New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-02
THE SULLIVAN MITCHELL FASCO
ONLY ONE OPINION EXPRESSED.
SULLIVAN PERSISTS THAT HE WAS NOT DRUM
RItT sICK-MnAT MITCHELL AND OIHEKS sAl,

SULLIVAN PERSISTS THAT HE WAS NOT DRUM
BUT sICK-wHAT MITCHELL AND OTHERS SAY
The excitement over the fasco at the Madison
Square Garden on Monday night had s'losue9 vs. Fo
terday, and the soreness on the parl Vi tno tUTb
people who paid So each or more 10 see Il hgnV
which did not take place had partly passed ava!
Among the people who take an interest III such mat
ters however, there is but one feeling IN regard 10
the action of Sullivan IN putting himself Ill sucn I"
condition as to be unable TO meet Mitchell:
Sullivan was found III the afternoon III MS room
at the Ashland House: lie was dressed as usdI IN
a close fitting suit of black, with Prlnce Albert
coat, and his high hat was carefully polished. Ile
was ready to start on the 4:30 tram 1or iioSfon c
His ewes were bloodshot and pulled up, and his lace
presented the red and bloatcd appearance lndica.
tive of long debauch. His vol was husky, Out
he spoke coherently. This is what he said
The papers were hard on me this morning and gnegs
deserved good deal of it. The truth OF the mater Is
that should never have made the match had ne Pc
out on the H road for NEARLY year b sd MACH was
went into training, bn when heard that NlIcucl We
training and got to drinking again was nr9ho UP oo
tore | came here and thought that wouldn come J.
when here not drunk and didn't drink ont
glass of brandy all day yesterday ana mat was Ia
the result Of drinking guess but was NOT GiIhk
l vomted blood yesterday afternoon ana at c,och
that he'd better quit selling tickets and return the money
for those that had already been sold. didn't know tDit
was that sick when went 10 the Garden that fell
down three times before got my clothes on Nhch
tGc Whole hnsinc.s lie Oven to some charitable ns-
ton. but Mitchell aud Madden wouldn't hear o. IT,
knew when refused to spar that would get plchS vi
abuse. bu baby could have knocked Inc OUT ''t t ~.
couldn't have stood M three minutes ei aiole Sia
twnlve, and knew that II Mitchell knocked ne OUT he
never would have given me another chance ana th
would nave been worse I"r me tn , i cave ~ nv own
physician and then IN 90 70 the shore and spend the
Summer in have fight with Mitchell in the fall aud
that will show dccsivcly which is the best man OF me
wouldn't have had this thing happen lor T-uVVV
Hugh Coyle the manager of the John l.. sullivan
Combination. said
never heard of any proposition to return the gate
money ana inclined to doubt If any such proposition
made. H.wond have been -ereat hardship 10 Tue
management TO have been forced To maze S.tn .
they would not only have had to bear an the
hut would have had to redeem over LOCO coai'crlvN
thing about Mr. SuiliyanS condition or &cuon' Dul
don't blame the crowd for feeling indignant.
Charles Mitchell and William Madden were found
IN the latcr's place in Thrtecnthst. Mitchell
talked to this effect:
lam sorry that the fight didn't take place on account of
the disappointment to the people II was not my Iau
however l was as SICK as sullivan was pil wa
Diet -rluned that could drag .ny 81 to the Garden
T TSa is ann me- rfe sI ci mat he didn't s6t e
would have been no credit me to whipa SICK man.
and wanted this fight settle the question as 70 orr
superiority If had been whipped never would nave
made kick about being out OF condition. though really
Was a, proposition made to you to give the receipts to
No. Tneyer heard OF any such propositions If had
wonld have done it az once foe thc,e Of my repul3
should have hated give up the 5000 gouut oi thc
business hut | would have done 1t. | believe Billy
OBricn did make joking alllslon To giving thc
money TO hospital hui nuth!ug serious was proposed.
shall lie M for tie summer and won't fight again until
cool weather.
When "Al' Smith, who has been Sullivan's
hacker for the last wear, was askcdif there was any
truth in the statement that sullivan had told him
to return the money for tickets, he SAID indignant
ly:
There not a word of truth in it, and Sullivan told
deliberate malicious lie when he said it, He in
drunken siupcr all day yes crday and don't believe he
certain that he saw me. did everything in my power
make him fight lie could have fought well as not
last night have him knock men out WHOM he was
twice drunk rs lac then. I'm done with him.
The receipts as given by the management for tile
SwIndle were So G6S. The expenses were $3.50,
leaving TO he divided between the men T43lS. 1t
was divided equally between Mitchell and Sulli-
J. b. Gibbs, the temperance worker, wrote letter
TO sullivan Yesterday .mpIessing on him the evils
of ntempeTance and incosng pledge. He had
received no answer up to a late hour last night