Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-14
JOHNSON WON'T HOLD
TITLE VERY LONG
Billy Madden Predicts Champion
Fighters Downfall Within
Two Years.
SAYS PACE WILL
TELL ON ANY ATHLETE
Regular Living Essential for a Man
Who Has a Title to Defend.
Opposition to Fights.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
PHILADELPHIA, August 15.-Billy
Madden. the old-time fighter and man
ager of boxers. himself in his time one
Of the cleverest lightweights in the
world announces il his opinion that
two years will about see the finish OF
Jack Johnson AS the heavyweight
champion of the world. Madden can be
credited with bringing out more good.
big boxers than any man in ring his
tory barring Billy Delaney. Among
the men he discovered and developed
were John l.. Sullivan. Charley
Mitchell. Peter Maher, Gus Rubin,
Denver Ed Martin and several others.
u was Madden who first saw the merit
Of Johnson as a fighter. which he be-
came wise to when he matched Ed
Martin against the Texan black several
years ago. Madden thought he had
champion in Martin. who was a clever
and hard-h hitting two-handed fighter,
but when he stacked him up against
johnson he soon discovered that he
had another guess coming.
After that contest Madden. who had
obtained a good line on Jeffries, made
the statement more than once that II
me: IN the ring Johnson would win. and
he stuck to his ground ever since. and
lad the pleasure of winning consid
cradle sum Of money backing his opin-
ion against the New York admirers of
Jefrries when the Beno fight was
brought about. According to Madden'S
idea now. Johnson can't last at the
mace he is going. Billy says that the
hig black is living too fast for an
N@A> nf bic Nr.f Of 1fN--
ing which Johnson is indulging in now
Is making him fat. an effect which is
sure to test the vitality Of any man.
more especially a fighter. Two years
Of such a life will be long time and
when at the end of that period Johnson
attempts to get himself into shane TO
fight some husky young fellow with a
1ot of vitality and recuDerative powers
he viii find tina he will he in the same
class as Jim Jefries-"the can't come
hack class" 1t does not necessa rily
take drink to sap the VITALITY Of
fighter. Irregular living, loss of sleep,
lack of regular exercise will do the
work. and those who follow boxing are
likely to see Madden's prediction veri
fed in the case of Johnson.
Oppose Fight Game
In recent wears there has grown up in
various sections of the country q class OF
men and women who seem TO have the
idea that in order to do away with any
thing that does not please them. all that
n necessary for them to do is to have a
law passed against it. 1t is just possible
that some Of these days We will find that
when il IS too wet the dry folks will have
q law passed against the rain. and when
they are too hot or too cold the legisla-
ture will be asked TO pass laws regu-
lating the temperature. Laws against
boxing have been passed in many states,
h,rf no hr
strongest sway the followers of the sport
enjoy ii whenever they feel SO inclined.
The strictest laws possible TO draw up
a~ainst boxing were passed in New York
Their real purpose was not to stop the
snort as much as to keep the friends of
the democratic politicians in that city
from making money through glove con-
tests. but there is more boxing in that
on boxing in Philadelphia a few years
hack the lovers of the sport did not stop
having contests. not the East Any time
two men wanted to test their boxing
abilities Il was the easiest thing in the
world to pull off contest. right in the
heart of the city and In broad daylight.
and there were always enough sporting
men interested in such matters 10 make
II worth while, from financial point OF
view. for the boxers to exert themselves
10 the limit. One time a wealthy Dust
ness man of this city. residing in big
house OF Chestnut street west OF Broad
was anxious To entertain his friends win
a little sport out Of the ordinary. and he
invited them around one evening to see
an exhibition OF art which he had ar
ranged. Those who responded to the IN
vitafion were entertained with one of the
hardest glove fights ever seen in TINS city
II lasted eight rounds. and ended in one
OF the men being knocked out. The guests
q. the rich man were we'll pleased with
the entertainment, which took mace IN
the large dining room of the mansion. and
Is the boxers got close to a thousand
dollars for their work they had no kick
coming