Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-21
FORMER STARS
Of RING NOW
VERY WEALTHY
John L., Burns, Jeffries, Corbett
Are Worth Fortunes, While
Fitz Says He's Starving
By H. NJ. W alker.
r OS ANGELES. Jan. 2l.-What
has become Of the "Old Timer

mas become OF the va Inner
of the ring?
A few mornings ago blood
thirsty Sioux chief raced across the
plains" with moving picture
operator in hot pursuit.
Two shots rang out on the sun
air" and, with a loud whoop, the
chief" fell to the grass and took the
count.
Thirty minutes later, when the soap
and water had worked transiorma-
ton, the Sioux" emerged from his
dressing room a white haired gentle
man of dignifed carriage-'Billy'
Elmer, the old time boxer, nov
movie" star.
Probably but few OF the present
day generation of ring goers recall
Elmer. AS boxer, physical culture
director and trainer billy" stood at
the top in the day" of Jim Corbett
and kid Mccoy" acting as sparing
partner to both these stars,
One unique feature OF the Elmer
record is that he has been the most
knocked out" man In the whole
world In 1897 he was engaged by
Jake" Lit to play the boxer in the
nelodrama Sporting Life" Night
after night BILLY" climbed through
the ropes and allowed Bob Hilliard
10 hand him the knockout" In the
third round At the end of this pro-
honged engagement Elmer figured
that he had taken the count exactly
629 times.
SURPRISED to see the old man here,
are vou?" said the veteran. Well
you'd be surprised in more ways than
one If YOU were to dig up all the old
timers and see what they are doing
now.
IT p to few months ago Peddlar
u Palmer. the old English champ
was working here in camp with ne
/ suppose more than one of the oid
bows are with the movies. It's great
field for them"
And after this talk with Elmer we
ran finger down the pages OF the
record book, picked out the old tlmers
and located few of them as follows
John l.. Sullivan. Living on his
farm near Boston. Is spending MS
retirement in ease with no rear tha'
the wolf will ever reach his door
Wants to make one maj NA'ueNH'e
tour of the country.
lake Kilrain. Well fixed in earthly
goods. owes much TO his old rival
.Iohn L.. who used Jake as his stage
partner for many years. Both heroea
Of the long Richburg battle or 1889
will spend the twilight OF their nVes
IN peace and comfort
Bob" Fitzsimmons. Practically IN
his dotage. Although born in leo-
and long since removed from ring al
fairs. "F1tz" is now trying TO induce
the Eastern promoters to allow MIN
10 hox. Declares that he viii starNe
unless allowed to re-enter the ring
at I'M" CoRBETT In vaudeville.
II Is his proud boast that ne
\ earns $500 a week as an entertainer
and will command this salary Tor
ears to come.
.ner The richest OF all the veter-
~~~.a.. II Is estimated that JEFF Is safe
over the 100000 mark Spends
most OF bis time in hunting and hsh-
ing Plans another Alaskan hunting
trip TO last two years
Tommy Burns. Recently acted
as manager for Arthur Pelky. Has
extensive mercantile holdings in Cal
gary. Has earned and saved Tor
tune.
Abe Atteu. Although one of the
shrewdest. boxers of his day, Attell Is
reported to have less than one-tenth
Of the money he earned in the ring.
Is living in New York, where he is
an inveterate poker player being
recognized as one of the nerNlest
gamblers that ever placed bet,
Wants a return bout with kilbane.
He is entitled to II.
d ATTLING NELSON. Lives at
ID Hegewisch, Ill Invested the bulk
of his savings in real estate and is
looked upon as being land poor,
Still clamoring for another chance
in the ring
Jack johnson Fixing out prim
rose existence in Paris by engaging
in doubtful ring and mat affairs. Al
so appears in vaudeville. lis an exile
from the United States with Fed
eral Court charge hanging over his
head.
Young Corbett" Lives in New
York Is practically penniless AND
exists upon the bounty of his friends
The majority of the "old timers
have lived careful and frugal lives
The only exceptions appear to b'
Fitzsimmons.uSo Dung Corbett anc
johnson.
Here is an angle of the game tha
the lovers of boxing need not fee
ashamed Of