Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-22
SULLIVAN AND WILSON.
A Pen Picture of the RAtch-Tug's
ShFeWd Tactics.

NEW YORK July IS New York never before
saw anything like the great prize fight be
tween Sullivan and Tug" Wilson last night at
the Madison Square Garden, and am pretty
confident that if New York ever sees anything
like it again it will not see me where was last
night I'm fond of sports and have seen
great many matches 1 have been roughly
handled on several occasions, butt was never
in such a thoroughly helpless condition
as last night in the second round
of the fight when the crowd of 5,CO0 roughs
battered down the big Fourth Avenue doors,
and fought hand to hand with the police for
admission The noise of the struggle melted
the thousands within the building, and they
rose in mass on the north side. and rushing
down on the space set apsrt for newspaper
men carried away the ratings smashed the
chairs and tables to spl1nterS, and poured into
the space like an avals nche throwing the
guests, reporters and correspondents against
the platform, and pressing down with terrible
force The thousands in the rear urged them
on and the jam was terrific. / was penned
against a post. with one fellow on his knees by
my feet half suffocated and frightened. and
the whole mass of men pushing against me- 20
that could not catch my breath. l tried TO
fight awsy the men who were pressing
me. but they we're helpless 10 the hands of the
mob behind them, and it was only after vigor-
Gus lighting by the police that we could get
together. There were nearly one hundred and
fiffv newspaper men there, but they were
helpless as kittens with the fifteen thousand
men who were determined TO use every foot OF
room around the ring. IL was virtually prize
fight. but it came within the limits of the law,
because the men wore boxing gloves They
were small gloves covered with hard stretched
k d, and as herd as wood when the clasped hand
of a prize fighter was III them.
The admission was &wo dollars, but late in
the afternoon so eager were men to see the
fight that five and as high as ten dollars was
r.. F~u cir uta Thraa fua4r
loads of sporting men: ruffians and
bruisers came from Philadelphia Over
one thousand of the same class OF men
journeyed here from Boston Chicago sent five
hundred or more. and parties came from New
Orleans and st. Louis They were crazy over
the fight, and talked of nothing else. When
this crowd fought its way into Madison Square
Garden and mingled with the rest there was
about "a much Wickedness under one roof as
most men care o encounter. There were few
women taken in, but the ponce TOOK them out
as soon as they were discovered. They would
have heen crushed into state or 1nSensibility
had thew been allowed to remain. Many gen
tlemen who admire the manly art" were on
hand, and attachments or swell young club
men. looking rather nervous IN al me hubbuo,
bOupht priVate boxes for S40 or sou, and when
they reached them found them chocK full of bur-
" ruffians. The Young club men never disturb
ed the burly rUff1ans, winch on the Wnole, was
a decidedly good thing for the young club men.
Madison Square Garden is an immense build
ing occupying an entire block In the most aris-
toci attic section Of the city. It is owned by
William FL. Vanderbilt, who lets IL Tor sporting
exhibitions and church fairs for about $4,000
week It is remarkable that such an exhibit
ton as that Of last night could have occurred
in New York. for the fighting was brutal IN the
extreme The men were IN prime condluon
aud crazy to get at each other. John L. Sull-
van became champion of America when he
knocked Ryan out in four rounos last season.
He is the most terrible hitter OF the day, but
he is comparatively inexperienced and
only twenty five years old. His career has
been wonderful He has succeeded In
not only knocking every body out who ever
stood before him, but has also so frightened
his opponents. that they never are weary Of
marveling on his tremendous strength. He is
q perfectly proportioned man. of superb build
and magnificent physique. Viewed artisticaly,
he is inquest onably the most beautiful man
before the public to-day or any other day. He
has a low and revolving expression Of face
however. and talks like a vulgar rowdy. His
ANTAGONIST. TUG Wiso whose real name ia
Joe Collins, Is remarkable specimen Of bull