 On December 9, 1911 Dr, Kennedy admitted him to the sanitarium at Tranquille, near Kamloops.The "Sydney Record" of July 5, front page, remembered that he had walked across the continent.The "Sydney Daily Post" of the same date, page 5, remarked, "He was looked on as the most likely aspirant for the honors so long held by Martin Sheridan, but the disease which ultimately brought about his death fastened upon him and cut short his athletic career."