New Britain herald., 1929-12-14

New Britain football team the past season. Two years ago he played tackle at Washington & Jefferson college and was mentioned for place on the All-America team last year he played fl games on Red Oranges New York Yankees, under Pyle's management.
 Pyle received considerable pub llcity as a sports promoter but it wasn't flattcring notice that the sports writers gave him as he near cd the end of his rope. Even Bud Fisher razzed the promoter durn~ the "bunion race with Mutt and Jeff chasing him across the desert in the role of bailiffs trying to serve attachment papers on him.
 From a write-up in the New Yorker it appears that Pyle came from the middle west, the son of q small town minister. He left homo early and drifted about the country, living on his wits which proved ca pablo of supporting him without re- quiring the lad to work. He drifted into the promoting racket and in- duced tennis players, runners and football players to allow him to manage their professional sports destinies
 Promoted Lenglen Tour
 Pyle took Mile. Suzanne Lenglcn under his wing and persuaded Jojc Ray to turn professional. His most promising coup came when he un- dertook to capitalize Red Oranges football fame with the Illinois ice man starring on q professional team,
 He dropped money on that ven tnrc, became the laughing stock Of the country with his cross country foot race and ended up later in California with q jail sentence star ing him in the face for inveiglinG an orchestra, composed of five young men and women, across the states on the promise of putting them into the movies at Hollywood.
 Signed With Giants
 With the lure of the gridiron still calling him after graduation from college. Gallagher signed up with the Giants and played two games with this outfit before Pyle bought him for the New York Yankees. He said that he found the promoter q dictatorial manager and slippery in business matters According to the local player, Pyle lorded it over his charges and ''gyp- ped" them out of their pay when ever he could get away with it.
 Drawing q pay check became q matter of strategy and often re- Pyle lived in the same hotel with the gambler, Rothstein, and inti- mated a financial connection with him. When Rothstein was mur- dered, Pyle used this as an alibi for not meeting his obligations.
 On one occasion when the team had descended cn massc on Pyle in his office ; hig guard found it necessary 10 take the promoter lit erally in hand. He had Pyle on his knees with stranglc hold around his neck. Just as it appear cd that the manager would cough up," a pair Of tough gunmen en- tered. With hands over their hip pockets, they mutey took stations behind Pyle.
 The players did not know wheth- CT the promoter was going to get hls' or whether the hard guys were his bodyguards, In either case q nasty exit seemed more eXpcdicni than further argument about back pay and 10 a man they hked on the double quick,
 Ninglc-Handcd Raid
 Before quit the man, Gallagh- CT staged q single handed raid and busted mp conference Pyle was holding in his apartment. Tho best he could get out of him was an of for to assist in the then contcmpIat- cd race. Gallagher said he was not keen at the prospect of getting stranded in some God-forsakcn place and declined to go.
 He said that Grange was pail in full for hls football services but lost most Of his savings when cold d-Cash" Pyle intluenced him 10 invest his money in the "Bunion Race