Show i f J 1 t l PUGILISTS WANT SURE MONEY ONLY Present Day Fighters Refuse Refuse Re Re- fuse to Battle for Winners Winners Winner's Win WinO ners ner's and Losers Loser's s Ends Jack Tack Johnsons Johnson's declaration that he will fight any man in the world provided provid provid- ed ho he receives win lose or OX draw is another illustration of the un sportsmanlike policy adopted by numerous nume numo rous star stat pugilists Years ago ring champions always showed a willingness to to fight for a winners winner's and losers loser's end curl of the the bat battle lo between Corbett Cor Cor- 1 bett ett and Sullivan in ill 1892 for that matr matter matter mat mat- ter r being governed by a winner take all all' agreement Corbett therefore drawing draw ing lug down the full amount of the purse and Sullivans Sullivan's side bet Robert Fitzsimmons who won the tile heavy weight champi championship from Corbett Cor bett was tho the first pugilist to insist upon a a. big money guarantee regardless of re reo re- re suits When ho he agreed to take tako Jeffries on for the title at Conoy Coney Island on June 9 1899 s then thell managed by Martin Julian Insist insisted d upon having 60 per cent of the entire purse win lose or draw V W. A. A Brady Jeffs Jeff's mentor was compelled d to accept this ultimatum or go without tho the fight so that although although al al- al though the was knocked out ho he got the lions lion's share of tho the spoils Fitzsimmons therefore established a 0 precedent which prompted other fighters to mako similar demands Battling Nelson Nelson Nel Nel- son for Instance would ho brit t fight the lat lato Joo Joe Cans Gans at Goldfield unless ho received lie He got that Hint sum even though h he was beaten on a a. foul while while- Cans Cans' share of the tho money was waft Nelson also demanded and received l for or fighting Ad Wolgast last February o and although tho the latter atter won In fort forty rounds ho lie had to tobe tobe be satisfied with less than Wolgast now insists that ho must hacI have ha 1 jOO or oreen oe even more mOr If It he agrees to meet Owen Moran Moron for Or the worlds world's light weight weigh I title and his friends friends' say lilY he cannot be blamed for tor following the example set b b by Nelson Tommy Tomm Burns refused t to tp fight Johnson In Australia unless uness he drew down ooOo and when the negro beat him tho the winnings amounted to a more moro than Until Burns was trimmed by Johnson Johnson John John- son Soil he lIe refused to fight anybody unless ho got ot a big guarantee and In that wa way ho amassed a fortune of or nearly The lato Stanley Ketchel Ketch l wanted bonus honus to fight Sam Langford In Nevada la last t year car but the mat match h did not materialize material material- ize because Langford Langord Insisted upon a a winners winner's win win- ners ner's and losers loser's cut up Two years ago Nelson was asked to box at one ono of the local clubs but he ho stunned the matchmaker matchmaker matchmaker match match- maker with a demand for Cot wIn lose or draw In a a. ten round contest All classes of 01 pugilists by the wa way are arc making exorbitant demands for their services ser ser- vices Ices with Uth tho the result that Athletic clubs are backward In lu arranging topnotch bouts bout at the risk of 01 losing mone money Boxers who would have readily accepted or 1000 for their services l In tn short bouts ten ton years ago now scorn corn such otters offers and prefer to remain re-maln Idle |