Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-04-17

A Pugilist Who Does not Believe
In Mixing them Up.

In Mixing them Up.
For several days past Mr.. Bel
Hogan, an ex-New York pugilisI
has been treating the Comstockers
to a series of bouts with the devi
at the Methodist Episcopal Church
in Virginia City. He is drawing
large crowds of the un-regenerated
and his success i. so great that the
Carson religious people are anxiou:
to bring him down here for a few
nights and matinee.
| He has long engagement how
ever on the Comstock and in order
to set up counter attractionit was
proposed to secure the services OF
Prof. Jack Hallanan the ex-pugi-
list now rusticating at Sweeny' S
Ranch. Yesterday a Committee
called upon Mr.. Hallanan to ascer-
tain if he could be secured as "a re
formed pugilist preacher
Mr.. Hallanan received the Com
mittee with great politeness, and
when the request was made sat
some minutes in deep thought.
Il hardly know what to say to
this matter, he remarked, as he lit
fresh white labor cigar It's
rather sudden you see, and it would
take me long time to train "
You would certainly draw large
crowds, remarked one Of the Com
mIttee.
Yes but it would be looked up
on as something OF a hippodrome. |
had friend in Chicago who tried
to make turn preaching as a re-
formed pugilist. He drew full
house but he told me one of the
time-keepers, | mean one Of the
vestrymen, as you call EN-, got
away with all the gate money
I've can assure you that nothing
of this kind will occur in this
city"
There's another thing gentlemen
to be considered, unless | was billed
as an ex-pugilist Of course |
would mt draw, being a new man
as you might say in the gospel ring.
Suppose | was billed as the ex-
champion middle weight of Nevada
and California, then lot of men
would come out in cards and deny
the claim besides challenging me to
a lot of hard glove matches for $3.50 |
a side, and if | didn't climb right |
down from the pulpit and go EN- a
bout, they would say that [ sneaked /
into the preaching business to keep
from getting licked, sort of going
down to avoid punishment, thing
| never did yet"
you would be beyond the SCOTS
Of the unworldly, Mr.. Hallanan.
Nothing i'll that replied the
pugilist, knocking the ashes Of
ais cigar off on his boot heel,
nothing in that; they'd counter ON
ne just as hard. Then again /
haven't been enough of a pugillst
@ claim much Of record. | never
vas in a ring but once, for money.
fought Lynn for 4 thousand a
ide and beat him. 1t seemed an
,asy thing to knock him through
he ropes and when [ went home
hat night | thought that making {
o much money by lamming a man
couple Of times under the ear,
vas like finding it. But the next
lay when | began to feel of my
hort ribs, it was different For the
he next two weeks | counted my {
lbs every morning to see if they {
we're all there. Then [ felt that t
,rize fighting was not mnch OF a
business and [ quit it. [ had '
urioslty to see if | could whip q
nan in a ring and | satisfied it. So {
GU see if [ was billed as a re t
ormed prize fighter the boys would J
egln to hunt up my record and
then they found that [ had never {
licked anybody but once they {
7ould say [ was fraud travel '
ng on cheap reputation. {
Il saw that fight myself re
aarked one Of the Committee and it
7as beauty
did you mind the time | count '
red on hymns mug in his corner
n the tenth round and followed up /
nth my left in his stomach?" '