Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-11-18
SULLIVAN MAY FIGHT.
rBE eLovE CONTEST sASur,vNEp.
Josiios parret'. OF tho rev York supreme
court, Leaves tne Matter IN the
Bands OF tho Police.

Court, Leaves tns Matter IN the
| Bands OF tho police.
The prize.fighters, sullivan Aod Green.
field. appeared before Justice Barrett In
! tho supreme court, New York, Monday
afternoon, and their counsel, Colonel
Spencer. turned on his eloquence. After
ten or fifteen minutes he was invited by
Justice Barrett to come to the point.
Assistant District Attorney Cove wanted
the proposed contest, To this and nearly
everything else that Mr.. Cove said or did
| Coouel Spencer objected.
There is no evidence" he said, "that
this contest is to be anything but an ex.
hibition of the manly art OF self-defeuss,
| just as there might be an exhibition of
skill in fercipg in every civilized country
on the globe. Even In Vermont they per-
init sparring exhibitions"
There was sensation when Sullivan was
called to the witness stand. The crowd
tumbled over one another falling back to
mako passage for him. He sat sullenly
down inside the rail among the reporters.
After the usual preliminary questions Mr..
| Cove asked
"Have you made any arrangement as
to the receipts at this entertainment ~
i" Yes. was to receive 65 per cent. Of
the receipts and the other 35 per cent.
was to go to the other parties," Mr.. Sulli.
van growled out. "The agreement was
not In writing. There has never been
anything written to my knowledge. There
was TO be no referee" Mr.. Sullivan oontip-
ued, in answer TO q question from Mr..
Cove. The men were to use ordinary
soft boxing gloves, stuffed with hair"
DO you intend to knock out Mr..
Greenfield %
al intend to get more points than he
does, if | can"
What do you mean by points ?''
Hitting and then getting away, the
same as in fencing"
"Shall you hit Mr.. Greenfield hard p
"If he hits me hard shall hit him back
the same way"
Do you remember q similar contest
with Tug Wilson ?"
THAT was the little fellow that fel
down go many times" said Mr.. Sullivan
with grim approach to smile.
. Do you remember the contest with
Lafl lin and his condition after it p
~ do"
"wss his face bloody when the spar
( ring was over 30
Not that remember Of"
Was be confined to his bed from hi
injuries ?''
Not tina. know of 8 heard he was
] on the street next day"
Mr.. Greenfield was called. He cam,
awkwsrdly forward, evidently laborinl
under bashfulness. When he took tn,
witness chair he made minute examina
ton Of the crown of his hat and then exc
cuted feats in whirling it which eclipset
all his former efforts. He stated that h
kept beer house in England.
'Shall you bit Mr.. Sullivan hard ?" ask
, ed MIR. Cove.
"Why, sir. doan't know, cir, what yo,
would call ard, you know. shall it in
. no 'arder than do fifty gentlemen
gives lessons to at 'ome."
. Did you ever see mans face blood,
! after contest similar to that you hav,
{ arranged with Mr. Sullivanp"
why, ave seen gentlemen in m,
boxing school a.goin' around with thei
faces bloody after they 'ad been adjust
in of one another's noses All friend ],
and pleasant like, you know, and no 'arn
done"
? Mr.. Sheedy was called and testified il
clear and strong terms to the purely lamb
like aud gentle nature Of the proposed
contest. Justice Barrett then appeared
and the testimony was read to him. II
4 took it and Lawyers Cove aud Spencer Il
bis private room, announcing that b.
| would give his decision In writing. A
= the end of an hour he sent for Richard K
. Fox, Pat Sheedy, John L. Sullivan and AL
! fred Greentield, the four prisoners. A few
1 minutes later Sheedy came back in tn
! court room and joyously announced tina
the Justices decision released the prison
| ers and allowed the match to 60 on.
"We can't go ahead to night, though,
Sheedy added, 'It is too late to finish on
arrangements, but the exhibition will tax
place on Tuesday night, sure"
r The main point of Judge Barrett's dis
a cision was as follows ~ feel constra ainet
to discharge the prisoners, leaving 1t t.
! the police to prevent any prize fight o.
unlawful contention, directly or indirectly
whether gloves are used or not. II blow
arc struck which are likely to cause injur,
to the parties, or to infiame their passion,
or the passion of bystauders, or whicl
cause a disturba or breach of the peace
; or which are in any just sense brutal o
revolving, it will be tie duty OF the polio,
: to act promptly and with vigilance"
, Greenfield, after light supper, wen
back to his training quarters at Flushing
Arthur Chambers will act as his second
Sullivan went back to Monico Villa t,
resume his training and seemed to be wei
satisfied with the decision.