The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-05

LII iOo6lAS tiCIC. AL lIidI is dShGQ Ol
the hobo is that he vote as Allen d.
reefs, at the proper season of the
year. The ex-champion prize fighter
is as kindly with these unfortunates
as one Of his character could possibly
be.
DEVOTED DAUGHTER.
On the second floor Of the retreat
is the household of the ex-pugilist, pre-
sided over by his unmarried daughter
unmarried, it Is a legend, because of
her love for her father-and his vigor-
Gus objection to any sutton for her
hand. Miss Allen Is woman of fair
attachments and a scrupu.Ously neat
and tidy housekeeper There Is as
much difference between the first and
second floors Of the retreat as there
is between night and day. There is
no more homelike Imaginable The
evidences Of Miss Aliens refining in
fuences are very pleasant on the sec
ond floor. And the young woman fl;
as little known in st. Louis as though
she did not reside there. Her fathers
home is her castle and she rarely
leaves it. In all the years that Allen
has conducted saloon at the Cham
pion's Rest Miss Allen has not once
crossed its threshold. She knows no
more of the first floor than If it were In
another city.
ALIENS RING CAREER.
Tom Allen was a doughty warrior In
his day. He was unfortunate in many
encounters, and was robbed Of victory
on several occasions by the dishonesty
of referees and managers. But he was
q fighter and never wavered in the
face of any odds. In one of his battles
with Joe Goss, Allen was grossly mis-
treated by the spectators, but he
fought his man, without needing the
attacks of the roughs outside the ring,
who employed cudgels and missiles in
efforts to assist In defeating the cham
pion. Allen clearly demonstrated that
he was the master of Goss, and was
easily champion of the heavyweights.
His battles with McCoole are among
the most famous in ring history. He
beat the giant handily, and fully
clinched the argument that science
will prevail over brute strength. AL
lens engagements with Joe Coburn
were not satisfactory, and savored Of
the barney" 1t was a legend Of the
ring that Allen was not overanxious
for Mace's game For long time he
was champion, by consent Of Jem
Mace" Allen never shirked a battle
unless it were with Mace.
FIGHTS WITH GALLAGHER.
Aliens first meeting with Charley
Gallagher was most disastrous for the
champion. Gallagher found Aliens
jugular in the second round, and the
fight was at an end-Allen being COM
pletely knocked out He was not sat
isfied with the result Of the battle and
his friends were confident that Gala
gher'S victory was due to an accident
So another match was arranged and
the men fought eleven rounds-Galla-
CHER being badly punished And vet
Allen did not win-that is. he did not
receive the decision-the referee de-
claring the fight a draw. 1t is a COM
mon error that Allen won that battle.
but reference to the record will con-
vince the skeptical that he did not get
the decision. That was one of the
events in which Allen was given all
the worst of it by referee and crowd
HOGAN AFFAIR.
Allen went out to Omaha to mest Ben
Hogan. the preacher boxer. Hogan
had gained quite a reputation among
the Nebraska sports. and their money
was down on him hard" The fight
occurred near Omaha. not far from the
railroad track. Allen did about as he
liked with Hogan. When the Omaha
sports discovered their man was about
TO be beaten. they threatened Aliens
life. but the plucky gladiator kept right
along, and so clearly bested Hogan that
there was no question as to which was
the better man. The ropes were cut,
and Allen was roughly handled by the
gang. but he won the battle, and de-
cisively. That settled Hogan. who af-
terward became an outdoor exhorter.
COL. FRED WATKINS.
Col Fred Watkins was the lifelong
friend and hacker of Tom Allen. 1t
was Watkins who furnished the stakes
in all the battles above enumerated,
and it is related that Watkins was
mark" for the heelers who, in those
days. followed the ring. The Holland
gang, over at Covingron. KY. worked
clever game on Watkins when they