The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-29
West End Institution Will Hav"
Hearing Of Pugilistic Charges
on That Day.
REID MAKES A STATEMENT.
Claims That There Was No Tn
drrstHnding Between Attcll
and RrgHn in Bout of
December L..

As a result Of the general upheavaI in
the West End Ciub. due to action taken
against several fighters and fight mana
gers upon charges maaic by Charley
Haughton. there will be no contest at the
institution tonight.
Furthermore. the first hearing which
will H. accorded 10 the accused parties
will be January IT, 50 that thero is no
possibility Of any Of th"s" involved ap-
pearins in tn" local ring before that tim.
Announcement To this effect was made
Yesterday by directors o. the Institution.
and it was further stated that the men
would have to show that no agreement
had been entered into to declare the bat
tie of December Il a draw before they
would be allowed TO tight here again.
Inasmuch as the club claims that all
parties concerned have admitted that
they agreed To q draw verdict. in ease
both men We're their feet at the end
"f the fifteenth round. and as tn" p;,rties
accuse! deny the charge crnphatic.,!ly. it
seems as If a rousng meeting IS in pros
pect for Jhc West End Institution.
REID MAKES DENIAL
John Reid. who managed Johnny Resdn
in his last fights here. has strong denial
to make of any such agreement.
Had We agreed to split the verdict if
both men were on their feet We would
have so announced it, he said yesterday.
and. while we discussed the matter before
entering the ring. there WAS no such plan
settled upon.
''InaSmuch as R.fsrs" Smith gave the
verdict to Atten. I can't see where any
.r.1r. .,f Il
m!ts that | couldn't get bet on. The sole
reason | wanted To make that wager was
because | didn't think It was possible for
ReGan to get worse than a draw on ;ic-
count of his blocking tactics and his abili-
ty a covering up.
Most Of the sporting writer's who Wit
messed the go said that Regan put him
self at a disadvantage by going in and
forcing the battle. This was perfectly
correct Regan uncovered himself when
he started to mix. HauShtou says that
and told Johnny to fight harder Johnny
complied. and the result was leaving many
an opening for Attell;
II havnt any complaint to make about
Attell's victory, and he won his battle on
the square. We talked over an agreement
Of draw. but this would have been an
uounced had i; been agreed upon. The
fact that Smith gave the verdict TO At
tell shows there was no truth in the ru-
NOR.
Il was sore on Smith after the fight. l
admit that. / thought Regan ought TO
have had draw or better. As for any
suspicion resting on the first go. how
many persons who attended that fight
have ever talked about 1t? Those who dis
cusScd il at all said it was a tirst-clasS
contest throughout There was no fake end
to the whole match"
Lou CURLEY RETURNS
Lou CnlrIey las returned from Benton
Harbor. Mich. where he has been train
ing with Tommy Ryan for the last seven
weeks Curley is out with 4 def 10 all
i2s-pounders. and is willing TO meet any
one at that weight.
He saws h" has learned a great deal
boxing with Ryan. and instead of stalling
around as h" has done in most of his
fights here. he horcs right in ard tries to
knock out his man from the very start
He may appear in til" main event al one
of the South sid clubs. but would like to
fight someone at his weight at the West
End club.
Curley went ON against Kid Hermann
on his last appearance here. and made
good showing against that fighter. going
on at the time when the proposed op
pOncnt for Hermann refused To appear.
Lou WON the sympathy of the crowd for
his game fight against tho Chicago man.
and with mis- later experience would like
to fight Hermann TO a finish.