| Show ACK BR PERENNIAL CHAP CHAMP By y Robert Edgren I I I 7 I p 1 4 r OM fl e WC LO J A S CAMPIO P c. c V C c CA STILl rILL K- K t U I N Kt- Kt OOT ret T LEWIS NIS OC TSi HE ORt It A c L J 0 I Mow NO IT G SC L cz CA Th E EA i 37 7 11 k YEAR I L 3 c t K Ii i I i 7 I f. f t i. i ACK AC BR ej A GR F O Mt I C C J AA JEM AP O LA H T GE T M r V Welterweight Champion Ghampion Fails to Grow GrO Old With Many Fighters Who Started in His His' Day I He WasTen Was WasTen WasTen Britton Is as Good Now as Ten Years Ago Edgren Believes TACK JACK BRITTON welterweight champion is one of the most J JACK J remarkable all title holders He lie is a better fighter at 37 than he was ten years ago Dan Morgan his manager ever since Jack began beganI I t to work worl up to too th the championship writes writes me a few interesting lines about the welter long icing I Brittons success is due clue to his careful care care- rut ful living as well as his wonderful boxing head says Morgan Jack eats plain food and plenty of ot it and he is not a prohibitionist In any form torm Anyone Anyone Anyone Any Any- one who has a a. case of Halg Haig and Hals and Is afraid to keep can it-can it can send it to Britton He lIe also smokes a good cigar now and then and enjoys lire life But he walks seven miles daily and his hie gymnasium work consists of from eight to ten rounds of boxing every everyday everyday everyday day in the year Anyone who wants to see how a champion works can taKe a a. trip to Billy Grupp's gymnasium Um any day when Jack isn't away somewhere for a bout and watch him pile Into middle and heavyweights weights handing them a high class brand of both box- box ind md and slugging In a a. long bout of fifteen or twenty twenty twenty ty rounds Britton gets better as he goes along No matter how strong or how young his opponents are JacK always has as t them em hanging on at the finish if he doesn't knock them out oute Britton never hurts his hands ash as ashe ashe h he knows how to twist his wrist or arm when he hits He is a solid punch punch- cr er Britton has four different styles of boxing that no other boxer under the sun can boast of That Is one ape of or orthe Ithe the reasons the other boys have been trying to find his weak spot for a I generation of fighters and can cant can't t do it Jack is married and has three chil chil- dren Billy is 6 I years old Bobble 3 and Betty 1 When he lie isn't training or traveling for a bout bout you can always al always al- al ways was find him at home S Will Give Leonard Lennard Chance Britton is a real veteran He has been boxing g professionally he for nineteen nineteen nine nine- I gAr Ar teen y years A All 1 the men who were er his rivals in the early days of his career have gone by and nearly all aU are forgotten forgotten forgotten for for- gotten but Jack hasn't even oven stumbled He is soon to give Benny Leonard a a. chance to fight for the welterweight title He lie has fought Leonard before this and even Benny with all his skill and hard hitting was unable to do more than barely hold his own One Ono thing about Britton is his ab absolute absolute absolute ab- ab abI I solute confidence which confidence which comes from knowing Just what to lo do o in every emergency emergency emer emer- emergency gency in the ring and from a feeling I that he can match his rivals in sneed and strength as well as skill There is no more clever boxer than titan Britton Britton lost the welter title to Kid Lewis of ot England away back In 1915 1916 Lewis taking two decisions over him But the next year Britton Britten beat Lewis In a twenty-round twenty fight tight on the referees referee's referees referee's referees referee's ref ref- I decision dE In 1917 Lewis won the title fr from frn Britton Britten in a twenty-round twenty bout taking Referee Lou Baumans Bauman's de do- do ciston He fought Lewis Lewit four tour times in 1918 and seemed unable to overcome the flashy boys boy's lead in skill and hitting power Lewis Took Title Once Lewis was a great fighter at that time He even gave Mike Gibbons a lou tough h ten roun rounds ls carrying the tho fight to Mike at top speed all the way and came near having a claim on middle dle- dle weight honors But another of Jack Jacl Brittons Britton's characteristics char char- is a bulldog grade grado of ten ten- He lie wont won't give up lIe He trained and studied fighting form and kept after