The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-11-15
Billy Madden Tells What He
Knows About Prize
Ring Men.
Jack Sullivan, the Modern
Heenan, and How He
Takes Things.
Pete Croker's Fights During Life
Few Good Words for Billy
Edwards.

Bill Madden, the trainer OF Jack Sulli
van. the fighter who i az present a>;on-
ishing the pugilistic world 10y offering I"
knock all corners out ot time. even with
ylov,s. in four rounds or less, i a dapitr
Noung gentleman of twcntv-nInc. with Il
round handsome face. black mu>iachc and
slender build. He j. a New Yorker. and
follows training a. 4 pro 'cs>i0n. Tie has
had MANY glove contests, and twice has en-
tered the ring where the ungloycd hand
and bare knuckioe make the strife more
desperate In his first fight hc WHIPPED
Tom Hart, who weighed nor. pounds than
Madden. and In his second had Jim ~
lor. Then the lc-wci9ht chamri,a ii
The west, entirely q, his mercy when ia,
police pun an end /" the lrav Mr.. Mad
den. in a conversation with reporter.
gave some interesting rrc"lIrrtions 81 ihc
late Peter Croker. :i:d a fen Iac;~ aaou; lnc
rugiiistic wonder Sullivan.
Croker" saia he. '-cauc IL this couu-
Try about ten wears ago. when ne wa> ouiy
twenty H. was born IN London. % IRISH
parents, bu; hc never fna@hj in England.
lie worked - = Pi;>t"rors oil boy, :na
when hc reached this r.:.nIry hc io!l Wa,
hod-curying. lie aiway- had
\ LIKiNt, 100: >rAEEINo,
h.t he didn't come into any notice I'll a:i
exhibition was given II 1911 Ci:.se'>
room. in the city ii NcN ork. wh-rc H..
spared the -Mousc' Tie Mouse had :,
name, and took Croker up Tor 4 d.ti.r.
WeiI. the 'MunSc, wa> sent AWAY of and
g,!it "n one round. From that on tIp.,v~
ii Ia with others, including Steve Tavlog.
VIII" SPARED With Sullivan ineo;hcr night
VI that time, steve MAS 4 good lnai bHi
Sullivan knocked him "rl al lime in uilc
round
What i >uliivan'~ rank ~ boxer
Joe Elliot and he, lhr pest au;hurit,
In the coun,rv-says he the best fighting
man liz this or any country since Tom
liver The FIST time Sullivan ever c=nly
into notice Was while h, WAS ioilonili.
noted boxers around. He was always To-
lowing boxers. but knew nothing ni til,
science He had confidence and strength.
but no knowledge. lie HADN'T hc,r
scienced then. Ike q. not know how L.
hit except all around hi> head like a
wa>herwoInan. When man i>n'i >ri,.,a.,s
YOU see, he's like q man nailed l. ;I,
floor. lie may hit pretty hard, bu, "a,
don't often get IN = good blow. just iu
show what eciencin@ can do. took q biz
soldier named h,arucv from tic barracks
against Sullivan. HE soldier Ma- ~iy
feet three and a hail iuchc~ IL ne walked
around. and hc could hit a ;,rrib,s uiow.
hat he slug"cd all around without any
science. Ia Two months ! got him % a!rr,
with he fists that he licked
THE CHAMPION OF CANADA.
IL Sullivan 4 foreigner ~
oh, no. he WAS born in Boston. and
WAS twenlv-thrce wears old last SATURDAY.
He WAS a famous base ball PLAYER here "a
short while ago. and he took to S;,a.r.n2
ia the club roonS at Boston with cloves.
hut in regular rough-and tumble ,r,Jg.
He's five feet ten and onv-hal inches
high, and weighs l15 pounds when IN good
condition. and fully two hundred w,;Ikiu-
around Ihe street. Sallivan.' said u.
Madden is man uf terrible good prir-
cipie. square with everybody. and aiHli-
tiGu> To :,,t mp in the world like Norris,
lid. lIv'~ strictly temperate, ana D.,
never goes back uH friend ordo-s me"n
thing The very fI~l tim" Sullivan al;
auv prominent spafriaC he made "a ni.
sensation. pan ifwycr gave an exhibition
tar his OWE hgH,iiy IN Boston. and he a,-
way> drew q crowded hoJ>,. l,cau-c Dan
was "A good card i!e invited Sullivan
tne Boy tra:: Highland rs - g.,...
him-to >;aI3d gp sikh nira "- . ger. -.
The show. ~a'';.an ,..~ -,.i.,..- j 30 20. .
>olt kid aud .'av.G g.. .g-h. ..s.- ..a. 't."
would -,o, il.r /. ae va- o.: l..i H..
had an IDEA g., . a:ikn ,ae -..#rrsl. 3 g..
II lu~iuy~- ynu sa,w: j. 1855 -...-r g.. 81.
- cs-v - tan.., >ni.I.au around. Isra
was h,- H.rr- e. -.. IAHtr. n4t ..-.l..
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