Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-11-08
ube Troubles Of the nfng-1he Big
"Mill'' Not "OGr

nm. r-oubIes Of the Rfng-1hc BIG
amin" Not "Omr
From tho Ciucinnati Enanifsr. eth-l
The public has learned Within the lss'
fav DAYS that the gentlemen Who are en-
rsged in getting up % diversion Pc
s 80, M;ke Mc(joole snd Tom Allen
ssvs had 4 slight misunderstanding. and
n nn This certain papers have assumed
~ declare that there would be no light
a. "a intimated : few days ago, the
,.o,his vas in regard to the final stake
holder for the match. The stakes are
s9bOO side, and before McCoole LETT 3.
I,ouis to come here and finish bis tram,
inc. man named Murray was selected
by bis hackers as the stakeholder. ~,
Aliens hackers refused to ALLOW ina
honor 10 be conferred upon Mr.. Murray:
They asserted that il vas the intention o.
McCoole's friends 10 have the money
nIaced in the hands of man who wouid
hand the stakes over to Mike in the event
that he won, and 10 case he should De
vanouished would allow himself to pe
sned and thus swindle Allen out OF the
substantial fruits of his victory. Allen
having been twice cheated in St LOUIS,
was net willing that any such game
should be played upon him 10 this matcn.
on the other hand, Jack Looney. who
renresents the hackers Of the big giant,
asserts that McCools is neither afraid to
meet Allen, nor are his hackers afraid OF
ios;nq their money; but that Aliens
friends have on former occasion. after
losing their stake money, sued tor ITS
recoyery. and that they are trying to
avoid such trouble in the present case.
He asserts that the stakeholder must be
a responsible St. Losis party, and ne Is
NOT particular whether be 10 an adherent
of MeCoole or not. -
Bill Carroll, who also represents the
Allen wing, has been here all the week
irving to arrange matters, but has been
unable to do anything Last night, Mr..
Thorwegen, of st. Louis, reached here
upon the same errand. He has eleven
hundred dollars interest in the stake cd
vsnced by Allen, and It is understood
that if be will agree to withdraw his IN
terest both parties will agree upon him
az stakeholder. There is every reason
to believe that the complication will be
satisfactorily adjusted 10 this way, and
there will be no hindrsrce of the fight
Bit even if the matter of the stakes is
not adjusted, there Ia no reason Why the
fight should not come of. Allen says
that he is ready and willing TO light for
the excursion money, or for nothing In
fact. 10 order that he may settle the .ques..
ton of superiority between himself and
McCoole. The latter says that he will
frht for one cent rather than that the
match shall be declared "of," and 90
the "sport" is certain to 60 on at all
events.
The trouble is not with the principals,
but the men who have . moneyed inter
est in this affair. When there is big
money to be fought for the interested par
ties naturally seek to take advantages.
Fhe fgkt YES located here for the pur-
nose Of guaranteeiHg iHp yen fair play,
but if these "stake sharpers' propose
70 carry on things in this'kind of style,
i viii bst add another stigma upon the
ring. and, together with the aisgracefal
scenes which have occurred within the
past year, will exercise q gooa e.+se. -
ihe vey Of breaking up and Graduating
the bsrbarous evil from the land.