BOXING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 70, 13 September 1911, Page 7

BOXING.

\ JEFFRIES RICHEST OF ALL ) PUGILISTS. I James L. Jeffries is accused of being the richest pugilist, either active or retired, in the world to-day, by an English writer, who took it upon himself to show where Jeff had stored away in real cash, somewhere like £50,000. Before the fight with Jack Johnson Jeff was in none too good financial shape, and he would probably have had to go to work before lie died. He made at least 200,000 d'ollars out of the Reno battle, and' this more than put him in Easy street. Since then he has added to this by investments. Rut the money lie made wasn't a drop in the bucket compared to the cash that was lost on him by his friends. No one person lost anything like the amount Jeff made, but the aggregate of the small bets and large, ones TirobaWv went well past the million dollar mark. I

"Bat" Nelson is reputed to be worth in the neighborhood of £'20.000. and if the little Dane saved his money, as I believe he did l , these figures are not far wrong. He used better judgment than most fighters do in investing his cash in real estate and mortgage, which are bearing a good interest and increasing ill value. Tommy llvan, who owns a saloon in Syracuse, X.Y., is often classed as a wealthy fighter, tout the truth is that the famous middleweight champion is. far from independent, and ha.s to keep himself Ivusy to prevent making an inroad oil his. savings.- He is one of the smartest; i,t not the smartest, pugilist that ever put on a glove, in a fighting sense, and had he not tried to make a farmer out of himself when he knew he wasn't fitted for the work, he might have more of his money to-day.

Tommy Burns is another of the pre-sent-day fighters who is classed as 'wealthy, anxl from what I can learn of the former Canadian who threw down the whole white race, there is 110 question as to his financial independence. The fact is that Tommy has stored away in various safety deposit vaults, hanks and invested! in property more than £25,000. Then he bus a gooil lira in that ought to keep him busy along any other line of business when he gets tired of dabbling in Ting affairs. No fighter in the world to-day is piling up the.coin anv faster than Ad. Wolgast, the lightweight champion. Ad. has !idded v »bont £7OOO to his pile in the la<st six months, ajid in the next six months lie will more than double this amount. He is worth £IO,OOO anvwav right now, and if lie keeps on investing his money he will foe up in the race for the leadership among the richest pugilists. A lot of people believe that Abe Attell is well fixed. The fact is the little Jew has made upward of £40.000, but has gambled most of it away. Jack Johnson is also far from being independently rich, but he «w still add £IO,OOO or more to his pile.before he retires. After all is said, the English writer who declared Jeffries the richest pugilist iij tlii .world comes pretty near being right. Big Jim has nearly a. quarter of. a million dollars any war," and one of the Uesii paying saloons in the world.

; ;. 'Vsno EXPOXEXTS.

MR. TILT,'H McLXTOSri'S PROGRAMME. G'OIXG TO RETIRE. • iFremantle, August 30. Mr Hnsb Mcintosh is returning by the R.M.S.: MaJ;wa, which reached here today. In py interview he said that he had been .touring England, America and just t'p yn.'tike the trip to Australia to a *pt;osp<y'fyyp fighting season Johnson. UiJlgfnnl, McVca, Dun Flynn. Jim Flynn. Jimmy and Randni'ister Rice. He was. .'negotiating with Alf. Kaufnjann. L (1 J'T ajngj'Wpg Johnson alone £IB,OOO just/'i*) niak'e the trip to Austrtlia to fi'Shiti' one' pi-'.,two bouts here," said Mr Mcintosh''.''lie yjl] fi.jht under mv manageWieiiit,S\M>(i.le, he is the umH'eated cliiimpit)ii.'J)f;the world. All this has neeessitll'tAi'vlh butlav on mv part of £SO, OA. •••!'Sr f M ,, Al 9 ne is to get £4001) for his Johnson. Langford is to get a'njlliintliiii of £IOOO, for each of his five lights: Besides, he gets a liereentafs;J 1 IWsWt'e what a mimber of people say;' some sort of a change of i'eeiuise, excepting Mt-veaJ M Atjfe'r fighter has had an opportunity of studying Johnson's methods. Bill is. a.'j^t".better than most followers of tHe i gn.nie think, and lie certainly is tlie'-towf Mite 'man living. Johnson savs the ; regaining the .fistic supremacy ! 6f' the world is a very gloom v one. '4i)fle£il;'there are four blacks darkening', "'the' horizon—lohuson, McVea, Lailgfortf jeannette. If McVea does not' next time they meet he will nevertheless soon be the next, chahiftforf of '-'the world. The world's chattyJidft'saiTsMiV' the. Orvieto on October 0. 1 fffe I K' , <*#li]Mng the bridal suite, and will! tWaWdnijianied ;by his wiife and val«i ,| Sfis'' i sl|Aji'i £ ?rtg l 'partners will include : Rwb?'> ! Al'ffi^roiig;''' the famous colored bow.li Jeffries for his contest tfitll'-Jlohilson.

rflaiiijiioii l has agreed to meet MoVeit',"TiSi nwforrl and Lan«r. anil if liniWciitcll' lid ' will tour through India. Chitisiy and the Straits Keftlemfhtl:iiTlMf contests in Australia will be tlie:.]as»tyser]"oijs : on!ga gem cut sin his career. ijiftls't'it'i'fi'anil Mrs .Tolinson's jeweller* .•»!•« for *20.000. SoWisfie<l 'is i:l 1 ft■ '-that the comfortable life is liettdrljHinfl'J-UW strenuous one of the trained l i|wiJjfiliyt tbat he told me that af-tpf-;B#ikl'd>ifil)tslled up with MeA T ea, Langford' rimfo]iblig' , be is. win or lose, going to jriVphiip game. Johnson himself coftfldcttJkm nli»' tlitft Mc Yea was. the hardest' rtoiy-iiiql'ithf world for liim to beat. Their lia.ttle may yet come off in Paris, wherl 1 :[.ohrinnl] ban not yet fought. .Tnhn-sonriifurtWl-t(sii(l"lliat McVea would bent any, Won 'in five' rounds. McVea will lip uia.de,' qti-ite ia. : !:liero of in Australia. He is ti njl'p fellow, r I am about to proceed vflilnfihition process. The best inHt 1 ) vvill.vbe brought to the limelight.sVit'tpvo'h swies of fights, anil the best white-Diiwi bo found. Thev will, in alli.piioUn.bilii'tvi bo matched for the chamofl tlilei world." S -Vl-. T-Ji'il' '