The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-09
.PUG|l|STS ARE SPEAOTHR'FTS
THEY MAKE ALL KINDS OF
MONEY BUT DIE BROKE"
After First Defeat, as a Rule, 1t Is
All Off With the Prize Fighter
Some Instances.
New York Press.)

NotwithS anding Corbett's announce
ment that he will challenge the winner
of next falls go between Jeffries and
Sharkey, and Fitzsimmons' statement
that he hopes to meet Jeffries again.
prize ring champions rarely amount
to much in the pugilistic business after
| they have once been whipped. Like
John l.. Sullivan, who has been on the
retired list ever since Corbett knocked
him out, they are thencefOrWard gener-
ally considered odd men," though still
SO young that in most callings tl.e5
would be spoken of as in the prime of
life.
Of late years nearly every rugnist
too old to fight" any more has re
tired to some sort of a retail drinking
shop. This has become so common
that the public expects nothing more
nor less from any ex-champion. though
Bob F1tzsimmonS gives no sign of in
tending TO be a saloon keeper. and it
was by no means the inv2riabla rule
in the earlier, more brutal days Of bare
knuckle fighting. Thus John Jackson.
who was the British champion 100 ears
and more ago, taught boxing after he
had retired from me ring, numbering
among his pupils nearly all the young
spTlgS of fashion ana scions of aristOc-
racy in England. Lord Byron was one
of Jackson's pupils. and the titled
poets diary contains many pleasant
illusions to his fistic preacher. Jackson
was probably the most polished pueil-
list the world has ever seen, for it is
recorded that he was "a veritabie
dandy in the fashionable sporting
world of London, and the pet of roy
atty, for whom he repeatedly provided
private ring contests" Dukes headed
subscription lists to buy silver salvars
and other presents testifying to the
regard in which he was held, and in his
old age he was rich and honored He
was Il at his death, in 1915 and an sx-
pensive monument, surmounted by a
lion couchant. and guarded by a sculD-
tured gladiator holding a wreath. was
put up over his remains in Brompton
cemetery. The inscription on the stone
shows that it was erected by the sub
scriptions Of several nOblemen and gen.
tlemen to record their admiration for
one whose excellence OF heart and IN
corruptible worth endeared him to all
who knew him." Besides, there is an
English verse and Latin motto.
Others Have Monuments.
Few or no other British pugiIists
have died rich. though the last resting
place of three others are marked by
impressive monuments. They were
Tom Crib, Tom Spring and Tom Say
erS. Tom Cribs monument, a coios-
sal sculptured lion standing with one
paw on a funeral urn, over which is
thrown the champions belt. duplicated
in stone, is in Woolwich cemetery, near
Il much frequented road. and may he
seen easily by all who drive past. The
stone was set by a popular subscrip-
ton. started by Bells Life. the famous
London sporting newspaper. The in
scription thereon is much less preten-
tious than the one on Jackson's monu-
ment, and Crib himself had no such
standing with smart folk as
Jackson died. Crib died in 1S4S The
of Tom Spring (real name
Winter, who died poor and bro zen
down in 1851, was set up in Norwood
cemetery. not far from the Crystal pal
ace, at Sydenham. This monument
also bears a chiseled lion. The monu-
ment TO Sayers, better known in this
than any of the others because
of the drubbing he got at the hands of
the American champion, John c. Hea-
nan, in 1865, stands in HiShgate cema-
tory =; is ornamented by the figure