The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-06-29
FARMvILLE, VA. FRIDAY, JUNE %, 1906

was snot I'm The back IN New York by
l0afer be had fed and taken care OF
for years. It was the merest accident
that he didn't go to the potter's field.
Tie was absolutely stone broke.
Johnny Heenan went mp with a rush
after De beat Tom sayres. and It
looked as IF he was going 10 get all the
money. but DE didn't lie opened a
gambling house Oh Broadway and went
down with a rapid rush. When they
came 10 bury him they had 10 take up
q collection for him. lie died out in
Greene River Col
OF course there are a whole lot OF
good men of to-day who have managed
TO keep a little of their money, but
look al George Dixon. It's a safe bet
that George drew in over a million at
one time OF another but how much Of
it has be got now? I've seen Tom
ORourke hand him a ten-spot pretty
frequently. because DE didn't have
place to sleep and guess a whole LOT
of others have seen the same With
George it was iust The colored mans
love for hot living He couldn't seem
t0 make money stick TO him anyway
nc got it He bought everything in
sight and was a good fellow all the
time. I'm wondering right now, how
many of The lads who used to live Off
aim are coming around now 10 hand
him j five or ten TO help him along. I
DON'T think there's any need for a cop
io keep The line in order or the crowd
in line for that matter
cont believe anybody ever figured
up Just how much John L. Sullivan
made during bis lifetime and it's not
doing John O wrong 10 mention that
he's mo- millionaire now Tie isn't and
mats an there is TO &C.
Remember Johnny Griffin. the handi-
est little man with bis fists that came
down The roadway I'm a long while?
Poor Johnny fen down a flight OF
stairs in New York and broke his neck
and they put him away without a cent
fo bis name. though there was a wo-
man who stuck 20 Johnny long after
Do was destitute and ont at elbows
Whisky did Johnny Just as It's done
O good many better men.
Poor ola Jack Dempsey died with but
mighty little coin in his possession.
and he gave that 20 his wife. but he
made a pile of &c.
Jake Kiirain made q Dot Of money in
his Gay. but whore did it go? Tho
heavens only know
Charley Mitchell has his. but it was
looked ont for for him by his wifes
family. Y0u can go on down the list
and youll find. as a rule. there's some
thing wrong between the average
fighter and his money. They don't seem
to hitch az an l'm not pinning any
medals on Bob Fitzsimmons for any
thing he's got hut De was brought up
10 a hard school and he knows the
want of a few dollars tOo-nOt just
now. but be- has, Somehow 70 seems
t0 come so easy ! suppose that It
doesn't seem any great hardship to let
it go a little easier and 90 a man
who's never been used 10 all the mon
ey hc could handle maybe it seems a
ule strange 90 have it so handy in
his pocket. and De let's go of. It
whole lot quicker than he ought 10,
perhaps because DE knows he can so
ont and gather mp another bundle any
time he wants it-or thinks he can.
! wonder how many men have tod
George Dixon 20 call on them any
time DE was little short. ] also Won
dor just how many Of them were at
home when he did call Mighty few,
I guess. 10 sets a chap thinking I can
tcI you when De looks back over the
bunch of good ones who have gone be-
fore him and how they have ended mp.
Irs no cinch 90 keep money for any
man. and perhaps the real reason is
That the sporting life takes money to
keen ones end mp. I've spent quite a
iit I'm my time. hnt 7 managed 10 keep
within the railing and that's saved me
from the gong many a time. Perhaps
IT'S an mighty simple when it's figured
down close. and a man begins TO feel
that he's got them coming and that
.hey can't help from coming but l
dont believe q mans the best Judge Of
his own capacity at an times. You
know he doesn't feel the other fellow
coming mp ON him-unil it's too late,
and it's q pretty hard thing 70 have 10
wake mp and find the crowds shouting
for Tom. Dick or Harry instead OF
yourself
IT'S a fact though. that most boxers .
die poor. and If there's any real reason |
why they shouli-from a psychological |
roint of vIew-Td like to know what /
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