The evening world., 1911-01-23
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None Of the Champion or Near
Champion Fighters Nova
days on Speaking Terms
With Demon Rum.

ospynsht, 1911. BY The rres Publishing On
,5!1 CThe New York World.
a"HEsE are tough days for the
Demon Rum. / remember when
. ring champion who didn't spend
all Of his winnings buying booze was
called . tiGhtwad and ouldn even
trsaA on the coattans OF popularity.
eeAa L. sullivan. who went on . bender
and threw hundred-doliar bills around
aftsr every hsht. was the hero OF his
/ n day. n other fighters tried to be like
o hin.
Now Il IL all different. The tighter
who drinks IL regarded as a prospective
-sbum." and the only fighter who has
I : De respect OF the public is the fellow
wa takes care Of his money. dresses
asatiy n would rather take a Jolt on
4 the chin than put one down his throat.
u Look At all Of tho champions and
J ssas-ohampions In every class. Jimmy
Carroll. cleverest Of all the paper
:. WoaghtA." never drinks Q drop and never
umckss. Frankie Burns. who seems TO
--have the best claim on the American
SstantamwetGht title. and Johnny Coulon.
Z bower knew taste OF the liquor. Both
I bovo began early to W. their money
I. ~ help their folks along, Every one
tGDscts them for II.
=, Among the l~ightweights Knockout
Il Brown. Tommy Murphy and Packey
9. i11aGariand never touched a drink of
~ liquor. or smoked. All OF these
bovs have been industrious and saving.
.aand to-day they are independent and
y iWould have . good start In life even II
; scsAsy gave up fighting. They certainly
: ,scArs popular. wen II they never tried the
: John L. stunt. John L.. by the way.
s.tAsn't taken . drink In several years.
sHc ~ = more popular than In the old
Z" 1Ass. when he was seldom seen sober.
Battling Nelson has always side-
OtGoSo1 ~ dfSstoa.ion. and the defeat
thaA followed years 81 honest Ishtias
hA0't robbed him Of pusllc este am.
NE the Ams through all classes =
~ boxers VINO ais always clean liv-
~ and clean minded are iooksl up 10
- The public. II II the same with ath.
q ieeee Of all kinds. People used to say
NOe ~ drinking athlete: Hes a won
m deg1 he oan 20 out soused and beat
~ the other fellows sober" o they
efoeeys "Hs's . fool: he'll be a dead n
msn half ~ good a. he 10 now
werk NJ to the top"
s. I'M DRIscoLL IL not a kicker or a
No letter writer. So the following
letter, sem to Charlie Harvey by
ir Dim after his night with Welsh. will
s4tsrest every one who had the good
kT .kortuns to zee Drscoll when he was
so.la Amsncs:
Dear Charlie:
Jun . few tines hoping to md you
e11 ~ In the very best of health
- Il leaves me at present. Now.
Charlie. IN regard to hat hght with
X0nAAfA waAh 4 Naunnt thtnL v,hn
ssnk thai report to the American
paperU unleas II was that old fox
Coryei. you know that white haired
oh fellow who wrNe all his paper
stories Tor him. for is sure as ] am
AZ . nvtnG boy. Charlie. I was beating
him bad when Bettinson disqualified
NJ. H was doing everything that
Wa eoul. Myself and seconds were
- APpo09aS every round about his head
OF. ed shoulder work. Also his hitting
W4lA he heel OF las glove. but Bet
t1nSoa would not see HIM doing It
CS. waA . masnlfyins giass. He was
otetAng me with his shoulders and
yut . bump on my forehead very
or. Aeas - big ~ an egg with his head.
~ @owd was hooting him all
c.. tarousA The. night.
Utom the seventh round until the
fn1Gb I was walking into him with
&C. oupunity and driving him all around
- boh0 hAAt III IL uD
and was Q lot the stronger and
faster. When ! got my head under
Us. him Il was not n butt. He wanted
W. % set his head under mine, ana I
- went down with him and got mine
or under tbs and pushed his back aud
was punching his face with both ,
Ne' hands. He had his hands under my
asunp1ts and kept backing and pulling
40 - With him. OF course Il looked as
Wa boring then. He Is a clever
4e11pw. % NJ. Welsh. but ! am con-
v1Deed h u Q coward n I con-
veneed - per cent. OF the people who
~ b hSht that he Is too. Bet
.s-sr tnDou admitted mex day that I
s1,.. Vooh have won In another two or
-. tAroo rounds. but my honest opinion
NV" = that I would not have won n had
Knocked him out. which ! looked like
osens any round from the seventh on,
A. said before, ! was the
stronger. faster, and was punching
Gx times as hard as he was, as II
you ever see the pictures you Will
zee for yourself.
Now. Charlie. IL Moran ever hghts
h1m ] viii go broke on Moran win
uing, especially II he hits him on
vsa1 size and had him hiding It like
- ~ All the people around Wales
W thought he could not get licked
9 haee altered their opinion.
an matched to night Robson on
- ~ nth. n feel sure ! will lick
- u they give me fair play. I
cfs ~ 20 have an operation performed
- the side OF my head above the
IL e1s nine days before the fight to get
~ abscess away. so YOU SEE | had
bad luck In training, Only for that
II honestly believe | would have bea;
him down before the tenth, !, II a
k''A big thing to say, but the way was
going At the hrish and TIE way he
IN makes me say II. Heaps %
ether people say II l set abou, him
N the arst as ! did In the eighth. he
Nyu1 not have gone six rounds.
~ cid pal. I think ] have told
- au about the light.
ss1s.s yeu an Q . Wish