El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-26

- EW YORK. My 26.-Fight mana
~ gers have been referred to as mouth
pieces FOR fighters. They have at
times come in for a great amount
OF adverse criticism. While few writer's
find time or inclination to give the man
aEcr a boost, he is nevertheless most I'M
portant asset Of the modern day fighter.
Without the advice and guidance Of
clever manager the fighter would be a
ship without pilot. He might travel ali
over the fight world without finding
profitable market TO exhibit his merchan-
true il Is that the manager collects IS
TO 80 percent Of his fighters earnings but
when you take into consideration the long
years Of hardship encountered by the upto-
date manager in learning the tricks OF the
trade before becoming fully qualified prop
eriy TO look after the interests Of his scrap
Per. the pay cannot be called eXorbitant-
Many boys have shown that they have
the making Of fairly good wielders Of the
glove, but for The reason that they are not
equipped with a clever manager TO adElse
them in their undertakings they have failed
10 arrive at prominent position IN the
profession that they have chosen The boy
Who mas never shown any form OF being
a ton notcher. or is not Overburdened with
class needs the manager more than any
other Very often such fighter. aided by
a clever manager. will make more money
and gain more fame than the clever lad
who is Handicapped by me lack OF an up
todate adviser There are several fighters
who really gained all their prominence
through the sagacious way IN which they
were handled.
LeVinsIzy Is One Example
An example is Battling Levinsky- II It
were not for Dan Morgan the same Bat
Ting Levinslzy would not be spoken Of even
casually Morgan is entitled to more credit
than his fighter. despite the fact that Bat
thing fights twice q week Dan IS doing
the same for Levinsky as he did for h o.
Brown making a live one out OF q dead
one. The Battler fought for number OF
years under the name OF Barney Williams
unds was unheard Of until Morgan dug him
up and changed his name Now he claims
the white heavywei ght championship TO
which title he has as good claim as
anyone
who started boxing around the small clubs
Of Chicago. is another such fighter. He
was not overburdened with knowledge OF
the game. yet he fought the best boys OF
the lightweight class His prominence was
due To the untiring efforts Of John Hertz,
a windy city scribe.
Nolan a Clever Pilot.
Billy Nolan is another manager whose
ability TO pilot a fighter along the proper
road 20 success will long be remembered BY
fight fans Battling Nelson's success both
financially and otherwise, is due in great
measure 10 clever handling by Nolan
sam Harris. who picked Terry Nc
Govern from the sand lots OF Brooklyn. y
Y and engineered him into the hall Of
nstic fame. is also to be included in this
class Of mana gers
Tom Jones the noisy chap who first
came into prominence by managing Billy
Papke and later piloted former champion
Ad Wolrast into a championship. well
as Tom O-Rourke who. oy the way. has no
doubt pushed to the front by his clever
handling more fighters than any other liv-
ing man. IS good example OF the man
ager who has by his cleverness placed his
charge in the front ranks Of their profes-
sion