The Detroit times., 1909-12-14

boxing contest came over the wires
e------~ last night lit the
, dispatch from
tnlin on Grand Rapids stat
FoRTt NJ. ing thar the county
authorities bad A.
last dropped the charge OF aiding and
abetting. which had So long hunS over
The head of Eddie Ryan formerly of
Detroit, who had acted as referee on
rhethe fatal night when Harm Lewis
landed on the jaw OF poor Mike VI ard
with the blow from which Mike never
recovered Michigan will be- a long
time getting over the shocking result
OF that battle II virtually put a
quietus ou the sport all over the state
and its effect may not bee removed in
he memory OF the present generation.
John r Robinson. a present man
ager OF Battling Nelson. made the
match for Lewis and recalled some OF
The interC suing concomitants when
here week ago ia advance OF his
present charge
I've had some bad luck in nay day.
quoth John r r. hut consider that
II vas al balanced by the good for
tune ! had I'm connection with thar
Nard fight
Il had Iiavr up az Saginaw with
Kid Walker as snarriug partner and
was devotine ms efforts 30 getting him
right for Mike Harry was working
vel and boxing more effectively than
had eyer seen him The fact that
the punch which ended poor Mike
travelled oniy "A matter OF four inches
or 80 T. he best indication Of Harrv's
form
we we.e getting along finely until.
only a couple OF days before the fight
was TO take place. Pa Besterman.
Lewis father dropped in He and
Harry had their heads together. I no
ticed. quite often that dav and then.
just before We were to take our train
10 Grand Rapids. the old man called
ine in and said that he was going to
manage Harry in This fight. was
canned
Well / walked our To cool my
feyered brow with the breeze OF the
Saginaw river and I couldn't see any
way our OF the dilemma | made up
my mind that IL might be possible for
me 10 tic up the receipts az the
Raplds tAat Was the only way in
which | could expect to get my share
of the money and this In spite OF the
fact that I'd made the match for
Harry handled all the details Of his
training and given up a month OF my
time TO the affair. without taking in a
cent.
u trailed along TO Grand Rapids a
pretty blue individual. YOU may be
sure. Then came the fight and the
tragedy
II left the hall in Grand Rapidswith
nv head In the air my chest out and
my vest buIgine Was there ever
such luck? I was sorry for poor Mike.
OF course. but was patting myself on
the back every step. didn't have a
cent 10 show for ms time. but ! did
have M" satisfaction that there wasn't
q chance for them to railroad me to
the cooler and fine me a matter OF
s2.o0p or 50. as they did Pa Bestcr.
man he having been Harlys man.
aser. alder and abettor
Inc old man did me a lot Of bad
IN, while bad Harry. but he never
did me better one than when he
frcd mo M Saginaw and then coughed
up that 5000 fine for me
The writer has seen quite a few in
stances where high school students ar
raTed their desire against those Of
their faculties but he has never vet
seen an instance where the faculty
didn win out at the finish The Ann
Arbor case Is a fine example
The climax 81 the baseball fuss NAV
confidently be said 20 have arrived On
all but two occasions the magnates
have gotten warmer as tho date Of the
meeting approached and have then
dropped clear from the boiling point
20 NO NAL.
l'aftiing Nelson clearly o. entitled TO
the palm as an advertiser have
some Of his stationary. adorned with
cartoons and other literature but the
GROWING stroke Of all is the delicate
tracing nthe face Of the paper IN
which is depicted The downfall Of the
Great Master"
hero a. skJting on--no We won't
dare 20 temp; the hoodoo.