Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-15
CHAS. MITCHELL
EKPATIATES ON
'TIN,H0RNy
ey w. 3. feATl MAsTERsoN.l

BY w. q. (8AT) MA3TERsoN.)
Charlie MitcheIl's career In the prize
ring. compiled and being written by
A. G.. Hales. the eminent war cores
pendent and author of Peter the
Great" contains some pertinent re-
marks about the tin-horn gamblers OF
this country. Mitchell, in his char.
acterization of this parasitic element,
tells many truths concerning their mo-.
dus operandi In connection with, sport
ing events generally In his descrip-
ton Of the tin-horn gambler as COM
pared with the genuine sport in this
country, Charlie says:
Speaking now when ] suppose !
shall never see America again, | want
TO say that In Gods green earth there
is no fairer people than the American
public. Crooked things are done there
to athletes-so they are everywhere
else; no nation that know anything
about has monopoly of virtue The
public OF America love fair play; they
believe I'm fair deal al round, and dc
their level best to keep things on an
even keel. It's not the public that Is
To blame for the crooked games that
are sometimes played on athletes; it's
the dirty dogs who hang on to the
game, the tin-horn gamblers.
What the Yankees mean by a tin
horn gambler Is something equivalent
60 the English 'win-tie-or-wrangle'
gamblers. You find the 'tin-horn' ey-
erywhere-on the race track MODELLING
Jockeys. hanging around stables, brib-
ing the hands to dope horse that
looks like winning when they have
laid against it. They haunt the run
ming tracks and square peds or score
them. They are in evidence at scull-
ing matches. and there is never a big
fight afoot but the 'tin-horn' is around.
They'll square man to lay down II
they can. and so get sure money out
of the public: and II they can't square
they'll get him made sick II they can
tamper with his food. or in any other
way. even II they ruin his health for
ever by doing So Failing this. then
try the referee. and by brides or intim-
idation work on weak man or a
coward to give false decision.
The fin-horn is the curse of all
sporting life in the states; he's Meth
: er man. dog nor devil butSa mean mix
ture Of the lot. with dash OF swine
thrown IN The tin-hofns were the
only people ] ever had any fault to
find with in the states: they never
could square me. and ! took mighty
good care they never sdoctored me.
The proof that they never squared me
lies in the fact that only once in my
long career was beaten. They got at
referees more than once and caused
me to get only draws when should
have had the verdict.
The scientist who can discover a
microbe that win eliminate the tin.
horn gambler vii confer an unending
benefit on sport He's parasite, and
nine-nine times out of hundred he's
a cur In his heart: he'll use knife or
gun at times on an old man or a
dead drunk. but HIS best weapon is
bluff He howIs the universe down
when he is cornered and has to pay
out In spite Of al his dirty work and
trickery. and when this happens the |
tin-hoFn Is a sight for the gods; he'll |
20 and sit IN his favorite saloon, his |
feet on table, his hands plunged deep
down In his breechcs pockets
change from having them In some |
ones else!
HE has his hat pulled right down
over his brows and will wear a big
cigar in his mouth, pressed right in |
along his cheek. so that he can chew |
II and oxpectorate freely. and as he |
glOwers at all the world he whines |
that he's been robbed The tin-horn |
is always robbed when be loses. he's
such a laundering cheat himself that |
he thinks every one else is as bad as