The daily gazette., 1882-07-06
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Ne Puniahos Jimsny EIliOtf Terribly in
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he puniahes Jirasny EIIiott Terribly in
Three Rounds.
NMw YoRK, July 5.-At John L. sulli-
vans puRilistic picnic yesterday, James
Elliott accepted sullivan's proposal to pay
$500 to any man who would stand before
him for three rounds. Time was called at
5.25. Seven and half minutes later Mr.
Flliott hung limpy over the ropes Ike an old
wet suit Of clothes drying on line, with his
second tugging away at him in vain and
trying to lift him into consciousness and
into chair.
At the call Of time the men stepped
quickly forward and shook hands. Itwas
about the last thing Mr.. Elliott had any
chance TO do at all gracefully. Mr.. Sullivan
rushed upou him like cyclone and drove
him back into his corner and pounded him
about the face and neck in way to set him
TO thinking. The boards were slippery and
Mr.. Elliott seemed dazed by the hot begin
ming of the fight. He slipped under one OF
Mr. Sullivan's blows and twice in twice as
many seconds he fell to the floor, clinging
both times to sullivan's legs, which seemed
to stand as firmly as If they had been set
into planks.
Elliott hardly regained his feet before he
was down again twice in the same way. He
looked discouraged as he dropped into his
chair In the corner at the end of the excited
three minutes.
Johnny Roche gave Elliott something from
bottle and famed him. At the end OF the
minutes rest Sullivan stepped quickly to
the scratch. Elliott did not appear to be
so eager for the fray. The champion again
crowded the veteran into his corner and
slugged him furiously. He hit him under
the ear rs If with mallet and showered
blows all over his head. Elliott ducked and
lodged aud once he fell, catching Sullivan
by the legs in plain attempt to upset him.
He made several fouls, too, which Sullivan
politely refused to claim.
Sullivan seemed TO prefer keeping his man
little longer, in order to knock him out
more completely Elliott hardly managed
to counter at all upon the forbidding front
of Sullivan and his resistance seemed TO
grow feeble under the pounding which he
suffered. Elliott made desperate effort to
duck under frightful blow from Sullivad.
He caught it squarely In the back Of the
neck Then the men elinched like grizzly
bears until they were parted to begin the
slugging again. Sullivan planted stinging
and resounding blows on Elliott's ear and
face until the latter rolled over again on the
stage, cIinging as before about Sullivan's
legs. They were separated, and when Sui
livan forced the fighting furiously Elliott
clinched him again and both fell, Sullivan
of course on top.
ne WdS AOOhCu upon 40 the
decisive one. Evidently Sullivan had no in
tention that the fight should last another
round. He closed with Elliott in the latter's
corner and slugged his head with such
rapidity and violence that Elliott must have
seen more stars than were to be seen in all
the rest of the armament. The three min
ute round was less than half over when Sulli-
van, with a straight blow, caught Elliott
Just under the chin on the left side and
knocked him into the ropes. II was theu
that Elliott seemed to be dead and huns
over the ropes without a movement 1t tool
two men to lift the unconscious fighter int
a chair.
Restoratives were applied, but Elliott wa
slow TO respond to their influence, Present.,
he opened his eyes and looked feebly abou
him, like one who asks "Where am | 2
This, however, was not in time for him T.
respond to the next call to the scratch, am
the consciousness that his ordeal had ende
at any cost seemed TO revive him. He wa
bundled up and five minutes later was le
limping and reeling away from the ring. II
afterwards revived enough to walk home
The time of the last round was l minut
and 20 seconds.