Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-06-11 | Page 7 | Nonchampions Are Grabbing the Money

NON CHAMPIONS ARE I GRABBING THE i MONEY MONEY- I V I Is V NE J. J YORK June 10 If If Yo you ou merely merel s aci seek t kale in the pugilistic world it isn't 1 necessary for tor you to become a champion cham cham- pion Ring ing history shows that aspirants aspirants ants with good business pleads eada 1 have shared as many if not more greenbacks greenbacks green green- backs than the title holders Packey McFarland never was a. a di division dl- dl vision n king yet the Chicagoan oan has I earned In the neighborhood of in the ring Mike Gibbons whose I shakedowns in the l last t three ree years have gone beyond never neer has I worn a crown Leach Cross who grabbed over during his long I ring career never neer got sot out of or the run run- class I Frank Moran 1 merely mOrely heir apparent run run-I to the heavy heay weight throne has earned during the last seven seen or eight t months And he is sure to add another j I or if he goes through with his fights with Tack Jack Dillon and I Carl Morris Dillon never has been a I j fully recognized champion although he I claims the light heavy weight title Yet Dillons Dillon's ring e earnings have been I tremendous Battling who fought almost I continuously last year earned close to Knockout Brown the tile light lightweight lightweight I weight never was much better than a good second rater But during the five fh-e I years ears he was campaigned under the management of Dan Morgan his earnIngs earnings earn earn- ings lings were an an earn I of nearly a year Johnny Dundee light weight is earning as aa much per year as the champions of other days use used to e earn rn during their entire regime I George Chaney Chancy isn't the feather featherweight featherweight r I weight champion Chances are he never will wUl be If Johnny Kilbane continues to duck a a meeting with him Yet Chancy Chaney Is getting almost as much for his services services services ser ser- vices as is Kilbane and his hiR ring earnIngs earnings earn earn- earnIngs ings during luring the last tw two years have hae been huge ii b the e extreme Charley White of Chicago is as big big if if not a bigger big big- ger drawing ger drawing card caru in the West than Champion Freddie W Welsh And Whites White's annual earnings have run well into the five figures So far we have touched on only the topnotch aspirants There are scores of other battlers who never have been and never will be champions yet they are earning each year sums that ex exceed cx- cx x- x ce d those garnered d by br champions in other days How do you rou account for It U w we asked Dan Morgan the managerial person person per per- son Ion who vho has the reputation of being heing able to get bigger guarantees guarantee for his than many champions can can get Because a a. good non In a ano ano ano no decision bout is often a a. bett better I drawing card than a a. champion an answered answered answered an- an i Morgan Furthermore a non- non will wUl tIght fight oftener and oftener and he will fight anybody A champion doesn't care to risk losing his title H lie fights tights I Infrequently Infrequently and and usually selects lem Jem- ons A lemon champion fight doesn't pack pack- arenas