Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-23
Sullivan the Hehviest Hitter I'm thi
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From the Brooklyn Eagle. -
Mitchell is not acting like man. It. is silly
for him to talk Of his not having been whipped
by Sullivan on Monday night. There were
knocked completely out Of time BY the Boston
pugflist and that he stood no chance from the
first. AL sorts Of excuses are offered by Mitch
ell and his friends for the defeat and 1t Is even
alleged that 1t was no defeat at all. He claims
that he was not fought down, but pushed down
by the weight and superior force Of sullivan;but
the facts are, he was knocked clean over the
ropes by right and left hand shoulder hits
time and again, and often topped over back
ward so that he fell into the arms Of the specta-
tors below. He says he IL hungry to get at Sui
Ivan again. If he is; there is no doubt what
ever that the doughty champion Of the
world will give him chance. The first duty
Of brave man is to acknowledge his defeat
when he is whipped. I had ALWAYS thought
very highly OF Mitchell, as, indeed, has every
body else, till after this fight. He does not show
himself the heaviest hitter in the world.
never saw anything like some Of the blows he
got In on Mitchell during the second round.
One OF them particularly made the spectators
hold their breath. It was left hand under hit,
and caught the Englishman just below the jaw.
It lifted him at least foot from the floor. and
he shot over backwards as though he had been
thrown from catapult, and fell like q log
among the spectators below. He was caught
and pushed upon the stage again, but his ewes
were Keeling in his head. and he was ouaking
all over. He approached Sullivan pluckily
again, but left-handed blow, straight from
the shoulder, caught him ON the neck again,
and he shot to grass as though he had fallen
from balloon. In the middle of the third
round he was hanging backward over the ropes
IKE wet dish rag, and when Capt. Williams
Jumped up to stop the fight there was
general relief. Sullivan offered his hand
to Mitchell then, and the fight stopped.
Mitchell now claims that Sullivan offered him his
hand because he was afraid of him and wanted
the hight to stop. Any one who saw the BOs-
tonlan erect and animated standing over the
crushed and limp Englishman can understand
now grotesqne is Mitchel's claim. By the way,
the talk about Sullivan being giant and Mitch
ell pigmy Is all nonsense. Mitchell is five feet
eight and a hUlf and Sullivan is five feet ten and
hall, difference of only two inches in height
Sullivan is forty pounds heavier but this was q
positive disadvantage to him On Monday night
He could have spared twenty-five pounds of it
very easily. There was very swell crowd pres
ent at the fight. That is, portions of the crowd
We're swell; Men In faultless dress were scat
tered about in the boxes, on all sides surrounded
by bruisers blackguards and plug uglies from
the Sums Of New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia
and neighboring Cities but the utmost good
humOr prevailed. Every man was intensely in
terested In the sport, and the good points were
heartily appreciated by the twelve thousand
people. mistake on the part Of the contest
ants or any exhibition of bad work was Missed
down Instantly. And twelve thousand men
kissing at once make .an awful noise. But then
the applause was relatively great, and that
evened matters up.