Show EX CHAMPION IS THEATER PORTER barbadoes demon once king of welters through joe walcott tile lie barbadoes domon demon who held tile welterweight title of the world for eight years 1805 1995 1902 Is down and maybe out the ex ch champion who was once worth a fortune Is today a porter at the imperial theater on west forty fifth street el reel where sunny days first farst ope opened nied says a new york dispatch to the kansas city star sunny days has nothing to 10 lo do with the story but one of the stars in that show billy a van a comedian has thirty or so years ago when walcott was cham champion champeon plon lie he and van joined a vaudeville act headed by george georee dixon the featherweight champion and toured the country the personal fortunes of walcott dixon and van and the others in the act ran up and ani down and walcott and van seen each other since but they met recently lumbago and rheumatism family troubles and a broken arm and other till ailments ments have helped to score a perfect L knockout over the elm black h cyclone walcott arrived in 1893 from the west indies the son of a farmer fanner he be worked in new kew york city for a short while us as a laborer and his enormous strength and littleness soon attracted it clr it attention of tom Olto urke an old time lighter fighter in two years he became welterweight champion of the wor worlie 14 when he be scored a knockout over rube berns at fort erie canada walcott Is now fifty seven years tears old and still a sporting fan until lie he took over his imperial theater job which van landed for him the other day walcott used 0 so o patronize the bouts every saturday night at the commonwealth club ent but his new saturday night duties will hereafter keep him away from his favorite ringside balcony seat for saturday night Is the busiest to in theater circles it Is 4 a bit of drama to observe how fortune has played with ith van and walcott van Is today a millionaire and one of the richest actors on the stage lie be Is mayor of newport N H a bank director and proprietor of a large soup plant in the days when walcott was the chief attraction van was merely a minstrel entertainer who struggled for ills his weekly saturday night pittance while van and walcott did not see each other for about a quarter of a 0 century they feel obligated gated to each other for many past favors and van promises to keep a watchful eye ou on the champion who was |