The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-13

Broadway is Off the war argument
for the time being at least. A new
problem has cropped up; to be exact.
several questions have got the men folk
jabberlng like lot of ring tH led mon
keys, II is sort of hen-and-a-half
lays an-egg-and-a-half aftermath OF the
Shugrue-Welsh bout II seems that
few wagers were made TO be paid off
on the decis ons of three papers.
Argument No. was inaugurated
when two of the papers said draw"
and the remaining paper said Shut
grue." the men who bet on Shugrue
demanded that the wager be paid over
to them The men who bet on Welsh
contended that out of three votes two
were for a draw, consequently the ma
jority ruled and they Insisted that II
was case Of all bets off.
Eddie Burke, George Considine, Ar
mold Rothstein. Il lily Considine. Jimmy
Keller. Jack Shaughnessy and VERNE
Barton were called into consultation
II anybody in the world could untangle
gentlemans bet that jury could
But they only stirred II up.
While they were trying to mako
everybody happy. along came two fell
lows with argument No. 2. These had
left their bet to three papers, as in
the first case. One paper said draw,
the second "Shugrue" and the third
refused to decide, calling the bout
mo contest" BY the time argument
No. Q was we'll scrambled in the ar
gumentative pan with question No l.
friendships of years standing were
int
one said that n draw wiped out one
verdict. as draw meant nothing. Ger
tainly two draws made 1t stronger still
! That left the third man 10 decide II, and
he did by naming Shugrue. This was
| Burke's idea. Considine ruled that the
bet was TO be governed by what the
majority said, whether II was pink
tea" mo contest" punk fight" or
draw" II two men stood out Tor
punk fight" that was the vote OF the
majority, and the man who said Shu'
grue was swamped. so said Considine.
Others said things. Then more
! Clipped in. Every one seemed to have
a word OF profound wisdom TO offer and
! insisted on inserting II into the wrahgle
| Jimmy Keller, in the second row, saiC
| that the Shugrue man won the SECOND
bet. mo contest" and draw" verdct'
meaning nothing and the lone Shugru'
| vote clinching the spolls. But Nernit
Barton contended that draw was q
! Legitimate decision, so was mo con
test and 80 was "Shugrue." and tina
no one won because there was no ma
iority vote. which was the original in
tentlon, else three papers would not hav'
been named as judges in the first place
! Also at the hour OF going to press gal
wearied dispensers OF knowledge wer'
still on the street corners trying TO un
fold the talk mesh that they had wovei
about themselves.
Kid williams Is going to be at tn
rlghside in Philadelphia tonight whe
Johnny Kilbane meets Eddie Morgan
II is Williams's idea to climb into tn
ring lust when Kilbane Is lacing on hi
gloves and defy him right to his teeti
II looks like adieu to championship
setto, however. unless little william
retreats from his demand OF l22 ring
side. Johnny Ia willing TO concede
1922 at s. There the matter rests.
Ad wolgast spent his twenty-sevent
birthday working He tried out h
injured right arm on Cy Smith at O.
hInbus, Ohio. Wolgast was elated b,
, cause he came through the bout VI
: scathed, though he said he favored II
right arm u lot,
John r. Robinson wires from Havar