Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-05
SULLIVAN AsD srGulsss.
rs. r. ChropicleI

SULLIVAN AsD SgGIlssa.
rs. r. ChropicleI
A good exampae Of the money there.
i in tho cultivation Of muscle y fur
nished By the receipts Of the Sellivas
eombinatio0 along tie road. In Ch1ca-
90 they cleared between $1S,UO and
$780, IN tso days; in Pittsburgh the
net receipts were tlO,20 in two nights;
two days in Dayton Ohio netted 5000:
il Cincinnati &49W in one day; at 81.
Paul they nstted 5000 in one day, and
the next day At Minneapolis t3o07. II
would not be An exaggerated estimate to
put down the clear profits of the tour at
&16O,O0 or about ono hundred times ~
much n q brainy hOmuncuius would
earn in the same time. In this day
Drawn evidently helds first place over
brain. Sullivsn's American tour ends
in San Francisco; and whether he VIII
afterward visit England. Ireland, Scot
land, France and Germany, a. it vas at
first announced be would, or retire per-
msnently from the ring, rs it il now an
nounced be will. In uncertain, and some
thing about which san Franciscs II not
nearly 90 much interested as about what
he viii do while here.
So far as at present arranged the pro-
gram 10 that the combination shall give
two exhibitions on Friday and Saturday
nights next, respectively. The first event
will be set-tO between Steve Taylor and
Mike Gillespie. Taylor 10 the * chsm
pion heavy. weight OF the United States
and Gillespie, . smaller man, IL what Is
known in the pariance Of the ring az
"favorite" II Bostsn. Taylor generally
acss on the defensive, Gillespie being
an active man and pusher. Following
this will como q set-tO between Herbert
A. Slade, the Maori half breed, Who will
be remembered here - Mace's pr0tege,
and Who il said to have wonderfully isu-
proved since he left Gypsy Jim's hands,
and Pete Mccoy. the champion light
weight Of America and Sullivan's srain-
o.. Slado 10 nov An adept With bis right
band, while Mccoy il 6spFy little chap
and generally succeeds in rilinQ the
Maori up to pitc Ut unguarded anger.
Following this will come q 70 between
Sullivan aud Taylor, and following this
Mccoy and Gillespie will take = bout,
from WhiCh-the two men being about
evenly matched-the crowd generally
extracts much excitement. The last
number on the program is the wind up
between Sullivan and Slade. One pe-
culiar feature Of the combination il that
It contains the frst man Sullivan ever
knocked out, Steve Taylor, and the last
ne ever whipped in regular contest.
Herbert A. Slade. It had been c0ntem-
plated that Sullivan and Paddy Ryan
shOuid m0et here To terminate their diff
!efsnoss, Dus tnss soneme !eal through
~ 0onsequenco .! nyan turning tan
~ ns suS Mnnno. soAs lss a1tIeoy oo9n Nlu
.MAo oy sne toIe9lspn anu tne LOCAL press.
- NAG oesn noPeo some DoAef o. INC CITY
wouiu ~ iouuu 70 staoo up Ds1oIe ouiu-
van 1uss 70 6aAo .ainEs lntetestin9' out
90 faf no suinclently self-sasrinc'nR nam
mas been found.
ouAvan CHAINS 20 nave met ana van
qu.sned 70 men, OUT many OF these 90
NOS appear IN DIS record: the pfiacipal
events OF wnioa are q follows; SULLIVAN
was porn IN Boston OosoDef Id, 1905. OF
if'sn paIensaRe, MS fatner ana mother
Dein9 DON from County Merry. AZ 10
nis local repotat'on vas eesaolisned rs
boxer, ana AZ ~ tin CinclnnatD ne
made MS nrst sppeaia nce Tor money AZ
the antsxcnist OF donaldson, whom ne
Io0ens 70 stop 10 snfee foonos' with
SOY gloves.
Eariy IN 1901 ne mace nis appearance
~ new fsrk, onerinR purse OF $N
70 any pu.iIiss IN the wof!d VINO would
ssano oeIore Dim TOT TOUR ROUNDS,
xueensoury ru;os. oteve Iayiof ac.
copied tue challenge ana was hnished
IN Two rounds;
Inis started MS claim TO the cnam-
p'onsnip and brought Ryan, tho then
wearer OF tne title, to the front. While
the matc1 was being arranged Sullivan
mes Fioou, new iofk Puxiilst, May 10,
!ooi' on oar9e ~ the hudson, and used
nim mp In 10 minutes, four OF ehem BE-
ing consumed oy fioods seconds IN hx-
ing ms sooes:
In fhiiadelphia, on his first sparrinR
tour. be Knocked out Crossley and dis
posed OF dalton and byraes during his
stay In Coioag0:
Octooer 0, 1851, articles we're signed
TOT the contest Win Ryan, within lUO
miles OF new orleans; f0Oru ary !, 1857,
being named ~ the tlme. The purse
was toOOU. When tho DAY was reached
. tremendous crowd, numbering I5,OOO
persons. gathered q MissisGppi City.
AZ AiA1 oclec9 Oollivan appeared IN
the ring, weighing lS6 pounds. Ryan
appeared At l2:oz o'clock, looking rather
sne worse for ms severe training. In II
minutes and IN the ninth round the bat
tie ended IN favor OF Sullivan. Ryan
was knocked down IN the first, fourth.
nfth, sixth and ninth rounds.
On the Fourth OF July, 1855, IN glove
matcn near New YORK, Elliott was
knocked out IN 7aO. hen came the
Wiison. Mltchell and Shade matches, full
accounts OF which we're published IN
these columns, all being IN favor Of Sui
IVAN With she exception OF Wilson, test,
~ he managed to stand the three four
minute rouL ds BY falling with Sullivan's
blows. Thus gaining . ten second rest
with each fall.
On his tour Sullivan has met and
Knocked o1t SIX men. The nrst was
ames McCoy OF Acheespors, "a, who
nad already whipped 10 men and who
sIterwara made name Tor hlnseif BY
n9ntinR ia rounds with q broken wrist.
A0en came man called aefey, An en-
Elneer OF 81. Paul, MINI. The t"ird was
the local champion OF Davenport, Ia;
the fourth The 0ip-y, Of st. Louis; the
nIth l0mberW2u Of Eau Claire, Wis.,;