Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-11

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esrl Thisdi~cisimer an eonstr4lned
- uaks In vi4s,s Of recent events With
whsch tie publie has sons insight and
upon xhieh have lightly tosehsd. In
shs ho< days Of ex,rems yoath frs-
an.nfly Lost my temper AMI aid some
baslnx things ab~sat advsrrariss ~hom
I thougkt lad not acted fairly sith ne.
bs< have no~ reached : philosophio
sre-I en- IN my thirty second year
aud csn snake allowances tor che hall
ties q human nature.
A regards chAmpioa James j. Cor
b.sts may say that never had aaght
bat frinndly feeling Inward htm.
The fact that I wished our past grand
master % the fstic art. John L. suiii-
van. success IA bis famous encounter
with corbstt - New Orleans eaSsed
many people % believe that coreets
and we're not on the beat OF terms
This n . uaiztake. fwizhed the heroic
Boston boy luck brcs,use he was my
friena for almost llfettne and for the
further reazan that he spheld the honor
Of America for almost . doxen years
hxainst The best and brkvest Of other
lands who dared break q lance with
him I now cordially wiAh our present
chalnpion. James J. CoFeett, success
against any fighter from koreign shores
who strives 10 wress bis seepter from
his grasp
True. a. I limited before. pugilists
arc not uniformly as friendly 20 each
other a. they should be. especially In
the choieric. - well 81 golden, days Of
youth. This l. due entirely % the RI
tween two favorite pugilists and their
immediate adherents after decisive
victory or defeat has been determined.
However IL Is nothing In comparison 20
the bitterness of feeling engendered be-
tween factions In the olien days OF the
ring when one or the other fayorite
went down. Then feuEs began which
eadured for years. a. witness the pro-
tracted quarrels OF John Morrisey and
Yankee sullivan. and Morrisey and
John G. Heenan and their respective
partisanS 30. too. with John Morri-
sev. ON the one hand. and Tom liver
aud Bill Poole on the other. These
factional feuds lasted for something
like a decade or more and were provo
cation FOR many fierce aud bloody bat
ties between the followers of each
elan
Nowadays all feeling Of rivalry and
hate passes away. II not directly at the
ring side. az least not far away from
II. under the mellow influence of time.
What - more. the lighters and those
directly associated with them are
more honorable In their dealings with
each other and the public than they
were In years gone by. Then IL was a
frequent occurrence that the best man
would not be permitted tn win
"dangs" would stampede the ring and
the winner and his friends be unjustly
deprived OF the fruits OF victory. Such
q thing In this Augustan age of pugil-
ism would be an impossible event.
The reigning powers Of any great asso-
citation. like the Coney Island Athletic
club or their confreres as the south or
west. could Immediately nip any such
plan In the bud
In conclusion let me say that IL Is
not for every man TO be fighter. A
pugilist. like n poet or a journalist, Is
born and not made. The qualities OF
head aud heart "a well as those Of
skill. strength and measurement must
BE- part OF natures outfit All the
professors in the world cannot make a
lad fighter unless he possesses the
qualities OF which speak. Besides
fighting Is not such an ailuring voca-
ton as most Of the rising generation
look upon H. Neither physically nor
financially j. IL a rcmunerative BUSH
ness. Unless one pugilist turns com
plctely over another, as John L. Sulli-
van did at one time over all rivals. ne
II almost sure % undergo physical in
jurics which may discomfort him great
" Ia future years IL the proves Of
bis adversary does not bring about
this result social pleasures may. For
know. kind reader. that a successful
pugiliSt l. - generously treated by
friends and foes alike that hts stamin a
In time must b. impaired. These same
social delights drain the hghter's own
purse aud ia the end he Is likely. no
matter how much money he had. u
''go broke" Morrisey. Heenan.
sayers. Perry and Yankee Sullivan all
died without . dollar. hope our own
great John will not encounter similar
fate.
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