The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1913-08-29
,By George l., Starr


who w.n fame and fortune by din,
of ineessant siugslng. Jim Jcffrie'
and Tom Shayk-y probably are the
hes; fixed financially OF the entire
asSresat!on.
Their present bank rolls were not.
however. earned altogether between
the ropes. Je!fr.os. OF course. gained
much money by virtue Of his thca.-
ricai tour prior 10 the Reno bur
lesque. and added aui'e stalk. there
70 In paying for appearing In the
ring. Jeffr!es' business Interests al
% netted him a large amount. Will.
Sharkcy's ring winnings we're merely
foundation for the wealth he has
raked In Via the cash registers of hi.
Gotham rum emporium.
Kid Mrcoy made and samb!ci
away several fortunes after HIS best
days rs n fighter wsr. over. but capt.
ur.d another one las; year In con-
junction with his eight matrimonial
/
ear. of his ring earnings and has
been in receipt III handsom. income
- the vaudeville stage for y.ars. an
Tommy Ryan j. well 10 do. Tomm.
Burns. former heavyweight; cham
pion. who lost the crown to the b.acx
:ac.. Is quoted as having several
thousands slowed away In ready cash
and real estate Investments.
bob F!'xsimmons. who. by hi.
weight and inches, was probably the
Greatest Of them all. engaged In over
500 battles and picked up numcrsn,
hi: purses In his time. Ana y., I'll.
wizard OF the squared circle has CON-
psrativciy little to show In the i!ac
Of this worlds goods for his long
years a. . boxer. Fitx IL no, broke
by any means. su, the bulk OF what
he has NOW was earned behind the
footlishts IN recent years. aad he has
practically nothing to show GO n d.
'cet result OF his boxing career.
The main r-ason for Bos's failure
to accumulate wealth GU; o. the large
suns h. received from tine to time ~
his share o. ring encounters lies "a
;hc fac; tina; ihc'Rrisziod veteran has
been an easy mark for bnnko men of
high and low degree since he i:>,
drew on a glove. Thi. has been ad.
I m'sf-d by Fi,z himself
| The fam~u. :sid Mccoy once re-
marked that r'.is Was q dead cinrh
TO him outside o! the ring. whatever
he may have been inside the ropes.
Fob isn't a bit backward In confess.
Ing his trusting and unsophi.t!catci
nature In days gone by. and anon :
other things not generally known Ls
sporismen. he unfolds n tale OF how
he was deprived o: every pcnny he
received from the greatest ring bat.
tie Of his c,rccr-his victory owe,
Jim corbc', n, Carson City. before 9;
hours had passed after th. soia- pick.
us punch wen; home which made him
champion of the world.
The veteran hob declares that he.
fore the battle his manager. Martin
Julian. came to him with propo.i.
ton from Dan Stuart. the promote,
Of tn. event. to put him In as eara
partner in the venture. Fitx says I,
was represented to him that s,nar,
had expected to clear up an immens.
sum In the three days carnival at
Carson. Of which the Fitz-Corbe,,
heavyweight championship battl,
/. was to he the stellar attraction. or
st. Patrick's Day. 1897.
The big Texan offered to take FIT,
In ns equal partner on the profits
J provided he would stand his share o.
: the Losses. II there vas any. Fiti
agreed and stated after the ba,,l,
he received the sum Of sc7 900 in al
as his share Of the receipts. side bet
All for the expenses for him and hi,
= wife. and for special reports OF tn
battle for various newspapers. A,
soon as he was paid the money Fit;
was informed that the fistic carniva
had been losing venture and tina
s2i.ooo would no more than cove
Fi,2's share Of the loss. whercupo'
FIJI. states. he turned over the none,
without a word or asking for re
!. oeipt.
or the heavyweight boxers VIII,
= have been uncarthed since the IA
Q nous lcffries-Johnson burlesque
only one scrapper has saved up sew
; cral thousand earned from the ring
: Tommy Burns. who surrendered this
title to Johnson. Carl Morris. dur.
ing his short career, has added sew.