Show I r Ring Fighters and Money Soon Part J e rt I es 9 2000 Joe 0 c Choyniski h n I 5 k I Sharkey harke R u h n rI t. t 1 Jim Jim Jun i fj Joe Cans Gans r 1000 J 1 Twin Sullivan Sulivan i t J Jack t j. j k P t T rc 1 a mm West rel s J I ci fT frel f- f Butt b r l. l 25 ii r 4 I 1 I Imm t Kid Ild McCoy l t. 50 i Attell Battling g. g Nelson Nelso I 7 i r t. J nt j. j te I a Sam am Del f 26 0 0 0 1 r. r gel L I i J s. s f i I. I j Jack OBrien O'Brien 1 Marvin Hart i 0 e 1 J Dick Hyland 1 c I 2 Kid KII II Herman eln all ti c r t j I. I T Yi Tommy I an w. w 0 4 1 i It Harry L Lewis I v. v I arr e es s White M. M i f Honey Mellody y 1 A Austin u n n flee Ice 81 0 0 J t n By Bt Hobert Ed Et cl Gentleman Genteman Jackson an nn English h ht t fighter of more than a century ago aso wont went to parliament and died tiled rich In New ew York Edward Price un an old old- time American fI fighter her of the bare bare- knuckle days died lel and anti left Jen an estate jf Some fighters get mone money Of or these thebo thelo theloa a few few few-a a vel very few compared to the ast vast number of or contenders contenders contender keep It In tie tue United States there Ie are arc thousands thou thou- I. I sn sands s of oC little lite fighters who will wi battle batte through a dozen dozen or or a score score core or per- per naps flaps a hundred or 01 M so 0 of y lights fights E cI Every one of or these little en encounters encounters en- en counters will 1 take as much out of ot them themas as would a tight fight for fot a thousand dollar thousand dola purse Yet all they ther will wi draw rw alter after the show Is a sum var varying from to 20 O It I I is one of or the hardest games in th the world world this this l lIghting fighting Thousands tart dart but butet very cry et few ever e make mako enough h money out of ot It to pay par for the he physical cal al ai disfigurement the dissipated vital vital- It ity the lost time that with go so an al unsuccessful unsuccessful un un- successful ring career A few fighters become rich and fa- fa Of these only a small smal number have havo intelligence enough to save s e the thc cas easy earnings that come conic with success In the ring and keen enough after hitting hit hit- ting the downward slide t to live Jive Jve in iii com coin fort Corl like Iko men who retire retiro retro from other other- lines of or business Some Sonic succeed At that it Is largely largel a matter mater o of luck One punch may make malc all al the thc difference between a a. career of or and ring fame and und of actual ac ac- ac- ac beggary heggar There Thore was Battling Nelson Like LIko LIo the hundreds of or Itlo Ig lIghters who take part pal In the short bouts buuts held now In Ir Sew Now York cl city Bat nat fought o of C little Itlo lights taking fearful beatings before ho finally Happened to come Into fame tame and fortune fortuno by Ly beating beating- Spider Spid- Spid er cr Welsh Velh at Suit Salt Lake Lale It 1 It had no not been for tOI that light flat Bat Hl Nelson Nelsn would never no no cr have havo hn had u chance to light Eil g. tile dlo nud thou then Young Young- IIo cl never would n. n t t. t r. r become famous Ho Ito would still have won boon f lighting a n or 01 no so tO foi rUI any 11 n ton bonn bone that tIle the club 11 una era cared to tu throw to him The Tho other night In lii JI Ne Now York Turk I ai aw a a. number of or bouts in a u local athletic club They hc were all alli aJ i rou lard fought a 11 fo ugh ht t a affairs affair i rs a although I th ought the they ml 11 lasted from four Cour to six Ix rounds rounda rounds nc nc ne for foi instance wass ivas bel between a great gleat Ittle Ite fighter named Jimmy Moran and mother you youngster nearly us as good good good- Xoung oung Frenchy Moran ha had a great right hand punch an and somehow he lie Jc med med able ahle to land It i at will ivill wil Young Frenchy stood and mixed with him hoping to land one luck lucky that would win for tor him hint and him along ulong the thc road to fame famo and But Morans Moran's blows blois had hind ho he greatest effect SUd Suddenly enl Young Youns rench after taking a terrific punch punch- ng apparently without being hurt back against the ropes like i 1 man attacked h by vertigo The he vigIlant vigilant vigilant vig vig- ilant referee sprang In iii and stopped