Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23

wonderful health and strength When he
returned to Australia Joe Goddard really
bested him in eight rounds, though the
bout was called a draw. Shortly after
that mill Peter came back to America
and fought Jim Corbett a sixty-one round
draw. Then he went on the road under
the management OF Parson Davis and APP
peared in Uncle Toms Cabin with con-
siderable success. Jackson blew his coin
as fast as he made 1t, and finally, when the
was a physical and financial wreck, he
was knocked out in three rounds by JEFF
fries in 1895. That ended Peter Jackson's
ring career, and a year later he died
without a penny. He had earned probably
$25o,OO with his fists, but never thought OF
saving 1t.
Hall Always a Crook.
II often told Jem Hall in his palmy days
that If he would fight on the level he would
be the champion of the world, but Hall
would rather lie down for a guaranteed
sum than win. He knocked Fitzsimmons
out in Australia in 1890 and the Latter
turned the tables at New Orleans in 1898.
I've always thought that Hall laid down to
Fltz in the latter mill, as Hall was too
great a boxer to be caught so early in a
/ llBnt. BESIDES lneTc was some queer Del
ting done on the outside by a few of Halls
closest friends that looked mighty sus-
picious. Hall was really a wonderful boxer
and could easily outpoint any man in his
prime. or for that matter any of the pres
ent day heavyweights. Think of Hall be-
ing defeated by a scrapper like Billy Nc
Carthy and then whipping such great
fighters as Ted Prichard, F~itzsimmons,
Frank Slavin. Starlight Owen Sullivan,
Peter Boland and others in a few rounds.
These fights all go to show how much Hall
could be depended upon for an honest con-
test. He was the widest kind of a spend
thrift and blew in his coin in all sorts of
orgies. Today Jem Hall is a broken down
man in Chicago.
Young CRITICS Chance.
Another remarkable Australian boxer
who threw his life away in reckless dissi-
patton was Young Critic. Twenty years
ago he stood off all crackerjacks in the
featherweight class. He was a marvel at
cleverness and made a barrel of money.
But he had no head for business and was
easily swindled 1 remember how one of
his managers used to put all the ones and
twos in one high pile and stack the bills of
larger denominations in a smaller one,
Then he would say:
'Griff, which stack do you want
1.-The biggest of course was CRITICS
ever ready reply as he grabbed the bundle
of small bills, at the same time convinced
that he was getting the long end of the
deal. Then the poor fellow rushed out and
scattered the bills to the four winds.
Critic has been in great distress for a num-
Der of years. They say his mind is blank
and he has been locked up in the insane
asylum in Chicago several times.
Big Jeff is wealthy.
mo one can Justly say that Jeffries
has ever been a spendthrift, and still the
people who know him we'll say he has no
money 10 speak of. His farm, cafe and
boxing club at Los Angeles have eaton up
all the big coin he made in the ring, II Is
, said. Besides Jeff speculated in mines and
lost. That is the reason why the boiler
maker is now on the road getting $500 a
week for training for a prospective mill
with Johnson. Jeff says he's got all the
dough he needs, but If this is true why
does he have TO come back to public life?
-Four years ago jeff said he was tired OF
the stage and retired permanently. I
know he's very fond Of farm life, and II
; he was really on Easy street you can bet
he'd be out In California enjoying himself
under the trees or in the mountains hunt
ing game.
{ Jeff says he'll meet Johnson in about
$ a year or so. That all depends. II he
continuous to get 81, 800 a week for a couple
r of years the ring will hardly see the big
: fellow again.
= Kid McCOy's Coin.
There's no telling how much money Kid
Mccoy has blown in. He probably made
100000 in a ring career of ten years. Think
q of the fleet he's been up a-gainst-Tommy
Ryan, Jim Corbett, Tom Sharkey. Kid Car
ter, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, Joe Choyn-
d ski, Joe Goddard, Jem Hall, Gus Rubin,
g Mysterious Billy Smith. Jack Root, Jack
q Sullivan, Dick O'Brien, Dan Creedon, Jack
n Bonner and about fifty others.
Il wonder how much money Mccoy got
e for throwing that memorable fake fight 10
e Corbett in Madison Square Garden. There
a was a 1880 house that night and you can
d bet that Mccoy got a big slice Of it. In
addition TO fighting the nimble Kid had
been in all kinds of ventures, selling dia-
n monds, automobiles, wine and real estate.
g teaching physical culture. keeping a gin
mill, running a detective agency and so on.
r But when he went TO Paris not long age
d with Tod Sloan he had a very flat pocket
book.
Terrible Teddy Tight.
where are all the thousands that Terry
McGovern won by hard work in the prize
" ring? 1t was only a couple or years ago
that he had a big benefit in the Garden
that Melted $1,000. What did Terry do
= with all his big winnings when he was
featherweight champion? over in South
Brooklyn. where he was born, they call
/, him a tight wad' For example, one night
II after McGovern had won a $500 purse he
& entered q saloon near his home and met