Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-18
man who has done more to elevate boxin
g than all the other pugilists combined.

man who has done more to elevate boxin
g than all the other pugilists combined.
KID Mccoy is the one man who. it
is DelleVed, can rival Corbett in science,
30 Tar ne neve has met a man who was
his equal In cleverness. For two wears
EFFORTS have been made to bring these t
wo opponents of boxing together, and the
battle without doubt will the most scient
Tic contest ever witnessed.
.old Chocolate" George Dixon, the
marvellous colored fighter, is today pen
nlless, in spite of the great sums of
money he has won. The little colored
wonder has been fighting IA years next
september, and although he claims he
has made himself about $4,000, the only
thing he says he can for it today is a
house in Boston which he owns n for
which he paid $4,000. Dixon would not
say how much money Tom O'Rourke, his
manager, has made since he has had him
under his wing, but as O'Rourke has been
dividing the proceeds equally with him,
ne no doubt has also made 1917. 900. Dixon
says his condition today may be attrib-
utted to fast living, playing the races,
gambling, and lending money to friends.
Il don't know whether or not the pub
Tic is interested in my career and as to
now much money I have made and
uuIluS the years l nave Deen
Tght1ng, but, as you want to know, l
will try to tell o a story Of my career.
10 begin with, I have been fighting IA
years next September. I have fought
for big and small purses during that time
and as I have also been on the road with
theatrical companies for over four years.
l think l can safely tina I have made for
myself about $97, 900.
when l say that I made that much
money I'm not lying, for the money came
very fast to me, but, being a careless fell
lew, 1 s~quandered it just as fast, so that
at the present time out of all that money
l only have a few hundre dollars and a
house in Boston for which I paid $6,o 900.
Il lost my money by gambling. playing
the races, leading a fast life, and by lend
ing my money to friends. When I hin
of how much money I went through it
gives me chills.
How much money my manager, Tom
O'Rourke, has made off of my fighting I
don't care to state, as that is purely a
personal matter. MIR. O'Rourke has treat
ed splendidly since he first became my
manager, Is years ago, and I have no
complaint to offer.
cat one time I had $50, 900 in bank; thai
was when I was a good little boy. But !
fell from grace, like John l.. Sullivan, and
all the others, and when once I got start
ed on that road my money slipped away
from me very quickly. I was a good fell
low, 1 guess, with my money, but, as all
good fellows generally see a day when
they need a dollar, I certainly have al
ready seen the time very often.
IF I had my life over again I bet I
wouldn't spend my money as recklessly
as I did. I would be as great a saver as
Terry McGovern. I hope McGovern won't
get as careless as T was, for we have to
fight too hard to get rich.
MY first big winnings out of a fight
was my second battle with poor Cal Nc
Carthy, who is dead now I got 5000 for
beating him in Troy. The first fight we
had I made $1,000, making $4,000 alto
gether.
In my fight with Eddie Pierce at
Coney Island I got 81, 300; for that with
Jack Skelly I received ST, 500; with Fred
Johnson, the Englishman, at Coney
Island, I got $14, 900, and with Solly Smith
at the Island I was handed over 5000.
"Those We're the largest winnings. The
other fights which I have had and which
brought me in plenty of money were with
Abe Willis, the Australian, from whom I
got S., 900 for defeating; Nunc Wallace.
in England, $4,000; Johnny Murphy, twice,
Sc, 900; three fights with Young Critic,
over $12, 900. My fights with Dial Hawkins
and Solly Smith in San Francisco netted
me over $4,000; while my two battles with
Terry McGovern, one in this city and the
other in Chicago, gave me over $4,5O0.'
II have been on the road for over -four
years, anu DIS llele was plenty OI money
in the theatrical business at that time,
we never got less than s4O0 a week for
our share after all expenses were paid.
after figuring up at a rough estimate
how much money l realized out of the
show business l think I can safely say
that I got for my share over $15, 900.
IT lave fought many other battles, for
which I have received anything from
$500 up to 81, 500. In placing my winnings
at $97, 900 I think I have struck the right
figure"
Working hard to get into condi-
tion does not seem to agree with Jim
Corbett, who at present is sojourning
at Bath beach, says the New York cor
respondent of the Chicago Chronicle.
He INDUCED in hard work Friday, but
Saturday he tool a day off. His throat
troubled him., and a doctor whom he con-
suited prescribed a wash for the affected
part. He expected to be in condition to
resume work this morning in the new
gymnasium built especially for AIM. He
has secured the services of Charley Golf
to assist him in his work, and says that
he will not lave any big fellow to help
him..
I'm going to get every quick, lively
little fellow who knows anything about
boxing to spar with me every day, for
you know kid Mccoy is about as shifty
as any one" he said.
While an unusual amount Of interest
is being centered in Friday nights fight