The evening world., 1912-05-11

the old-timers fought for. Charlie
Mitchell fought Jack Burke at Ascot
race track for the championship OF
England. The fight lasted an hour
and seventeen minutes. The stake
was $3.50 . side. Jack McAuliffo
fought seventeen desperate rounds
with Jack Hopper. sktn.tight gloves.
for a purse Of 5000. The great John
l.. Sullivan, early In his fghtipg
lis sporting resort here In New York.
when Sullivan got $3.50 for knocking
on barge UP the Hudson. he showed
tide. This was back In 1881.
, II that OF the gas company in his home
, town. Chicago. IN which he hes invested
about 10000
Ad wolgast has a lot OF money Ad
| Hikes to blow n little now and them. but
he Is a genuine farmer. ana doesn't like
| to let the price OF a good horse or COW
60 all In one lump.
Terry McGovern had over 100000 once
Whom Terry lost his balance temporarily
the bookmakers took advantage OF his
plight and practically stole forty or
nifty thousand from him IN q few weeks
They let Terry bet ION tho finger"
When he lost they collected. Whsn no
won they said they hadn't seen his sig
nal. or that they knew he was on and
no hadn't accepted his bets II was a
simple method. Sam Harris stopped II
finally by going to the bookies and
threatening TO expose them to the news
papers n they took Tcrrys wagers, and
by making Terry hand over control OF
what money he had left. To-day Terry
IL fairly well fixed. lie owns property
that will keep him the rest OF his life.
PENNY BRITT 10 a wealthy hshtsr.
ITe invested his money ~ fast 40
J he could got It. ana now owns ut
least a block OF San Francisco apart
ment houses. Tom Sharkey has been
a easy fellow with his coin. Thomas
doesn't draw any big checks for exhita.
ton purposes. but he could 10 he wanted
to. Gus Rubin. who died recently, len
his widow q comfortable fortune. Fits
simmons lost over $500. 900 In Wall street
when he was champion. lie had
'friends' down there who gave him
'tpf" and Fitz was trusting sort of
fellow when not playing his own
game To-day he has Q big. finS farm
at Dunellen. paid for. and not muoh
else
Champion Jack johnson 10 some hing
OF spender. but not nearly no lavish
with his money as some people think.
Lawyers have trimmed tho edges of
jacks bank roll pretty successfully. for
he's always In court and trouble Of
some sort. He throws away a few
thousands on racing cars. But he
makes money easily. and up to date his
Income has run steadily beyond his ex-
pendftures. ! imagine johnson wouldn't
have much trouble In raising 100000
Jack Munroe has been q money -maksr
since he stopped racing. He's Mayor
Of Elk City up In tho Cobalt rcGton,
and writes that he expects to sell out
his mines In couple OF ysArs more ana
20 10 Paris with million or 90 Mum
roe has a laundering for Paris.
TrMMY BURNS was a great
money-maker. On his European
and Australian trip. when cham.
pion OF the world. he made a fortune.
every fxht he had was a gold mine
foi him, for he did some heavy betting
until the affair with johnson cam.
aiong. On that one occasion he was
satisfied with his END OF the purse. for
tunately for him. and that amounted
to 10000 Burns is In business At Cal.
gary. up In Alberta. He Is worth cas-
lily couple of hundred thousand. In
spite OF that, he Is now training hard
again and living In hope OF gettinx an
other fight with the big black who took
his title away.
The old timers. when they piled lrp
an Independent fortune. usually did 40
IN business after leaving the ring.
There are "A number OF instances, like
that OF ED Price. where ex-fishters made
fortunes varying from $780, 900 10 $3.50 OO
In business, But to-day the money paid
TO star attractions IN the ring is so
big that the fighters don't need TO 20
into any other business to make their
fortunes. A successful professional
boxer can earn as much as a big cor
poraiion lawyer, Times have changed,
few years ago the fighters were dodg-
ing from State 10 State hunting for
places 10 fght In for few dollars.
To-day they travel In state in drawing
room cars. live at the best hotels and
are In demand In nearly every State In
the Union. as well as In australia, Eng
land, France, Germany, India and
other places scattered about the globe.