Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-01
LUCK BREAKS two WAYS new YORK AUTO OVAL READY
Harry Pollok, Broke, Finds Angel to
Back Fight for Corbett and
Then Angel Dies.
CORBETT BREAKS FARO BANK

NEW YORK, July 21.-"Listen and
story OF the ring l will unfold" said
Harry Pollok the other day, Young Cor
bett and l had few dollars and We do
cidcd TO bowl into Reno TO see what for
tune fate had In store for US. hadn't
been In town ten minutes before the
proprietor OF the Huh, gambling house,
sent for me.
There's young angel who comes
In here he said. and he's got more
money than he'll ever be able to spend.
Now, Pollok, II you want to send
for Jimmy Britt. this fellow will put up
a $4,000 purse for a Corbctt-Britt bout.
"well, Cortett had just been whipped
by Britt according to the referee, and
as Britt and Corbett were both on the
down grade this $1,000 looked mighty
big i won's send for Britt I told the
gambler TN go to Frisco and get him.
'The angel put the money up and
away I flew to round Willie and Jimmy
Britt up. First sent Corbett off to
Moana springs outside OF Reno, the
place where Jeffries trained. | sent for
Tim McGrath and Tim Callahan to help
out in the training. When | got to
Frisco | unfolded the plot to little Willie
Britt. He fell right down on the side
walk when ! told him OF the angels
offer.
cant be true. cant he true, said
While.
"'It is I insisted. The moneys up
Couldn't Believe IL.
II had a hard time getting Willie TO
start for Reno. Finally he did leaving
VaA 70 rot "A
personal view of the money before he
brought on the brother All the way
up 10 Reno he said II couldn't be true.
We drew into Reno at last Straight
for the Hub we went The proprietor
met me at the door, his face as white
as his collar. Before could open my
mouth he said,
"'The angel died this morning. Harry.
and his folks have come and grabbed
the fifteen
What did I tell you? shrieked Britt.
He Just went and died on purpose.
held on to Britt to keep from falling.
! was as clean as hounds tooth by
this time. and l knew Corbett also was
broke To make matters worse, Gala
han. an astounding eater, had arrived.
That afternoon we got wire from Tim
McGrath, our chief trainer. to meet
him at the train with an ambulance.
reeled again. We met Tim. He had
been stricken with inflammatory rheu-
matism en- route and we had TO unload
him through a car window. With all
this mob on my hands. I was nigh mad.
Corbett was called back from the Springs.
| We sent Tim 20 the hospital, guaran-
teelng them SIS a week, on our cheek
strictly
"Of course Corbett couldn't see the
roulette table without getting the fever.
LET me take that diamond ring OF
yours Harry. and I'll run IT up into a
ride home in state We can get McGrath
out Of hook and all viii be lovely
Corbett Has IIunch.
Listen. Bill. said to Corbett, I'm
going to hang onto this ring until the
sheriff pounds on the door OF our room
In the hotel. It's all that stands between
us and a slow death by some weird
piute method. You go Iung.' And he
did-straight for our room. He had d
big fur coat hanging up that belonged
to Herman Moss. / think. lie hooked
It for 81 when he breezed into the Hub
went over to the room to try tu
figure II out, 1t was nearly dark when
l went out on the street again.
Seen Corbett? 1 asked OF the HUI
owner.
why he's giving the town trustees
JOY ride In the town hack he SAID.
joy ride! What happened? / yelled,
"'oh, nothing hoppened,' said the Hub
man, only he came in here with a
motheaten buffalo robe a little while
ago and ran It up into six thousand
dollars
Then l staggered for fair. | rounded
up Tim Callahan and we started out 10
pry Corbett away from the six thousanc.
We got him at last, got the money. got
poor McGrath out Of bondage and got
ourselves out Of town. We sent McGrath
home with Britt and headed for Broad
way"