Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1918 — FIGHTERS ARE HOBBY RIDERS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FIGHTERS ARE HOBBY RIDERS

After Amassing Fortune Ring Champions Look for Chance to Spend It—Nelson Wrote Book. Most champions of the ring, as soon as they have amassed a fair sized fortune by their fistic efforts, glance around to see how they can spend it and many of them spend it merrily as fast as it is made, which is some speed. Battling Nelson wrote a book and financed it Then Bat tried a comeback in the ring. Jack O’Brien became a real estate operator and was not as good at it as he was at fighting.

iJoe Gans bought a hotel in Baltimore and died penniless. Jack Johnson squandered his coin in racing cars and such. Stanley Ketchel carpeted the pocketbooks of his pals with yellow backs. Horses ran away with the money Terry McGovern made with his fists. And Jess Willard has bought a circus.

Battling Nelson.