Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-10

ty to stand before him. Success brought wealth and life of luxury. His magnifi- cent physique became loaded with adipose tissue, and his powers began to wanc. When a wasting fever took hold of him, he was brought to the very threshold of death and was never the same man afterward. In one short year he had aged TO- He is now but B, yet he looks like a man past middle life. He is not near so healthy, hearty or enduring at the present time as a score of the men he whipped.
 Gallant Jack Dempsey, whom l helped to make a champion, also feels thcw'eight of the crown which decks the victor brow. Jack, like the big fellow" is a princely chap and was actually worshiped by the sporting public. He lived like prince, and nothing was too good for him or his friends. Jack paid the penalty too. He is not the Nonpareil he was. He is but 32 now, yet many of the men he defeated-some of them 10 years older than himself-are fa1 more rugged and healthy than he is today.
 A fit of sickness which would not serious ly harm the men they conquered might prove fatal to Sullivan or Dempsey.
 It is good fellowship" which kills sue cessful fighters. The history of the ring proves that. They cannot or else do not possess the will power to reject the hospi- table advances of their legion of admirers.
 
 after his memorable defeat of the renowned Yankee Sullivan. Social habits proved too much for him. John C. Heenan met the same fate Consumption carried him of after he had led a gay life for the few years following his historic draw with Tom Savers at Farnborough, England, where the twain contended for the worlds cham piOnship.
 His great rival, however, had preceded l of ,f troubles-lungs, heart, liver and kidneys soon after he entered the forties. The wine cup proved too potent for him.
 Jack Randall, the first NOnpareil, the prototype of our own Jack Dempsey, who was not afraid to face any man, big or lit tie, met the same fate. Unlike Dempsey, he retired in good season, met no gigantic freaks" and remained unconquered. So- ciability, however, did for him what his op- ponents could not accomplish. It laid him low when he was still a young man. A complication of physical disorders carried him off. But why elaborate? The story of almost all successful champions is the same. They are genial, hearty, hail fellows we'll met, and they delight in being socially hon. ored and extending social courtesies in re- turn. Sad to relate, most of them die bank rupt. There are of course few exceptions to this rule, and the present champion, James J. Corbett, is one of them.
 He is neither of a social turn nor princely in his prodigality. 1 say this not as a re- proach, but rather as tribute to his good sense. He does we'll to make hay while the sun shines, and l give him credit for his resolve, expressed immediately after his victory over Sullivan, that there was lone fighter who would never go broke"
 One case more in point about how soca- li He fifrl1t nd A,A Langham, the only man who ever defeated Tom Savers for the championship of Eng land, soon after his victory over that re- nowned pugilist, opened public house." as they call a liquid emporium on the other
 
 side of the water To avoid social excesses he had one bottle of soda and another of pure water placed alongside gin bottle be- hind his bar. Whenever an admirer would treat him, he invariably took "a little gin" The "gin" was of course pure water or sOd$. In two years he became afflicted with Bright's disease, the result of surcharging the kidneys with apparently harmless fluids. Soon afterward he died.
 In other branches of athletics, notably rowing and wrestling, men live to a greater age and enjoy the full possession of their physical powers longer than lighters. This l attribute to the fact that these sports are
  DenUs are subjected to less temptation Tn a social way. Thus we see that Charles E. Courtney, Edward Hanlan, Wallace Ross, Father Bill Curtis and other great oarsmen of the past are as sound now physically as they were when they were defeating all corners. So, too, with Homer Lane, John McMahon, Donald Dinnie and other famous wrestlers of a bygone generation. They could give any one as strong hold at 50 as they could when they had attained but half these years.
 Athletics of all kinds, if judiciously taken and provided social indulgences are avoided, will aid men greatly in fighting the battle of life. They make men healthy, strong and sound. Boxing is the best game of all It exercises all the muscles of the body and puts the blood in an even, strong, steady current of circulation. Our amateur boxers get the best value out of the sport. They simply exercise for the betterment of