Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-24
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Ukoou 04roYuIy cOitxv60 "
uayties, that personal til-feeiinR euse
Sstwesn the principals IN IriSs f,enss.
when il 10 believed thAs sncn feehue
axists. public in ersst In the light y. 81
eousse, greatly hiehtsned. fos sne1 ~
xaEurally suppoaed that the msn VII o
1sose likely 70 do their oest. bsfoss ~
most every meeting IN the finR. even u
r. n only 10 BE- hard glove confess IN
1870 HAN for the delectation Of = few
Irh roe,, YumAYs are ~ adoas Of saw
~ su;rnositiea between the men who |
~ ~ fioht. Nopetimea tbs men them |
49, encourage the popular delusion |
~ ebeiY threats and vapoFings. Bot, ~
: matter of fact. the instances now
dava are exceedingly rare IN when
1Nsre IL ac4uallv any more personal
hsvyed In prize fight than shsrs II In = |
1,ottsy trade On the floor OF the Produce
UvehanOe. Matches are made entirely |
~ : matter Of usincss. and the bruiser
Icch uoop the c0ntusions he receives
n The exercise ~ his profession ~
msyelv It's Incidents Just ~ = pedestrian |
raOryls the WEAKNESS prodnoed by par
~, .atjcn in a walking match ind~ed. /
srrcro the Rest pugilisss tho very sensi-
Me view obsaips that passion - an Gle
.rsr. 81 weakness IN fight. initiating
scsirst that ciearness Of Judgment and
.taaar rhiInsophicsi endurance OF pm
;sh,ept which are essential 90 success
N tbe RING. sH@'s such q good natures
6ohtey'' ia, therefore, actually much
Iiobsy pypise tran the words themselves
;-srl, Thee was no i'll feeling between
Gnss end RYAN When thev fought, non
hatween Sullivan and Ryan. DO 10
hnrn and lem Niece had no animo~it'
n e;,ber of heir two meetings. and Ger
Astn,v nome could have grown out OF
their mutually inflicted hurts. parton
Isr,v nm the lagt occasion. The nght
hstveen 10 Cobnrn and Mike Mctjool In
~ was anita friendly affair. 80 wss
the ono besvaeu Fill Davis and Jim
Ounp foy the heavyweight champion
ahjp and AZ Ofrn a side in the same year.
No on.rrel exsSSed between Charley
GALLAGHER end PIN Elliott when thsv
foooht. or b@twe.n big ADdv Blake and
Tom Jennings or Tom Jennings and
Ncrool. or Alien and Gallagher. or
Nrca and Allen. or Allen and MrCool.
or Goes md Allen. And Some OF thosa
Arhss ere desperately hard ones. IN
which the men pnmmeled each other
met ss sorudlv. in business way. na II
{heiy hesrta were blazing with hate.
Prob .hlv we are indebted 10 the English
eYs,ppIe for much Of this friendliness
In the modern prizs ring Certainly II
did no. Arist here few Years ago. In
the or ier history of prixs fighting in
tbjs country almost every encounter
new cnt of q personal quarrel or sosDe
faction bate or national jealousv. Per
hans the fichting was not actually anv
harder or The plnck anv greater then
than II has been when no such feelings
have exissed. Int. at all events. tho pop
ulay excitement evoked was much more
intense than il ever shown nov.
T. king this subject over few nights
aSo. an old "spoyt" aaid: "fn the old
tirnes II was all Enpland against Ireland.
or y foreigner against an American. Or
enc gang against another. or ono city
AGAINST another. Men fought then
more for the love and glory Of II than
from any idea nj making trade OF It.
Indeed. there we're mono. that can 70
rn.ml~r. Of the American fighters Of
thoae DAYS who had not regulsr trade
or husiness mt which they worked in
dust, iousls. Their fighting was Just
pastime. The first recognized prize
hpht in this conntry WAS t,etween JacOb
Hv.r end Sam Beasley. .HveF was the
father IT Tom liver, an English bntcher.
vho lived over in New Jersey. He WAS
q mighty handsome fellow. weighing or
dinsrilv ahOut 2JO pounds, and stand
inc feet az inches high. He was
dark complexioned and finely built.
Sam Resslev was n Yopcmaker. They
had quarra, one night when liver yrs
on spree. and they agreed 10 fight IL
out the next morning At Stuyveaant's
Pond. which was up on the east side.
about where Fouvth street il now. Bsas
lev's second. bv the way, Wss Bill Ruok.
foreman # % Engine, double jointed
nm. with double set Of teeth all
around. and said 70 be the strongest
man ia the country. The fight w@ a
Desperately hard one. Hyer knocked
B~sslev down seven times in succession.
Finally the ropemaker made spring At
him and landed n blow on the point Of
his isw with such foroe ~ 10 break u,
dropping him. A he got up no whis-
per~d to jim Sanford. his second. that
his Jaw WAS broken, hut asked him 70
OAy nothing about Il. and plsoed him
Oelf in position for another round. The
blood was flowing from his mouth In a
stream. bnt he fought On. He wanted
- 90 on with his Jaw broken In three
places and hanging down; bat Il looked
too horrible, and the people about the
ring stopped the Aaht. which wa given
b Bsaaley. Neither Of the men had q
dollar MP on the nght. They fought
nom pure Aninnosity.
''rhe next great 6Qht Wa between
George Ksnartt and Ned Hammond.
evcr on the old Union Course. That
vAs In 1879, ! think. Both men were
yeQular fRhters. They tonight Arr on
he Hook, at Brandy Point. but there
the oonstables interfered With them. %
thev went out to tho Union Course and
6Aished Il there. Kensett WA an EuQ-
hnhmsn and Hammond an Irishmau,
and there was IN intensely bitter feel-
tnR between their respective country.
Nm over ths light. When Kenaett vNe
getting the hast of u the Irish faction
eeoke into tho ring and cleaned out he
lnRltshmon In the melee that ensued.
AhOut six m0nths aftervArd thee same
ueu fought again n The Same plaos.
and aftsr An hour of Ashtina. muoA
Hor~ severe than 10 thelr former Ueee
tAGA. ksneett Won he batalo.
sAlnng About lH2S lin Sanford, Who
- Hyof's ssonnd IN that neht WITH
- cafisd 'ths American Phenoms.o..:
eooAuse b whipped everybody ho
AASEse. About THAI 1ims, o. : nm -
f6se. Mocossin Jaoksoa took over -
NnglAnd tho Amegioan tsottsss Ton
Thumb and Rather, The f0smos the A
1egas that vAs svos Known . make iO
0iass II tan housA He cold ~ hossoo
ovef thass, and brought back VIM hin
A Rynma3sh AsyAA>n waw~>A MA eT.xH ~