New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-11
SOBER THIS TIME
ro,,p poyyNps FOUGHT WITH LAFLlN.
., oop pnAwN IN THE fIRsr--No KNocXiN"'ooi-
,,,r FIGHT GIVEN TO SULLIVAN.

AEON np.wN IN THE fIRsr--No KNocKiNuoUi~
THE FIGHT GIVEN TO SULLIVAN
x,,,., rt,e over three months AGO John l.. sullivan
=, noston OF. base ball player and present oha,npi'n
"slucgerr of the world, stood reeling ana o'o"'''
before some thousands of his admirers heoo"s"''s
that he wasn't drunk, but Sick few OF those
that did not say he would draw another CROWD "
New-York. They undcrestimaed, however, the er0'".
utv of human nature and the love OF hgh'
4; ,oost men when two other men do the nghthg'
Thu, the name of John L. Sullivan despite tue sgn'
tarn;sh il received when he drew many doiars Ho'"
the pockets of a confding public anxious 70 sec mn
snar with Charles Mitchell and then tnrned up 700
5. 70 stand before his rival, could still charm the
nublc was proved indispnably last night hoout s,A
veels ago it was announced that sullivan anu o. L.
Ioa;n professor of the noble art, were matched
70 spar four rounds Marquis OF Quecnsoerry ru'es INC
entire receipts OF the house to to the winner Last
nth, tho match otok place at the Madison Square Gar
den In spc of the absorbing nature OF the poh'o"i
events of the past week. great interest has been taken
1, the two pugiliss by public other than the sport
;,o onc and accounts have been published ua'y w
the pror ess in training. the conditions ana o'ncI Nv
tails connected with the prospects OF the NEIL hai
has the reputation of being always in perfect cohduoh'
nc he by profession athlete Sullivan IN ordcr 70
mt himself on par with his opponent has been uan
ing hard for several weeks and some days ago maze
hcadouaiters at u WCli-kuoNu iVau-hO"~~ "N'''
Washington Heights he has been receiving en-,
thusiastic pilgrims, taking long walks ana poAhng
football. .. a ,bo Nadi
son Sonarc Garden were filed with the usual cro"u oi
short-coated and short haired toughs' wearing ioN
crowned hats who oongregattd as usual III snan
bnildng thew had rot the means to enter. me eina
how was I'm his element and felt that though 'he us
election bonfire had left its blackened traces on me
cohble. stones life not a weary dark ne u'su
ay, mn the rain conductors and gain the ROOT he
sat and eravey discussed the merius OF his parucu
champion with " Chimney ar ana o,asra tGe solemn
Sonng men in long overcosts and high collars who
struggled with dignity for adnittanee IN worn '"'
small boy was supremely happy
AHMED CROWD.
nv half mast seven the vcstibuc Of the Garden was
ecd with secthing crowd buying tickets and forcing
their WAY in past the watchfu guardians at the door,
In another hour the long tiers of seats on each
aide of the Garden were well filled with spectators
gathered from every section of society. Inc 'hioh
Club man and the gambling club man. the broker "n"
the saloon dwellers on Murray hi' ana oa'cS
from Cherry-st, mingled In one indiscrminu'e
assembly The more aristocratc visitors occupied inc
socallca boxes pens larey rallied of from the pie
Ieian seats behind The vast floor itself held as nuc
humanity the square yard as could wen no p1ee aa
on IL except i'm the centre which was raied on LOT
~bo bcld spccal tickets In the centre OF this rallied
on space was the twenty -FOUR ieet SQUARE nnei Would
which nj later period Of the evening all eyes Wou
he ,lscd Round it placed a few rows oil seats ior
specially distinguished visitors -, oo,o,
lie he
less cigars through which the yellow rays ., .
