The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-02
THE GENTLE SULLIVAN.
A Pen Picture Of the Boxer by His
Advance Agent.

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Hugh Coyle, a well-known ex-edi
tor and theatrical agent, at presen
acting as advance agent for the J0hl
l.. Sullivan combination, was i,
Carson q few days ago, making ar
, rangements for the combination t,
appear, and an appeal reporter aske,
him If Sullivan was q quick tempere,
man.
"Quick tempered, did you say
why; he is the most gentle, mile
hammered man that I ever knew.
have e him subjected to a thou
sand and n annoyances in travelling
that would make smaller and weaker
men fight at once. Don't you know
that as q rule it is the small chaps
who are the most quarrelsome. Little
dwarfs and paintings are always
looking for rows, probably realizing
that no would be foolish enough
to quarrel with them. TO give you
an instance of Sullivan's mild temper
l have seen sleeping a pOrters abuse
him like a pick pocket, and he took
it as meek as a lamb. A porter Oh
the G. p. told him a few days ago that
he had a notion to take him off the
train and rub his nose in the ground.
"What did Sullivan say to that"
HE ask ed if it was according to
the rules of the road for colored por-
ters to do this. 1 told him l thought
1t was, as they all talked that way,
and he said he didn't want to inter-
fere with any Of the rules of the road.
as he might get in trouble. | told
him to keep quiet as l know how
rough those colored porters are."
II hear that he had some trouble
III New York"
"Oh, yes: that was the night he
attended the Vanderbilt ball. There
was q Fifth avenue prig who was
dancing the basket quadriile with
Lady Vaudeville, and he walked up
and told Sullivan to get into some
other set. At first he was about to
knock the man up into one of the
sixty-five thousand dollar chandeliers
but 1ec0llecting where he was he
quietly slid over into the next set and
the dance went on. Now q quick
tempered man would have made y
row. Sullivan did make q move to
put up his props because when Lady
Vaudeville came into the Set she had
so little Oh above the waist that John
for a moment mistoOk her for the
Maori giant stripped for battle. Then
in one of the figures Of a quadrille
four men shake hands in the middle
of the ring-I mean set-and it looks
just like seconds and bottle-h0lders
going through the usual hand-shak-
ing ceremonies before the fight
opens"
Here Mr.. Coyle reflected q Jew
moments and continued:
Zone night he was delivering y
theological lecture in Boston when
Oliver Wendell Holmes rose up and
began to contradict his views on the
significance of Samson taking away
the gates of GAIA. Holmes finally
smashed a kerosene lamp in his face
and did Sullivan get mad? no, ha
walked up to Holmes and handing
him back a dollar said: Mr.. Holmes
l am 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
a friend of Holmes right there. But
I guess he is afraid of Holmes, afraid
he 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 and
drive the ring stakes down with
him. II he ever goes into the ring
again we will have to use a portion of
Mackay's new Atlantic cables for the
ropes. In towns where he shows two
nights men vino paid four dollars for
front seats let their money slide and
get up into the gallery for he Is liable
at any time to knock a ii clear into
the dress circle"
"Hays you been travelling with
shows lcng?"
"No sir, this is my first trip, and |
haven't as yet picked up the ways OF
the road. At first I felt SO bashful
when u newspaper reporter came to
interview me that / could hardly
give him an intelligent account Of
my mans strong points. This is
gradually wearing away, but still /
feel very much embarrassed when a
newspaper man approaches me. But
in time this feeling will probably
wear away."-Cnrs0n Appeal.
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