| Show Story of One Time Champions Who Died Penni Penniless less SULLIVANS DEATH UNIQUE Joe and Coin Simply One of the mortals on Isi a champion enthusiastic fol followers lowers on tho other hand jf is tho broken down pd by deserted by his friends to the ropes of life with nb way to make an living Jinny of those unfortunate follows die in tho ot charily hospitals uro burled among tho glorious battles In the ring arc forgotten by tho now generation of light Tuns Who aro interested ex exclusively in the doings of tho present day pugilist Yankee Sullivan was a hero half a century ugo some buttles with such nit John Tom and Billy Bell it was Bell who had Sullivan finished and tho latter cried enough Just as Boll turned to go to his corner Yankee ran up behindhand blow that put Boll and out That was one of Sullivans characteristic tricks because of his sneaking style of lighting he was not held in high es esteem teem by tho of sporting men Shortly after tho fever broke out In California made his way to the coast and rapid rapidly ly fought his way to tho front Ho became the associate of thieves and thugs and soon got into bad repute He was locked up in Frisco byj tho vigilance committee a dangerous character and on tho morning of May 31 lie was found dead In his dell having committed suicide said Two years later a lino monument placed over Sullivans grave with this inscription SACRED To tho of tl o Lute JAMBS SULLIVAN Who died by tho Hands of the V C Cori ori tho day ot May 1835 Aged 10 years not O Lord our oC nor Win parents Neither take Thou an ok shall forth my tribulation and ln Thy mercy Thou hhall destroy strange but nevertheless that another famous pugilist lies in inan an unmarked grave on the coast Jack Tho Non Nonpareil pareil Idol of tho Ustle world yours ago at Portland Or after a famous career pemp tho near forgot forgotten ten by all not long un unscrupulous scrupulous person a fund from porting men in cities with build in memory of tho but tho spent In other ways r pop popular ular lighter York byor pro Hb was tho Broadway Dandy of Dressed in Albert high her shoes ind cut a Way was and dined by the New York sports especially after his victories over Country McCluskey George McChester and Yankee Sulli Sullivan van in his last days however had to depend on his few loyal friends tor an existence and when he died they compelled to his burial COBURN n Joo Coburn another former heavy heavyweight weight champion of America became ho pet of tho sporting In New NewYork York City after his McCool In Maryland lied with bare 63 rounds he fight lasting 1 and 10 min ites admirers at that was George LaW mil millionaire railroad magnate Law was wasi i noted spender and was noyer so as when he had Coburn at His ildo as a sort of protector Billy on street oft tho ers of the millionaire and his friends It was also the resort of Silly Porter Red John loary Frank McCoy anil other Burglars was and illos also handy with t a con man Kid Miller on i MIt was by tho way that Paddy had then recognized because ho beaten Jimmy Elliott for the title It waga fierce grueling light be Ryan and Dwyer while It lusted and probably would have ended in r murder had not belligerents separated Both were badly punished Mild that Hyan had n shade It as was In good fettle and had been drink to do good work It was his glory with law at his back Sev Several eral times the millionaire fitted up sa saloons loons for Coburn but us tho pugilist good business man all these i Law frequently for Coburn and the rest o something like 30 In thiH Way at Jn day But at a short Illness and Coburn arid others were not mentioned in his will It wis then that Coburn u brok broken en down old man without a dollar and after hanging u few years a benefit now and ho passed away and was burled by a few loyal malady was the death of Johnny was when the end came although hi had held helda a position is clerk in fC court Paddy fow ago in Troy sa Hollar show that lie once of America had many both in Now York City arid but none ot i Johnnys brother fought Bomo hard with bare knuckles in his early days Later ho into polities and a powerful ward leader and an alder alderman man in Brooklyn Hut ho died without enough to pa his funeral expense tU though at ono lime ho was said to fos well PETE McCOY DROWNED Pete McCoy a very clever middle middleweight weight who traveled with tho John JohnL L Sullivan combination was drowned fell or jumped off a tug boat in McCoy all In when ho mot his fate Sullivan proclaimed McCoy tho best bestman man of his weight in the world and offered to back him on many occa tho middleweight title Tho of Jimmy Elliott Who was shot dead by the lato Jore Dunn In Chicago boon often told Elliott was a desperado sure enough and when not matched to fight ho associated with the most notorious crooks In fact Elliott was regarded us a pret pretty ty good burglar aa ho had v couple of terms In states prison son for In 1871 a num number ber of politicians had him pardoned from a prison sentence In order to mutch thim against Johnny Dwyer They wanted to have whipped for political reasons It was said The battlo camo oft In Canada and Ow cr won a slashing victory In 32 rounds Elliott was never In the fight long In Ina a coll had dimmed his eyesight which ho gave as an for his defeat When Dunne shot El Elliott liott tho hitters body was city and tho funeral was the most its kind since that ot Bill Poole killed by Lew Bak Baker er many years before There were hundreds ot other noted fighters whose deaths were sad and full of misery Poor little Dixon Who held so long died a year ago friendless and practically a drunkard Peter was wasa a penniless wreck when ho passed away George In Blanche Ike Harris and Barney Aaron great fighters once nil died tho comforts that money could have provided for them It down it may be Bald that vero very fow noted pugilists who passed hy comfortable clr this I Iwas was Ed Pried who became a leading ho retired from tho ring and loft a fortune or at least Johnt 0 well fixed when ho died John who handled Ms day left his practically nothing to comfort age Billy Edwards was not meana while Bob Turnbull who shot himself last sum his lino residence on Long Is Island land to have which ho In suburban real estate deals years ago Turnbull was he amateur champion of Ameri America ca Subsequently aland fought Jack for tho middleweight title Jack proved too much for Turnbull however but tho latter afterward toured the country with John L Sullivan |
