The Washington times., 1905-03-08
THOROUGH SPORT
MAS DAN MILLS
Put Roulette Bank Out OF
Business.
KNOCKED OUT FiTZSlMMONS
Friends Afterward, But it Was a
Mighty Swat-Managing Editor
Baked at Strange.
KNOCKED OUT FiTZsIMMONs

II knew Dan Mills Well, said Man
ager George T. stalEngs, manager of
the Buffalo baseball team, in referring
to the recent death of the clever sport
ing writer AMI press agent who fell
from q moving street car and was killed
| in New York the other day.
He was sporting editor of the Phil
adelphia Times during the time | man
aged the Philadelphia club He was
! splendid writer and an athlete fond OF
outdoor sports. He is the one man VINO
| is known to have broke the bank at
roulette One night he happened into
gambling house that was then running
| in the Quaker City. AS he watched the
game, he dropped a four-bit piece ON
| No II and that bali rolled into that
/ number The dealer paid the bet and
! placed the pay all on the number tnat
/ won. Mills let it stay. Again il caIne
and in the second roll he won soiZ;ot, s;9t
/ He was again paid the checks, which
could not all be placed on the nufnpef,
F, but all of the stacks touched 1t III some
| place.
Won $4,000.
..The number again repeated and Mills
was over s15,090 winner. He declared
himself as willing to stand for another
| turn. but the proprietor of the house
| happened to be one that was on the
level and acknowledged tnat there
| would be no possibility of his raying II
| he lost. SO he closed the BANK. s.o.,, -
..Philade.Yflia wasn't big enough 10
| hold Mills then and he went to san
| Francisco. where he made book on the
| races and lost his bank roll he came
back East then and went to work for
| the New York Telegraph. Later he De
came press agent for Keith's shows.
Always Backed Fitz.
TFs4 linn
Corbett in Carson City, Mills, who was
then sporting editor of the Philadelphia
Times. was one of the few and most
ardent supporters Bob had and Fitz
Inever forgot it. Dan urged attention to
Bob in a hundred hattering ways, and
also bet his money freely on the lanky
one. and, as everybody konws, won out
When Bob came East there was moth
ing too good for Danny. He gave him
a min and sleeve buttons, lion cub and
q bulldog, a picture of himself, the wife
and the baby, appropriately inscribed.
and whenever he went to Philadelphia
he looked Dan up. and they reviewed
the great fight and congratulated each
other on the victory
Strangle Hold Barred.
Bob got to be a tame cat around the
Times office and remained so until he
undertook, in the best spirit in the
world. TO illustrate the strange hold
on the managing editor. After that Bob
was barred from the editorial rooms and
was forced to look Danny up in the
streets or elsewhere. One Day, after he
had sought him in vain for q long time.
he saw him standing at Eighth and
z Chestnut, streets, and coming up behind
him, struck him hiIartously with his
Imighty fist on the back, crying out his
: delight at the same moment.
, The blow sent Danny into the middle
of the street sprawling In front of q
trolley car that just held up iii time tc
DO him no harm But the sporting
: editor was hot He sprang up covered
with mud cursed the priZefghter ane
with him, he would beat his bullet hea6
: into pulp. Bob laughed uproarious1y
| but that night as he stood IN Green
I bar with host Of admirers still telling
the story of Milis discontinue.
Out Went Fitz.
t Dan stole in and struck him suddenly
under the ear. AS Bob fell there was the
twinkle Of Dams feet as he fed III
Chestnut street. They picked mp tn
. prizefghter and carried him upstairs
! When he recovered consciousness. ht
Iasked what had happened to him. They
told him and he said:
Why, the darned little cuss. I didn
: suppose any man could hit me like that
/ Welli Now ain t he daiSy?'
, mills was an athlete in the fines
training. but he kept on running towart
the suburbs about ali that night. TIL,
: pentant seat and sent for Danny, ant
: Danny hesitatingly responded Their
: was no come back, and that night tn
= two friends were seen dining together II
e perfect amity. Bob wearing a bandag
Iaround his ear.