The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-07

the money and prestige thus gained
he Will open up a cafe or hotel in Pitts
burg, enter the field Of politics and try
TO become an alderman In that lively
town AS he is very popular in that
ba1liw1ck, his ambition may be graft
fed If he gets to the top of the ladder
Bob Fftzsinsmons' whole idea is to
make all the money he can by show
ing on the road and fighting when he
must. When he can fight no longer, he
intends opening aSroadhouse near New
York In which sportsmen can spend
their coin andrfghters train.
George cKid'D Lavigne, lightweight
champion of the world, has but one
ambition-that is to become owner or
part owner ofithe lumber yard wherein
he worked as boy. AS he has no
vices and saves his money he Is likely
to succeed in his honorable aspiration.
The consuming tidesire of Jack Nc
Auline's heart is to wrest the worlds
championship from kid" Lavigne,
then retire from the ring and become
bookmaker at the race track.
George Dixon, the featherweight
champion of the world, is anxious to
hold on to that title for two or three
years more and get back a part of the
$l00,0O0 he has squandered during the
past decade. When that is done, he
VIII open up Photographic studio in
Boston. He was brought up in the
business and understands it thorough
~ His ambition Is to have as great
an art gallery as Sarony in New York.
The other great colored fighter, Joe
Walcott, the BLACK Demon too, has
an ambition. Joe is great feeder and
can with difficulty be restrained In
training. The sable satan wishes to
whip Mysterious" Billy Smith, or.
Tommy Ryan,ior Dick Burge, of Eng
nd or. oil I.
enough money to open up frSt-clasS
restaurant in New York and eat to his
hearts content without interference Of
managers or trainers.
Alfred Griffiths, better known as
Young Griffo," the clever, erratic little
Australian, has unique ambition.
Critic is as homely a boy as you could
hnd in days journey; yet, strange to
say. he is actually stuck on himself
and believes he Is a veritable Adonis.
He is understood, too, albeit we'll put
together, vet he is anxious when he
gets through foightin" to pose as an
artists model. He insists particularly
that he will sit, or rather stand, for
Apollo Belvedere, Ajax defying the.
lightning and Hercules.
Johnny Van Heest, who has met
Critic, Dixon and the best Of the midget
brigade, Is an expert at cards, and was
alternately lookout" and dealer III sew
eral faro banks out West before he took
to boxing. His chief ambition now Is
to meet and conquer George Dixon,
and on the proceeds of his winning
open a faro bank in Minneapolis. his
boyhood home
Ike Weir, ex-fea overweight champion
Of the world, is a lad Of varied gifts.
He is a good jockey, cam play any kind
of a musical instrument, dance like
nymph and play a tremendous game
of pool or billiards. His ALFRED am
bition is to get "crack" at Dixon, whip
him and then open up a high grade
music hall in New York or Chicago.
Norman Elijah Shelby, whose nom
de guerre is Charles ''Kid" Mccoy, has
high hopes and aspirations. He means
to wip in quick succession Dan Creedon
and Bob Fitzsimmons, win the middle
weight championship of the world, and
with the gold and glory thus won hang
out his glittering sign as banker and
broker" in Wall street
Sol1y Smith, the game little feather
weight, has a similar ambition. He.
wants to whip right off the reel Willie.
Smith, of England, and George Dixon,
Of America. Then with his hacker,
Johnnie Mack, he proposes to open up.
a banking house in San Francisco, his
native town.
I'm Mysterious" Billy Smith and
handsome Tommy Ryan one finds
two souls with but single thought"
that is, to whip each other and settle
forever the question of superiority and
then open two palatial liquid empor-
iums-Smith in Boston. Ryan in Chi
cago.
have given you the ambitions which
consume nearly every great. fighter I
know. You will notice that many of
them have honorable aspirations, quite
as much SO as men engaged in less ar
duous, If more peaceable pursuits. i
predict that many of them will be
heard from in creditable way before
a dozen years have gone by. I'll gam.
BILE all l am worth that none of them
will ever commit a crime. And, mark
you, have you ever noticed how few
pugilistS have ever committed crimes?
mean real crimes, such as murder,
arson, burglary robbery and the like.
And pugilists are supposed--wrong-
fully, OF course-tos be lawbreaking
class at that. I never knew but one
pugilist to be a crook in my life, and
he was killed out West some years
ago. Can the same be said of the peo-i
pie of the class that criticise them so
harshly? If you are on the level and
think of a few bank presidents and
-"other good men who went wrong
up in Canada, Iyou will promptly say
mo William Madden.