The Washington times., 1906-07-19
HEREFORD PINCHED
FOR MAKING BOOK
industrious Boxing Promoter
Nabbed With Tickets and
Telegraph instruments.
HE A GAMBLER? THE IDEA
AL Says He's Stock Broker and Would
Not Think of Vulgar
Betting.

BALTIMORE. July 19.--Al Herford,
the welI-known sporting man and prize
night promoter, was arrested yesterday
afternoon about o'clock by Central
district police acting under instructions
OF Marshal Farnan, charged with sell
ing pools on results of horse races. The
arrest was made at ll5 West Fayette
street where Herford has offices. The
police took as evidence race track tickets
and a telegraph ticker. All these. Her
ford says. are old, and the ticker be-
longs 10 his brother, who operates a
stock brokerage office in the Equitable
building.
The arrest was made by Sergeant
Lastuer and PatrOlmen Porter and Cas-
siday They found in the offices Maurice
and Myer 5. Herford, brother and
cousin. respectively, of Al Herford, and
w. s. G.. Hoover, lU3 Center Market
Washington, ID. @. Herford stated that
Hoover vas there talking over the next
pTi2e-nsht
Released on Bail.
Herford was not locked up. His
brother went after James King. the
horseman. and Al was released on $500
bail for the action of the criminal court.
HerfOrd Is one OF the best-knOWn
sporting men in this country, and as
manager of Joe Cans, the lightweight
champion, and president OF the Eureka
Athletic Club has attained a national
reputation. He has been active as a
boOkmaker on the PimliCO track, and
has had interests IN books at Benning,
all 'of which are considered perfectly
legitimate transactions.
The police have heard that handboOks
are being operated IN this city, and they
intend TO make a complete lnVcsug CATION.
il Is charged that there are cigar stores
and other agencies where one may make
bets, and that certain commissioners are
empowered 20 take bets at the prevail
ing odds. and that these bets are regis
tered al pool headquarters by telephone.
HerfOrd absolutely denies any COnnec-
TiOn with such transactions, and says
that his use OF the telephone Is perfectly
legitimate.
Al, the Stock Broker.
Herford also conducts a stock broker
age business under the name Of Al Her
ford & Co.. Equitable Building. His
financial interests are large. and he has
spent much money backing pugllists. lie
found Joe Cans q preliminary scrdpper
and pushed him along 10 top nonors-
He has brought Kid Sullivan. of Wash
inEton, into The front rank or boxers,
and had much to do with the prominence
OF Harry Lyons and Young Peter Jack
son, while the scrappers of lesser degree
with whom he has experimental are
without number
Among the sporting fraternity of New
o.
wider acquaintance than any other man
in the country outside those places. Sew
eral months ago il was announced that
Herford had severed his managerial re-
lations with Cans and that HertOrd
would attend strictly 10 his business In
this city Herford said recently that the
boxing game In this city did not pay
and this in spite of the fact that the
Eureka Club OF which ne is the leader.
is the most prominent I'm this city.
That boxing is conducted in this city
bv incorporated clubs Is due 20 the ini-
tiative of Herford When mayors and
police commissioners said they would
not issue permits for boxing Hertord
employed counsel searched laws and
found that ne could conduct boxing for
Incorporated clubs for members only
lie said he would do IL and the police
said they would arrest everybody IN
sight III ne should. HcTfOTd did. all hands
and the cook were pinched and after the
matter had gone through the grand jury
and the criminal court HeTfoTds & posi-
tiOn was vindiCated and he has been con-
ducting boxing shows since for members
only. His addresses 20 brother mem
bers on these occasions have excited
much mIrth. hut he is recognized as the
premier Of local boxing promoters.