The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08
BRADY QUITS THE GAME
WILL LET PRIZE FIGHTERS
 ALONE IN FUTURE.
The Story of How He Made Fame, Managing Jim Corbett-Other Gossip of Pugilists
 and Sports.

Ay ofduy, the nuStllnS puSlilStiC manager, who severed his connec tions with Champion Jim Jeffries several days ago. has dropped out of the fight ing game, says George Siler, the ref cree. His contract with Jeffries ex-
 pres on June g. and will not be renew eu. During his career as fight man. ager and promoter, which dates back little less than ten years, Brady kept his name prominently before the pub He. He never lost an opportunity 10 boost his fighters, and, right or wrong. upheld them in everything they said or did. He was true blue" t, hiS pro- teges in all the term applies, and can truthfully say pugiliSm lost great little champion when Brady retired.
 Billy first caught the attention of the public when he matched Jim Cor bett to fight John L. Sullivan. Every one swore by John l.. at that time, and the idea of any man fighting him un- der Queensbury rules with five-ounce gloves was considered a fit subject for the lunatic asylum. One blow from Jopn L.s gloved mitt was thought sufficient to take the fight out of any man in the world, and an open hand swat. it was said, would be enough for Corbett.
 Jim. Bill and Mike Donovan were sure Big John," as he was familiarly called. had seen his best days, and that he was just about ripe for slaugh- ter. The general public had read such thrilling accounts of the mighty John L.'s fistic exploits they thought 1t shame to match such a fancy, light tapping sparrer against the mighty slugging champion.
 Brady was looked upon as fool and Corbett as an upstart. The idea of eli Afxy facing ire champion; it was ridiculous. :o say the least.
 Well, the battle took place before the Olympic Club at New Orleans on the night of Sept. z, 1892. and Corbett won in the twenty-first round without re- ceiving a scratch. Brady, with the worlds fighting wonder under his con- trol. lost no time in reaping the hnan- cial harvest. He took Jim to New York and five days after the battle exhibited Corbett to thousands of people at Mad ison Square Garden. When Jim stood up in the center of the ring on that eventful night the spectators threw up their hats and canes and yelled them selves hoarse. Brady's next financial move was to tour Corbett through the country as an actor and to give Jim an opportunity to show his fistic talent.
 Brady then successfully lodged meet ing Joe Goddard. Peter Jackson and other supposedly hard propositions and corralled Charley Mitchell This was easy picking for Corbett and the gen. eral public was aware Of it. Stlll Mitchell was a prominent fistic char acter and he had never been decisively beaten. He fought Sullivan a draw after battling over three hours, and upon the strength of that performance was conceded a chance by a great many. I considered 1t a one-eided match ,and so did those who were post ed in the game.
 However, the battle took place in Jacksonville, Fla, on January 25, 1894, under the auspices of the Juval Attn letic Club, and Corbett won with knockout in the third round. The vic tory was not clean-cut. as Jim fouled Mitchell repeatedly, and rightfully should have been disqualified. That, however, did not deter Brady from talk ing Jim on the first train out of Jack sonville for New York, where he ar rived two days later. and again packed Madison Square Garden. This was all Brady's clever work.
 Another tour through the country. Corbett's match and fiasco with Fitz- simmons at Dallas, Texas, and at Hot Springs, Ark, and later Jim's fight and defeat at the hands of Fitz at Carson City, are still fresh in the memory of fight followers. Shortly after Cor bett's defeat at Carson City Brady &C., cepted the management of Jim Jef- fries, and again had the honor of se curing a champion.
 Jeff's victory over Fitzsimmons, Shar- key and Corbett, his theatrical tour as the hero in "The Man From the West" Company, his match with Gus Ruhlin and the troubles that came therefrom bring Brady's career as a fight manager up to date.
 The retiring fight manager said last Sunday that the fighting game was on the decline, and with no chance of it's reviving at present. he concluded to devote his entire time and attention to fheatricala