The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-26

bystanders said. and. with a wave of
the arm, said:
Let him enter. but If he makes any
noise out he goeSi"
II thank e. Thomasl" was all zone
Eyed" could say. as he went into the
big arena and was assigned to what
he termed "a cheap seat, among the
cheap people"
II say, Thomasi' said Mr.. Connolly
later. as the house began to I'LL up.
isn't this a beast of a place for me
to sit in, yer know, all the evening
can't see, yer know"
stay there, or get Quit" O'Rourke
reJoined warmly. But Mr.. Connolly,
as soon as O'Rourke's back was turn
ed, got up and deliberately walked
down into the box seats where men
were paying s25, $50 and $50 each TO be
near the ring. O'Rourke found him.
there a moment before Corbett and
Sharkey shook hands, but the mana
ger was so completely unnerved by the
exhibition of cheek that he sat down
and laughed the rest of the evening.
You can't come in at ALL" said Par
son Davies one night out in Chicago.
81 can't. eh?" calculated Mr.. Connol-
ly. why, who dealt you a hand. Par
SOM"
But Davies was determined that the
champion deadhead" should not get
in, and the doortenders would not even
look at him. Davies later got into the
ring to make the announcements. He
was asked if "One-Eyed" Connolly was
in the house and he answered that he
was proud to say that the "deadhead"
was absent.
''He is a nuisance" explained the
Parson, land will be kept out of here
in future" Just then, as Davies was
leaving the ring heavy brick landed
on the board floor at his feet Davies
| turned pale and then looked up at the
open s11ylight. A grinning face ap-
peared up there and voice. that the
crowd below knew belonged to Con-
molly, roared:
That's the card, Parsoni Now do ]
get imp
1t is needless TO say that Mr.. Con-
molly was in one of the best seats at
the ringside in less time than it takes
to tell it and was yelling and cheering
| like a mailman along with those who
gave up.
Mr.. Connolly's wit extended to his
personality. He did a trick with his
| glass eye that became famous. 1t was
| down on the Bowery that he first work
ed the trick. After a hard, uncomfort-
able night Mr.. Connolly sauntered in
to a saloon and. taking out his glass
| eye, he spun it on the bar. The bar
1
Have I got 'em or am I crazy?" he
screamed as he reached for the night
| stick
Neither" explained Eyed, y
coolly. tits just this, my dear sir!
When I spin this eye, If the pupil
is down after the optic stops revolv-
ing, the drinks are on the house
whereas If the eye is looking up
ward when 1t stops rolling, the drinks
| are on MOI Over Sea7"
The bartender scratched his head
and grunted:
Eyer on!"
"One- Eyed" spun the eye on the
smooth, polished surface of the bar
and when 1t stopped twirling the pupil
was below.
'It's on the housed" Mr.. Connolly
bawled. ''Ill take whisky"
''Yer'n take nothin'." the barkeepe1
growled. "Yer'll take nothin'! The
eyes's loaded" whereupon Mr.. Connol-
ly was elected unceremoniously. He
was an object of charity in his declin-
ing years and he rather relished 1t
He always asked fighters for their cast
off clothes and then, rugged up in them
he used to promenade Broadway fol
hours, with flower in his button hole
and inevitably swinging a cane. Thu
hotels along Gotham's principal thor
| OO6uLdIS WCLS SOuI1OlIy OWI per
sonal property, he believed. He wa.
prompt at the lunch counter, cold win
ter afternoons, and yet was particula.
as to what he consumed.
why don't yer haYe some CHECKER
salad?' he sneered at one Of the best
known bartenders on Broadway. TN
getting tired of this ham, every day
Do better, sir! Else, I'll have to pat
ronize some other counteri"
And the next day there was all tn
chicken salad that could be eaten b,
the hungry horde. Mr.. Connolly, con
scious of his power. merely nibbled a
the new dish and then turned away.
Its flavor" he exclaimed, lis no
palatable! It's not fit for the dogs"
When Mr.. Connolly drank heavily h
always got into difficulty. In the oil
days when Honest john Kelly KEEP
a place at the corner of Sixth avenu
and Thirty-first street, Mr.. Connoll.
made 1t his headquarters. One night ;
member of the New York Athlete
Club, who was a skilled boxer, was il
Kellys buying wine" Mr.. Connoll.
lost no time in Quitting in" for which