New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 22, 1918, Page 12

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 191& 3 } OF JOHN L. SULLIVAN DIES IN WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL—_NEW BRITAIN MACHINE COMPANY BOWLERS ARE - E~MERIDEN HIGH SCHOOL BASKET TOSSERS TO PLAY LOCALS AT THE Y. M. C. A. GYMNASIUM TONIGHT ] 3 brought him to the attention of the - public ) Madden was manager of Sullivan - when the Bostonian beat Paddy Ryan Established 1886 Srorcen e SR Cooney .. Foberg a0 -t | for the American title at Mississippi 3 - Kingo .. { Madden who arranged the first tour [ = Seaburg ...... 5 86 { Sullivan made in which he offered $50 o OSE Warner . i T8 = o anyone remaining on his feet for Graham 95 3 97— . four rounds with the champion. 2] i Mo . .Mfl[}age[‘ ol John I SUHW&H, Madden and Sullivan had a falling o o y 3 out later on and separated, and the Stricken With Acute Indigestion | s 5ot et muer was Gus Ruhiin, who Madden thought would 33 100 gpple New 442 Office Team. | Thornton 95 91 v 8 . win the title, However, Fitzsimmons ] . | North .. 100 106 94—30y| New York, Feb. 22—Rilly Madden | took all the fight out of Ruhlin. o e | <me P A 4 313 |is dend. Surviving John L. Sullivan, | _ DUFing the white hope craze, Mad- n n“ua a f O g achine — I den took on Al Benedict, who won an . Flirst Fesient whom hff managed when he won the “amateur” tournament at the Olympic wo game: heavyweight championship, by little | A. ¢. bencdict proved the saddest of 2 ception of | more than a fortnight, Madden suc- { all sad fizzles | cumbed suddenly to an attack of In his early days Madden went back i acute indigestion at the White Plains |to Fnglind and established amateur . hospital last night. Madden was 65 | tournaments in which many boxers, y ed for the | vears old and one of the hest known | including Charley Mitchell, took part. ’ . fion work-~ | Adomitis matek 4)[‘ the | . i 8 sporting men in the country. In addi- | In recent vears Madden started a club ew Rritain skinner’s Drill Chuck tion to having managed Sullivan, he | in the Ridgewood section of Brooklyn. games Yrom handled Jack McAuliffe, one time| In 1906 Madden ran for state sen- { lightweight champion, and was con- | ator. having been nominated by the nected with Jack Dempsey, the Non- | Independence Jeague in the Fifth ® pareil, who was shorn of his crown | Brooklyn district. He was defeated, | by Bob Fitzsimmons. despite the fact that he ran on an | Madden, who had been staving ati anti-monopoly platform. In his cam- { impression | “100t the heap. | Jones Lindgren .....-. 92 { W. Trevethan ... huck company | Helander .---... five defeated the 2 & o three games, jele team won two fool Rom. William Muldoon’s health farm. came | paign literature Madden enumerated to the hospital last Thursday in refer- | the various vocations he had engaged . : ence to a propased operation, and {in as follows: 7 ITlardware ap: ntly in fairly good condition.| sterer, drug clerk, hod carrier, 4 ¥ 104 84 | The surgeons were in consultation last | gshoreman, section hand, prize " 94 - 92 | night on the question of operating |fighter, boxing instructor, vaudeville | AT SAL CHS 3 | S . s3 87 when Madden was suddenly seized | actor, prize fight manager, playwright, e | Trish 108 111 03 | with severe abdominal pains. | real estate dealer, candidate for sen- | ithe fush Two moNt . —_— ! Rooks, o6 40" ok 489 446 | Jahm L—and went dow N. \B. Machine the-second round. A short while}oygack .. 79112 amerwazd John L. met Prof. John|gwangon 96 96 | S 90 HARTFORD GIRL VICTOR. | thing possible to give him relief was i atoer.” | | Belleair Heights, Fla., Feb, 22.— |dane, but he steadily sank and was| One of Madden’s plans vase he G M I, a was| One of Masgens pluns in caso ne| 8 Means a Great Saving on Next Year’s Miss Harriett Shepard of Hartford, that would give to every man and | [woman sast 60 vears of aze a pension | | Figures. Sale Closes Saturday, March 2nd. of $4.12 a month. Billy said he h:\dl great pity for the has-beens of j-dead in half an hour. Madden was born in Marylebone, Conn., won the Washington Birthday | England, December 10, 1852, of Irish woman’s tennis tournament at the | parents, who brought him to America * Belleview yesterday, when she de- {at an early age. He developed con- s ago, faced beaten in | 1 d exhibition “ Ponaldson in a four round exhi Robertson 9 86 feated Miss Louise Jongers of Garden |siderable skill in handling i | ani l 2 A TS 6 Miss T 4 E 3 andling his fists and | humanity I match. Sulivan dm;')noml:;d "mn;‘e;"e LOfZren +...-.-« 91 115 94—300 : City, in the finals by 6—3, 6—4, 6—2. | soon branched out as a bare-knt (Lx’—iul.\‘, —_— | er foe. It piqued Donaldson a FOOto vurenns 96 115 96—367 | fighter in the ring. He had Sat. | PRANKIE BU 'S 7 | 1 H ’ Roosiietencs s ek A T shier . He had many bat- | RANKIE BURNS WINS BOUT. Ab d 1 f hild mcmgi? g:::swelx w)teéga:;d Waared 451 & DANFORTH SIGNS CONTRACT. tles with men of his class, but never | Scranton, Pa., [eb. 2 —Frankie | ran new C()lxectlon 0 C tidren 8 o 4 5 | v i 5 i scored over any of the topnotchers of | Burns, the Jersey ity bantamweight | o omt Donaldson in ten rounds. 2 o oolt | Chicago, Feb. 22.—Pitcher Dave |his time. it ciie Now“ r;'”t;r‘k' w aShable G;l]l(S Retwrning to Boston, John L. de-{ sy B L Danforth of the Chicago Americans, | Tt was as manager of fighters xmr,' in a st ten-round bout herc last g i 2 efded that he _needed some one to | Sattler s pm ol BT 97 76-—260 ' signed a 1918 contract yesterday, dis- | Madden made his reputation, and it | night irns had the bc?.tcr‘ of the handle the business end of his new | ierzog 4 5 peling reports that he was a hold out. | was his connection with Sullivan that | fight throushout i found profession. So he teamed up with Billy Madden, then a prominent | Tightweight boxer. Madden becams | known as Sullivan’s manager and | Jehn L. gained the distinction of be- ing the first fighter to become “so teny that he can't malc his own matches.” | | | e On Mareh 31, 1881 a testimonial was given to John L. by New York sportsmen. - The Bostontan offered $50 to anyone who could stand up for four rounds with him that night. Steve ‘Taylor, a fairly good heavy- Wwelght of that period, accepted —the challenge. And Sullivan, to the de- light of the partisan audience, AR Tay in th cond i . v e v 1 tovere| IR We call this a “NECESSITY Flood en a barge anchored in S ALE]| ‘ ALE” for this Reason: that it is Absolutely Necessary for us to B e "o 3900 _ pures force what remains of our Winter Stock out of the House in order to make room for our New Which was considered a fabulous sum Crossley in one round. 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