El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-13
Ordinary Fighters Making
More Money Than Champions
With No sdesteppng or Ha ggng Over TERMS They Are
Fighting as Often as Possible and Putting Cash
in the Family Treasury, While Champs
Are Stating and Making Little.
BY TOM THORP.

The worst offender against all pre-
cedents of the prize ring is Jack John
son. The negro fighters title is as
empty as the treasury OF the Mexican
government It has little, if any, value.
Ever since that eventful day out in
Reno when he wrested the champion
ship from Jeffries, he has been parad-
inc the world, disgracing in every con-
ceivable way the title that he so mer-
itOriOusly won on that occasion.
His only encounter since that date
was his clash with Jim Flynn at Vegas,
which was anything but a champion
ship battle. No doubt his scheduled
fight with Frank Moran in Paris will
prove to be another such exhibition.
For a heavyweight champion Johnson
has made less capital out of his title
than any other champ since the class
was first established.
Ritehie Is Another
Willie Richie is another champion
near the amount Of cash that other
title holders have accumulated His
bank roll has been depleted from his
having been required to sacrifice his
of matches at the last possible moment.
Aside from the large guarantee that
was given him in his late fight with
WOlgast at Milwaukee, he has not been
able to collect anything like champion
ship money for some time HIS decis-
ion to come out of his trance and sign
to meet some Of the rivals IN the near
future, is no doubt influenced by his
want of cash.
that today are found fewer men cap
able Of drawing the large houses that
bows in this popular class formerly
drew Nevertheless Johnny Ktlbane
has not proved either the popular
fighter or clever money getter that
ABE" Attell was.
FLiIbane seeks Easy Marks.
The only men that the present champ
will allow in the same ring with him
self are a few easy marks who have
been dug up by an industrious man
ager. This policy has made Kilbane
the most unpopular, as well as the
poOrestN drawing title holder that the
game has yet produced.
The only man that might possibly
draw a fair sized house If matched
with Kilbane is Johnny Dundee, but
to this scrapper the Cleveland lad has
given a wide berth, especially since
their memorial affair of 20 rounds.
COulOn Victim of Hard Luck.
Johnny COulon, the other remaining
champ has suffered more from hard
luck than any other ailment When
himself. it can be said that he was al
ways Johnny on the spot"
In the compelled retirement OF COul-
on, many promising bantams have
jumped to the front by their clever eX-
hibitions in ten round bouts and al
though they do not shape with Johnny
at present they are the kind that i'm
prove with every battle and will no
doubt very shortly make this class
the most interesting of all the weights.
Johnny made a fairly good return
to form. as has been testified by his
clever work in several bouts of ten
rounds, that he has participated in
lately, but his scheduled "gO" with
Kid Williams of Baltimore. looks to be
a tough nut for him. If he succeeds in
retaining his hold on the champion
ship he will find himself in a position
to regain much of the money and glory
that he has lost by his enforced alb
seuce-