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Show 00 BRITTON PUTS PRICES AFTER WINNING TITLE Champion Jack Britton, of the wel-' terweight class is not only a higa class boxer, but he js also a shrew:! I business man After he won the 142 1 pound title by stopping Kid Lewi. Canton. Ohio his manager, Dan Mvr-j gan, immediately boosted his prices I He would not consider even a short ! bout with a "native son" unless n? , was given a guarantee of $1,500, w'th, the result that the veteran champion curtailed his own earning capacity be -j cause mnny of the smaller clubs could' not do business with him on thu scale. i Jack was soon convinced of th EooUahnSSS of raising the tariff, afte-he afte-he had been forced to loaf about three; months, so he arranged with Morgan to gamble with any of the promot r who sought his services. lie seemed to fall in with the theor that half a loaf was better than none, and Fm." he changed his plans he has bc?n working steadily and realizing handsomely hand-somely on the title which he cannot be expected to hold for many mouth? I because ofhis age. I Only a week or ten days ago Br-.t-ton met Jack Griffiths, the Akrun. . welter In Denver. Britton gambled with the promoters in Denver, depend- , ing upon his popularity to increase h's amount of the receipts to a pleasin-figure. pleasin-figure. He was rewarded with an excellent ex-cellent "gate" and yanked down eloe 10 $3,000 for his end, as he worked Ult a percentage basis Britton ays there is method to the plan of fighting frequently. "When you work often," he said, "you aro not forced to spend so many drear hours in tin try in, and besides 1 b .-lievl .-lievl it better to earn a little mone than none at all." As proof that Brltton's policy Is a popular one. it is only necessary Lo state that he has offers from near! every boxing center in the country :.nd has the privilege of selecting blS work, whereas under the old order of things he was doing exceedingly well to land one bout per month. Britton lis one of the few pugs who realizes the truth of the statement that all .champions meet their conqueror, if I they but remain in the game Ino enough. In the past three months be is said to h.- earned nearly $30.00i'. which is excellent salary for even a champion giovt pusher. |