Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-06
OST-MORTEMo ON
FOURTH OF JULY
Mill AT TOLEDO
~ Told You Sos" and "Alibis"
Discuss Settlement of
Wagers; Many 0mahans
Picked Winner.

1t is now the happy, or unhappy,
as the case may be, hour following
the Fourth of July festivities. The
II told you SOS and the "Alibis Y
are now discussing how it all hap
pened.
The u told you SOS" with a COM
Portable bank roll in their kick and
visions of a pleasant vacation, the
"Aiibis' anxiously awaiting the
next pay day and with the sorid
thoughts of a hot summer in the
city.
DR.. A. P. Condor Of the Nicholas
Sem hospital is now shaking hands
with himself over a successful
diagnosis of the Willard-Dempsey
fasco at Toledo. The doctor is not
betting man under ordinary cir
cumstances, but thu strain of a
championship battle proved too
much and he varied from his usual
path successfully.
II read all of the dope" the fight
experts wrote at Toledo" said the
doctor. II then considered the
miraculous way in which the cham
pion reduced in weight in short
training period. This did not look
right to me and with the added fact
that the writers picked him to win
| bet on Demsey. | never knew
the sport writer's to, pick winner"
Jack Curley, New York promot-
ing impressario, who picked Demp-'
sey to win in a special article for
The Bee. was one of the most
pleased men in Omaha at the out
come of the fight. When returns
furnished by The Bee were read at
the Stecher-Lewis match telling of
the result, Curley forgot the thrill
ing wrestling match and rushed for
a telegraph office to congratulate
the winner.
Immediately after the match Cur
ley left for the east to meet Demp-
sey and accompany him to New
York, where he will be the honor
guest at house party at the Cur
ley summer home on Long Island
today.
Mr.. Curley was one of the 1eaat
surprised men in Omaha when VIII
lard threw up the sponge. In dis
cussing the battle earlier in the week
he predicted an early win for Demp-
sey and stated he would not be sur
prised to see Willard quit cold.
"He has not got a fighting tenn
permanent and is liable to get a
crouch and quit at any time" he
said. Curley was manager of Will
lard for some time and probably bet
ter understands the defeated cham
pion's moods than any other man in
the sporting world.
Fred c. Burlingim. dealer in Ne
braska farm land, wired friends in
Omaha to arrange for a special train
from Toledo to Omaha to bring
back the money won by Omahans on
the Dempsey-Willard boot. When
Burlingim left Omaha for the scene
of the championship battle he car
ried a bale of filthy lucre" along
with DR.. Fitzgibbons, William Os-
terberg, Robert J. Tate, Barney
Dugan and Ed Hines, formerly
proprietor of the Schlitz hotel. From
the telegram received it is evident
that "Burley" succeeded in finding
a number of poor choosers.
Pool betters on the fight have an
argument started that should pro-
vide entertainment for severS1
weeks. Three of the numbers Ay
claim to the pool. No. 3 conter ds
that he wins by reason of Willfd's
refusal to enter the ring for the
fourth stanza. No 4 claims the pot
by reason Of the fact that Wizards
seconds did not throw the sponge
in the ring until after the gong rang
for the finish of the third round.
No. IS thinks he is entitled to the
money on a referees decision by
reason of the failure of Dempsey to
knock the champ for the 10 count.