The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-12
SOME THROWN FIGHTS
CHARLEY GALLAGHER CARRIED
FROM THE RING, but GIVEN A
DRAW BY REFEREE
EPH HOLLANDS BAD GANG


They Wagered Their MOney-Hovv
Heenan Was "JObbed" by the
Partisans of Tom sayers- Jere
Hunts Interpretation of Marquis
of Queensberry Rules.
Tom Sharkey's assertion that he was
'jobbed" in his battle with Jim Jeffries
is probably not true, and based largely
! upon hot air. There Is no question
! that George Siler thought Jeffries was
entitled to the decision or he would not
| have given it to him. Siler may have
/ erred, but il he did the error was not
premeditated. In fact, there have been
! few foul judgments rendered by referees
/ in modern ring battles-that IS, fights
! that have occurred since the limited
! round contest came into vogue Sharkey
probably knows how jobs are worked,
for he was certainly in one when Wyatt
carp declared him winner over Bob
Fftzsimmcns, on a foul, in that famous
meeting in San Francisco. Jem Carney.
| of England, was deliberately kept out of
decision over Jack McAuliffe, when the
Englishman came to this country to
wrest the lightweight championship
from the famous American boxer. There
are many other cases of recent date
where the decisions were at least
queer" but in none of them were there
the elements of the direct, bare-faced rob-
berry that prevailed in the days when
men met and fought to finish with the
raw 'uns" on the turf
! GALLAGHER-ALLEN DRAW"
Perhaps the most glaring and boIdest
robbery ever perpetrated In prize fight
decision was when the second battle
| between Tom Allen and Charley Gala
| CHER was declared draw As a mat
ter Of fact Gallagher was so badly
whipped that it was found necessary by
his friends to carry him from the ring,
he being in a helpless condition from the
drubbing administered by Allen Allen
was not even marked in the eleven
rounds of milling. The men had met be-
fore, and Gallagher had knocked out
Allen in the second round. The result
was surprise, but Gallagher showed so
strongly that he was al once made ia
verite in@ the second meeting The wise.
money was all ON Gallagher, and 1t is
claimed that the "draw" was the result
Of neat tip to the referee. At any
rate, so the decision stood, and the purse
was divided between the men, while the
bets We're declared off, Gallagher soon
dropped out of sight. He had enough
after that go With Allen.
HOGAN-ALLEN AFFAIR.
When Tom Allen met Ben Hogan, the
'preacher-hghtert,' near Omaha the
Omaha gang was with Hogan, ana a de
termined effort HwaSsTna de to throw the
fight to him. Allen was game; however.
and he whipped! Hogan $50 thoroughly,
despite the breaking into the ring by
dozens Of Hogan partisans, that there
was no chance for decision in favor Of
the Omaha ''toughs'" man. Allen was
compelled to face pistols, and was also
frequently struck by men on the outside
Of the ring. He. paid no attention to
anyone, save Hogan, however, and toHfiis
grit. was due the failure of the we'll
laid scheme to rob himEof victory. AL
len was. SO angry-7at' the treatment that
he Threatened tos thrash Hogan on the
streets of any city or town in which
they mights meet, While asa rule prize.
fighters cherish no luminosity, Allen and
Hogan were ever after enemies.
EPH HOLLANDS GANG.
Tom Allen, was the victim of more jobs
than any fighter of the age. In his en-
counters with Joe Goss he was email
treated by the outsiders, who did all in
their power to encompass his defeat by
throwing rocks and clubs at him while
fighting, but the sturdy fighter took it
all philosophically, and hit his man in
the ring all the harder as, the crowd in
creased its attacks upon hin.s sat Gov
| ingtoni KY, Eph Holland 8, gang, was in
control, and the Allen men had no show
to win. 1t was there that Col Fred
Watkins, the lifelong friend. and hacker
of Allen. was beaten out of 81, 900 by a
clever trick. Some one of the Holland
gang ran over to where Watkins was
standing and, waving flash roll at
him, defed him to wager 81 900 on Allen
Watkins. was a betting man, and he
quickly produced the 81 900 in coed money,
which was posted against the flash"
roll, consisting of a 81 bill wrapped
around a eorncob. 1t made no difference,
| however, for Watkins would have lest
anyway.
KEENAN, AND SAVERS
When John C. Heenan went to England
to meet Tom Savers in a battle with bare
knuckles, on the turf, for the champion
ship of the world, Americans were GER
tain the giant would wrest the title from
the game champion Of Great Britain.
They were right in so far as ability to
do so was concerned, but they did not
take into consideration the gang that
| frequented the ring-side in those days
| The result of the fight Is a well known
chapter IN ring history. Savers was
overmatched, and though he fought as
gamely as he had in all his battles, the
Britons soon saw that he could not win.
The referee, rather than give the deeis-
ion to the Yankee" left the ring-side
and the crowd cut the ropes A free fight
followed, and Heenan lost a hard-earned
decision, though he was ever regarded as
having fairly won the fight. Savers re-
| tired.
! MISTREATMENT OF CARNEY.
If ever the Americans repaid the trick
! played upon Heenan by the Britons it was
when Jem Carney came to this country
and met Jack McAuliffe, the then
! thought-to-be invincible lightweight