The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-26

proved the worst and feeblest excuse Of
! all, as was to be expected Yhe kindly
! providence who appears to sit up nights
! watching over the fortunes of good for
| nothing 'stiffs'' while the flowers of the
land are crushed by cable cars. evil
| GENTLY held protecting hand over the
! ono tOOthpuller for a night or so
! Otherwise tho Riordan tragedy would
probably have been repeated with Pavna
| In the title role@of the deceased pugiIist
1 AS it was the Doctor" survived me
! test, thanked his stars that he had done
SO, AMI Fsid goodbye to the FitzsImrnOus
I conjunction.
! Then Ferguson came on deck With the
result as already reported. Now the
questions arises, where will Fitzsimmous
| hnd another sparrlng partner?
Amt TIous young heaVyweights who
wish 2t9zzdistinguish themselves in the
pugilistic world are hereby cordially in
Yited to send their addresses to me-
The ex-blacksmith from the antipodes
| IS hard up at present for the wart of
human equipped with g gutta percha
carcass and cast iron jaws who can
| stand battering for a given. number Of
nights without 1incling. Please write
early and avoid the rush.
/ Recent advices from England state
| that Samuel Brown, weIl-known
British turf man, was granted a divorce
from his wife by O. London court, ON the
grounds OF adultery committed with one
/ Thomas Hogan, an American pugiIist.
| The latter is well known in Chicago
| sporting circles. His first fight Of Inn
pCrtahce in this city took place in 1882
VIXEN he held Tommy White down to a
draw in nine rounds. In 1885 he was taken
in hand by Prof. William 7O'Connell, a
local boxing instructor, who pitched him
against Frank Garrard. They fought at
Willow Springs and Hogan, after having
all the best Of the milling for six rounds
grew careless in the seventh and was
knocked cut by d right hand cross to the
jaw. few months later Hogan went to
| New York, where he whipped Willy
| Keefe, who defeated Spike Sullivan in
| SIX rounds He was afterwards matched
| with Joe foungs, of Buffalo, to whom he
lost on a foul.
For about four years he drffted around
the country meeting third raters in his
class, but accomplished nothing of nots
until carly in 1900, when he crossed the
water and defeated Billy Chester, a
British featherweight. It was on this
| occasion that Samuel Brown first came
| into contact with the man who after
wards broke up his home Brown saw
:! Hogan whip Chester, asked for and OBJ
/ talned an Introduction to the suave
Yankee boxer. Hogan is nothing If not
=
man of the world, he laid himself out to
beguile the innocent Brown who bark
| ened to the words of the charmer and
finally became convinced That Hogan
was one of the best fellows and greatest
pugilists on this terrestrial sphere. Flo,
gan had indeed found an 'tangei' and
proceeded to make the most of his luck
A match between Ben Pordan, Eng
| lands featherweight champion, and
Chester's conqUeror was arranged and
Brown invited his newly found friend to
make use of his country house on the
outskirts of London while training for
| the event
1t was at this juncture that Mrs.
| Brown appeared on the scene. A hand
some English girl of twenty-five, with a
good-looking. athletic husband, 1t is hard
to say what she saw in Hogan's battered
visage to attract her. Tommy belongs
IN the Kid Broad and Matty Matthews
| beauty class, and possesses a face cal
culated to throw an infant into compton
! fits at the first gaze. Nevertheless, he
came, saw and conquered
SamueIs spouse, metaphorically speak
ing, bowed down at the fist of her idol,
the broken nose and tin ear, and Hogan
reigned supreme in the Brown establish
nent.
The night of Hogan's battle with Jor-
| dan finally arrived, the result Of the
meeting being that the Britisher thrash
| ed the American to standstilI, knocking
| him out in four rounds Hogan went
back to his love for consolation. and
she eonsoled him to such an extent that
BroWn's suspicious were aroused.
| The guilty twain accordingly came to
! the conclusion that since discovery of
! their intimacy appeared inevitable they
| would anticipate matters and seek new
| quarters. Accordingly Mrs. Brown. hav-
| ing succeeded in getting hold of a GER
| deluded husband; a moonlight fitting
| took place, and she sailed with Hogan
/ to Paris. While the money lasted they
painted the town bright scarlet, and
| the pugilist wore diamonds Of goodly
| size and sportedra silk tile and other
| things BETTING
/ AS soon as the bank account began to
| dwindle, however, Hogan concluded that
| the time had come for him TO revisit
| his native land Wherefore, without
| stopping to say goed-by to his paramour,
he skipped blithely up the gang plank of
| an ocean liner one fine morning and re-
| turned to the states. During the past
eight months he has figured twice in the
/ ring, losing to Oscar Gardner and knock
| ing out Kid Herrick, who recently fought
six-round draw with Benny Yanger.
/ What became of the erstwhfle Mrs.
| Brown history or Hogan sayeth not
Lou nj. Houseman.