Cs cts loomed through blush iog me so'is "a
mrT broken only by the splitting cry Of The white
onc Orders SS ,sa GEM" ga sn ed until only
lew hundred were lett vacant AZ hall-iasd! Iouu
cries OF impaence we're heard ana tnG ufy HAT
the, want the fun to begin. grew continuous by tis
IN, a ne STs To %S was by solid Of
Among those rescm, We're scmaoi auspn g. Nc
Cook. Thomas A. Edison. Inspector Murray Genera
Lloyd Aspnwal W. H. Gedney r. F. hanlito9 , ~, - H.
Captain McCullagh. sporting iren were present, Oh
sHrS in 'H pS@n PGG3f @taTe Ss i a VT oe@
Paddy Ryan. Jim collier. Mike Donovan Az
S G5eSpn'al Al smith and jim Ellington.
THE PRELIMINARY Fun.
I. ahout a quarter 10 9 O'Clock the crowd roared with
delight rs they saw chance OF occupying the time until
The heroes of the evening should appear The master OF
ceremonies Billy Mahoney mounted to the platform
anl in the husky voice peculiar 10 his kind announced
that Joe Fowler and George Young would engage In
suSces.ipn by Fiddler" Neagy and Jack keen9n;
Jimmy" Kelly and Jerry" Murphy; JACK *
pcents of arts pug.jc received by The spectators
Win goodhulaOIcd cheers winch We're however uluo
impatient At half-past there was ull IN tne Pro
ceedngs. Pat" sheody. who has the honor to be MI
loied about the platform ana impaired the news that
John had made match with Paddy " Ryan to take
Mace on the third Monday in January. Those however,
who were not able to hear this gratifying announcement
grew still more anG Ten nbo SH ng en sepped
no he stare Inc crowd expecant OF sullivan hOwicd
Young English and they pounded each other TO
their own apparent ana th1 sPectIodI' % hnn do
sseI varied ny spasnoiic bursts Of applause 1t
Wrought that sullivan and Latin were approaching
HOW THE TWO MEN LOOKED.
At last men in top coats stepped on inc PLATFORM
One of them was recognized Paddy Ryan; the
other was "Blly" Mahoney. Mahoney Informed the
people in husky voice that Muster Ryan" would box
sullivan in January. Then howl as If Bedlam let
loose arose when sullivan bounded lightly On
10 tho stage, preceded by "a stalwat man
who was quickly recognized ~, as na LaI NM
Sullivan seconded by Pasey and John Deasy S Sq
characteristics other hacker being Larry OBieh dhe
Jimmy akeley. The referee was Mike Mcdonald Sui
iyan was looking in the most perfect cohdluoh III
S xalca he crowd Rd' HIS is' face bore emile
Of easy confidence a' fpecme ON of n1
smiled in sieky sort Of way ana the SGn ncHa Eo"s nn
Latin to those present stated briefly the terms of the
the two men stepped forward Both were stripped 70 the
waist ian was me taller OF me Nv" ana heavier oG
pounds. The latter was clean shayen save for two
curling mu.tache. sulhyans flesh looked nrm and hard
but Latin seemed trinc 'pau9ehy" and h his, body
seemed "a he stood too heavy for his legs Time Was
Nallcd aud the men spiang apart
TIE CONTEST.
Sullivan at forced the fighting and IT soon became
evident that Lafns tactics were TO fight i'm as much
a. possble In the frt few seconds the men cinchod
and were repeatedly ordered break by the referee
when they got apart Sullivan raned several OF his
swincing lows Lafin's face, but his arm
somehow seemed TO have lost the power OF Ola. lie
managed however 10 draw blood Ia the cary part M the
round and with another pushing blow knocked l|nh on
his knee. Latin stayed down long enough 10 gam Ms
breath looking TuesOme spectacle as he glareu ~ ms
adversary with blood streaming from his face Again ne
stood up and reminding those present somewhat oi
LTup Wilson, dropped MS knee almost AT once As
soan7 as ne rose sullivan fought him
inio his corner and pounded him meIciiessy
1,,tsa friGa foell
clnched there cries OF Break! Break :! and cap
tain Williams appeared on the stage They accoIdinsy