Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-18
NEW YORK.

| Wilson Wins the Match-SulItvan Un-
 able to Knock Him Out of Time-A Sketch of the English Champion.
 NEW YORK, July 17.-The glove match be-
 tween Sullivan and Wilson at Madison Square
 Garden to night was probably the most ex-
 traordinary affair of the kind that ever took
 place in this country. There were not less
 than ten thousand people present and it took
 one hundred policemen to keep them in or
 der. The betting ran high and Sullivan had
 the call at the rate of 100 to 80. Al Smith. 8 wesetrn sportsman, at ore time offered to
 bet $500 to $1OO on Sullivan. It was ru-
 mored about town that the match was not as
 square as 1t might have been an opinion pre- vailing that Sullivan did not exert his full powers. It was also rumored that Sullivan
 and Wilson will travel through the country
 and give sparring exhibitions. Wilson forced
 the fighting from the beginning He entered
 the ring at 160 pounds, though many present
 thought he was lighter. Sullivan weighed
 190 pounds. Wilson's tactics were to keep close to his man and to drop to avoid punishment. There was not 6 square knockdown during the entire contest, though
 Wilson went down at every opportunity. So far as sparring is concerned he showed more skill than Sullivan. The second round was mere repetition of the first. In the third round both men did some clever work but Sullivan's attempts to get in his sledge- hammer blows were rendered futile by the cat like activity with which his oppo nent dropped In the fourth round they threw science to the winds and engaged in 8 regular slugging match, in which Wilson was callo6 ha not knocked out. and the referee, Harry
 Hill, so decided. Arthur Chambers and George Holden acted for Wilson and Billy
 Madden and Joe Goss took care of Sullivan
 The receipts were SIC, ,OOO, of which Wilson gets $6,OOO and Sullivan $7,OOO, out of
 which he will pay the expenses of the con
 test. Richard K. Fox has issued to night 8 challenge to Sullivan on behalf of Wilson to
 fight in four months from it's acceptance, in accordance to the London rules, for $2 900 a side. Should Sullivan decline Wilson will claim the championship. It is also announced that Sullivan and Wilson will appear in Phil adelphia at an exhibition sparring match
 within week.
 'Tug Wilson" is the fighting name of Joe Collins, who was born at Leicester, Eng
 land, on March 3l. 1S47, and is consequently 35 years old He began his public battles in
 1866 by beating Kinney, 'the shoeblaek" of
 Birmingham in ono hour and ten minutes
 He next matched in July, 1867, against Johnny Ormey, of Leicester. After des-
 perate battle of an hour the police interfered and broke up the fight. On the second
 meeting to decide the fight Ormey failed to appear and Tug received the stakes. In
 March, 1868, he entered the ring second time with Kinney. The battle was severe two hours and twenty nine minutes, the blue coats appeared The battle was declared a draw. Tug not satisfied, and offered to
 fight the Birmingham man for e1OO against ESQ. Kinney did not reply.
 For eleven years Tug did not again appear
 within the ropes. In 1879, while he was on
 a visit at Nottingham, match arranged
 between him and Teddy. Kearney for e2O
 side, which he won in twenty-eight rounds
 in one hour and forty five minutes. He was
 next matched against Denny Harrington, of
 London. It was arranged that each man
 should invite twenty-five spectators. Har-
 rington brought about POO and Tugs friends refused to put him in the ring, and received
 hls stakes. In January, 1879, he challenged Mat Mullens, but got no reply. He was then @ side and the middle weight champion ship of England, The authorities prevented satisfactory finish of the fight, and it end ed in a draw. Tugs next essay was with Al Greenfield then champion of England The battle fought in 1881, on Lord Aylesford's estate, twelve miles from Bir- mingham. Among those present were the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Beaufort, Lord Aylesford Captain Windhsm and Lord Lons- dale. After twenty -e1ght desperate rounds \ in which Greenfield was terribly punished ' the fifty spectators, being satisfied that Will ! son was the better man, declared the battle | draw and gave Wilson two-thirds of the ! money After offering to fight any man in the world and receiving no response for year, Al Greenfield having announced his re- ! tirement from the ring, Tug was set down as ' the champion of England. George Holden, the feather, weight champion of England, says that Wilson is thorough boxer and the \ best man in England, and should be able to ! make a great fight with any man in the world. Another English pugilist, Spring heel Dick Goodwin, now in this country, says: II never saw 0 boxer like Tug Wilson. He used to teach the men in the different barracks to spar, and there are some of the finest men in Eng land among them I never saw one of them that he could not knock out just as it pleased him." George W. atkinson, editor of the Sporting LJe, says: ''Wilson is the cleverest man that ever entered the ring in England since Jem Mace flourished; is game and thoroughly scientific pugilist, and should be able, if in condition, to defeat any fighter in the world" Belts Lite says: s'Tne Ameri- can sporting public may rest assured that they will find Tug Wilson, of Leicester, a first class pugilist and one able in every way to fight for the championship of the world. They will find that Wilson is scientific and \ thoroughly game pugilist, and the best of his class since Jem Mace held the title"