be reckless, contemptuous of the law, and gloring in his strength. He served i both the union and confederate armies in the civil war as a blockade! runner. Nearly half a century ago he fought Tom Allen for the world's championship and was beaten. oo