Lewis until he got sot him again in 1919 on which occasion he knocked Lewis LevIs out in the ninth round Since then Britton has been unbeatable unbeatable able in his class A score or of husky rivals have tried In vain to make an impression on his skilful defense And It t isn't all defense when Britton Britten gets into ato a ring Unlike nearly all titleholders titleholders title- title holders Britton refuses reuses to play It 1 sate safe In ln any bout with or without a decision i He lie always sails satIs In spitefully and is perfectly willing to meet the other fellow at any ay kind of mixing he heh Prefers h before When the Britton Britten fought Benny Leonard ie the pUblic expected to see him simply stand off oft and box guarding th thit the old m title and taking no risks it unnecessary That wasn't Brittons Britton's idea at all lie preferred to tight fight like n. n champion and ho he came very near clever Benny Denny a boxing lesson Many Came And Passed Of the clever cleyer boxers who with Britton PaCky started McFarland retired re- re tired iJ years ago nov Weighs pounds Young o I h Beebe afo Glover Tommy I Kid Love v Broad ro Rouse Bert OBrien O'Brien Keyes Y Young Billy SaYler Tommy Tomm OKeefe Eddie SK Pai lal Moore 1 Willie Smith Beecher Leach Gross Young Ahearn Eddie HanIon Hanlon Han- Han lon Ion Jack Redmond Young Brown Mattie Baldwin Jimmy Glov Glover Kid Lid Durrey Mike I r. r Graves Phil Blo Bloom O no d Sam Robideau aid land and scores Ile ot of others who were once I famous have 1 slipped Into the past and most of them have been forgotten At the best their names only ancient and misty memories bring brinK back bacle o and memories and they were ere good f fIghters In theIr day Some became champions or were near th the r titles verv very Some are d dead earl nut But Britton Is still with us and very much t alive an active champion whose limit seems not to have been reached and who may go a on fighting years Britton BrUton believes In keeping busy He lights tights an average of twenty bouts bouta u year which is a lot for tor a champion chamIl a s II Naturally Jack has made and put away quite a little fortune The punch if it ever lands on him won wont won't t put him in the poorhouse v Ring Champions Are Prosperous Ring fling champions never were more prosperous than they are now Jack Dempsey has put away a fair amount this year in spite of heavy taxes and th the fact that he has been the chief chiet support of several successful lawyers since becoming champion The big money of the Brennan and Carpentier Carpentier Carpentier Car- Car bouts with fifteen weeks of vaudeville put him beyond need of oC worrying over the future Carpentier light heavyweight champion cham cham- pion vion has recently made Johnny Wilson middleweight champion champion champion cham cham- pion by virtue of all dangerous dangerous dangerous dan dan- rivals leads a quiet life lite and hasn't spent much of the money he re received received received re- re for bouts with ODowd and Downey I Jack Britton welter champion is credited with being worth over although he didn't have hav a dollar when he hooked up with Dan Morgan in 1912 Benny n Leonard na whose os ring earnings have totaled t nearly r a million has about half that amount invested In real estate state and good Johnny Kilbane featherweight champion champion champion cham cham- pion Is a good business man and of ot a saving disposition Johnny owns much real estate in Cleveland is su supposed posed to o be worth at least Johnny Buff bantam and feather champion has earned half a dozen good purses In the past year and nd his wife takes good care of his Income but his money earning time is ahead He ought to clear in 1922 If he goes oes on fighting in the form he has shown Boxing hasn't been a bad business i of late late for for champions Even some of the near champs like Bren Bran nan Ritchie flitchie Mitchell Dundee D White Jackson have cleaned up very well But Jack Britton is the busiest of oC all titleholders He lIe has fought over three hundred ring battles battles and and over two hundred of them in the past ten years when he was getting fairly good goodmoney goodmoney goodmoney money for tor every appearance If It he ho lasts another year with the purses hes he's dragging down now hell he'll be one of tho the wealthiest boxers In history Copyright 1922 by bv tho the Bell Syndicate Inc |
