Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-20
THE SPORTING WORLD
"sIugger" Sullivan in Savannah-His
Exhibition at the Theatre Last Night
His Record of COnouests

'SluSger sullivan In SaVAnnah-Hfs
Exhibition at the Theatre Last Night
His Record of COnquests.
The arrival of John L. Sullivan. the
worlds champion pugilist, or 'slugger
Sullivan" as he is Familiarity known. with
his combination of celebrities, from Macon
yesterday, created a stir among the sport
ing fraternity. When the train
arrived at the Central depot
crowd rushed up the platform to get a
glimpse Of the champion. Two closed
carriages were in waiting outside the
depot, and the party quickly entered.
tnen were driven rapidly to the Pulaski
house, and shown to their rooms without
being molested or interrupted. A crowd
gathered in johnson square and on Bull
and Bryan streets, but were moved on by
the police, and their efforts to see the
'slogger" were without avail
A few minutes after his arrival a
MORNING NEWS reporter ran across the
treasurer of the combination in the hotel
office, and in company with him raped
at the door of Sullivan's room and walked
in.
the reporter.
'Wel, you see WANTED to see the coun-
try-the big West-and so, to combine
business with pleasure, we started out
last fall across the continent, and are now
on the back trail"
After brief talk with the pugilist he
produced his record, in which he claims
TO have vanquished a men, but many of
them do not appear. At Is his local
reputation was established as a boxer
and at y lin Cincinnati) he made his
Hrst appearance for money as the antag-
gonlst of Donaldson, whom he fought to
a stop IN three rounds, with soft gloves.
Early in 1881 he made his appearance
IN New York. Offering a purse of $50 to
any pugllist IN the world who would
stand before him for four rounds, Queens
berry rules. Steve Taylor accepted the
challenge and was finished in tworOunds.
This started his claim to the champion
snip and brought Ryan, the then wearer
OF the title, TO the front. While the match
was being arranged, Sullivan met Flood. a
New York pugilist, on a barge in the
Hudson, May Is, 1881, and used him up in
sixteen minutes, four Of them being con-
sumed by Floods seconds in fixing his
shoes.
In Philadelphia, on his first sparring
tour, he knocked out CrOssley, and dis
posed Of Dalton and Byrnes during his
stay in Chicago,
October 5, 1881, the articles were signed
AS- NAN AbAlLoA Win IydHs MlLulU lAHl
miles Of New Orleans. February : 1880
being named as the time. The purse was
s0,OOO. When the day was reached a ire
crowd, numbering 1900 per-
sons, gathered at Mississippi CITY, At /
AZ O'Clock Sullivan appeared in the /
ring, weighing 196 pounds. RYAN ap- /
peared at 1902 O'Clock, looking rather the i
worse for his severe training. In IL !
and in the ninth round the -.
end d9. IN favor Of Sullivan. ~ Dan Vas was
49, = N the first, fourth, fifth, /
sixth and ninth rounds.
On the Fourth Of July, 1882, in a glove /
match near New York, Elliott was knock
ed out in 1920. Then came the Wilson, /
Mitchell and Slade matches, full accounts 4
Of which were published in these columns,
all being in favor Of Sullivan with the eX-
ception Of Wilson's test, as he managed !
to stand the three f0ur-minute rounds by I
falling with SulliYan's blows, thus gain /
ing a ten second rest with each fall.
On his tour Sullivan has met and /
knocked out six men. The first was I
James Mccoy, of McKeesport, Pa, who /
had already whipped fifteen men and who
atterWard made name for himself by
lighting ia rounds with a broken wrist.
Thou came man called Hefey, an engi-
neer, Of St. Paul, MINI. The third was
iAC lOCdl u OdNGupUIl. 1d.s lHE
fourth. "The GYPSY" of st. Louis; the
fifth, lumberman, Of Eau Claire, Wis,
and the sixth the champion of Butte City,
NJ. L. Peter Mccoy also had a fight
at Butte City for 5000, and goes back there
to fight the same man for similar sum on
the 10Th Of next month.
The exhibition at the Theatre was wit
messed by large audience, the proceeds
of the house being between 81, 900 and
81, 100. The first event was a set-to be-
tween Pete Mccoy and Mike Donovan.
Mccoy is the champion light weight OF
America, and Sulliyan's trainer. Fol-
lowing this was set-tO between Steve
Taylor, the ex-champion heavy weight
of the United States, and Mike Gillespie,
known in the parlance of the
ring as 'faYorite" in Boston. The third
event was the appearance of Sullivan
with Donovan, after which Mccoy and
Gillespie took a bout. The last number
on the prOgramme-which in all its fea-
lures did not occupy an hours time-Was
a wind-up between Sullivan and TAYLOR,
which was the most attractive part of the