Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-06
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JACK o'BRIEN RETURNS.
Won ALI Fights and Made Lots Of
Money in England.

Wearing a broad brimmed English
| beaver, philadelphia" Jack OBrien
walked down the gangplank of the Ma
jestic yesterday morning at her dock in
New York with $4,000 in his pockets. the
profits of three months touring of the
variety halls and beating the best mid
| dle-weights old England could put up
against him.
o'Brien was looking fine and tanned
Boxing in England is on the BOOM" he
said, but it's easy money. because the
English fighters lack speed
With OBrien was Joe Hagan, former
amateur champion of Philadelphia, who
by his success abroad boxed himself out
OF the A A. U. into the ranks of the pro-
fessionals.
Speaking Of his successes in England
OBrien said: Il met Charley Haghey Of
of whom 1 defeated in very quick time,
taking respectively three, eight and FIVE
rounds to accomplish the jobs
Zone couldn't do better in America than
I have done in England in three months.
My former weight was 154 pounds, but
now 15S pounds is just nice for me to
make.
ION my first trip to England Just after
the queens death, 1 was away fourteen
months and took in $4,000, but had to
wait eleven months before could make
a shilling.
Il am anxious to get on a match with
Tommy Ryan for the middle weight
championship of the world. Several clubs
are bidding for the contest, but the Yo-
semitic of San Francisco will probably be
the winner
or the coming fight between FYtz and
Gardner. O'Brien said: Gardner is a
good, game fellow. with youth and every
thing, but he lacks experience"
OBrien was enthusiastic over the work
of his trainer and assistant, Joe Hagan,
with whom he toured Ireland, Scotland
and England meeting all corners Hagan
won several battles.
'Hagan had a match on with Jack
Palmer" said O'Brien, but Palmer for
feited the stakes, $3.50. He didn't admire
his task when he heard that Hagan was
travelling with me. He thought that L
had brought over my brother and was
ringing him in, and that Hagan could
fight well as could
O'Brien returns with his pockets full of
keepsakes and souvenirs presented him
by English admirers. One sporting en-
thusiast gave him a pocket compass set
in polished coal, while James Loves, the
premier promoter of the world, who is
not addicted to reckless generosity, pre-
sented him with beautiful medal and
gold watch fob, bearing the inscription
Presented to Jack O'Brien. champion
middle-weight of the world by James
Loves, who admires him for his business
ability as well as for his great boxing
abilities
O'Brien has also delivered lectures on
Physical Culture" which caught the
English every time. His lectures were IL
Illustrated with stereopticon slides, while
the boxer himself gave illustrations of
his methods and system by posing
He combated the Sandow theory of
largely developed muscles and recon-
mended simpler exercises. He started
off by saying that in his opinion gained
by experience, walking and running gave
quickness. suppleness and fexfbility
greater than could be obtained by heay.
Ter exercise. He then quoted President
Roosevelt, who as a boy was pale and
sickly, as one of the finest examples of
had been secured principally by the
lighter open-air exercises. No one now
works harder than our President" he
said. The. reference to President Roose-
Welt always brought applause from the
English audiences. who agreed with me
in nearly all said
The Philadelphia fighter wants to fight
lenge him after Fitz has fought Gard
ner In fact. he will fight anybody but
Jeffries.