Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-18
WHERE FORMER
PUGILISTS IRE.
Interesting Facts About Once
Great Fighters Now in
Retirement.
MAJORITY HAVE TO LABOR,
MANY of Them Have Made and stu
Make Money the Nor
gan OF Pugs.

"Thc average life OF pugilist 100 the
lImeHght does not run more than four
an Eve years remarked man who
should know az a gathering u SPORT
ng men He spends a couple OF years
either as au amateur or in hghting
rrclmiuaries. Then he graduates into
The maln-bout class. and II he is young
and takes good care Of himself he can
70 about FIVE years-say past the a
mark. he cannot hope to last more than
four years. and sometimes not this long.
Occasionally II he is OF an iron consti-
tuition he can 90 the pace for six or
seven years
The topic opens up lire Of interest,"
Ina facts about fighters who have
spread their fame all over the world,
and then dropped back into pugilistic
oblivion. Some names of course, VIII
live forever, IN the annals OF the ring.
Men Ike Jeffries, John l.. Sullivan,
Charley Mitchell. Jim Corbett KID Nc.
Gov Kid IaWgne. Joe Walcott. Terry
lMcG0yern. Young Corbett, George Dix
OF. Cans and Battling Nelson will have
their deeds IN the ring handed down
FOR generations. an. II Is doubtful "
they will ever cease % be a topic Of
pugilistic conversation.
But there are others-thc rank and
file OF the profession OF hard knocks
who flashed into fame. held the breath
Of the public for time. and then Drop
ped back out 0f sight. These men are
the near champiOns-great trial horses,
always contenders. but M all times just
below the shade that made champions
ship calibcr
Looking backward the list OF famous
names iu the ring Is a long one but
there are not half a dozen Of the men
who once drew the plaudits OF the crowd
who are still remembered. People say.
He was great fighter Wonder
where he is now"
WHERE THE BIG FELLOWS ARE.
Well here is list OF the occupa-
tions az the present time Of the men
who have entertained thousands while
taxing hard knocks themselves.
jim Corbett is am actor, and better
than the average one lie draws good
money and will always be "A magnet
"The man who whipped John l. is his
pr0udest boast go fame. and the face
that be- was champion Of the world does
not bear 50 much weight with the ay-
crago citizen AS does the knowledge
that Il was the slender young Califor-
nian who laid low the great man from
Boston.
Corbett. however. has OstraclZed him.
self from the pugilistic profession, and
has caused u tO be- scattered abroad
that he is satisfied TO tread the boards
and do il without his old-time ring
friends being out in front.
John L. sullivan has had various ex-
pericnces since Corhctt took the cham
uionshlp from him. For year he nurs.
ed a broken heart. Then he went out
with Paddy Ryan. doing a four-round
exhibition with the Wicklow Post
man." an Irish play in which Eugene
ORourke starred Then Ryan died
and John l.. took TO the simon Legree
part IN an "Tncc Toms Cabin show.
Later he organized his own company
and was stranded boz Michigan, Missouri
and several other states. lie hnalN
wound up in vaudeville, and then took
no managing fighters himself His hrei
experience with Jim Mccormick taught
him that the present day champions are
for ahead of the boys N the olde1
time.
ln Billy Consldlues Detroit place one