The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-20

lenses. has a highly developed imam.
state In his odd moments.
Tommy Burns. who showed up
O'Brien. was once a lowly swasher
in a saloon. II I nave not been misin-
formed. He is now a ha~berdasher.
pausing in his .haberdashery w and
anon to hammer out a few press mo-
tees for Tommy Burns.
Ledoux. who has alighted on these
shores in quest of the .bantamweight
Unholz is another to graduate from
the grub garage into the ring. Ruddy
learned to cook down in South Africa.
where the zebra; steak flourisheth.
LAngford Worked as Porter.
Sam Langford was q porter in Joe
Woodman's Boston club when he was
given his first match.
Like Robert F1tzsimmons, Young
McGovern and Jimmy Gibiin. who
some time since vanished from the
ken Of local fight followers. were
Frankie Sullivan and Kid Dalton are
earning an honest living as telephone
linesmen.
frankie Gage. whose manager.
Charley O'Connor, has q sweeping
and perpetual challenge hanging out
for all lightweights. was an automo-
bile spring maker before donhing the
gloves.
|. Abe Attell didn't do anything worth
mentioning in early youth: Hi father
is a. pawnbroker, and 1t is said that
Abe now has an interest in the FAM
lily three-ball emporium. One of the
biggest money-makers Of the ring. 1t
Is mo- believed that Abe has a vast
amount on, hand at the present time.
Freddie Welsh is a machinist by
trade. Upon his retirement he ex-
poets to lend a helping hand to worm
put and fraxzled business men by
starting a s%anitarium and health .arm
similar to that conducted by William
Muldoon.
Several retired. champions are still
alive and prospecting in varying de-
grees.
=. Jefries is We'll Heeled.
y. James ]. Jeflries has experienced
no trouble in shooting the wolf from
the front door. Jim is sole owner
Of several. large slices Of Los Angeles
city and county. and has a place on
Spring street equipped with a battery
and half the night. Jim lives we'll.
spends a lot. and gives away consider
able money to worthy charities Of
which the public does not know. He
is undoubtedly the most prosperous
Of the retired champions. He 10 said
to have an income in excess Of $685.
900 a year. Had Jim not taken to the
gloves he probably would still be do
ing hard labor as a tank builder.
Jim Corbett, whom boxing convert
ed from a bank clerk into the heavy
mean ability. Corbett saved but little
from his ring earnings. but is fairly
we'll fixed. His income from he stage
forms the foundation Of his present
prosperity.
John l.. Sullivan earned and squan-
dered more than 100000 in his ring
days. He was practically "broke"
when he quit the game. But. like Cor
bett. the stage saved him, and he IL
earned a lot of money as a monologist.
and invested 1t in a farm near Boston.
FItzsimmons has little tt show for
his long line Of battles both as mid
dleweight and heavyweight cham
pion, except a farm in New Jersey.
Bob never was a great financial ge-
MUS. He was beaten. out Of his two
best purses-the $4,000 roll suppos-
ed to have been hung up for his fight
with Dempsey. and the $4,000 purse
for his fight with Sharkey. which was
1 kIfeII " ItC ! va GiA dhASoS oASs
Tom Sharkey, realized the value. Of
money. He can squeeze dollars until
the eagle bird turns black in the face.
according to common report. His
friends. however. say that Toms thrift
has been exaggerated. Tom is plan
ming to dispose Of his saloon in New
York. and settle In southern Califor-
MIA. THE. saloon business in New
York is a thing Of the past" writes
| ct. 81, o,. Ia q HhlaP,il latter IN a fSfaNN
in this city. According. to the latest
returns however, New York 10 not in
Imminent. danger of dying from thirst.
Bat Nelson evidently believing that
he had no chance to inherit the earth
started. in to buy 1t outright. He sue
ceeded to the extent Of becoming
land poor" which Is not a form Of
poverty that calls for sympathy or
charity.