The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-06

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 After making three trips through the car we began to get sore at him and we decided the next time he came In we would gang him and give him roughing up on the floor. That sounded fine until some sug- gestions were made as to the ones who should start the attack. Sev- eral suggested: You do 1t Britton," and I accepted the honor.
 Some time later. we beheld the golden smile of Jack appear in the doorway. He had a big roll of pa pers and he was trying to sneak in.
 "Go on. Britton; get on i'm, the gang began to order in a stage whis- per.
 Jack looked too big for Britton at that moment, however, and I didn't make a move. We finally did run him out of the car with a barrage of shoes. however. and he didn't return for the rest of the trip.
 How Mistakes Are Made.
 Johnson always a fine fellow in his dealings with young boxers. never heard him boast or conduct himself in anything but a gentle manly manner. I can well under stand how he made his mistakes. He isn't the only one who has made them and he isn't the last one to make them. Jack was uneducated and illiterate. He liked company and he liked good things. When he got the money he wanted to spend it. He didn't know how to distin- guish between friends and leeches and the leeches got to him.
 It is not easy to lead the simple life when chances for good time are constantly being offered to you. | When you are boxing regularly and keeping in strict training, the desire to go out once in a while for re- taxation is almost irresistible. When persons have remarked to me about the big money that boxers make in these days, l generally reply: They earn It."
 Most of the champions today know | that the candle can be burnt a. only | one end. Any young boxer just start ing out would learn the same lesson | if he would just look around, It takes a strong will to stay away | from the good times. but the reward of keeping away from the bright lights is worth any kind of sacrifice. I Common Sense Vs. Fright Lights. l l have in mind the case of a young bantamweight boxer. I thought at one time that he was sure to be the cnamplon or ms class. He was an | East Side New York boy, never had anything. and was forced to fight almost for his existence. He worked up to a bout in Madison Square Gar | den in which the surVivor was to get | match with the champion. It meant | almost the same as the title as either one of them was sure to beat the | champion.
 They fought Is rounds to a draw, | hnf crft n took his money to the bank and later
 paid off mortgage on his fathers home. The other youngster, the one l have in mind, went up on Broadway and was taken for everything he had.
 He was offered return bout and he was forced to accept although he was not in condition, He was knocked | out.
 Such examples are too numerous to
 mention, but there will be many, many more on the list. l Like the prospectors up in the Klondike during the rush days, we boxers are always hearing about
 strikes" in other sections If the
 country. About this time, stories portunities in the south, and 1 began to get the wanderlust. My invasion of the south, which really was the l start of my career, will be recounted | in the next chapter.
 | Note-In the ninth chapter of My Twenty Years in the Ring" Britton | tells of his invasion of the south, l where he met and fought Packey Me- | Farland: his bout with the unknown | lightweight; how he got his pay from bankrupt club. and the meeting l with Mrs. Britton.
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