The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-01
PRIZE FIGHTER
A CLEAN LIVER
LOwbrOw Has Been Crowded Ou
Of the Business in More
Recent Years.
ALL ARE GOOD BUSINESS MEN

ALL hhL uOub btDlNAh'h "i''
There are many who regard the
professional boxer as q man ot low
tendencies. engaged In calling that
is outlawcd In most uf the states and
who think the busiucs, should be pro
hlbited by law In fact that Is the
opinion held by great minority, but
here Is the argument uf Jack CurleN
who makes some ,tutchcnts about the
men now engaged In boxing as a
profession
with the freud of the times and
the progressive policies m all lines of
business. pugiIlsm has advanced
shoulder Iu shoulder with the rest of
the world Where twenty five years
ago the fighter WAS considered, and
usually lived up to the reputation Of
low.crow comes today the pugilist
who can no longer prove Il success In
the game unless he is clean liver
THE leading wgilsts Of today are
men Of ideal. and business abilities.
and not ouI, si4r their money. hut
invest # In leading commercial enter
prlses and several uf the lenders nrc
directors I'm banks and other business
institutions.
Take Tor instance puckry MuFr
land. IL boxer who Inns never even
reached the title NJ champion He Is
director In a bank. owns property
aud his check is good In the five
figure class. Freddy Welsh, the
leader Of the lightweight brigade
owns II big ranch In California and
other propcrtie, There %, we'll AS h
Wales. England He /, the clcancsl
sort NJ u liver, student Of Mactor
liuck, and personal friend and Of
ten a guest Of Elbcrt Hubbard Tom
my Burns ranks ns the leading busi
ness man of Calgary, Canada, where
he OWNS the biggest department stor,
and other property
Jim Flynn Farmer
Georges Carpenter the Idol NJ III,
French Is a hank director Wl Il
present an officer In the aviation
corps Of the French Army lOhun
Cuulon Is property owner In Chicn
go Jack Dillon business man II
Indianapolis Willie Ritchle owns nj
apartment house aud Is husines
man uf San Francisco. Jim Flynn 4
property owned I'm Pueblo aud own
large farm Mike Gibbons nike
with the best people Of St Paul Hn
IL also the head of Il successful husl
ness johnny Kilhane, the leader q
the fentherweight division. ls In
owner " plenty Of property IN Clcye
land and Is la The real estate business
there Eddy McGoOrty can sign MI
check In five figures and lives
clean and wholesome lie Battling
Nelson owns mlf NJ IIcgcwi,rh. lll
and Is still appearing before the pub
llc ON his puglistlc reputation Num
'Shugrur. who is fnst making uam
for himself In New York city has
hlg packing business In Jersey Ad
Wolgast owns large tract ~ LIANT
In California and choice property II
Cadillac. Mich. Charley White hu
plenty NJ good Investments aud m
had habits one could continue will
such list indefinitely so far a
clean living Is concerned from umonI
the lesser light " the game
Where twenty five wears ag
fighters contested Tor side stake
only. usually m the hurc ground ol
AN early moru after being rhasrD
from pilalr to post. county 10 county
aud sometimes state 10 state tOdu
boxing Is conducted In the lHrges
halls In the country under clectrl
lights with the spectators seated h
comfortable opera chairs and not onl
without the srmhlarc NJ offlcml I'm
reference. hat under the sanction uuu
license NJ state boxing commission,
Indeed In musl eases the state de-
rlycs dIrccl financial return. rnuu
ug from 3 10 10 per cent of the rro>
gat receipts, which goes into the stat
treasury
States That Permit Boxing
In contrast with the old style oil
side wnger fights comes today IN
rummercinlizcd entertainment style d
boxing. The loser Is no longer droI
ped from the game aud Just so Ion
ms he satisfies the public he is locke
upon MS a worthy entertainer of IN
flstic art Of self defense and cOntIr
ueS 10 earn money The boxer toda
come, under the head NJ pn ncto
lecturer or any other profession hi,
ding for public favor and pnironag,
Speaking ~ lcgulzCd boxing au
boxing by suffrage there are yer
few places today where boxing rnl
not be- publicly conducted and cylor
slvely advertised The European VII
has caused temporary halt to IN
boxing crnterS across the pom,
where mp to the time " the outhreul
boxing flourished In France, Englan