The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-05
SPENT A MILLION
WHAT JOHN L. SULLIVAN DID
FOR OTHERS.
And COrbett, too, Has Squandered q
Handsome Fortune-The champion of
Champions Tells How He Got separ-
arated from His Lucre. a

John L. Sullivan is a bankrupt UNI
able to pay his debts. In his career
as a pugilist for 18 years he has spent
a million dollars or rather loaned a
good part of it to men who, in all like
iihood, will never pay him a dollar.
This makes John feel sad and lonely
these holiday afternoons. He paid out
S98, 900 to the Richburg (Mississippi)
authorities to get rid of imprisonment
after his fight with Jake Kilrain. He
loaned 5000, 600 and never took a mans
note for any sum thus negotiated. He
spent 100000 for dinners and wine
and lost $50, 900 at the gaming table.
In unfortunate business ventures $780,
900 more disappeared. His legitimate
living expenses were 5000, 900. In train
ing for battles another $1,000 900 has
been expended.
One year John L. took in $500, 900 as
the result of his shows and his box
ing victories. He always wagered big
amounts on his besting an opponent
and this alone amounted to a large
tuCOu1C. III LOOS1 dLIO HIS ONAoP VANA
Paddy Pyan, he made $29,4O0 by the
mill and on exhibitions in the big
cities. From this time on until his
discontinue with Corbett he made big
money. In his Boston saloon venture
he made $50, 600. In his tour. with Pat
Sheedy he made 100000. His tour in
England enriched him $4,000. In his
Al,.oa ~10r,o lo wade, QO10 0n0
John l.. says: with a fighter money
easy, and it goes the same way.
l spent SIS, 1000 training for my battle
with Corbett, and lost $4,000 betting
on myself. I always kept a stable of
trainers following me, and they were
a heavy expense. But it was being q
good fellow that broke me. 1 was the
great and only John L. That title
cost me enough money to last an or
binary man a lifetime. l was too easy,
When someone would say that I was
the only me-, it meant another basket
of wine. When another would say
that | never refused a friend a dollar
and afterward asked me to lend him
$50, he got a hundred.
men,, IOO, L was 0IOW III 6CLIlA5 "
the box Office. The others got theil
first, and the first count of the receipt:
was the largest. Was I robbed? Yes
l was robbed. If l had what they tool
from me I would be satisfied. How
ever, I don't regret it. l had my fling
and l paid for it. l haven't touched
drop of liquor for six months, and an
mot 0nin0 fn 6pink oOoin I fool a.
we'll as ever, and if / could lose a bi
of fat l would have another try in tn,
ring. But that is out of the question
l am going to try and make my bust
ness a success, and if l ever get anothe
fortune they will have to break tn
United States to break me. My none,
will go into bonds"
Jim Corbett, who wrested tn
championship from Sullivan, has ais
known the ups and downs of life. H
spent 8 $500 getting himself into shap
to be defeated by Fitzsimmons, an
lost SIG, 900 which he bet on himself i
that fight. He received $4,000 fro1
the purse and $50, 900 as his share c
the picture money. He says that hi
AiOhCJ, Inv . q SUM- i
riotous living and in stalking hi
friends. Unlike John L." however
he has never gone the limit. He sti
owns his house, which he values a
$4,000, and has money otherwise il
vested.
"a pugilist," said Corr ,tt, sis a goo
thing for every borrow'r in the LAM
We have to give up. Sullivan ha
given away a fortune, no doubt. If
had what is due me l could buy
brick block with the money. We al
all spendthrifts. A man with goo
trainer can fit himself sufficiently we
for any battle. But nowadays we mus
nave five or six trainers and sparrin
partners. They are costly luXurie
Managers, too, are necessary, but e1
pensive. I have divided half a mi
lion dollars with my manager, while
man in any other business would ha1
been able to have kept it all himsel
1t is the unnecessary expenses whic
keep a pugilist broke"