The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-17
NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF THE PUGIL|STS.
Mr.. Haughton's Remarkable &ar"eI
How Housrman Dverrcached
the Famous Kid Mccoy.
CASE OF FIGHTER DUNLEkVf.
Go5d Judges Say That Manager
Doyle Made IA Mistake When
He Taught Him TO Fight
! Clever Fighters Notes.

Clever Fighters Notes.
Mr c, H Hauehton irnprel,riG Of pill
tstive pIsilistir preraiers president of H.
West End club hnulevardicr and beau ho-
hemian and bon vivant. is the recipient -:
a deal OF publicity recently. Some OF II IS
benefcent some is OF the nature thai
Rarnum could scarcely achieve profit from
Mr.. Haughtoa is a remarkable character
of . man rathc- than man Of rsmarkbt
Characte-.He began business life scme TWEEN
ty years ago as secretary to "A great rail-
road official. Mr. Haughton ran the gam
vi of the an-rourd railroad mans life FOR
some years. The steam gauge was always
UP 20 the popping point and the train was
ever breaking records. The rails were
rusty where the ties dipped. for he nit only
the high places. He did everything from
firing a locomotive 10 running a system
While firing ''camel-back" the Bal
timore and Ohio another big official took
a liking TO him and made him supertn-
tendent and general manager or a small
branch line II: Arkansas. The branch was
a feeder" Of the system which the big
officis. conducted. When General Manager
Haush took charge of it he went over
oWes s Ss branch soms sonna He I
set about collecting it. The systems man
aeer secuted the idea Of aying- The gen.
eral manager Of the branch sued his en-
poyer, the general manager Of the system,
won the suit and got the money for his
dfnky road.
Like bright men who are ambitious OF
fun and frOlic rather than money and high
station, Mr.. HaughtOn went into the news.
paper business, or, more correctly, joined
the ranks of journalism. He labored for
love-like the rest Of his Grafton the pa
Mt he IN IInn
There Is record Of the fact that he fell out
a love with his profession here. He still
typewriter merchant on large scale and
made lot OF money. He got too rich,
blew the typewriter business and became
. manager of a semi-sort Of pug1listc
trust. the West End Club.
Mr.. Haughton did not know who was
champion Of the world when he took up
pu81iism as a means Of making money to
live high But he game. II you
told him to mutch Jim Jeffries and George
e n to those o IL H hs se would NO deas aSs Ss
gilisuc weights and measures. Dixon
might weigh as much as a needle or an
cared. He grew wiser as time wore on
But ne made some dandy ma tches while
cutting his wisdom teeth Joe Frede and
all the way from New York to referee. Le-
febre showed up In zero weather. without
him to the use of hi, own fur-lined blanket
l.efebre liked the feel Of the sealskin about
his long. thin neck He hung to the robe
the fur lining cut out ad made into under
wear Then he hhd the coat refined with
'Gssn ao%.a sssy as Rd Sis SeGoys brother
another bright star OF the armament of
Bin and Bang that Haughton staked to a
who Is. now policeman. Any reasonably
alert and vigorous blanchisseuse could very
easily have whipped both Laiy and Selby
that night 1t was an awful thing in the
way OF fight. The papers said so. Mr.
hanghton was then OF an autocratic and
Hoch der Ha.gton nature in those days
he wanted the papers suppressed for less
maJeste. and the pugilstic writer's put In
jail for idiocy. Mr.. Haughton knows better
He can make a match as well as the hes,
OF them He has also recovered from his
mania for buying bum pugilsts cham
knows that a seat on the sidewalk with a
can or beer between their knees is more
pleasing to them
The only thing that his friends hold
sgainst s the gay Mr.. Haughton is that he
skin him on bluff 1t was the night that
MCCOY beat Stiff at the Coliseum. Mccoy
fa hsa signed s to night for round sum. He
Went after another 1900 He said he would
not go on until he got ii. and bluffed away
''coughed.' - "hA
Mccoy once tried the same cold trick on
Lou Homseman In Chicago. He had just
card Houseman wired him ASKING
how much he would take for a ,,ix-round
6ou5 ~n;i.h, With Con Riley. his sparrins partner
days He is now II he is up against The he
real thing. He wired back, asking $500 and
expenses or course Houseman accepted
Then Louis went forth and covered chi
cago with three posters announcing a six
round night between Kid Mccoy. weIter-
Hmag. Hmgnt champion OF the world. and Con
w chov, uni,
weither- weight champion OF the world and
neavy-weisht champion of State ought
So the house. Tattersaii's. was "hs ismn,ns I,ns'
Mccoy took look. His avarious eve mid
Ret @ s snere wScb Ths Iooeo TO- in of which he would
. He determined 10 ballS '>"es'
Mhen en- the . preiiminaries were over and IT
nas MS ume TO 20 on. Mccoy sent for
houseman and bade him 10 his dressins
condition which Dave Nelson descrihas
as unstripped. That is. he had his street
toys on instead OF pair of fehting m shoes Shoes
Lou. said the Kid. ha have ,ousefsn' Wea mar c,n-
mob ike that Sa fop fg sS ssS me to box before
said i'd H9useman. '' i '''''
You got it,"
Yes. but ! did not think the house wonId
sked be this = biS 4S, Had thought soI would have
You should have thought of that in.
time; me said Houseman. III
Wen. said Mccoy. Il am not going on.
Tor any such sum. Unless / get 81. .GTsl over ~,
have to. give the spectators their M monev wIi
back. Better be wise and SCI. me
Look here. you - said House,,a,
Here are the articles OF agreement Hsrs
Is your money. Now. If yop are NOT II, he
ring In ten minutes | will have the articles
read, the money shown. the case explained
and you denounced as a cur and a uuItrer
Understand? will put on another bout
and keep the money, every cent Under
stand?' =. '''
Mccoy whmpered and walled some more
but to no avail Houseman was obdurate
Gin me $lC0 for my sparring partpero''
Mccoy finally asked.
Not cent for any cne" was House
mans parting shot You get on and fight
or I'll put On bout in your place and YOU
will not get cent"
Mccoy went on. Was not that the way to
treat him?
For long time after the McCoy-Stift
hght Mr.. Haughton was familiar figure
on the Rialto, often In company with
said, had All Sorts and only waited the
word from the Best and Only to attach her
breast strap 10 the same yoke. But they
split. Mr.. Haughton went to New York,
took dive into the Turkish baths at the
Murray Hill Hotel and left a deep dent in
the tile bottom OF the plunge with his
block. The firm which put the tilinC in put