The Washington times., 1904-07-06
ONE LUCKY LOAN
ENRICHED DEADY
Road to Fortune in FO-
garty'S Touch.
MADE BIG BLUFF AT FIGHT
Instructive Tale of How One Sport
Blew His Coin and the Other
Put His in Bank.

Sporting men, as rule, are not often
credited with being good fnanciers, but
! there is an exception in the case Of Bob
Deadly. OF Philadelphia. who recently
jumped into prominence through his will
ingness TO back Eddie Hanlon. of Cali
fornia, 10 meet Terry McGovern for
5000
According 10 Jack FOgarty, the old
time middleweight pugilist. who fought
Jack Dempsey and other well-known
scrappers. Deadly was practically pen
niless and unheard Of ten years ago. Fo-
garty attributes Deady's rise to a lucky
investment in a fighting club in Phila-
delphia which Fogarty organized. This
club was known as the Nonpareil A c.
In relating the story OF Deady's sue
cess FOgaTty said: II used TO give week
" boxing bouts in those days. and my
club was popular. | had been very sue
cessful but had not the thrift and bust
ness acumen Of some persons 1 am
great admirer OF the race track and will
take chance on a wager with any Of
EN-. At the time Gloucester was in full
blast. / had run of bad luck. and. in
tending TO recOUp my losses l drained
al OF my ready cash.
FOgarty Was Broke.
Now a fellow who is running fight
a
back on in case things don't pan out as
expected. One night, after I had lost
every dollar I had IN the world. I was
at loss how 10 get some ready money.
This was on a Thursday, and it would be
two days before I could get any cash.
as 1 always held my shows then on
Saturday night. 1 did not know what
10 do. While / was celebrating the is
sue in my mind ] came across Deadly.
Deadly, who is a thrifty and shrewd fell
low. was In hard luck, too. But he was
an honest fellow and l knew that in
pinch | could borrow some money from
him So l concluded to make touch
Bob. ] said, can you get me 600?
II return the same TO you after my next
show. Bob pleaded that he hadn't a
cent TO his name and did not know
where he could secure it.
Made a Hurry Touch.
After thinking a bit I said: Bob. If
you can get the sum ! want I'll let you in
on my next show and make you an
equal partner in the club. What do you
say? VIII you try TO land the coin for
me?
"Deady hesitated for a moment and
then replied, Jack. for the life Of me 1
don't know where l can gather the ma
yuma, but III try. It's a fine induce
Z 1
tie tomorrow for II, and II / get II I'll
let you have IL at the very latest tomor-
row night
Those twenty-fOur hours were the
longest in my career. l hoped against
hope that Deadly would succeed, and he
did. Promptly at o'clock the next
night Deadly showed up with the roll
and handed ii TO me. / never stopped
TO ask him how he managed IT, but
placed the money In my kit.
Blew 1t on a Skate.
The very next day went to the race
track and bet the whole bunch as be-
fore. but Deadly did not know it. On
the night OF the show Deadly was at
the clubhouse looking after the affairs
as an >lual partner should. At o'clock
the house was half full, but before the
semi-wind-up was reached we had a
great crowd.
Deadly was on velvet that very night.
and from that time until We went out OF
business he made all kinds Of money
He kept his, while l blowed mine on
the ponies. Well. that $500 was the
stepping stone to Deady's fortune He
went into other enterprises and was
very lucky. Today Deadly can sign his
check for $4,000. while ] can I sign il for
$500. Hadn't l needed that 800 Deadly
might not nave been so well of now,
fancy.