The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19

Every young fellow Wno knocks about the boxing clubs thinks it's q a veteran sporting man as he chatted with several clubmen at the ringside of the National Athletic Club in New York last week. Some years ago I and fuii of ginger. end after spend- ing a lot of money across the bar to make myself solid with John l. Sulli- van I became his manager. Then It ing into my pockets in ten and twenty thousand stacks, but, let me tell you, 1t was the warmest six months or my life. and if I had remained Sullivanss have Been in my grave.
 "It took me just six months, how ever, to discover that the big fellow was managing me instead of me man conform to all his habits and ways of living, his manner of eating, drink ing, sleeping and conducting business. At the end of my experience l was mental and physical wreck, ana was obliged to spend couple of months at Hot Springs to- recover my normal salliysn was ,,;n yeFE hSs bisa about la isss. just before he got that severe At of sickness that put him out of bus mess for several months. Sunerins with gastric fever. he hoyered between ond attack everybody thought 1t was his finish: Did I make any money7 Well, I never really found out. l know we picked up pot or It 0a on got snt 1t, and faster. too. for we must nave nave borrowed a wagon load of the stun from all kinds of people who were stuck of John and wanted ,',5 t1 do S. nm Flat broke, and the next we would De nusn' buying wine ike Coal oil Johnny.
 ''sTo tell you the truth, the last three months was with John was ih 2 sort of champagne trance, for 1t was wine. wine wine, day and night. We never went to bod until or in the morning and Rever got up IHti neon. eors Then Ws SteTtsd ths vine gSisg 9sa1re ssere and kept at it until we could hold 10 more Well, 1t. cost some to keep tne ball rolling, but We certainiy mH9s some dough. because Suhlvan orsW @ pas DE, part I know that quit the job broke' and with the little bank roll 1 had De- fore I started out as Johns manager: How did Sullivan train for those knock -out shows of his?" askedsa lis-
 Why" replied the veteran sporting man. 'he never vas Tn conoittton to meet some fellow and try to knock him out in four rounds Sullivan generally iook a Turkish bath, a good rub down aho a clean shave. Then to Lne puDsrC so,,,ae ne times he went into the ring as full as a goat and got away with his man fusf the same Considering the life ne led John w. was ,otiS the mSIs HS he h"d Sp taken care of himself as he's doing today. his equal would never have been seen in the prize ring. e..,,,,
 a Sat little Theatrical man named Harris came to me in a Cincinnatdi hotel one day and told me that ne nao hooked Sullivan for a couple or weeks in vaudeville. He @ asked nw me z" Con hsnSie
 He has missed a couple of matt nees by being intoxicated ana I nave had to stand the loss said Harris 7rell me please. how I shall go about 1t to get control of him
 |" That's very simple, repeated Ds. eo with an important air. Iou must 1ut yo E0 th,nE you are afraid of him. Tell him he's a rum soak ed bluff and you won't stand for any more of his drunken capers.' ..uu .. that ebr remark ed the 1iftIe manager, as he turned pale. wei. you ought to know! Hes up on the sixth floor now. half stewed n bed. I'll go up and give him a a sun not A fool, and I'm out for the velvet" not (" .Yas nv all means, NIT. Harris. the soon1r +he better! Business is busi- nesET I replied as he disappeareI m the elevator. Then I took chair In the Sarkest corner of the sitting-room ana began to laugh over what would probably happen In Sulliyans room. Would it be comeoy or traeeuy' I didn't have to wal. tohg her tor Hsrris rushed out of the elevator like a man .hased by some wild animal. He look SA nervousiy around for me as he reached the bar aEsa 1ES Untii U5dgFee Se s%ai SU lowed a corking good drink and then with much gravity l asked hlm no" he had made out.
 Made out! he screamed, ms eyes hulRing and his lips quivering. Make ont? Why. came near losing my life. Was this a joke of yours on me?
 1T assured him was strictly on the level and asked him to explain wnat had happened. It was some time. how. ever before' he could calm down. and then he recited a very dramatic story of how he entered Johns room and found him in bed in glorious state. said he began with this sort of talk: You drunken bum. get UP and dress for your performance. or I'll beat the head off of you! A. out of bed. Then taking the little child he walked toward the window,
 .z,,,. TWhy. nLs yoa John; going sotea%e" te doT ~
 "T am going to throw you out oi the window. you little stiff! roared Sullivan. In his subcellar voice
 "'Great heavens. Johnr walled the little manager. Don't you know l was %
 "''A joke. chr growled Sullivan. as he threw Harris bodily into the hall, way. If you ever annoy me again when I am in bed I'll wiring your neck seer Ana Harris resigned the next
 aof course, all the star fighters are not 80 difficult to handle as Sullivan was in those gay and festive days There's Billy Madden sitting oveI there across the ring. He can tell you a whole lot about Sullivan and his gay doinEs. You know. Billy was Johns manager. trainer and chief second when the big fellow won the cham pionship from Paddy Ryan. fin 1882 Madden wears well for man who has had SO many fighters under his wing l in a quarter of a century. Lat me see