Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-12-28 | Page 10 | Stecher Has Saved Spoils

I STEM HAS SID SPOILS Wrestling Star Said to Have More Money Thai. Demp-sey; Demp-sey; Here's Comparison The average reader of the spbri pages has, an idea thai a champion, pugilist, such as the world's titi" holder, hold-er, Jack Pernpsey, is llhc one great j money-maker. It niaj occasion some surpisc to hear that several lesser sporting luminaries are in I in to make more money, "i as much at lenst. To be sure, they io not make it in big lumps, but they arc more consistent collectors of the coin. Take the case of Joe Stecher, tpr-mer tpr-mer heavyweight wrestling champion-,! Thero is little question that this alh-j lcte is getting more mom y and has aj bigger bank account than Den pai . , eliminating the fact thai Dernpsey has had to spend a luc 01 m in his various aw suits bp connecton n I h th; slacker charges preferred aganst ham some time ago. While Dejnpsey nets b!g iipv; for his contests, he fights Onlj a I w times a year. n th. other nan-:. Stcchcr will engage in us many vv'rt Uiug matches in one month aa Dernpsey takes on fights in a whole year. Stecher does not get as much money for each appearance, but in the long run it is quite prbbablc he accumulates more in the year than does Di notwithstanding the big purses the l. t-ter t-ter is awarded. Hence, while Dernpsey Dernp-sey is idle for Djpnths a1 a time, there are few months In which Stechei md other wrestlers arc not pulling down good-sized purses for their efforts on the mat.