The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-25
IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS
Jack Fogarty's Experience With
the Bic Iron PuddIsr.
SAVED "FIFTYn BY A STICK
Prospects Looked Black for the Com
binatiOn'' When Cook Saved the
Dny-TOld Him the winner-Jack
Sheehan's Benefit - White Ham
dicaps the Brooklyn Entries.

"TaIking of Jack Fogarty," said an cd
sporting man, reminds me OF an eXper.-
encc of his that Jack used to tell OF that
always caused great amusement.
"FoGarty, as you may remember, was
always great fellow for going into some
scheme or Other. He,was forever spring
ing something new, before he settled down
to the business that he is now running,
and more often than net he came out OF
the little end of the horn financially.
lat the time W hen Jack was in ms prime
and was making the whole Philadelphia
gang knuckle under to him, he happened
TO meet with an enterpris,ng newspaper
man named Vincent Cook. This fellow
Cook had the same bad habit that Fogarty
had. of Specializing on dead cnes,' and
when they got together they soon per-
fectcd arrangements TO put a combination
On the road.
Cook raked up ali the cash that lie could
possibly get Lo!d OF and he ana Fogariy
started out doing one night stands through
Pcnnsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.
This was just after Fogarty' famous bat
the with Jack Dempsey and The gameness
with which Fcgar,y had stood up and
taken punishment, from the 'Nohi.areir
mad set his adnlirers fairly wild with de-
light.
LOVELY AT FIRST.
Every where hat he and Cock carried
their combination they were met with
crowded houses and grand reception.
FoSarty was meeting All tomcrs, under
taking 10 knock ll.en GOT i'll four rounds
or forfeit fif,y dollars in cold lard cash.
Things went along lovely for a tine,
but after the talk Of Fogarty's battle
with Dempsey sGtsided business began TO
grow somewhat slack. Finally, IL kept
going from bad 20 worse, and one night
when they landed in the township of Glass
borough it was discovered that there was
less than $50 in The treasury.
LAS this amount included the receipts for
the night the prospect was not promising.
Itgrew absolutely alarming, however, when
after Fosarty rad stepped out and made
his little deli u great, strappng fellow
who was nearly twice as big as Jack
walked down toward the platform that
served for a stage to have Il try for the
fifty
when Cook caught sight Of him he gave
groan. II Fogarty did not put this fel-
low out in the stipulated four rounds he
VI SbuISt. Whit lily,
when it was not forthcoming 1t was a cinch
there would be trouble. Those big iron
puddlers wouldn't do a thing To the 'c"m-
bination.' He could picture them all laid
up in the hospital or the morSue, and in
stinctively SIave a hurried glance around
for the best means of escape.
He quickly put any idea OF flight be-
hind him. however. He would stand by
Jack to the last breath. While Cook Was
doing this thinking preparations for the
battle had been progressing, and in few
moments Fogarty and the puddler stepped
to the center of the ring.
After the first round it was plainly
evident that Jack did not have a chance in
n hundred of putting the fellow out. He
gave the Young giant a hard fight. but the
latter's great advantage in height. reach.
and strength was too much for him. The
only thing that saved Jack from being
whipped was his science.