Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-28
BOXING ENJOYING
 ' '' RARE PROSPERITY
Recent Bout of Jimmie Driscoll With Abe Attell Is Evidence of That Fact-The Squared Circle Gain ing Popularity-What Some Of the Purses Have Amounted to-Classy Fighters and the Cleverness of Some of Them.

proof that boxing is enjoying q rare era of prosperity in the East, espe- cially in New York, Boston and Phiia- is evidenced by the remark ably successful career of Jem Dris- coll who sailed for his homo ill Wales the day after the Attell bout. Successful not only in fighting sense but also In financial way. From the time he shook hands with Matty Baldwin in his initial American bout until the bell rang calling him to the center with Attell, just three months and six days elapsed. Dur ing that period he engaged in ten bouts, winning all of them on points and incidentally, gathering in more money for the same time than any little fellow who ever came from the other side. He hung up two records at the one time. The fans in this action of the country are discrim- mating set but if you give them the goods, they will patronize your shows iiberally and pay fancy prices. They know what they want and have the change to settle. They knew that every time Driscoll was carded to box they would get a run for their money His first contest proved that he was a past master of the game and willing in all the word implies. Hence the crowds that turned out to sec him. The better class of sportsmen, men in the higher walks of life. His gen tlemanly manners and clean way ot boxing made many friends for him and 1t may truthfully be said that his advent in this country was great boon to the sport Ill general.
 Boxing Gaining Popularity.
 Ordinarily, it is just as we'll not to print figures when referring to a boxers earnings In the ring They are calculated to arouse the jealousy, or, perchance the cupidity of those who are not we'll disposed toward the popular, healthful sport. Then again the matchmakers and club managers prefer that they be omitted because it is private business and one can scarcely blame them for not wanting their personal affairs paraded and Haunted i'll the faces of an inquisitive public However, there are times when this rule should not be ire yocable-extenuatin circumstances az the attorneys for tho defendants put it. This is one of them When there is an object lesson to teach, q lesson that Is significant in that It teaches that mild hammered, gentle manly little chap can come to these shores a total stranger, and in three short months make a snug fortune, tas fortunes go In Wales. one may well afford to overlook the ethics of sport dom and brave the ire of the powers that be- Not forgetting that, at the same time, it speaks volumes for the clean, honest way the thletic clubs of today are conducted and adds fur ther proof that boxing instead Of be- ing on the wane, is becoming more popular each day and has the support of many of the best people In this broad land.
 DriScolIs Earnings.
 During the three mouths Driscoll was boxing in this country, he col lected more than Si7,000 i'll purses. Remarkable when it is remembered that in England and the provinces, l boxer is lucky to pick up twenty dol Jars week, year in and year onI As Owen Moran said; "On the other side a boy doesn't have the oR3ar- tuuity to take part in many re&1fa' contests because there are so few pleaces where you can get any b's money. In between times you are obliged to box in the booths ana many of them pay as little 4as ten dollars week in American money. know they were paying me, four pounds d week and I had to box many touEE boys; sometimes as many as half a dozen in a day. America is a grand country for a boxer and you not only get the money, but you are treatei like a gentleman. All you have to do is to behave yourself and if you can make good with the gloves, you get the money and fair play. scarcely believed 1t possible before l came over that little chap could get so much as & thousand pounds for a single nights work but now know it's a fact. Marvellous. truly marvellous"
 What Clubs Netted Him.
 These are exact amounts Driscol,
 received in his ten bouts in this country in the order they took place