Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-02

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away his life in gay London sporting
circles and eventually open up public
house, as they call saloons over there.
after his money is all gone. .5
Frank P. Slavin, Jackson's great
Australia an rival, has consuming am
bition to become millionaire and globe
, trotter. He has fad which some day
he hopes may make him "rich beyond
the dreams OF avarice. :" He is enamor.
ed of patents. Almost any kind Of an
invention can make him open his purse
strings He is now owner Of 20 good
patents, any one Of which may land him
q winner. When he does win, as he
feels confident he will, his intention is
to visit every portion Of the globe.
Peter Maher's sole ambition is to
whip Bob Fitzsimmons, then the win.
ner Of the Corbett. Sharkey fight and re-
tire as champion Of the world. With
the money ana prestige thus gained he
will open upa 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
bailiwick. his ambition may be gratif1ed
If he gets to the top Of the ladder.
Bob Fitzsimmons' 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 a 'ffoadhouse near New
York in which sportsmen can spend
their coin and. fighters train.s.l oi elt
George ("Kid Z law gne, lightweight
champion Of the HqFld. has but one am
bition-that ID I'D become owner or part
owner Of the tlgs4faber yard wherein he
worked as a .bp,' 7As he has no vices
and saves his mqhey he is likely to sue:
coed ID his honoraPleF aspiration. y
The consuming saesife Of Jack Nc
Auliffe' 8 heart is to- wrest the worlds
championship from kid" Lavigne,
then retire from the ring and become a
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 part Of the
500, 900 he has squandered during the
past decade. When that is done, he will
open up Photographic studio in Bos-
ton. He was brought up in the business
and understands it thoroughly. His am
bition is to have as great an art gallery
as Sarony in New York.
The other colored fighter, Joe Wal
colt, the "black Demon" too, has an
ambition. Joe is great feeder, and can
with difficulty be restrained in train.
ing. The sable satan wishes to whip
"Mysterious" Billy Smith, or Tom
my Ryan, or Dick Burge of England.
or all three, so that he can get enough
money to open up a first class restaurant
in New York and eat to his hearts con-
tent without interference Of managers
or trainers.
Alfred Griffiths, better known as
"Young Critic" the clever, cratic lit
tie Australian, has a unique ambition.
Critic is as homely boy as you could
find in days journey; yet, strange to
say, he is actually stuck on himself and
believes he is veritable Adonis. He is
understood, too. albeit we'll put together.
yet 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 Her
cules.
Johnny Van Heest. who has met
Critic. Dixon and the best Of the midg-
ct brigade, is an expert at cards, and
was alternately lookout" and deale,
in several 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 Win
ming open faro bank in Minneapolis.
his boyhood home.
Ike Weir, ex-featherweight champion
Of the world, is lad of varied gifts.
He is a good jockey, can play any kind
Of musical instrument, dance like
nymph and play q tremendous game Of
pool or billiards. His all fired ambition
is to get ''crack" at Dixon, whip him
and then open up q 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 whip in quick succession Dan Gree.
don and Bob Fitzsimmons, win the
middleweight championship Of the
world and with the gold and glory thus
won hang out his glittering sign as
banker and broker" in Wall street.
Solly Smith, the game little feather
weight, has similar ambition. He
wants to whip right of the reel Willie
Smith Of England and George Dixon Of
America. Then with his hacker, John
ME Mack, he proposes to open up q
banking house in San Francisco. his
native town.
In "Mysterious" Billy Smith and
handsome Tommy Ryan one finds ''two
souls with but single thought
is, to whip each other and settle forever
the question Of superiority and then
open two palatial liquid emporiums-
Smith in Boston, Ryan in Chicago
have given you the ambitions which
consume nearly every great fighter l
know. You will notice that many Of
them have honorable aspirations, quite
as much 80 as men engaged in less
arduous, if more peaceable, pursuits. I
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