The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-16
MN APPEARS ID
 KNOW EVERYBODY Persons He Met At Recent Biz
 cycle Races 4 NEW YORK CHARACTER Tells About Jockey, a slueth, a Gambler, an Ex-Prize Fighter, Playrieht, Waiter, an Ex-
 Sport and Hotel Clerk.
4 NEW YORK CHARACTER

From the New York Sun.
 The recent six day bicycle race in Madison Square garden attracted 30 many persons we'll known in various walks of life that The Man Who Knows Everybody had a royal chance to enter tain his friends. Sitting in the cafe shortly after midnight he began com menting on various persons in this way:
 See that little man over there with the diamond rings and the big head light? We'll. he's U we'll known jockey years. He's made lot of money and he's also spent lot. Some time ago he married a woman ten years older than he Is whose brother Is a former middle weight pugilist. They all went to Paris and the Jockey set the brother up in big saloon. But the saloon didn't last long because the fighter drank most of the stuff himself and gave away the rest to his boon companions. Then the jockey declared himself and his wife tied the can to the brother who came back here and has been doing the best he can ever since The little fellow never drinks or smokes. but he likes to gamble. and I'll bet hen be up against brace game before he goes back that'n cost him the usual bundle.
 Not far away from him is one of the best known gamblers in town. He's the guy with the black cigar and the light trousers. He used to be a baseball umpire and then ran a Sixth avenue saloon. Later he opened a game further up town and got 8 nice play. but he wasn't satisfied, so he butted into the fighting game. He was selected to ref cree big bout between noted heavy weights which came off here when the Horton law was alive. There was a mixup which resulted in one of the men winning on a foul, but the referee, who had a thousand on the other fellow declared all bets off. Somebody who had bet lot of sure money on the mill got sore and a few days later this fellows gambling house was smashed up by the cops and he was temporarily put out of business. You couldn't hire him to see fight nowadays.
 Here's one of the best private detec- tives in the country. He doesn't look the part, does he? We'll, he's been through the mill no mistake He did time himself once, but he reformed and soon became a famous thief catcher. He knows every big crook in the profession and you can always find him where there's crowd. The fellow he's talk ing to Is just out of Sing Sing He's a well known safe man and can't remain idle long. If anything is cracked hers within the next week or so I'll bet that sleuth will know who did the trick
 fThe tall, well dressed fellow who looks like college graduate is an ex-pr1ze fighter. He's been all over the world in search of the coin. He's been mar ried three times and is still in the game. What's his business? Search mel He's been a diamond merchant, an automobile agent, a saloon keeper, an actor, detective, horse owner a book maker, foorwalker in a department store and hotel clerk. They tell me he was a card player on ocean steamers for a while and also dealt in mining stock. Did he ever fake a nght9 Is 1t true that Cook didn't find the pole?
 "The man with the black slouch hat and the pointed beard is well known playwright He used to be a newspaper writer and reported some of the big fights. When he began writing plays he was broke, and he got the laugh everywhere he went. Now he owns a big farm down in Maryland and has a valet He's breeding race horses and Is a sport when he tires of the pen. He's al- ways been nighthawk, so this cycle race appeals to him.
 Look at that old guy over in corner all alonel He can tell you an interesting story about himself. Twenty years ago he was well known sporting man and never missed a good fight. He managed a champion and made a barrel of money. But he was always a spender and went the pace. He's been an invalid for years and how he manages to get a living is q mystery to me. Pat Sheedy and Al Smith were his lifelong friends and now that they are gone the old man has lost heart What is he around here for7 Oh, suppose ne meets an old friend now and then who will stake him for few dollars. It's too bad. for he was a prince in the old days.
 ''There's a waiter who used to own a big restaurant on Broadway. He blew his coin on the horses and went back to the old job. He saved some more dough, went to Gravesend one day and won a bankroll big enough to enable him to buy a couple of good horses. For time he prospered, but soon Old Hard Luck over took him and everything went wrong. He was in hook to his ears in a few weeks and again got job waiting on