Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-25
SLUCGER SULLIVAN.
BE Says Mitchell Couldn't Have
Knocked Him Over
If He Had Had His Feet
Braced.
He Says He Shall Never Enter the
Ring Again.

Interest In the slugging match at
New York the other night keeps up
with unusual liveliness Sullivan
said, when asked it Mitchell was as
hard a hitter as he was said to be-:
"No, l do not think he is. 1 know
he did not hurt Inc at any time last
night. I could have used him
rougher than 1 did, but I did not
want to do anything that might arouse
hostile criticism, aud kept myself as
we'll In bounds as possible. In the
first round he attempted to throw me
over the ropes. l suppose he thought
it would be q big thing to let the
crowd see that he could dispose of me
In that name At the time he
made that attempt I could have
knocked his head against the floor
and left him In such q dszsd condition
that he would not have been able to
get up for on hour. People talk about
the great difference In our size and
weight. Half of them do not know
what they are talking about. I don't
think I can be such q giant as I am
represented, when / only stand FIVE
feet ten and one.eighth inches In my
stocking feet. Ionly stand about two
ipches taller than Mitchell. Last
night, when I was stripped, I weighed
203 pounds, or about thirty. three
pounds more than l should weigh TO be
in good fighting trim. Mitchell says
he weighed 154 pounds. I am salts.
fed to bet that he weighed 160 !
don't think, after all, there Ia such O
great odds on my side. Mitchell has
been In training for some time past
for the fight last night, and was
probably in training for It before he
come to this country at all. I was
only nine days altogether preparing to
meet Mitchell "
allow was 1t that Mitchell knocked
you down2"
she knocked me down because al
the time l was standing with my fee,
close together. II l had been stand.
Ing with one foot behind the other,
he could not have knocked me down
If he tried forever. I am willing tc
stand up before Mitchell and not ust
my hands, and I'll bet S5, 900 te
81, 900 that he can't knock me dowr
with q blow"
"Who do you think Is the best mar
you have aver me-with or without
the gloves2"
"That is hard to say, but I think
Jimmy Elliott was about the best. HI
certainly was as game . man as I evel
encountered"
Sullivan added that he never in
tended to enter the ring again. He
will be willing at all times, he said, to
accommodate aspiring pugilists with
the gloves, but will never fight again
with the naked fists. he Is of the
opinion that his reputation would not
be one bit better If he were to whip
fifty men In the ring instead Of one.
He could only have the title Of cham.
pion In any event, and he consider,
that he has earned that title by thi,
time, and does not see why he should
be expected to fight In tho ring with
everybody who might challenge him
Sullivan's declaration In this regarc
decisively settles the question whether
he and Slade, the Maori, shall eve
come together in actual prize fight.
The receipts Of last nights glove
fight were $40, 900, of which Sallivar
received $4,000, Patsy Sheppard, hill
manager, a like amount, and Billy
Madden and Mitchell the balance
The expenses were 81, 100.