The morning times., 1896-03-20
FAKIRS MUST GO TO jill.
Cripple Creeks Plan TO Insure
Contests in the Ring.
GAMBLING WITHOUT LIMIT
Nervy Play of n Colorado Springs
Man Against the Wheel at the Min
ing Town-Played His Money Like
Prince and Was the Winner of
Thousands.

There is one place in this fair lana where
boxers, fighters ana sluggers can get
together and have it out TO their hearts
content.
That favored spo! is Cripple Creek Colo,
the ho,-bed of mining speculation and where
you can have dead man for breakfast
every morning If he furnishes The slightest
provocation and You are quick enough with
a gun.
Otherwise, the dead man. con, If he
so elects will have you for his matin meal.
1t is only a question OF hip-pocket a gility
and the willingness of the six-shooter TO
execute its double-action rapidity.
Cripple Creekers are bimetallists. They
have no pangs of conscience over one man
killing sixteen. or sixteen shooters pump
ing conical-shaped lead into a single fell
low who happened to take the wrong end
of the argument.
FIGHT, OR GO To JAIL
recent issue of the Cripple Creek
Morning Times made the following an
nouncement:
"A match has been made for a twenty
round glove contest between Jack Livings-
Il
the Oniana Kid ITO take place within ten
days. The entire gate receipts go TO the
winner. ana the officers of the town say
if the men do not fight they will be thrown
in jail"
That is the proper pace to cut out for the
pugs. Close the newspapers against their
daily bulletins ana make them get into a
ring and scrap ii out.
town where they viii throw fighters
in Jail if they don't fight is a good place
for heavyweight champions TO steer clear
OF. If Fitz and Corbett ever go out there
they may have TO fight, and that is some
thing that seems impossible at any other
point Think of policeman telling pair
of heavy-weights: say, now, if youse
don't punch coed and hard and fast III
lock youse up
Cripple Greek has the right idea about
prize fighting and has formulated a plan
which will either elevate or extermnate the
sport should il he carried into general
practice throughout the country.
MONTE CARLO REPEATED.
Another sporting item has wendcd its
way East from the mining town and is told
i'll the following way:
1Tobdb bIN IHc llt0NitSb Vuttl pay ltdJ
has been made i'll the West, if not in the
United States, for many years took place
in Cripple Greek clubroom a few nights
ago. The club is not far from the corner
of Third and Bennett avenues, and the man
who made the winning of a snug fortune
was from Colorado Springs
In the small space or one hour he quit
the game $l6.600 winner and returned
to his home at the Springs tits becoming
a matter of notoriety that the highe>B
limits permitted in any gaTnbling' house
in the country are Offered in Cripple Creek,
and. in feet. 4 mGn's bank rob can go on
a single turn if he cares 20 Place it there.
This is dangerous gambling. both for the
man who operates the wiicei and the man
on the outside but il is permitted at the
place where this big play was made.
The play came up at abot!t $50 q. m,
and the winner OF the RON walEcd away
an hour later with the gold and yellow
backs in his Pocket. But the game did
not close.
'On the contrary, the proprietor Of the
house, who is none other than John Nolan,
placed 100000 OF gold in the tray and
invited the lucky player to- top it on
top if he wanted to do so. But the
winner was content TO let Well enough
alone. In this game only the ColOrs
were played but on theseas high as SO 600
turn was stakcd as If il were so many
cents