The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-05-26
O'BRIEN'S PLAN A FAILURE.
Quaker's Unique Method to Place Box
ing on Higher Plane.


There have been various methods
conceived 10 elevate sport. but the
unique plan devised by Jack O'Brien
the Philadelphia heavyweight boxer. is.
perhaps, without a parallel in this
country When Joseph F. Hagen-for
that is the name Of the loquacious pu-
gllist In private life-graduated from
the amateur ranks. his advent to the
professional arena was most pleasing to
sportmen. writes Bill Recap, the we'll
known referee With but a common
school education and an absorbent mind
he sought the better class Of folk, and
his career IN the ring was meteOric.
Being a student Of boxing, he soon
learned that IN the ring 1T was more
pleasant 10 give than to receive In
private life a grasping nature caused
him TO reverse the idea. With a rapidly
growing exchequer and one success
after another. the pinnacle Of fame
in the ring seemed almost within his
very touch. How he made complete
botch Of a llfes aspiration, how he
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needs every friend that can be corraIed.
and how he has disgraced himself
among all true spOrtsmen is now mat
ter Of history. II has been reverberated
from the Pacific 10 the Atlantic daily
since Wednesday. Each DAY adds a new
link 10 the chain Of O'Brien's unique
plan TO elevate sport
No one can deny O'Brien's cleverness
with the gloves. No one can find fault
with his business acumen. and no one
should condemn his earnest efforts 10
develop brain, polish what little educa-
ton he possessed. and better his stand
ing in the world For ali this he de-
serves applause But when a man Of
his caliber seeks TO attain title by
scurvy methods. a title which repre-
sents the acme Of physical strength
SIKH, strategy, and generalship, tie
courts the condemnation Of all fair
minded sports. and deserves #. too. The
shady contests" in which OBrien has
figured multiply daily, and by his own
! admission he has taken part in several
contests which were fixed. For his his
ring career should end. The promoter
or manager who signs either he OF
Burns for a match cOnfesses 20 The
public that he is IN sympathy with
such ilk and party to fraud.
/ such acts as O'Brlen's are uncommon
Z I'm the sport Of boxing. Thousands Of con
/ tests are decided In this country eacF
I year and scarcely / per cent are classed as
not on the square As a result, when &
man 81 the Philadelphian's ealiber deign'
/ 10 upset a tradition no language Is too
strong for his condemnation. O'Brien !.
/ accredited with having a tidy bank bal
/ ance. Is a real estate owner, and is re
ported as having a big interest IN Saf
/ Francisco hotel II he tries the sans
/ methods % elevate mercantile life as h'
did to elevate the ring his stay on tn
/ Coast may be enforced. and future page
| Of HIS work. individual Supremacy,
may be written or dictated In complet
/ privacy. SpOrtsmen who regarded o BTiei
t. Just a little higher than the ordinary rui
/ Of professional boxers cannot help bu
/ regret his fall. but since it was so care
. fully studied he is entitled 70 no sym
! PATTY.
/ Il paws % be on the level. John /. Sui
lvan. IN a puglistic way. is the best ex
/ ample Of that Although a defeated
champion. yet he is earning $500 per weel
/ reciting a monologue which teens Wit
| anecdotes Of his career. He Away
/ fought 10 win. and thousands flock 10 tn
different places Of amusement Throughout
the country 20 see and hear the big, un
polished diamond and pay tribute TO IN
/ man VINO never faxed fight who AWAY
fought to win. O'Brien cannot expect an
such future.