Gunnison news-champion., 1924-04-25

closed doors. shall now explain I
give prizes here Of considerable value
for boxing tests which ar. conducted
under rules of czr own one Is due
to take place in very few minutes
The contests vary In character. hut
! may say that the chief officials Of
the National spsrtinE club are usual
iy TO be found here. only. Of cours~.
In an unofficial capacity. The differ
-nc~ between the contests arranged
by me- and Others is that my men are
herr TO nxhi. They U.s. sometimes an
Illegal weight Of glove and they some
times hurt one another. IL any two
Of the boxing fra;ernlty have q
grudEe against one another. and that
often hspp-ns. they are permitted here
TO fight Il out. under the srricfesf con
troll a. regards fairness. bu, Practical
iy without gloves NJ all You heard of
the accident. for Instance. TO Norris, ,
That happened in my gymnasium
He was knocked out by Burgin. II
was a wonderful nght-
However. pass on. There 10 an
other class OF contest which frequent
ly takes place here. Two boxers place
themselves unreseryedly In my hands
The details Of the match are arranged
without their knowledge They come
into the ring without knowing whom
they are going TO night Sometimes
they never know, for my men wear
masks. Then We have privat. matches.
There Is one tonight Lord Meadow
son and ] have a wager Of thousand
guineas. He has brought tonight from
the East end boxer who. according
to the terms Of our bet. has never be
fore engaged In a professional contest.
I have brought an amateur under the
same conditions. The weight IL with.
In few pounds the same. neither has
ever seen the other. only In this case
the fight Is with regulation gloves and
under Queensberry rules
Who Is your amateur. Sir Time
thyE" Wilmore asked harshly.
Your brother. Mr. WIimorr. was
the prompt reply. .'Ynu shnil s-e the
fight II have your promise not To- at
tempt In any way to Interfere
WIlmore rose {. his feet.
DO you mean To tell me-. he de-
manded. that my brother has he, p
decoyed here. kept here against his
viii. 10 provide amusemsn, FOR yofrT
guests"
Mr.. Wllmore. ! beg that YOU will
be reasonable" Sir Timothy .xp.ts-
rulated Il say your brother boz ri
his gymnasium In H"iborn. Ny agent
made him the offer OF this nslli. one
Of my conditions had TO he that he
came here TO train and that whilst he
was here he held no communication
whatever with the outside world My
trainer has ideas " his own and this
he insists upon. Your brother In the
end acquiesced. IT., was ~ nrst dIin
cult Ia deal with a regards this ct.n.
dition. and he did. In fnct. | believe
Mr.. Ledsam, pay eisit tn your office.
witS the object OF ASKING you To lie
come an intermediary between him
and his relatives
lie began a letter 20 me-" Francis
lnterposed. "and ,ier mysteriousiy
disappeared"
The mystery Is enSiiy cSrla ned
Roger Hagen, Varsity hilr. and the
best heavyweight OF lis year. occupi, :
the chambers above tnnys lie s..~
from the window the nrriyai ~
Reginald Wilinnre-which WIS accord
ing to Instructions. as they were L..
come down to Hatch End to. ther-
went down the stairs to meet him.
and. to Gu, long story short. fetched
him out of your office. Ledsau. With.
ont allowing him TO finish his letter
This absolute Isolation seems curl.
ons condition, perhaps. hut Hacop N.
sists upon II, AMI can assure yam
that he knows his business. The mys-
terry, as you have termed IL. Of his
disappearance that morning. is that
he went upstairs with Hagon for sew
ernl hours TO undergo medical eS.
animation. instead OF leaving tn. build.
Ing forthwith"
Queer thing I never thought OF
Hason." Francis remarked. LAS n
matter Of fact. never see him in the
Temple. and thought that he had
left"
May I ask" wilmore intervened.
when my brother Will be free to re-
turn TO his homer
Tonight. directly the fight IL over.
Sir Timothy replied. Should he be
successful. he will take with him q
sum Of money sufficient to start him in
Wilmore frowned slightly.