The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-10-23
SULLIVAN AND SHADE
AND rAe NosLE BAND OF sLOaaERs
A, cA..I., Shay. rA.l.rs-A Good aunorsd
Crowd which Tanned the House From Pit
10 Dome, aud Mas nads 10 Of RsprssentA.
tr..O OF All C%lsssss-rhs Boxing BOuu.

John L. Sullivan, Herbert A. slaie, Pete
Mccoy, Steve Taylor, Mike Gillespie,
and Frank Moran, the latter manager
and the Others members ofthe Sullivan 3lade
eolnbination now giving exhibitions Of spaI-
ring about the country, arrived In the city
[ ON Pittsburgh yesterday forenoon, and
w5re accorded q royal welcome. A large
c,owd had gathered Al the train, and follow
ed the distinguished visitors through the
streets to the Mcclure House, increasing grad
ualIy ill there was Q perfect mob when the
hotel was reached. All dayonrious people
losfed about the hotel anxious to catch q
elinpse OF the worlds champion siugger and
the famous Maori, 6lade, who was expected
10 knock Sullivan ont. and was brought from
Aus.ral u expressly for this purpose, which,
however, he did not succeed in doing. Tey-
lor, G llespie and Mccoy were minor features
Of tue show. but attracted some attention.
The party took in the boat race yesterday
afternoon, but for the rest otthe dsyremalp-
ed rather secluded. Mrs. Sullivan accom-
panies her husband, and attracts only less
attention than the male members Of the
parry.
For nearly d week the leading theme
among people interested In athletic sports
has been The promised appearance Of the
Isluggers'' at Charley shay's theatre last
njgIt. All the seats were sold In advance,
and many OF them reS1ld at a premium last
evening. The house wss crowde ! with men,
old, young and middle.aged, Of all occups-
tious and classes OF society. Several proml-
Lnent State, county and city officials were in
| the audience, and prominent business men
| we're also noticed, There were about l.6O
people In the house, and when II Is remem:
GER that 1900 fill It, the jam Gao be i'm
ati0ed.
A short vaudeville performance prefaced
the boxing bouts, being Q portion OF the pro-
gramme to be rendered by Reed q ksl'y's
| Combination for the rest OF The week. George
Brown gave a mouth organ performance,
which was borne with patience: "G., the
| Wizard" followed with o series OF very good
magical performances. The Leader quar-
tette, two male and two female dsrkies, sang
some plantation melodies, which were well
recei red. James Mack gave a lsughable imi'
tation OF q female %serio-comic, aud two color
ed men started 10 6 We a guitar and banjo
duet, but seeing signs OF Impotence on the
part OF the audience discreetly withdrew.
Then appeared Charles Bland and Jenny
Carlisle, who undertook to give an act made
up OF burlesque and singing, but were Missed
of the stage by the impatient audience,
John A, Rice In an old man character, wa
received without sigus OF impatience, and
then the curtain went down, aud Prof. John
H. sulliyan's original overture, "Remsm'
brances OF Irsland,n dedicated to the cham
pion, was rendered by the orchestra.
TIE sLuGGING COMMENCES.
When the curtain went up again the Grove
settled down and became still as q grave
yard. Frank Moran, the manager OF the
sullivan lade Combination, appeared on the
stage, closely followed by Mike Gillespie, o.
Boston, a small, slight framed man, with .
good deal more nerve than muscle. The an
nouncement OF his name was greeted witt
slight applause. which was renswed wher
steve Taylor, OF New York, came out OF the
opposite wing and was introduced. Taylor
is q fine specimen OF physical manhood, tall
we'll proportioned, and with muscles tina
stand out In marked contrast to Gillespie's.
Three "roundap took place, tht
boxers smiling and playing all the time,
They succeeded, however, in making 1t inter
esting for the audience, II not for each other
Some OF the boys in the gallery became
enthusiastic, and one yelled: "Hit him
Shorty" Taylor aad Gillespie both laughed
AT the wind up they cliAched aod were pa Al
melting each other in a lively style, much t.
the delight VI the spectators; when Moral
commanded, Break away!" Neither ipait
any attention, but pounded away, aud thu
manager had TO go In and separate them.
a'coY. AND THE MAORI.
Pete Mccoy, of New York, the middle
weight champion Of the United States, mex
appeared, and was received with some .nthu
sia m. This WIS increased when "Herber
A. slade, OF Australia" was announced b.
Mr.. Moran.
Mccoy is nearly OF q size with Gillespie
but solder and much more muscular. Slad'
ID o magnificent man, heavy and muscular
land the taliest mau OF the party, deserving
his title, "the Maori giant His left eye wa
blacksned, showing the kind Of spsrrint
some of the sluggers do.
This bout showed some hard hitting, tn
whacks OF the gloves on the bare skin OF thu
men resounding through the hall. Though
much smaller than slade, Mccoy woult
bother him considerably in an earnest meet
ing for the first few rounds. Both men, a
ali OF the sluggers, were stripped to the wais
aud wore ordinary stuffed boxing gloves
Yet SOM Of the blows were pretty solid
Three bouts were boxed by each pa r, ant
when the order came to Break awsy" or
the third round, both slade and his why
little opponent showed an unwillingness u
obey, and again Manager Moran had to sep
arate them. Occasional cries from the gal
lety livened this round.
THE CHAMPION.
The next match was betW cen Sieve Taylol
and Sullivan. The worlds champion wa,
rece we'd with vooiferous cheers, which only
ceased when the Two heayy.weights began te
spar.
Cries Of "Hit him, John!n KNOCK hin
.at GknuaNr tkuIt him In tha r0Nt EIlttUaHt "
"Knock outan eye for him |" and like advice
rained on the combatants from the gallery,
This was the first match in which the partieE
seemed anything like equal, and the boxing
was much more earnest than that which
preceded II. Some hard ticks were ex,
changed, but II a evideatly all sport, and
both man smiled continually.
Another good match was witnessed when
Gillespie and Mccoy came together. They
we've In earnest, this being the only meeting
In which there was any doubt AZ to the su'
premacy OF one or the other. They were
hard 10 separate, and one OF them struck Mo
ran by mistake when be stepped In to en-.
force his order to brtak away. They did
some wild air hitting. in the course Of their
sparring, one striking over tho others bent
head, and the blow being returned In the
same ineffective way.
THE CHAMPION MI THE MAORI.
The llsst meeting IVES between the two
famous contestants at Madison Square Gar
den, New York, Sullivan, H. chamr'on and
slade, the Maori giant. The contrast be-
tween the two men rs they sIVoa t.se.usr on
the siege wss most marked. Sullivan varied
the sparfing by his famous jump into the sir
keeping up . rattling fire Of blows as he de
scended. This provoked cheers, and cries
OF "You jump up. slade!" The run oil
encouraging yells from the gallery was ais.