Salt Lake Telegram | 1907-03-26 | Page 9 | Most Moral of all Fighters Goes to Bed Early and Won't Drink

;::-:;;2s ess to -e: r 'Tr.e raoBt moral fighter in the . iola. business, a model fellow in every reject, respected by everyone who knows him." ' That's what Johnny Mack, manager of Hatty taldwin, aaya of Oeorg Mc-radden, Mc-radden, light-weight boxer, who hT!aa under his charge, who was, not many years ago, as he is now perhaps, one of, the toughest light-weights in the ring. McFadden is the only fighter that ever ueored a knockout over Joe Gang, and was the first one that got a real victory over Kid Lavigne. Not long ago, Joe Gans said that he would consider con-sider McFadden the hardest man now 4n the light-weight division. After being out of the game for several sev-eral years, McFadden came back, thinking that there was enough money at fighting to pay him for his trouble. He is worth about $125,000, all of which ha saved when he was the best drawing card, and he does not have to worry about purses. Mack aays McFadden never took a drink of intoxicating liquor or smoked in his life, and never learned to stay up late at night. The pugilist is a devout de-vout Catholic. . "He is the most conscientious fellow you ever saw," said Mack. "He is always al-ways faithful, willing to do anything you suggest, and do it at ny sacrifice." sacri-fice." ('. Mack tells how McFadden argued that he was fit to be given a chance yet. He was in Mack's office in New York, and was complaining about the clubs not giving him a chance. "Why, McFadden, you're too old. Why, you're 33, and the managers won't have an old man." McFadden put up a good argument in his own behalf to prove that he is not all gone physically. "Juot show me a champion,' Unsaid McFadden. 'and 111 show you a man that has dissipated and shows the effects ef-fects of his fast life. Now, here 's how I've dissipated: I've -been married twelve years. Take the - last year. There was not a morning in that year that I was not at 7 o'clock mass, and there were 'two nights when I was not in bed at 9 o 'clock. One of them I was at a Knights of Columbus entertainment, enter-tainment, and tke other, a little exhibition exhi-bition that I gave. Do any of these champions live like that t" Mack says McFadden has come back and is just as good as he ever was in his life. He will take on any of the best at his weight, none of them barred, and will fight, winner take all. "He is not a rough fighter never was," said Mack. "That name, 'Elbows,' 'El-bows,' he got because he does all his blocking with his elbows."