The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-20
CHAMPION PUGILISTS
50 Long Is Thsy arc at the Top Of tho
Heap They lake Plenty Of Money.
Their Business 10 q Hard One. and
Champion Says There 10
no Fun In lt-Hebrew
Pugilists.
S<l row does n get to be a prize
fighter 2" said a pugilist quot

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pets into scraps with other boys at school;
he finds that he has a taste for that sort of
thing and he learns 10 box a little. After
awhile he is invited to spar with another
young man at somebody's benefit, IL he
has become known among his acquain-
tances as n promising fellow. Next, sup
posing he does well. some sporting friends
make up a purse for him to box for with n
rival, and from that tn fighting for a prize
is only one step. But IL Is a hard trade to
succeed at. So long as you are at the top
of the heap you can make plenty OF
money, but the minute you are beaten you
cease 10 be "a drawing card and your very
friends desert you. Al the close OF n prize
fight you will see the people rush up To the
winner. throw their arms abou his
neck, hug him and shout their congratu-
Iation, but the unfortunate loser, who
needs consolation so much, is left alone.
He has not only been whipped, but has
lost his means Of support; his prestige be-
ing gone, his very hackers are angry n
Disguised with him because, though he
tried his best to win, he has lost their
money. No wonder that Kilrain burst in
10 tears AT the ring side mt declared that
he seemed TO have lost not only the battle
but his friends as well. One time not
very long ago I myself was worsted by "A
man whom ! afterward beat, the day
after my defeat l walked from one end Of
Washington TO anothe without being no
ticed by any one, though two days before
being the champi on-l could not travel
a block without meeting somebody who
wanted To shake hands with me. He used
10 be able tn fight people said when ]
had lost, but he ant any more Now |
am champion again and have lots of
friends for the time | remain such. Such
is prize-fighting-a poor business, j
say lin other trades a man who does his
best is pretty sure To get along, but not
necessarily SO in mine. The moment |
meet a fighter who shows himself n better
man in the ring than ] am mn occupation
is gone and there is little for me 10 do but
retire. Prize-iighting is hard work, too"
Trough ON the physique, ch?"
II don't mean that. A prize-fighter
doesn't get as much damaged in the ring
as is commonly supposed. You see, he is
in such perfect physical condition. thanks
To his training, that the injuries he re-
ceives do not bother him nearly so much
as they would a person In ordinary health.
For instance, a big bruise that closes his
eye, instead Of remaining pulled up and
~bad-looking for five or six days, maybe,
as il would with another man, will have
nearly disappeared at the end of forty
sieht hours, owing 10 oie vigorous circu-
iauoh OF 'he pioou. IN 'ie same way
WIN q person IN this pneai hesAi,h, nature
accomplishes any sort OF repairs such as
the healing Of cuts and so forth with Won
derful ~quickness. Besides. when a man
goes into a fight he is Thoroughly hardened
as 10 his whole body. His stomach is as
naru as ms chest, anu no II
is diincult 20 burt MN ,huch. No, fght-
g ~ y 10, oi'en pau's nur, III .ne ring.
Inc hardship was rererring 10 IL the
training itself. IL is so severe that a man
connot wen endure !, more thai twice
year, anu no one shouiu atteinpt 10
oI'eler 'iian 'hat, OK weeks Oh framing
are necessary tacn u,ie before a battle.
Inavn 10 set rlu Oh thir,y pounus IN that
perl9a 10 prhe me uo~h to hRh'ihg
"s,Gn,.
Is your recipe Tor getting Tim.
"aanny people Wouiu pe giau 70 SNOW u.
ID oiiiy one Oh 'He opJec's Oh traih-
ing wnlch u "a very elaborate perform.
snc.' put any one can ge' thin VINO VIII
ur'nh mourning nut water u tea, not
sieel To long, fed on chops, steaks and
toas's, WIN iisht vegetables no potatoes
or ,i"rswear soups pastry ana
sWeets. anu lake plenty III exercise.
Speaklng oi eng Reminds me That the
hariest hgh'ing as all experts IN fistic
circles low. Is done hy men who weigh
heavyweights, and yet II Is the heavy
weights IN Tins country who get the big
money. uhongii ~ England II Is different.
Men OF BRUSH blood are the only ones In
'he world who have taste or ability FOR
pri.e-iighting, win the exception OF the
Hebrews. 1t is wonderful how many
lighters of Hebrew extraction have won re-
nown. Carney Aaron, who fought sam
1olller one OF his hardest battles; Ike
Nief' 'ne bsiiast Spiueri VOL Beildon,
who put mp his fists recently in South AZ
rica Tor the largest prize eve fought for
OF Hebrew blood. Perhaps
the best typical lighter on earth Is an
Angio-Saxon Englisbman with a dash of
lrish blood m MN. As Tor frenchmen,
they VIII MOI nght WIN Their lists ;the boys
at school kick and scratch instead of hit