The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-13
MADDEN ID TRY
 HIS SKILL AGAIN As a Pug Manager BiIIy'S No
 SOuCh TO TRAIN SAILOR BURKE Believes Tar Coming Top Notcher Madden Started Sullivan and Con cluded Former Career With
 Gus Ruhland.
TO TRAIN SAILOR BURKE
By JEFF THOMPSON.

New York July 12.-It sounded good week ago to hear that Billy Madden had decided to hop back into the pugilistic limelght again, but at that time there were folks who fought MT. Madden dldn
 aean 1t when ie said it. Now, those people realized tieir folly, for Billy is on the job with boh feet, so to speak, and with his able assistance this coming fall and winter will see some hot bouts. The sood old days fu the fight fans are sure ly coming back with this revival in ths manly sport.
 Madden, as side kick, has signed Sailor Burke for IS months. This is d good bona fide piece of work and not d barroom agreenbnt. Sailor Burke has be- gun to get himsilf into trim for the work which is to ftow, and as his muscles get doped bacS to form Madden's eyes glisten with pleasure. Madden as a pug manager IS no spuch.
 Madden has the following to say about his new ventura in the managerial ven- ture:
 When l gave Gus Ruhln up two years ago l started Joking for a big likely fel- low. Other men have made fortunes out of the fight game by managing the right kind of a hghtd, and why should l not do so? The woik Is clean if handled so, and legitimate So why not? 1 came to New York a do.en times in search oi my man, but every tune l went home dis gusted. One night I met Tom sharkey up at his place in Fourteenth street, and he asked ne if I had ever seen the chap they call Sailor Burke. 1 told him l had not.
 Well, said Tom, the next time he ! boxes turn your lamps on his form and see if he doesft look good to you i T went down to Jim Buckley's club, at Ulmer park and watched the tar beat the life nearly out of an opponent, then l get busy. I thought Burke was the strongest midihipman I had ever seen with the dukes, and I got strong for him | at once. Now this IS not con talk but you can take it from me that there Is not a man of Burke's weight in this fa- vored land that can hand out a wallop with equal force and precision. If his left was as good as his right I would go after Ketchel and land a title at once"
 Madden has an idea that after he puts Burke up against a few clever fellows and teaches him the proper use of his south fin, that he will have a man on his hands to be proud of. Now, Madden | is historic character in the prize ring 1 He had John L. Sullivan when the big l fellow didn't know an uppercut from a | left-handed hook But John L. took to the game. and 1t wasn't long before he had them all looking like soiled two spots. Madden is going to get some fancy fighters to rub the rough off of Burke ] and put glim of polish over him. Per haps in time the bos' 'un's mate will be able to fend off the best of them.
 Charles Harvey, before sailing for Eng land posted S15O0 to insure his end of the match against Abe Attell. Jim Coffroth, the Colma promoter, made July 15 the time limit for the posting of the forfeit but as Harvey was anxious to get to the other side, he wasn't going to allow a mere bag-o' shells like fifteen hundred iron men interfere with his pleasure.
 Harvey Is a keen little scrapper and his friends say he Is going to get his share of the glim before he has to retire to the inevitable seclusion which comes tc all fighters in the course of time. He is abroad to see the Olympic games and tc pick up any spare pieces of change tha' might be loose. He carries a letter of introduction to many of the big sporting :cen, the nobility and even King Edward himself
 John Frayne can never rest content until he gets that opportunity to delivet couple of belts at his eminent fellow townsman, Dick Hyland. The two Frisco boys are hot in their chosen line, and a fight between them Is going to be a big drawing card. Friends of the fighters nave been buzzing around Jim Buckley for a long time to put them on, but Jeems seemed scary at first