The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-08
That's Why He Won Cham pionship At @ Time When Most Boxers Retire, Says Jack.
by JACK BRTTTON.


 CIxTEEN YEARS in the ring is
 bound to teach @ boxer some
 thing about the value of clean living, regular habits and constant activity
 In hundreds of bouts, 1 have found that by keeping myself up to d cer- tain standard of condition all the time go along without feeling the wear and tear of action to any great ex- tent.
 When Ted Lewis and were match ed for the bout in which I regained the welterweight championship 1 had been working constantly for several months.
 Danny Morgan got a number of the boxers together to give exhibition bouts for the soldiers in hospitals in Greater New York and vicinity, and I was glad to help entertain them. It was good for ncH and it was enjoy able because the wounded soldiers enjoyed it too.
 have made it a rule to do 8 cer- amount of road work and I alao work out in a gymna sium nearly every day. My two boys, William Jr., and Robert Breslin-for that is my real name, are little tads and l put them in a, big perambulator and give them a long ride. sometimes as long as five miles, nearly every day. On most of these jaunts I take them at a dog trot, which is the kind of road work that appeals to me, and thus we all get the benefit of the airing It was this kind of work and the dozens of exhibition bouts in which l boxed for the soldiers that primed me for my battle with Lewis. I am thirty odd years of age, and I have been through all the struggles that come to a boxer. but [ never felt better than I did when [ answered the bell at Canton, Ohio, on Marcn IT.
 Knows Lewis We'll.
 Counting that bout Lewis and I have met 19 times, so I know just what to expect of him. I think I know every move that Ted ever makes in the ring and want to say that he Is a master boxer. In the sixth round of that bout ] felt that Lewis was getting tired and I saw my chance to regain the cham pionship. I put my best into several Ieft-handed punches and got results. for I fIoored Ted. After that I knew that I was going to win and did so in the ninth round after blocking a long right swing. Lewis was game to the very last He is good fighter and likes a battle.
 I have my little family and the fact l that I have always tried my best to take care of myself to thank for the i fact that am a. champion once gain. 1 And my advice to every young boxer | is to remember first, last and all the | time that the bright lights and sue | cess in the ring cannot be mixed. 1 broke into the game as a result l of battles I had with the kids who 1 lived on my block in Chicago. where l I spent a number of years with my l parents. six brothers. and six sisters | My father and mother wanted me to i become a minister at one time, but i I was too young then to consider any | vocation seriously.
 Boxing Career 6 Surprise. l A career in the ring. however, was l far from my dreams in those days ] As grew a little older I had my | first ''affalr"-I gues= they call Il | puppy love-with a little red-haired | girl in our neighborhood. I was l Jealous of her, and whenever I saw some other kid shining up to her | there was g fight. Finally, after I had
 whipped every kid of my age in the ! mt ha eonapared with the good old