The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-13
NAN WHO KNOWS EVERYBODY
RENINISS gNCES az TIE FOLKS
TBlT STROLL BROADW AZ.
RsFmer Baseball lmpIre vino Ssld .
: stove fsV % % net On HSrse &C roo
- Brew 81, Owner once q PARA
EsW Bartender PrSee.aIsn.

GoW bartender-T Procesalon.
Ta bet that when the racing season
a9ens this heavyw eight with the red face.
aioueh hat and long overcoat will he one
% the fret az the track said the man
Who knows everybody - he took the usual
Stroll along Broadway last week -Hswas
abaseball umpire IN New England tvs enty-
i've years ago and then became the mana
Msr OF a small team There wasn't enough
sxcitement IN that sport. 80 he drifted TO
tbs turf, buying fsW horses tine 1T them
proved very fast IN private and his owner
hunted up some Wall street men and told
them his racer ould surely win . CERTAIN
event at jamaica. They agreed 10 bet
aloo for him In return for the infOrmA-
eion, but he ~ss anxious Co clean up more
- he actually took the stove out oT his
wifs's kitchen and sold !. for ~
The horse vas q sleeper. sure enough
Cor when the heiting opened the boOkiss
ehalked IO 60 ! ca their alAtes The
rcrmT baseball umpire got his o. down
ta9ether ~ith o. he had borrowed from q
fricnd. whiis the wall street men bet q
bunch for themselves The horss won
On ths bat u vas q great day Tor our
friend but he soon lost practically ali 81
V playing other good thines.
. Two years ago he visited the lonk ere
trAck. where the wes'chesser authorities
we're ON the look tout for violAtors oC the
hettinR Law He stood or the lawn y,Ist
before the nth race With exactly ~ cen,s
and . rsilresd ticket in his Jeans. In
nun = vel known trainer approached
him and sail
What is the price ssaipr, tho favor
ksy
hgh, 20 five. vas the loud reply.
= Bot yon = thousand exclaimed the
trainer. WITH a grin
fou're on Tsjoined the former has~-
ksiI umpire boldly Just then a sleuth
who had overheard the conversation
grabbed the supposed book maker and
draRged him ~ - the cooler He vas
hold IN $50 hail and was later indicted
but when the facts m the case became
knoWu he Vas sll"~e,i to 20
Fortune has smIled upon this good
n@tured looking rftizsn who " coming
out Of that hotel remember when he
vas bartender W busy -slo.,p un Park
Now He saved hls money and soon
hoaght another place nearer Chatham
square. This Wa a mint end ~ two
years time ne had two places on West
street snd another ~ Rrooklyu Then
Ne bought an interest m q brewery which
be owns TO dsy Hes get = lc, ~ real
estate On Ions Island owns several
eoncert halle a. the beach resorts and
. y saill looking tor more. but ~ spite
q his prosperity he has not forgotten
enma oG the old derslicts on PARK row
end whene er he meets pne II them he
b alwsys ready TO leud helping hand
Here's . teIlow who's fallen into clover
W. IVES = famous baseball catcher more
than q dozen years ego and wac also an
aEpert pokar playeT Hs asuck 90 the
soFds when he left The diamond aud il
nov employed by mo Of the s~sIl~-t
caubs In town We has q Injurious suite
a rooms hives on the fa1 of the land and
drAws q large salary for protecting the
bouse Ne owns -orse property an w
New England and h satisfied With life
les. he's hsll fan and see. many - The
xnmes. ban he " TELL ypu ma, The PLAY srs
~ to-day are not letter than those ~
tDrmer yeans
: There arr many fS,. fan D.. t,un
but none 40 enthusiast. . ~" hruad
ehouldered. square Jawe1 H''erusn ,ust
bnasing Hes rich contractor l,,r
he'd rather zee = good fight thar Get =
city Job and he likes - referee tru
ID fac, he would give .nyihmg =" 10
sllowea % referee she Jsdria~ johnson
6ghf He vent all he wHy 10 ralifOTuia
70 zee Moran and N'Irphy hpN he uJ he'
day. and he Lei a bundls on the harlem
10Y. He runs boxing club her fpr ~.
run Of the thing snd 30 never r~t'i-"- g.
sake an inpecunioIs p'igilist
ne young iou.StnE man wtth = per. -.
ual aualle has been sTnilina ever ~iuce hs
sold hts controlling interest IN = hall club
Ne mado = million m .toCk- and retired
10 invest N q "luh which C"uldu win y
pAnnanf ~ fact Nas always neaT the tail
end OF The PROCESSION IhtE unfortunate
afRte of AFFAIR Lspt he magma" Az AXE
utghts end wade HIM nervous aud
irritable 'hst hi titan.ls advis.si him ~
Get out Ne -uii hiS stock for hall " nat be
paid Tor - amt has been extremely happy
ever -inc.
An easy ds j. th.. lot % the bog fellow
With a pronounced -wagser His father
y the r's.Ag-r 81 famous breeding
arm u, ksutucky nd his uncl" pwn- some
- the gr'ar"-' rsr-hoT-~- in the world
Thing WsI" ''ry guiet With him until
enc daV " Was a-k ed 10 come here and
1TSsP; e. irT' t,' Ti'-u itv iOoniri up
Anely anil wt'h a $40 'uO salary he was
sbl> 20 ~ f,rst Ughtsr and an all round
auortsman. iu' Nhsn tho anti-bstting
lew WHs passed hi. salary Nas cut IN half
ana IKE many other IA" ~ waiting tor "a
turn w the tid"
rRcsn,lV lo-t large part ~ ma e. rune
The latter hsiis from pttt-bIrg and some
. tire ago "ut FU ~. turf ~ part uN ner
~ = prominent stable lie bought a noted
stsiiion Tor as 'ss and everything went
along smoothly until the financial crash
came Then M. stallion and the interest
IN the stable - er. Disposed u and turfmen
IN general VET" sorry
10 you -ee that guy waving his arms
a. he talks vehementlv 10 his comps niOng
has a character and he got plenty Ut
nerve. ! Ts-call The day- when he acted as
master ~ ceremonies AZ -Ofn. Of the big
nEhts. nc hsd "A wsv about him that made
thespoctators indulge in je~r- and catcalls
but he always wen. bsck az them. Then
be usually mall a hit ~ giving what he
called an imitation pt human hras- hand
u made NO diT"r-nc.' row lnsISiiv rhe
crowd yelled Ia derision tie kept M fhe
atlpged intlSi" until his audience biir-'
INN Appiausc Many a long wait at the
ringnide was -niivened by bis tactics and
they tell me he's still AZ IL. Hes got ten
children and he's struggled hard To
educate them all.
The bag man with the open cOuntenance
y one OF Tammhny host SuoSn leadsrn
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