Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-01-18
'-Ess. GENTLE. SELLISAs.
A PEN Picture o. tie Eeoxcr by
EEfs Advance Agent.


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John L. Sullivan comDila ion, was
in Carson few days ago making
arrangements for the Combination
to appear. sna an APPEAL reporter
asked him if Sullivan was q quick
tempered man.
"Qaick tempered, did you say,
why be is the most gentle, mild
hammered man that | ever knew. l
have seen him subjected to tLous-
and and one annoyances in travel
ing that would make smaller and
weaker men fight at once. Don't
You know that as rule it is the
small chaps who are the most quar-
relscme Little dwarfs and bant-
iings are always looking for rows,
probably realizing that no enc
would be foolish enough to quar-
rel with them. To give you an in
stance Of Suliivan,s mild temper, I
have seen sleeping gear porters abuse
him like pick-pochet and he TOOK
it as meek as lamb. \ porter On
the c. p told ham few days ago
that he had notion to take him CT
tie train and rub his nose on the
ground"
"What did s5ulivan say t. thai?
lie asked i: it was according to
tho rules Of tae road for colo1ed
porters to DO this. | told Kim I
thought is was. as they all talked
that way, aGd lie said he didn't
want 10 interfere with any OF the
rules q tae road as be might get
in trouble. | advised him to keep
quiet as I know how rough those
co:ored po.te-s are.
81 hear that he had some trouble
in New York"
"Oh, yes. that was the night he
attended the Nandebilet ball,
There was EifthAvenue prig who
was dancing the basket quadrille
with Lady Vaudeville, and he
walked up and told Sullivan to get
iuto some ether set. At FIRST he
was about to knock the man up into
one of the sixty five thousand dol
lar chandeliers, but reeoEeeting
where he was he quietly slid over
into the next set and the dance went
on. Now quick tempered man
would have made a row. Sullivan
did make s to put up his props
because VIXEN Lady Vaudeville
came into the Set she had so little
on above the waist that John Cor
minute mistook her for the Maori
giant stripped for battle. Then in
one of tue figures of quadrille
four men shakes hands ia the mid
die of the ring-I mean set-and it
looks just like seconds and bottle
holders going through the usual
handshaking ceremony before the
fight opens"
Here Mr.. Coyle reflected few
moments and continued:
lone night he was delivering q
theological lecture in Boston when
Oliver Wendell Holmes rose up
and began to contradict his views
on the Significance Of Sampson tax
ing away the gates OF GAIA. Holmes
fnally smashed a kerosene lamp in
his face and did Sullivan get mad?
No, he walked up to Holmes and
handing him back dollar. said:
Mr.. Holmes, ana sorry that you
are not pleased with my discourse;
here is your money back and five
complimentary tickets to my next |
glove match in Madison Square
Gardens. He made friend OF |
Holmes right there. But T guess
he is afraid of Holmes. Afraid lie
might write some rough poetry |
about him some day"
"What is the weight Of the blow
that Sullivan hits in the ring?"
''Ah, my boy. now you come
down to business. Tackle Sullivan
at his Office during Office hours and
you will see some things. He can
pick Up any ordinary prize fighter
md drive the ring stakes down
with him. If he ever goes into the
ring again we will have to use q
portion of Nackay's new Atlantic
cables for the ropes. In towns
where he shows two night the men
Who paid four dollars for front