Moran before ho could follow up his ld and land inure blows blows Young YounA French y r. r game an and protesting protecting vas as sent enl back to the dressing dresIng rooms room A k less les experienced referee or aI one less les humane human would have havo allowed him hint to lo be knocked out which In his weakened weak weak- sited ened condition might have resulted fatally Hero Here I Is a youngster naturally strong and nd filled HUed with stamina who lights night after night tal takes e blows that sap Sal his Jail vitality Improves in experience exper exper- lence ienco and skill ski and ond at the same s-ame Iame time steadily loses lose the strength th and stamina slam stam ina hita that lint he had when he began to tight light If I he lie acquires enough h skill ski before before be be- fore he has ha had all al the he stamina beaten beat- beat en an out ou of ot him hint ho he may may become well ivell 1 enough to know to light fight for largo large purses At present he probably gets about 1 for COl a 0 light fight fIght S There are thousands of little fighters fight fIght- ers era like Young French Frenchy But Hut the only onh ones you OU hear heni about are those e that arrive those c those that lint get a reputation and and In the nd occupy space newspapers r. r because of or the large purses the they fight r for fOI 1 The hC lal names lel of or th the successful fI fight fight- i t I jers er are arc well known The of or the f I I unsuccessful fighters would fill 1111 11 tho J 4 I pages pases of or the papers papers but paper but but the they are arc 4 never ne mentioned j 5 f Even those that do make mako big i f money in the ring as lS a a rule die poor yh They go through a career of swift t i Then the they suddenly win Wll t ta 4 a few fights fIght They make maize money It I I J 1 comes to them so easily that they lo baa loio u t all al Idea o of Its Is value When they the take v In a thousand they go out and und spend t ti a few hundred bundled to celebrate the event e T a The Thc re rest t goes In the course of or a few x i weeks to various parasites Then they tf must fight a again aln If I they win th the operation Is repeated repealed If I the they lose hose hose- well forget I it i There are arc other othel fighters left lef to ij amu amuse e the public The outs down-and-outs L can tend bar or hang around the race tracks They Thoy cant can't entertain us any longer Out with wih them Now and 4 then some sonic fighter like fighter like John L. L Sullivan Sul Sul- Ival livan like le Terry elT McGovern hika Iku George Dixon has Dixon has fought so MO long and t so well eli wel that wo we e remember him In that case we iC e give him a benefit or two t and let it go so at that If H a fighter doesn't throw throve his hard- hard J earned money away on every cry Tom J. J l Dick and all Han Harry that thal com comes alon along ho lie hoIs lieIs Is a lit fit ft subject for ridicule What hat a amark amark I mark for fOI funny stories Tom om Sharkey Is Tom has saved d his coin Torn Tom I la is tight That would be all al right If he lie were an ordinary business man Business principles excuse any anyone one but a n tighter lighter Gus has a lot of money money- all al ho he will 1 CI C ever need nerd So has Joo Jon Chon l So 80 has ha Tommy Ryan Ran So H I has haN Austin Rice So han haM ha Mc- Mc Ic- Ic Fadden So Si St has ha Jimmy Billt DIlt So u ha hsu haa j Bat Hat Nelson So has hag Abe Abc Alel So has Tommy West cst So ha has Harry f i Lc I Lewis Lesis So has ha Jack O. O OBrien O'Brien DPI Did you ever hear of these theo Jl lighters re- re i fei to as ns a 1 Rood good fallow I J never cr BC An Au ili l u lnor usually J Hat da-Hat J t a ii oo J s tc r It fant Isn't nt his hR ganic M Ji Tiu UIt J I t men J Tommy West cst ht the tho true ruo jj ph pity phy of ut tho lie lighting game gare down clown till flus flu's jl If IC 11 you sure re a great lighter says SS S'S Tommy Tomm bo ho popular Just as ashong lon long hong as you ou I keep on I lighting fighting and all winning winning winning win win- ning and throwing your our fl monc money around If It you oU dont don't spend pend or ci giveaway give gho awa away everything e you earn cant the thc parasites parties para pam par par- sites ties will wJ tell tel everybody c else what a stingy tight fisted cold blOoded