The daily gazette., 1883-06-09
sULLIyAN .KNoOKED OUT"
An Interesting Episode In Connection
With His New York Game of Bali.
rErnnk Ftle in RrooklVn Eagle,


With HIS New York Game of Ball.
tFrank File In Brooklyn Eagle.l
am surprised that none Of the New York |
dailies told the most interesting fact about |
Sullivan's game of base ball. ] went up to |
see the game because hoped that the cham
pion would get angry and clean out nine or
ten Of the ball prayers. Whensl got there
l found 6,00t people ahead of me. They
were apparently sctuated by the same mo-
tivee as myself, for they yelled all sorts OF
taunting things at sullivan, urged him to
smash things generally, jeered at the UNI
pire's decisions, and were disorderly from
beginning TO end. But Sullivan was good
natured and afiable. He did not tight for
cent. The most remarkable thing that
all the papers missed was that John l..
Sullivan, champion pugilist Of the world,
was knocked head over heels In the dust by
a slim aud agile young ball player! 1t oc-
CURED in this way: The champion had sent
ball over In the left field and got the
first base on it; then Kennedy went 70
the bat and sent another ball TO the
lift field. He started feetly for the first
base and when he got there, ran plunk in
against John L. Sullivan, who had FORGOTTEN
to run when the ball was cent away. When
Kennedy struck Sullivan he bounded away
as though he bad struck tower of rubber.
Then he cried "Runi Run I" Sullivan
looked at him and grinned and then start d
toward second base. When he got third
OF the way there he returned and touched
| bis bas, This was purely original freak
and made the spectators howl. KENNEDY
caught the big champion off hrst, no Reyei',
| and pushed him toward second In this
| way he engineered the pugilist around 70
| third base, and when he got there Sullivan
concluded that he would not run any further,
and INDUCED In complacent smile. Mean
while the helders were escurrying around aftei
the ball. Kennedy saw he could moi
get Sullivan ahead, so he ran bach
| and perched ON second base. Then
another man came TO the bat and sent d bal
whizzing over into the right field. As soon ht
it was sent Sullivan started at terrific pace
for home base. as he came laundering
along, Murphy, the catcher, jumped tC
home base and held up his hands for the
ball The left fielder socked IL 10 with al
his might to Kennedy. Murphy csugh the
ball In both hsnds and the momentum O.
the catch whrled him around. As he swung
around Sullivan came uD and both OF MUIR
| phy's clenched hands, with the ball between
them, struck the champion full in the
breast Sullivan caught the shock una
wares, staggered for q moment and then
plunged head first and rolled over twice or
ON the ground. Murphy was sent spinning
around like top and landed on bis hand
and heels some six feet away. He is tn
only man who has ever succee led in knock
ing Sullivan out. But, alas, he got nj
credit for 1t. 4.u N4
IfSullivan was shrewd he would give VI
pugilsm this season and go into the bal
Id He made over 81 500 In two hours Of
Monday and ran no risks of Interference b,
the police or OF having his head punched Il
. by an antagonist. He will probably clea
s., 900 by his two hours work in Philadel
. phia, and has already received offers all owe
the country. He is a good and stron
pitcher, but his ball has not any twist an
8 is easy to bat, A lighter pitcher who has
J.. clever twist to his ball can do more efieC
tive work than Sullivan with all his gigantl
, strength. Two teams, with Mitchell pitch
ing for one and Sullivan for the othel
t could 90 about the country and m ke fol
tunes for both of the pugilists in tw
months.
Sullivan, by the way, is becoming quit
swell. A year ago, he dressed In slouchy
sack coat, was often minus a collar an
r scOrned the more frivolous articles of al
parel. Now he carries silver knob sticl
j. wears a beaver hat and black frock COZ
heavily lined with satin. Such is the infll
ence of prosperity.