The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-07-25

too, must get their hbit," despite Lexow
Investigations, or no contest can come OF
Sometimes sven Judge or political mag
nate must be squared" All of these sun
dries como out of tho fighters purse
Notwithstanding these drnwboc the
champion fighter and even tho fighter who
stands next to him" could have o tidy
sum and a happy homo If ho but husband
ed what remained Of his winnings but
force of associations Ia too much Tor hun.
He Is feted, wincd and dined-as long as
he Is successful. Almost invariably he Is n
good follow" and his money is soon
spent, and he Is Obliged to seek another
match TO replenish his resources- He may
win again and for the third, firth or even
tenth time, but the pitcher that goes to
the we'll Is sure to DO broken in tho end
He finally battles with younger, stron-
ger and moro enduring man. Dissipation
has wrecked his onoo superb physical pow
ers, and he meets his Waterloo. His money
and his ltrfest ige arc gone, and friends sban-
don him. AS 'h1 Is usually ON uncducated
man he must strive 10 get some laborine
job to eko out a living. SometImias be be :. Se,
comes a special policeman as fash water
Ing places ur ~bOuncer" In, o concert hall
In such cases he usually becomes drunk
ard In short order. In any event the beaten
".
Broken In spirit, health and purse, what
chance has her
Look at tho men who have fallen by the
waysidel John L. Sullivan, once champion
of champions and invincible He mode
$500, GOO In 19 yenre and squandered 1t all
Luckily be has n legion of friends, and ct
benefit recently rendered him in New
York he netted So, 800 when be was abso
lutely pennilesA Jack Dempsey, the oTst-
while "NonpareiI" Is now physical
wreck, snd but for testimonial recently
tendorcd him, which nettod him a3. 400,
would have sorry time of It. The great
est Cd living lightwcights, Jnck McAu-
life, although he never lost d brittle and
has niSdp over $500, 600, hos not u dollar
today. In ono season at the rice track he
won $40, 600 and lost 1t all the following
winter. His hacker, Dick Roche, tells a
good story Of Jack In tho heydny of his
success Roche come to the young Brook
Ignite at tho race trnok and informed him
that u young fellow from tho country want
ed to make a match with him and had
81. 600 In his pocket TO bind It, lyon can
whip him without an hours training, >"
urf,d Roche, "and It's u sin 10 throw such
good money away.'
Tut, tut, " said Jnck lofttly. eve no
time to deal with farmers OF bother about
pennies Tell tho joy can't entertain his
proposition
with q vtry stlcepish an Say, Dick. ;"
said he earnestly, "wherc Is TINT young
fellow with tho Thousand dollarsf'' Jack
had "gono broke" on tho races and had
missed his opportunity. The "iay" had
gone homo and saved his money.
Tako tho other great champions. Bob
Fitzsimmons, out Of all the money he has
won. has not cent Indeed he says he is
sS 600 In debt Ho Ia confident, however,
that he VIII win fortune when he meets
Corbett- His desperate financial condition
will cause him to give tho Californian the
battle of his life. Peter Jackson and Pad
dy Slavin, the great Australian fighters,
arc both in London, and they arc not nv-
ing ON champagne and terraptn by any
means. Indeed Slavin was officially de-
clarcd u bankrupt somo time ago Peter
and Paddy mado lot of money In their
time. Peter has some OF his left, and some
of his friends arc about to open hotel for
him In London. Both Slavin and jackson
are now hungering for chance ut the
winner of the Corbett- Fitzsimmops fight
to rccoup their fortunes
So, too, with that other greet Australian.
Joe Goddard. He thrashcd every mon he
met, including the redoubtabie Peter
Maher, until sickness brought on by dissi-
patton broke him down. Flo Is now living
In Melbourne and earning living Us
small contractor
Paddy Ryan the predecessor Of John l.
Sullivan In the championship, has not one
penny of his own TO rub against another
jim Burge the Iron man" of Australia
has fought in all 14S battles and only
lost six. Tho men who beat him were all
bigger and stronger than ne. Size cut DO
figure with jim. He only weighed 40
pounds, but he would take on q man were
he MS big rs II house. Today Durge is ALSO
lutely destitute.
If the examples 1 have cited be not an
object lesson TO youthful aspirnnts for
fstic fame, don't know what is. To any
ambitious lad who Is bound to pursue the
rocky road would say, Do rs Corbett has
done; follow lagos advice and put mon
cy In thy purse"
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