The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-04-13

pot Of money, and after he left the ring
got seated in parliament, and then
went in~for racing and some dickering
On the exchange. He began to drop
his cash AS if he was catching cold,
| and towards the end feared he was
going to die in the workhouse. A lot
Of his old pals, however, saved him
from that. and he died pauper ac-
tualiy. -
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Ned 'O'Baldwin. a splendid fighter,
| who gave Jem Mace a whole lot Of
! trouble to put away-come to think
of it, Jem never would meet him for
the worlds championship, after all
was shot in the back in New York by
loafer he had fed and taken care of
for years. 1t was the merest accident
that he didn't go to the potter's field.
He was absolutely stone broke. s...
Johnny Heenan went up with a rush
alter he beat Tom Sayres. and it
looked as if he was going to get all the
money, but he didn't. He opened q
gambling house on Broadway and went
down with a rapid rush. When they
came TO bury him they had to take up
a collection for him. He died out in
Greene River. Col. &>~ia
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 safe bet
that George drew in over a million at
one time or another, but how much of
it has he got now2-I've seen Tom
ORourke hand him =: ten-spot pretty
frequently, because he didn't have a
place to sleep, and I guess a whole LOT
OF others have: seen the same. With
George it WAS just the colored mans
love for hot living. He couldn't seem
TO make money stick to him anyway
I he got it. He bought everything in
sight and was Il good fellow all; IT,
time. I'm wondering right now, how
many OF The lads who used to live off
him are coming around now to hand
him five or ten to help him along.
cont think there's any need for a cop
+ To keep the line in order, or the crowd
in line for. that matter:
II Cont believe anybody ever figured
up Just how much John l.. Sullivan
made during his lifetime, and it's not
| doing John a wrong to mention that
he's no millionaire now He isn't and
that's all there is to it.
Remember Johnny Griffin the handi-
est little man with his fists that came
down the roadway in a long while?
Poor Johnny fell down a flight OF
stairs in New York and broke his neck
and they put him away without a cent
| to his name, though there was wo-
man who stuck to Johnny long after
he was destitute and out at elbows.
Whisky. did Johnny just as it's done
sooG many better men.
Poor old Jack Dempsey died with but
mighty little coin in his possession.
and he gave that to his wife, but he
made pile of it. "
Jake Kilrain made a lot of money in
his Gay, but where did it, go? The
heavens only know
|: CHARLEY Mitchell>''has Ills, but 1t was
Looked aoat,, for, for him by: his. wife's
family: You can 60 on down the; list
:, and you'll find, as rule, there's some
! thing wrong between the aNerag e
fighter and his money. They don't seem
10 hitch at all. I'm not pinnirgz any
medal; on Bob Fitzsimmons for an y
thing he's got, but he was brought up
in hard school and he. knows the
want of, a. few: dollars too-not I'D st
now, but hes has. Somehow it, seems
to- come; so easy: l. 3 suppose that it.
doesn't seem any great hardship to let
it 90 little easier, and Ito a man
! who's never been used to all the mon.
ely he could" handle, maybe it seems 4
little strange to have it so handy in
his pocket. and he let's go of it a
whole lot quicker than he ought to,
perhaps because he knows he can GO
out and gather up another bundle any
time he wants it-or thinks he can.
! wonder how many men have told
George Dixon to- call on them any
time he was little short I also WON
der just how many of. them were at
home when he did call. Mighty few,
guess: 1t sets Il chap thinking I cav
tell you when he looks back over the
buneh4of good ones who have gone be-
fore him and how they have ended up.
It's no cinch To keep money forf any
man, and perhaps the real reason is
that the sporting life takes money to
keep ones end UP I've spent quite a
bit in my time, but ! managed toIkeep
within the railing and that's saved me
from the gong many = time. Perhaps
its all mighty simple when it's figured
down. close, and a man begins to feel
that he's got them coming and that
they can't help from coming, int Il
don't believe mans the best judge Of
his own capacity at all times. You
know he doesn't feel the other fellow
coming up on +him-until it's too late;
and it's a pretty hard thing to have to
wake up and find the crowds shouting
for Tom, Dick or Harry instead, Of
yourself: -.