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Many Pugilists Become Policemen Alter Their Ring Ability Has DimmedBy MGn«vy.wIn these days moat of the top-notch-ers of the ring- men ar« financiers who srv6 their coin and retire with comfortable fortunes. In former times pu-gilists, as a rule, were not so forehanded, and many of them have had to make *a living by resorting to various comparatively humble occupations. Since the beginning of the game the Job of policeman ha* mado a strong appeal to the men who have outlived their usefulness In the roped arena. Frank j Man Lei, tho German boy who was prominent as a middleweight until a lew years ago, is one of the latest recruits, and now wears. the brass buttons or authority in Payton, Ohio.Of former stars who turned cops after leaving the ring Martin Duffy and Jack Moffatt are among tho beat known. Uoth were Chicago boys and both pot jobs beating the pavement in the Windy City when their fighting days were over. Moffatt was a middleweight and might have become champion except for an ln^urj^he received In one ot his battles.This is the birth anniversary of Mar* till Duffy, a* he was born in Chicago on (he 10th uf February, 1S77. He was one of the pupils of Harry Gilmore, the Chicago boxer who was Jack McAu-lifl'e‘5 principal rival for the lightweight honors. Gilmore fought Williamsburg Jack for the title In Ivaw-rence. Masts., nearly thirty years »gor and gave Jack a tough time of It for 28 rounds. Gilmore had to quit because of a hrokcn nose, but at the time McAuliffc was almost blinded in one eye and coaid scarcely Bee out of t’other. Gilmore taught the fighting trade \o a number of Chicago youths. Including Jimmy Barry, the bantamweight champion, who retired undefeated.Martin Duffy didn’t attain titular honors in his ring -career. but i ho fought many hajrd battles. Under | the Instruction of fiilmore, he devel-j oped Into one of the cleverest perform-} erst / in the ring. He was something like Packey McFarland, Chicago's later Idol, in his ring work. He started as a professional in 19fl0, and whipped Adam Ryan, Otto Sieloff and other good lightweights. In 1901 he was defeated by Sieloff at Oshkosh, but in a return engagement In the same city turned the tables. His victims that year also included Martin Judge. Artie Simms. Perry Quecnan and several otheVs. In 11*02 Sleloff got the best of a Ktx-round match in Chicago and Martin also lost the decision in a ten-round affair with Tom Couhig in Toronto.It was in 103 that Duffy sanje into the limelight as a contender for the j welterweight honors. After several minor battles, he was matched to fight Rube Kerns, the former welterweight «:hamplon, in Louisville. Martin put J the Rube to sleep in thf? thirteenth i round. Ha then fought Matty Mat-* thews, another ex-leader of the welter division, in Port Huron, and triumphed in ten rounds. He rounded out the year's campaign by going six rounds to a draw with Tony Capon 1, in Minneapolis.The season of 1904 wa? one of disaster* for Duffy. He started well by whipping the veteran Rube Ferns in a twenty-round engagement in Hot Springs. Ark. He then tackled Joe (Twin) Sullivan in Chicago, and was outpointed in six rounds. He was then : matched with Honey Meltody. at that I time a comer among the welters, and J for the first time in his career Martin j took rhe count. The Sweet *Un landed | a wallop in the fourth chapter that { made Martin see «tars. After several* other bouts in the middle west Duffy was given a return engagement with Mellody in Spokane. Honey proved that his first victory hadn’t been a fluke by knocking Duffy out in the very first round. DufTy then quit ike ring, and afterward became a cop.
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Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Thu, Feb 10, 1916
Page 2
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