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Since Jess Willard hopped out of
the ring at Havana fresh from vic
tory over Jack Johnson he has col
lected in the neighborhood of $275,
000. This sum came from fights, ex
hibitions and other little side money
that go with a world’s title.
In all the years since Jack John
son shuffled off the crown that be
j spoke fistic authority Willard has en
| gaged in just one championship bout,
and that was with Frank Moran in.
New York. But for Jess's efforts ini
Madispn Square Garden that night he,
drew $07,000.
Benny Leonard hasn’t been a cham
pion for a year yet, but he has been
fighting with considerable speed ever
since the rainy night when he clouted
the mark of lightweight supremacy
off the brow of Freddie Welsh.
Kilbane Owns Much Real Estate.
Johnny Kilbane, king of the feather-!
weights, won’t have to battle the wolf
the rest of his life if he goes easy and
doesn’t throw money away. Since he
whipped Abe Attell Johnny has had,
few dull seasons. In Cleveland he
owns considerable property and is
comof Vi inof n hnuitipuc mnn
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Kilbane’s fortune has been esti-|
mated in six figures and that probably,
is where he belongs. For his disas-i
trous affair in Philadelphia with;
Penny Leonard Kilbane drew more
than $10,000, and he wasn’t in the
ring three rounds. Since that time
he has done no boxing and says lie
won’t until the war is over at least.
Rut it probably won't hurt his hank
account any to linger without the pad
ded circle for he already has accumu
lated enough 1'or one fistic star.
When Willie Ritchie was reigning
over the lighlweight class he usually
made it a rule not to fight for le*s t
(han $15,000, and several of his purses
ran over that. In fact he pulled off
$26,000 when Freddie Welsh induced
him to risk his title in England. For
his endeavors with Ad Wolgast he;
shared $18,000 in good, hard iron men.
He had a huge purse when he met
Charley White in Milwaukee, and
there was another tremendous load for
him to carry to the bank when he
fought Leach Cross in New York.
Jeffries Retires Rich Man.
Jim Jeffries retired a rich man, and
so did Jack Johnson. They demanded
and received enormous purses for ex
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limiting ineir nuiK in me ring game.
Jack Johnson had a well developed i
habit of never stepping into a ring for'
less than $30,000, and that sum was al
ways guaranteed him. When Jeffries!
met Johnson in Reno for the world's ]
heavyweight championship there was!
a crowd present which paid more than
$101,000 to see the two gladiators.!
Jeffries carried away the bigger slice!
of this.
Peter Herman, the bantamweight;
champion, hasn't made such an awful!
lot of money since he succeeded Kid
Williams, but he has been getting
along in a fashion. His match with
Frankie Burns recently at New Or
leans set a new record in attendance
and receipts for a bout between ban
tams. He took the biggest share of,
this with him when he went home that
night to tell the new Mrs. (lulatto'
that he had successfully defended the!
bantamweight championship or the!
world.
Mike Gibbons isn’t recorded a« the
world's midleweight champion, but
that is just what he is and his bank
account proves it. Mike has business
interests in St. Paul that would look
good to many a capitalist.
Attitude of Red Cross.
Jess Willard's modification ->f the
terms under which he would box Fred
Fulton for the Red Gross indicates
rather strongly the trend of the cham
pion’s thoughts in the last few days.
Some of the enthusiasm seems to
have filtered out of Willard’s offer,
and In his calmer reconsideration of
the proposition he has leaned toward
discretion rather than valor. How
ever, we must not impugn Willard’s
generosity, writes Daniel in the New
York Sun. Tor even under the terms
he stipulates—that the bout be limit
ed to ten rounds, with no decision_
he may lose his championship by a
knockout and the battle presents big
financial poslbllltles for a worthy '
cause. A contest In the Yale Bowl,
with seats for 100,000 only two hours
from Forlyy-90cond street, would
come mighty near drawing a *500,000
gate.
There seems to be some doubt In
certain Red Cros circles whether that
organization will consent to have any-1
thing to do with the bout or accept
the receipts. An effort to get an
opinion from Red Cross leaders in
Washington brought the Information
that there was strong opposition to J
accepting money derived from a fistic
exhibition.
Soft Pedal on Belmont Donation.
■'The money from this fight would
mean even a greater loss to the Red
Pmac ** «n'wl (>nf> IPTflpr “TVin . V,_i.
folk are against this sort of thing ami
I am afraid that they would withdraw
some of their support. I know that
the Red Cross recently accepted $10,-'
000 from August Belmont—the win-'
nings of his racehorse Hornless but I '
also know that the Red Cross would
prefer that too much be not made of
that contribution.” I
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All of which goes to show how
biased and prejudiced some folk in- j
terested in charity may be. A ten-!
round bout between Willaard and Ful
ton would not be likely to develop a
bloody slaughter. It certainly would
he no less humane or pleasing to the
eye and the higher sensibilities than!
the Willard-Moran bout In Madison
Square Garden nearly two years ago.'
Folk who object to boxing need not
stand in the way of the Red Cross’s
profiting by it. They should have
their eye only on the cause and do
as much as they can for it. Boxing
is just as legitimate a means for help
ing that cause as are baseball and
theatricals. |
If the Bed Cross doesn’t want to
handle the fiuht some other worthy
war fund would be only too glad to
take it up. Willard’s announcement
that he is done with circuses adds to
the generousness of his offer, for some
folk had the notion that the champion
sought the fight only to make him
self a better drawing card for the 191R
circus season
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War stamp sales at. the Chitina and
McCarthy postoffices are reaching a
big amount, which speaks volumes
for the patriotism of the residents of
those towns.
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