The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-12
BUSINESS NOW RULES
WITH PRIZE FIGHTERS
Boys Pay More Attention to Saving Money Than
to Fizzy Water and White Lights-Many
Now Worth Large Fortunes

ers would be extended to the limit. It's
the day Of the clever boxer rather
than the slugger now. or the situation
would DC changed greatly. don't
think am very wrong in SAYING that
no championship should be settled I'M
less over tho longer limit distance.
For then the boy with the stamina
Tould have more than look in.
Going back to the old days There
were many hard battles fought, but
for a real tough struggle the affair
between Mike leonard and Harry
Lemon. fought at Buffalo, was the
real bearcat. During the first five
rounds Lemon cut Leonard to ribbons
7 was behind Leonard with Jack Han
ley, and at the end OF the nth told
HaHley that If Leonard lasted one
more round | was craSy-and I was
crazy.
In the next five rounds Leonard
Kept hitting the floor SO often that It
was Impossible to Keep count. / wanted
MIN TO stop. but he refused. Well. for
nfteen more rounds he took a beating
that would have killed many another
man, and was on his feet at the finish
or the twenty-fifth round A rev
months later Leonard met Lemon and
Hnocked him out In fifteen rounds
I.aNisnc-Erernrd Fight.
Another battle that was real hum
mer was when Kid Lavigne met Jack
Everard at the Bohemian Club In this
clty Jha' this was looked upon as
hstic treat was plainly evident.
when the admission fee was $50. And
Il was worth the price. For twenty
Tour rounds 1t was nip and tuck.
LaYfgne had the science, witch saved
.lim many times from getting one Of
Everard's pile-driving swings. In the
twenty-fifth Lavigne saw his oppor-
tunity and dropped Everard for tho
count OF nine. Immediately afterward
ne sent Everard down twice more The
last time Everard could not get up. H
Another character that is missing in
the list of today is Spike" Sullivan.
Spike" was real fighter He could
take punishment without losing the
strength Of his wallop. For twent two
rounds Dial Hawkins made punching
bag Of Spike" only to succumb to
the iatter.s right in the twenty-third
period. ! forgot to mention that
Spike" was hoy that never wasted
a nickel. ! went to England with
Spike" and on the other side he
st to VIII Curley on points In a
twenty-five round affair. And It was
only through leaving Spikes quar-
tors that | lost. for the change OF
framing methods cost me the decision
"CooIer" Is Sent to "Cooler."
While over on the other side was
lucky enough TO witness the sensa-
tional fight between Dick OBrien and
the Coffee Cooler" The "Cooler'' was
supposed to be invincible in Great
Britain, and the night OF this baltic
was to 5 favoritc. Only a few
smart Amelcans who had seen O'Brien
work were IN on the cleanup, and they
gwon fortune. as O'Brien knocked the
Cooler" cold In five rounds. The
feature that night was that the club
managers erected a small select stand
Tor Lord Burton and a few bloods
and told them what sure thing the
Cooler" was. These high-Ai never
stopped betting. and when the Cooler"
laid flat on the canvas they were f3 900
poorer. And they say Lord Burton
forsook fights forever after that upset
Even when one thinks of the old
days, one must cor fess that the present
times are better for the fighter and
the sport, for the heatiliners of to-
Gay stick until they arc through, and
then retire instead OF going and try
ing to live on the past as the old
timers did. Instead Of the sport fol-
lowers side-steppIng tho downfalIen
champion as they did In past years.
they are willing to meet him now, for
he is not out trying to panhandle. It's
all in lifetime, and I am glad to
sec the change.