proposition prop prop- you are and anc you'll youil bo be unpopular r ular fa faIt i If It I you ou do throw e everything away J you'll ouli be a good fellow low as long as It lu lasts ts and when It Is all al gone goite anti and you cant can't light fight al any more mote the parasites will wf laugh lugh at you ou and unc tell tel everybody c i. i what a sucker you OU were wele for Cor the real wise lse ones when you ou did have ha tho thio coin In either cither case you ou lo lose c. c Heads I win tails tais you lose that's the tho game game that thal Is played against the tho lighter b by the mana man- man i a agets aget's and promoters and hangers hangers- on t Its It's Is I's a wl wise e fighter that puts Juts b by something something some some- 1 JI thing thInK anti and Isn't too to proud to work J J j r his usefulness in the lie ring Is N j over O i 1 J In Iii thai tho light of or orests orest's West's ests est's philosophic t J statement by Manager i Y view 10 a recent IUle of or Tonopah Gans Cans and Helman hotman hot Hel man nan says RIe Riley didn't take tako much I mone money away with them I had markers mark malk ers against them both In lii 11 m my gambling place that nearly covered their purse purge i l I collected when the lie light fight was over There are arc some wise vise ones In the ring Jack JacJ OBrien O'Brien although although we cant can't admire him hint from front a sporting standpoint standpoint stand stand- point because of or the great groat number of or his fake take fights is a successful busIness business busi husi- ness hess man Jack is one of tho the wealthiest wealth wealth- le lest iest t of or all al fighters When hen he leaves Ives the ring he lie can turn his attention to other things g and can afford aford to laugh lauh 1 at his critics Britt Brit is as rich as us OBrien has always been on the Ic e level and over goner ous He has only a little to show for forthe forthe forthe the hundreds of oC thousands ho he has earned with the tho gloves e 4 John L. L L Sullivan Sul Sul- livan hivan Ivan scattered over o a a million dollars Terry McGovern had his hiM ta taken n awa away b by the bookmakers whoa when he ho became mentally unbalanced Nine Nino Nilo fI fighters out of ten throw away ever over every dollar dolar they get when they ae are at their best It l comes cornea so Sc easy The Tho They think it will wi always come just that way Young Young Corbett Corbet when I once sU suggested ested that r he ou ought ht to put away a little capital for rOl the future said Dont worry worl about me These fellows are aro ea easy I Ican Ican Ican can go Ion along trimming those suckers for years yet yet But Hut the they trimmed Young Corbett Corbet and he lie I N Is finding it I harder work climbing back buck up the hill bill hi than he lie When he ho could found It sliding down clown coull demand ten or fifteen thousand dollars dollars dol dol- lars tars for fighting hUng ls-hUng a couple of or years ago he can get set only two or 01 three thousand now fbi The Thc trouble with wih lIghting fighting U men as a arule a arule rule rule Is that the they think too well tehi wol of e themselves Tile Thc They cant can't see see how other othol men just as good r or better can I come como up And wih with so many man little Illa fights going on op OT all ni the time now new champIons champions cham chant must appear It I Is Inevitable Ino And Antl thinking themselves es endowed with wih some mysterious superiority over 01 overall overall all the rest of mankind l fighters are arc fall for tor Inthe in inthe inthe Celes cureless careless The They fal anything the line of pleasure Fighting Is the tho most exacting proe profession slon in the world I Perfect condition is the lie one thing that brings bring success success hon Whon a tl tighter lighter loses hoses even en a fraction of oC hl his fighting form brat some somo newcomer who Is still In possession posses posses- shin sion of ot all al his natural stamina wilt will wf overturn him him anti and U It 1 Is hard hart to come conic comeback comeback back bach I The They never nc come conic back So the It not be true But Dul ma saying goes I may hundred instances looking over a a of oC I champions gone ouo lon wrong I fall fail Cal to see seo even tho ho one exception that disproves S the tho rule S S |