The Washington herald., 1915-11-16
GET RICH QUICK, !.
manage FIGHTER
One Pugilist Had Guarantee
Of ST 200, but His Man
ager" Gave Him SOS.
CONTRACTS LOP-SIDED

Philadelphia. Pa, Nov. I-The nexi
crop OF American millionaires will be
harvested from the army of prize-fght
managers-the persons who have discov-
cred how to get rich quick with the least
eXertion-
The unlearned in pugilistic methods are
possessed OF the idea that the fighter
gets the bulk OF all the huge purses that
are hung up for battles in these frenzied
finance days. The unlearned has the
wrong idea. It's the so-called 'mana-
gers who grcb of the hugest share of
the gold-tinted uazuIna
a good manager very often helps
tighter to get near the top in the pu-
gtlis;ic heap-but there are few good
managers in this era. The fair and
honest manager is satisfied with % per
cent share OF the fghter's income as pay
ment for his efforts in boosting his man
and guiding him along the financial path
way. but the trouble with the pugilistic
game is that many unscrupulous persons
have grated themselves onto fighters
and act like leeches-they suck out Of the
fighter nearly every dollar he earns. and
IN the end the fighter has nothing and
the manager has everything.
soft for the ..Managerx.-
The softest way of gathering in big
money these days is to manage some
boob battler-a guy who knows how to
fSht and knows little or nothing about
the financial end Of the game. That
class OF fghters-and they are in the ma
iority-are easy prey for the human vul-
lures who term themselves managers"
Whenever a yoUngster rises in the
pugilistic world there's a mad scramble
among the "manag gers" to grab him or
and put his financial affairs under their
control. They scent prey and they are
like wolves in pursuit of II.
The managers" usually sign up the
boob battler TO a contract that is Iop-
sided; one that is iron-clad as far as
the fighter IL concerned. but can be
broken any time the manager desires.
The manager has nothing to lose and
everything to gain. II the fighter de-
velops into a real drawing card the
manager" can hang onto him until his
usefulness is over. II the fighter should
prove TO be a hivyer the manager" can
cut loose.
One battler who recently cut loose
from his manager said that in a trifie
over one year he had earned 5000 in the
ring. but that all he got out of 1t was
sl.O0O
Il should have received nearly 5000
he said. but my manager got the big
bulk Of the money. He was to get .
per cent OF my income for managing me-
Well. he got nearly 30 per cent. And
what happened to me is happening &c
other fighters right along. They are
being trimmed by their managers. A
fighter doesn't know much about the
financial end OF the game. He leaves
that up to his manager II the manager
is square the fighter gets a square deal.
But II he isn't. the fighter Is trimmed.
Earn, $1,000, Gets s6o.
81 once fought for a $500 guaran-
tee. That amount OF money was turned
over TO my manager by the promoter.
Out Of that I should have received
saD but when 1t came to settling up
my manager gave me SIS. He said that
was all that was left. I made a howl.
but he explained that he had to pay
out 800 for press agentinS me, $50 for
something else. another SIS here. and
so on.
Il investigated all those expenditures
he said he had made and I found that
he actually paid out only about SIS.
He gave me $50, and he pocketed s., 100
That was the way with most Of my
fights
That case is only one of many One
fighter who earned over $4,000 in five
years is said to have received only about
$50 90. His manager got the bulk Of the
balance.
One Of the most prominent heavy
weights in the country said he earned
over $4,000 for three fights-and he never
got a dollar. II went to the manager.
\ feather-weight was guaranteed 500 for
a night That sum was paid over by
the promoter. to the manager but the
man who worked and suffer
ed-got $40. A one-tme champion said
that various managers had
drained him for over $4,000 before he
decided he'd do his own managing.
It's great little get-rich-Qutck-w with
ut-unnecessary-exertion game, itsnt
it?''