The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-11
GALLANT HAS ARRAY
OF GOOD LUCK OMENS
Boston Boxer Partial to "13, +"
and Rabbits Foot Is
Sure Charm.

All professional boxers are more or
less superstitious, and Gilbert Gallant,
who meets Zone Round Hogan of San
Francisco in a twenty-round bout at the
auditorium in this city on next Friday
night, is no exception. Some boxers
think the number "13'' is an omen OF
bad luck, while others will go out Of
their way to get berth No. 13 when
travelling or a room at hotel which
has "13'' tackled over the door, think
ing it viii bring them good luck. Gal.
liant and his manager, Alex Mclean, be-
long to the latter class of superstitious
ones and have a story to tell of their
trip coming west.
When Gallant and Mclean boarded
their car week ago Saturday night in
the terminal station at Boston, they
were assigned to berths l3 and IA. The
manager took the even number, while
Gallant grabbed "13.' - There was sew
eral minutes time before the train was
to depart. and Mclean stepped out of
the car to send a telegram to Match
maker Downing apprising him of their
departure When he was returning to
the car be discovered that they were
leaving ON track No. 13. He then wan
dered along to the car in which their
berths were and upon looking over the
car discovered that its number wound
up with No. l3, the car number being
1913.
Alex impaired this good news to Gal
liant when he returned to the car, and
the latter was so tickled with the num-
Der of good luck omens that he re-
marked, III always thought could beat
Hogan, but now | am a cinch. -
But this was not all. The greatest
good luck piece OF all did not come un-
I'll three days later, when the train-was
nearing this city after n very pleasant
trip The locomotive had stopped to
take water at a little station, and Gal
liant and his manager stepped out to get
a breath of fresh air. Imagine their
Joy when right on the station platform
Mclean stopped down and picked up
the hind foot or rabbit, which some
hunter had cut Of, evidently with the
intention Of having it mounted as
luck piece for some friend. Mclean
put it in his pocket and the pair are
him when he goes out on the roads in
the mornings, and Mclean carries it
when his boxer is working out in the
gymnasium in the afternoons.
So far there has not been a single
thing to mar their training. Gallant
has been running. over the rough and
slippery roads these mornings and
hasn Z even got sore spot on him; and
in his boxing bouts he has never had
any trouble with his hands, which often
happens to boxers while training.
Whether it is the "13" and the rab-
bits foot that have kept the goddess
of luck lowering about them, and
whether she viii continue to be present
next Friday night is hard to say, but
it is safe wager that it would take
lot of money to separate the pair from
that foot at this stage of the game.
Another piece of good luck which
Mclean gives credit to the good-luck
omens and charms, Is an offer from the
manager Of local vaudeville house to
appear for q week in boxing exhibi.
tfons after the bout with Hogan. OF
case Gallant wins, which is foregone
conclusion in the minds of Gallant and
Mclean.
Gallant is tho most conscientious
worker who ever trained here, and the
only trouble his manager has is to
keep him from overworking. He is
never happier than when he is in the
gymnasium with the gloves on and a
good man to work WITH, and Mclean
has to be after him all the while to
keep him from OVERRIDING his training.
Gallant is natural lightweight and
does not have to resort to any drying
out process to make the required
weight. In fact, he viii be down to
weight a counle Of days before the
bout. AT the present time he is with
in pounds Of the required weight Of
1875 pounds.