The Detroit times., 1908-06-09
'sP|DER'. v0IGT AND
] FATTY F|NCK CO
-FOUR ROUNDS
PROMINENT BREWER HITS OVER
ALL MAKER WHERE HIS sToM-
AcH OUGHT TO BE."-REsULT-
Ed IN A DRAW.
HOW DiGNIFIED DETROlTERS
GOT TOGETHER WITH THEIR
FIRST NAMES ON THE BOARD
OF COMMERCE TRIP.
Did they get together?
DID they?

DID they?
Well, II you had been on the freight
a. deck of the City of Cleveland as she
fgwung out through the Huron's limpid
4 blue between Cheboygan and Alpena,
(. Saturday afternoon, you'd have
\ thought so. There. quite safe from
intermeddling sheriffs or governors,
they got together in fistic set-to for
the championship of the great lakes
u the famous lightweight OF where life
Els worth good living, +. w. eNoigt
s{ (something over 5000 and the heavy
"a weight vegetarian. William NJ. F1nck
<f (something less than 100 overalD.
Harry Taylor. the announcer, ex-
Splained that the seeming disparity
twould be permitted under the rules
l1f the pugilists proved to be in III
\ Physical trim. DR.. A. G. Studer. of
y 1.-THE Y. NJ. c. A, went over them care
81 fully, and pronounced them M. Or.
&c. H. Oakman, who devised this par
tticular form OF getting together. acted
as referee.
III The announcer said the ceremonies
Z, would be conducted. upon highly
Imoral basis. Betting was prohibited,
and DR.. Oakman challenged anyone
{iwho held that the thing was fixed TO
leone forward and be pummelled till
he saw the errors of his ways.
I The evenly matched belligerents
invent at 1t for four rounds. when
foul was declared on the strength Of
l3Voigt hitting Finck where his
{stomach ought TO be-" Later the ply
lsical absurdity OF this was conceded
iby Jere c. Hutchins. the timekeeper,
land the mill was adjudged draw
sIThis was in keeping with the spirit
s|0f the trip--all conflicting views and
}prejudices being declared of.
a j. B. Howarth, president OF the com
.mittee OF 100. got together with Light
weight Voigt- as bottleholder, but be
Emphasized his temperance predilec-
lions by the way he gave it 10 his
charge in the neck with the settler
siphon bottle J. L. Hudson was
equally attentive as bottleholder to
) his principal. Heavyweight Ffnck.
\ Tenny McGraw acted as second for
voigt, and Edwin s. George. as chief
sponger and rubber-down. Alex Nc
Leod was an efficient second for
4 Finck.
Police Commissioner ScnaptZ
marched a squad OF bluecoats Upon
the scene, but everybody had gotten
SO close together they couldn't be
pinched. So the uniformed intruders
were hustled out of the ropes most ex-
peditiously.
The Daily Splash. official organ OF
I the outing, held Its forms TO give the
result. Lightweight Weight later ap-
peared with a huge red decoration in
pcribed Champion of the Great
iLakes," and he had numerous offers
TO go into melodrama.
Now, we ask you. unhappy stay-at-
homes, DID THEY GET TOGETHER?
They got together In the grand
3 salon. also, Saturday afternoon, and
heard and saw the twentieth century
X Mast. Tom May, Of the Detroit Jour
y nal, in one OF his inimitable chalk
& talks. Then followed a most delight
s-ful and inspiring offering OF business
K optimism In epigram by the guest OF
}1onor, the Hon. ]. b. Hedges, OF New
York, who charmed everyone with his
& homely philosophy and his distinctive
rs way OF putting out helpful truths in
most palatable tablet form. J. l..
Hudson and Carl Schmidt took occa-
sion to get together Fairly welD on
saloon regulation--and that, by the
(way, was one OF the tremendous
things about this three days Of living
together. Positivists, reformers, doc
3 trinaries were so close together 1t was
IN easy and natural process TO put
n themselves In each others place,
q which argues for better understand
s1ng and fairer judgments.
81 At the 500, Mackipac Island, Che
Il boygan. Alpena and Port Huron the
&. Wholesalers asspciation, led by Presi-
dent James s. Smart, lost no time in
\. getting together with the retailers.
who with their friends and neighbors
and their friends and neighbors'
wives and daughters massed them
h selves upon the docks. the house tops
and the lumber piles to catch their
4 nrst inspiring view OF the incoming