Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-02

and we're going to pull off the fight
privately in Boston tonight. II you care
to see the fun you're welcome to come
along"
Holznagen jumped at the chance. He
argued that 1t would help him to a better
acquaintance. Ian congratulated him,
aside, on having won the old mans con-
fidence so easily. The latter invited them
to make the trip on his private car, but
Lane said he would have to go ahead to
make final arrangements and Holznagen
decided to go with Lane.
"I wanted to write you in the beginning"
said Lane when they were alone. but I
was afraid the old man wouldn't like II.
We're going to have the fight in the private
house of one of the biggest bankers in the
Back Bay section. and It would play the
deuce II the newspapers or the police got
onto It. We've got a fighter named Col
Inns that'n put 1t all over the western lad
without trying. We've been framing up
this little game for weeks and it's such a
sure thing that Ive put up $4,000 on It.
If you've got a few thousand to put up you
can't lose. and a stiff bet would make you
solid with the old man."
Taking the Bait.
Through a Bridgeport bank Holznagen
drew a draft for 5000 on his Scranton
bankers and turned the cash over to LAne
to bet for him. At 10 o'clock that same
evening they took a cab in Boston, and
after half an hours drve pulled up before
a mansion In a residence section of the
town. The front of the house was dark.
but when they mounted the steps and
pressed the electric button the door was
opened by a footman in livery and they
were ushered into a large rear room off
the main hall. II was fitted up as a
library, but the furniture was all pushed
back to the sides of the room, leaving
an open space in the center for the
fighters.
There were four men In the room be-
sides the two westerners, and after Hoiz-
nAgen had been introduced all around two
young men in fighting costume, wearing
two-ounce gloves, were admitted. One OF
the strangers was selected as stakeholder
and several bets were put up in his hands
by the side OF which H~olznagen's 5000
seemed rather small. The old westerner
and his son stood TO win or lose $4,000
when time was called.
In the first three rounds Collins had
the better Of It. He came up fresh and
smiling for the fourth round and sailed
in hammer and tongs. The round had
been in progress about thirty seconds
when the western lad landed a right swing
in tho Boston boys ribs which doubled
him up like a knife and left him writhing
in apparent agony on the floor. There
was a count OF ten seconds and Sullivan
was declared the winner.
81 never saw a man feel so badly over
anything" said HolEnagen In relating the
affair, "as Lane did over losing that fight.
He seemed sorrier on my account than on
his own. We took young Collins away
with us In a cab. He explained that the
blow that knocked him out was delivered
by chance. and that ne wal caught
mapping. because he was overconfident and
believed he had his man whipped. He
said he could have put him out in the
second round. only he wanted TO give the
swell guys as he called them, a run for
their money.
Bets $4,000 More.
There was a lot OF talk all around the
next day and the outcome OF 1t was that
Lane arranged another match between the
same lads with odds at 8 10 1 In our favor.
1 drew another draft for $1,000 on my
bankers and put the money in Lanes hands
10 wager. For some reason the fight was
postponed and when / looked for Lane
later I couldn't find him. 1 tried one
whole day TO locate the house where the
fight was pulled off but couldn't find H."
HolHnagen came back TO New York and
put the matter In the hands OF his attorney,