The chronicle=news., 1913-03-17
ftTzsiAtaoNs SHOULD
BE- 4 MILLIONAIRE
But ISN'T


won fame and fortune by din, u
incessant siugsIng, Jim Jeffrles an'
Tom Sharkcy probably are the bes
fixed financially OF the entire asgre
CATION.
Their prescn, bank rolls were not
however. garneIcd altogether be
tween the ropes. Jaffries. of course
gained much money by virtue OF hi
theatrical tour prior 10 the Reno bur
I,sque. and added h plump stake
thereto In payment FOR appearing IN
the ring. Hut Jeffries business In
tcrcsts also Melted him IL large
amount. Will. Sharkcy's ring win,
nings wer. merely n foundation FOL
the wealth he has rnkcd IN via tn.
cash registers OF his Gotham rum en-
porium.
Kid Mccoy made and gamblcd
away several fortunes after his best
days as fighter We're over. and
| captured another one u short while
ago In conjunction with his eight
matrimonial spcculations. Jim Cor
| bett took good ear" OF his ring earn
inEs and has been In receipt OF u
handsomc Income ON the vaudeville
stage for years. and Tommy Ryan Il
well to do. as becomes man whose
!iong-hcadners was displayed cuaiiy
| In aud out OF the suarcd circlr.
hob fitxsimmon-. who for hi-
weight was probably III. greatest OF
EN- all. engaged In over 200 battles
and picked up numerous big purses
In his time. Ana yet the red won,i ~
has comparatively little 10 show IL
III. lin. OF thi, worlds goods for hi.
long iabors as "a wi.idcr Of the eiove'
fitz II not brok- by any means. hut
the bulk Of what u. has now was
.a rnci behind the fooiilshi- In re-
cent years. and he ha. practically
nothing to exhibit as u dircc, result
OF his long career With the gloves.
The main reason for flsys!mmons
failure to accumulate wealth out OF
the lar.c sums h" received from time
to tim. ~ his share Of ring c.icouE-
icrs lies In the fact that the grlssl d
and frccki.d one has been an cnty
mark for bunko men OF high aud low
degree ever sine, u. first drew on n
glove.
The old bai;icr has been u victim
for the smooih-taiking uicmb.rs of
the Ect-rich-auisk brigade ever sine"
lie quit the blacksmith's forge for the
modern arena. ard II l. only In tho
iast eight or nins years that he ha.
become wise. This H. frankly ad-
mitt.i by fitz. .nd u docs mo-, re-
uuirc much persuasion to induce him
to rcgulc his friends with stories oi
occasions when hc played the part OF
shc f'ccc:d lamb In all sorts OF nj.
luring propositions.
Mccoy once >lId thai F1tz was .,
dead c!nch to trim outside til. ring.
l. a.. I.... IL
the ropes. Hob tent u bit backward
In confc.stng hi. trusting aud uns1.
ph !sticatcd nature In days gone by.
and. among other things not Hcn.r.
ally known In sportdon. he uafoids
u tale of how h. was deprived OF cv-
cry penny he received from the great.
est ring encounter OF his carec--his
victory over Corb'u ut Carson City
bcforc - hour. had passed after the
solar plcNus punch went home which
made him champion Of the world. u.
does not indicate this story as ono
referring at all to bunko men. but
merely to his run OF luck.
fi,z declares that bcfofr the fight
his manager. Martin Julian. came 10
him with a proposition from Dan
Stuart. the promoter of the event.
to put III. frcckl.d pug In MS equal
purncr In he venture. Fin says II
was represented to him that Stuart
had expected to clear an immense
sum In the three days carnival at
Carson. Of which the Fitz.Corbcii
heavyweight championship on st.
Patr!ck's day. 1927. was the stellar
feature.
The big TcSun offered to take fitz
in rs nm cauni partner on the profits.
provided he would stand his share Of
the losses. II there were any. fitz
n greed and stated that after the bat
tie lie received the sum OF $4,000 II.
all as his share Of the purse. side bc,.
and for expenses for himself and
wife. and for special reports OF the
fight by himself for various ncwspa .
pers. As soon as he was paid the
money. however. Fitz was informed
by Julian and Stuart that the fisiic
carnival had been u losing venture
and that f:1.01O would no. more tlia,,
cover his share of'thc losses Where
upon, Fitz asserts that he turned
over the money without n word. and
that he didn't even ask for an ac-
count.
III 'ad won the championship
han licked Corbett. han that prct-
ty well satisfied me- Iuoth the for.
mcr champion. with u grin.
Taking II by and large. rs III. sail.
ors say, old Fitz appears to have been
a vcritablc human goat for citing up
promises and managing to thrive on
such diet.