The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-25
CHEAP SPORTS
HURT PUG|[|sM
Doughnuts and Pie Make Poor
Training Diet for Embryo
Champions.
BILLY DELANEY DESCRIBES
CHARACTERISTICS OF PUGSl
Many Sportsmen Not Yet Salts
fled That Johnson Has Real
Claim on Title.
BY JEFF THOMPSON.


By Leased Wire TO The Tribune
NEW YORK, Sept. e4,-Men who In
terest themselves in pugiIism Of what they
call the legitimate kind. II the profession
can be said TO be legitimate. since 1t Is
under the ban of the law In this state.
argue that the business has received it's
hardest blows from a cheap class OF
sports. The latter they sag have brought
pugilism into discredit by employing boys
and half-trained fellows 10 give exhibi-
tions for the money there Is In 1t. 1t is
matter of proof that they have had
bouts between young fellows who work
during the day and had no chance t.,
train; boys who sell papers OFT the streets
is said there are fully 500 young so
! called pugilists in Greater New York An
old lawyer tells me- that few weeks
ago hc attended one Of these cheap bouts
ont pair, one of whom was an office
boy whom he employed. The youngster.
So1osIgp %no nIpgpearSd s, under e an assumed name
was knocked out in three rounds The
man who employed the lad says the boy
lived on doughtnuts and pie The casa
was not an isolated one.
Qualities Of Champions.
Billy Delaney. the weil-known trainer,
who. in a reminiscent mood few DAYS
ago, discussed some of the big fighters he
has known, and, sizing UP their qualities.
he said:
Physically. Jim JeffrIes was the best
and that was the weak spot In his life.
III HE ,n;sa mao az III the fighter could pick up. bdt
tality.
John L. Sullivan was of the old school.
Those two things were Sullivan's best
.asset-his grit and hitting power hut
pitted against the men of today he would
be outclessed, He was the best of h,si
time, and although he violated the rules
oi training he was wonderful man.
Schooled in modern methods he would
have proven invlncible.
Jim Corbett was The fastest man ever
trained. and, bar Johnson, the only fin-
lshed boxer the heavyweight class has
Jim lacked hitting power. He'd he the
punch OF Fjtzsimmons or Sullivan he
would have been the peer OF all the fight
Bob Fitzsimmons was a wonder. How
he could hit and what a game man he
was He was the best mjddIeweight who
ever lived. lie was too small TO beat
ever lived.
Joe Choynski and Kid Mccoy were
light heavyweishts. too big to be mid
champions In the class above Mccoy
was a cunning fighter one of the best
but too light: Choynski was 50 good
that he beat johnson.
"The great bulldog Of the game was
Tom Sharkey He was not afraid OF
thing that lived, and he was as strong as
bear
johnson Is fast clever. and never let
any one tell YOU that he cannot hit There
Is no situation In the rlns Johnson Is nor
master OF. and he has, with care. several
are over"
Not Yet Satisfied.
Fighting men. that Is the men who do
the real slugging. look upon johnson as
the champion of the world as they call
him. Unquestonably he defeated JEFF
ries and deserves all the credit or honor.
or glory that goes with victory In a
prize ring. but there Is a large number
ously question whether or not a. contest
such as that in which the black boxer
and Jeffries figured can be said to def
nitely settle the question OF champion
ship or the world or any part of II.
Some years ago Sullivan and Corbett
fought for the o-called championship.
The Boston Boy had been a famous
fighter. lie had been monarch OF all he
the Ramut OF pleasure He was OH the
downward run when he met Corbett, who
was vigorous, active, and In the prime
OF young manhood
The older man and fast breaking down
as lighter was whipped by the younger
man. 1t was not real test Of superior
ity any more than would a race between
n great rsnc horse end brewery horse
be n test OF 0eetness.
So with the case OF Jeffries and John
son. The white man had had his day,
and retired To grow lazy. fat and fond of
easy going. johnson, on the other hand
was younger fond Of the game and in
splendid condition. In word, he WAS
engaged actively in business which
Jeffries had given up and almost forgot
ten years before: ono was man up to
date. the other u has been. This is not
said 20 JeffricS's discredit. for he. like
all other mon. grow older every day: he
could not be Young fellow always.
Inmatcd, the two men met. and the old
nr. fatter and less III man was defeated
by the lcaner, more active and more At
man, Who in this instance was Johnson
now so-Called champion. No other re-
suit was possible.
In the course OF a few years. when
Johnson has seen his best days, some &C.
i've young fellow Will come along and
bctt gave sullivan. Then people inter-
ested In the ring win speak Of his as
poor old Johnson and tell people how
n his prime he once whipped Jim Jeff-
lies.
After the situation Is sized up. lovers
,r pugilism Will have To concede that the
black boxer drew lttle slory out Of the
contest ard that his white rival need
lot be ashamed.
This can be said without detractlng in
ho least from Johnson's reputation or
cnceded ability In his line.
II has been suggested that what ia
ermed the championship will never be
dirlv decided until Johnson and n man
IL his class are pitted against each other
m equal terms.
Munroe Getting Rich.
lack Munroe, writing from q mining
wilderness, saws he Is getting
o much gold he doesn't know what TO
% with IL.
Munroe didn't make much money at
Re lighting game. but his nerve vss
light, even IL llc was no champion Few
nen who follow fIsticufts caro- To Jump
nto the Wilderness and rough Il with
he toughest. dare the Arctic winters and
ve alone for months
That's what Munroe did. After being
eaten by Jeffries he became less >
rswing card. When he suopped to think
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