The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-11-11

Ness Unfortunately for Leach, ),
.however ne was little ahead OF the
big time in. the business Of knocking
Put his fellow man with the padded
INST, Leach Gade n lot OF money, OF
course, but his pile, measured with
What Is being paid out TO the box
ers OF to-day, makes him, In looking
back. a "Hmall timer"
To-day boxing IL the best business
IN the world, n better paid profession
than almost anything OF which we
can think, Bank presidents work for
ii9ss in a year than some OF tho first
Glass boxers get in a single night.
ff1e earning capacity Of n good man
With the gloves Is enough 20 dis
courage a young man equipped with
e. college education who goes out TO
battle the world for living.
N How long, for Instance, would II
take Columbia Colleges 'infant
pfodigy" to earn with his abnormal
Drain the $4,000 that Lew Tender,
newsboy OF Philadelphia, has Just
frned down TO swap punches with
Kenny Leonard?
ills there any business for which
the honor man Rt Yale or Harvard
Would net him the $4,000 which
Mile Jackson recently drew down
3cr his eleven found victory over
Eddie Fitzslmmons?
Us there any university professor
Nsho could command, even in n life
time, the 100000 which Jack Demp-
aey Is. 70 get for his forthcoming
Waffle with Georges Carpentier7
Us there"any professional man who,
for single stroke Of business. a
days work can put price. say OF
80, 900 on his services as Benny
leonard can do right here in New
Nprk an the present time?
NF COURSE the boxing game is
M at It's high watet mark now.
Never IN It's history has It
proved so profitable for boxers and
Htomoters. Tho average champion or
Near champion OF the odd days" re-
Sarded a 5000 battle as the present
day. Knight Of the Mltt looks on d
htn million, with little exaggeration.
BpH INSTANCE, 5000 meant "A lot OF
money TO stanley ISetchel, yet to-day
NJ fcc Johnny Wilson, the champion
~ the class eyer which Ketch" tow
cred, refusing S95,O 900 20 come down
tpIn Boston TO box Nike O'Dowd OF
1ar a chance az him
u a glance az the bank accounts OF
rlhs earnings Of the present dAy
HWer would make Interesting read,
lMg. II might also prove dlscouraglnf
10 educators who develop brains in.
Etead Of Drawn and muscle, and TO the
atiidentg who leave schools and col.
letyeB only TO fight the worlds battle,
for years for, IN most cases, less thar
the ,eXponents OF pugliism pull dowT
within "A few seasons.
n FoT instance, Benny Leonard, light
Weight champion, and only n young
G'eH may by conservative estimat,
hS rated as having earned 5000, O0
w3tH hts fists Jack Britton. n we'ter
Weight, has probably amassed $3.50, 0O
during his career, and has most Of 1
ltftl Johnny Dundee. who to-da!
night hc scaling fish but for his abil
ity with his fists, discovered as
XIII In street fight IN front OF hi
fnt hers fish store has a fortune o
$4,000 or thcroabouts. This Nigh
seem Ike stretching the truth, but
ikh't Dundee has fought hundred
u ring bouts, very often ms many n
GEe month. at au average Of -, 900.
n EW TENDER, who only a FEY
years ago was selling newspa
n pors on Broad Street, Phlladel
nRia, took 20 the boxing game, nc
because he liked II or had an extraor
binary abiEty. but for the reason tina
he saw ~ money IN boxing prelim
mary bouts than he could earn sell
.ng papers. Successful from the star
ne has in about four years punche
lbs way TO a fortune OF something III
$4,000. Then there is Mike ODowt
BFfore the war Mike had little oppol
tAinity to make much money, but \
lbs reaped harvest since. OnI
Tuesday night he was paid more tina
80 600 for his bout with Jeff Smit
Shortly before chat he got almost q
much for beating Ted kid" Levi
Bbtwocn times he has picked III
Thousands more And Mike, TO loo
az him from outside the ropes, Wou
give you the impression that h
couldn't earn enough fAr three squar,
q day at any other calling
Johnny Kilbane Is probably q
Wealthiest 81 all the boxers. john
Il the featheTweight titleholder, b
10 10 n ninible- Drained chap, with
hbsiness sense, who might have ma
money AZ anything he tackled I
oi-day probably can call on $500
any time ana having invested wise