The Evening critic., 1882-07-22
THE EVENING CRITIC.
RooNEy,s REMARKS

About the WtIsOn-SuIlfynn Glove
Fight. and About Some other Ring
Matters.
Mr.. John Rooney proprietor of tho Rams
Head Saloon, on Thirteenth street northwest,
is considered authority on matters pertaining
TO tho manly art, be they In relation to tho
prize ring or q bout with the gloves. His
knowledge OF men and the lights In which they
have engaged, together with the incdents con.
nccted herewith, seems inexhaustible. AL.
though travelling down the shady side Of life's
road, Mr.. Rooney is by no means old, and In &C.
tion is as active as four.year-old. He likes
TO witness n set.to, and on repeated occasions
has not waited for second Invitation to put
on the gloves and
Give n Few Instructions TO - COun-
tryman. =
In fact, he Is very accommodating In THIS
respect, and while processing to know but
little, still tho manner in which no handles
himself and his props" would soon convince
even greenhorn that there was some mis-.
take about 1t, especially after he had measured
HIS length on the floor two or three times.
Such an ardent admirer OF the beauties Of
the ring II Mr.. Rooney that distance Is no pre-
ventive TO his witnessing a contest when one
isposted to come OF. Ue went to see tho glove
fight between Sullivan and Wilson in New
York, as the adjuncts would have been incom-
plcto with him absent
one of tho ubiquitous reporters Of THE
thinking that ho would have pretty good
version OF tho fight, proceeded to extract 1t
from him.
Rooney" was asked him.
at Was Not Much OF N Fight"
no answered. 81 don't say that because had
money bet on sullivan, but you SEQ 1t was not
the kind Of fight tho people went to see or
wanted to see."
'swhat was the trouble?"
''why, the English TELLER didn't fight bit.
Wilson was UP and under oil tho time Sulli-
van could not get at him. He could not get the
"Did Wilson do any hittlngf"
"some little; but whom he did hit he stayed
there. He aint bad un.'
what was Wilson'S Principal worki''
ng time killing lime You see he only
ntes rounds, and he did 1t by popping up and
down..
and going down II he was only touched He
kind Of surprised Sullivan by his way, and
Sullivan was mistaken In his man, too. He
thought him not so good as no was. Now,
umo and bath. Salt water, you know, Is q
fne thing for taking the whisky out of man,
saying met Nike esi Donovan down there. T Me
is n policemen. He fought sullivan once, you
know. Well, Donovan said that he could have
did, and believe il, too. But Mike says I
stood up all the time and give him the best
had and knew how, and took, too, what he sent
second to Barney Aaron in n match, he was
there, and approved Mikes sentiments
"Will they have another conteStY"
ooh, yes. There is money In 1t. There Is
no more money In lighting with the bare fists,
and you Will hayc to go to Texas to fight.
Wilson
Can't Stand Before Sullivan
in the ring. He amt got any show"
"Where Will they meet next timer"
"Oh, they Will have another In New York,
and then reckon ono in Philadelfy and some
where else, perhaps"
0what kind Of looking man is Wilson,"
she looks as IL about sixty pounds had boon
cut on his head. His mouth Is bad. HIS
teeth stick out and his nose-well,
IF Sullivan Gets i'm ON That Nose
once tho blood Will run worse than from q
man hit with q slung-shot. Tho mans got no
don't look well.'
sDid you meet him?"
"Yes; I met him at Arthur Chambers In
Philadelfy. Hos got n foine place. Wilson
cracked a bottle OF wine for us. He says that
no will fight any man In the country who
weighs eleven stun-that Is, 156 pounds, you
Know"
'swhat is his business or trader"
''He worked I'm n brickyard before he wont
TO fighting. He did not know anybody In this
country but Heron. Ho Will mako Chambers
his headquarters. 1t won't be long before he
and Sullivan meets again, but next time II
Will be q, different kind OF fight. You can
bet Sullivan knows him better now. My, my,
but you ought TO Jest go to Coney Island, that's
tho place 10 do you good"
THE CRITIC confirmed this idea OF Johns and
started in that direction, but tho walking
being dusty and the distance great, concluded
to make relay and stopping place at the
Cff!ce,