The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-22
Billy Madden Follows Pal
 To Other Life
Veteran Trainer of John l.. Sullivan Dies In Hospital of Stomach Trouble BPOoded Over Death of His Protege.

New York, Feb. 22-Billy Madden, I the first manager of John L. Sullivan, followed his famous protege on the Great Adventure yesterday.
 Madden died at 8 o'clock last night in the White Plains Hospital whither he had been taken by his friend Billy Muldoon, former heavyweight cham pion wrestler. An affliction of the stomach was the direct cause of Mad dens death.
 The veteran pugilist and manager had been ailing for several months. On Wednesday he left his farm at Cairo, N. Y, and went to consult with Muldoon at the latter's White Plains establishment regarding place to go to recuperate after an operation which he contemplated undergoing.
 'When he arrived" said Muldoon last night, "he was very weak. He stayed with me until today, when we repaired to the White Plains Hospital to find out about the operation. The physicians there decided to wait until Billy recovered a bit from his extreme weakness before attempting an oper- ation, but he failed rapidly and eX- pired at about 8 o'clock"
 Billy Madden was born in Liverpool, England, about 65 years ago. At an early age he took up the profession of boxing and gained quite a name for himself as a middleweight in the days when London prize ring rules were in force.
 He acted as sparring partner for George Farley, one of the top-notch- CTS of his day.
 However, Billy soon tired of the strenuous end of the game. and became a referee. From this he turned to the managerial end. It was he who | brought out the great John L. and it was he who brought Charley Mitchell, champion of England, to this country i to box Sullivan in Madison Square I Garden.
 Madden seemed greatly depressed over the passing of his old friend and pupil, John L. Sullivan" Muldoon l last night. "He talked necessarily of 1 John L. and there didn't seem to be any getting his mind off our friends | going away. He went over all the old l trials and triumphs with Sullivan in a way that made me realize he was | greatly depressed.
 q really think that Sullivan's go- ing made Billy realize that he himself was nearing the send. Madden was fine fellow and one of the shreWdest and best managers and trainers that 1 boxing has ever known" | "a wi the development of John L. Sullivan. It was Madden who quickly, saw the power and ability of the "Boston
 Strong Boy" Prof. Mike Donovan, then in his prime as a. middleweight
 saw the wonderful Roxbury youth, and after one tiff with him told Mad I den that he had better look the Sulli- van youth over, as chap who might
 some day be famous. Madden took | Donovan's tip and saw Sullivan. Im-
 mediately he pronounced him the best
 looking. cub that had ever come to his
 notice.
 With a few fights to set the ball
 a-rolling, Madden took Sullivan on 9
 tour of the country, offering $50 to
 any man who would stand four rounds
 with the Boston Strong Boy. The
 amount was increased later on. It
 was this trip that did more to bring
 Sullivan into prominence than any thing that he ever did in his whole
 career.
 Madden remained with Sullivan for
 years, and of all the men who were
 associated with the impulsive Bos-
 tonian, Madden was best fitted to
 handle him. Indeed, Madden was a
 spunky fellow even when Sullivan was at his best, and when words didn't
 make John L. walk a chalkmark. lit
 tie Madden coaxed him into still
 another boxing lesson, during which
 he laid down the law as he saw it.
 Madden always got the best possible in the way of fighting out Of the men he handled. Besides Sullivan, during
 his career, he was manager, advisor and trainer of such ring stars as Jack Dempsey, Jack McAuliffe, Gus Ruh- lin and Peter Maher. During the last few years Madden had conducted a little health farm at Cairo. Madden did not give up the active : life of training and managing boxers ; until he saw that the heavyweights had dwindled away until they were a bad lot at best Then he decided to purchase the Cairo farm He had a small piece of property at Valley Stream, L. T., and when ae tried to sell it pay the option on the farm he found the real estate men who had
 sold it to him going the otner way.