Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-14
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FARCE.
ts.F. Chronicle, March 9Th. !.


Soon there uss s CIV 20 clear tie
eanGvay and John l. Sullivan vas seen
choosing his vay TO the rlnG. int which
he Jumped With tia hair cropped 10
firhtinp snortness He took his seat
iaunflly 10 the farther corner OF the
ring aud = minute later Robinson ap
Feared. clad in red tights and long over
coat. = crowd Of seconds and attendants
following. and then Nnldoon stood in
the center of the ring. and, after sI-
pi 4iuinQ that the police had insisted
npsn the agh, being conducted With
regular eiQht-ounce boxing gloves, An
rouncs-d that be and Hiram Cook would
art - 'IrDakseper- and Tommy Cband
Ie, had been uIuiaIiy chosen referee.
The txe men were called up and shook
hands, Sullivan looking a. solid and
frseh ~ though he had never seen the
brand on champagne cork Robinson
looking thin and ANXIOUS. Time Was i'm
rn.diateiy called and Sullivan ~ once
led Of with a short arm blow with his
right X grazed toe tip Of Robinson :
nBstache ana the pride OF the Olympic
Club immediately went down. Az first
the people thought that the bloS must
have done some unpercelved damage.
bat when Robinson s4aatted on All
fours again and again. every time the
champions glove came IN his direction,
his tactics were understood, and the
people ho1ied 1t tue prospect Of there
being DO fight.
Mn. times did Robinson take 10 the
| floor ia the first round. Sullivan looking
down Il hin with smile of good ten
per and surprise. The great knocker-
| out had evidently counted ON making
| up for lost time IN The second round, but
| Robinson WAS b Ddier than ever on q
| fuuts and this round vent down twenty
[ time IA ihIte minutes. Once or twice
Z Sullivan managed TO get III = wicked MI
der cut. bat II was like Tipping ones
! ringer AZ piece OF wbaiebone, and
| " latev-r force there might have beeL
| IN the blow Was lost On the Yielding ma
| terial On which IT VAS struck. WhsI
the second round was over, the express
Sous of KoblnsoD's nuer want OF piuek
we're asdible and genetai, aud from Il
parts Of the house he vas admonished
| 10 stand up and take his punishment
like a IRAN. Evidently X pbinsOn had
no such intention. and in the THIRD
round ne ran mp his record Of falls Il
| twenty-five.
The agility the local champion dis
played In going down WAS simply re
| fnarkable, and oniy once, when SullI
van managed TO hold his head In chan
cery, did hs succeed IN sending In al
under ont with anything like force
Sometimes Robinson would go down -
suddenly that Sullivan would roll Ovel
on him sometimes he would beckor
him dsspairingiy to keep IN the centel
Of the ring: sometimes he would pom
with disgust to the champion fallen
and once be danced q jig while Robin
son WAS crawling around on the pow
dered rosin. 1t looked suspiciousl,
more than once ~ If Robinson hat
gone down without being struck, anC
Chandler warned him If his was re-
pcatsd he weuld give TIE fight agains
him. And ~ II came about that Robin
son. going down three times IN tn
fourth round from nothing but tn,
breeze of blow, the referee lost pa
thence and gave the night to Sullivan
kosinson's second threw mp the spong
without moments delay, and ROBIN
sou retired with the satisfaction that h
had earned two or three thousand dol
lars without receiving a scratch : tina
he had not been knocked out. ant
leaving the audience IN the unanirnou
opinion that they had witnessed tn
most remarkable exhibition of skill IL
avoiding punishment at the expense o
his kneecaps and his reputation 70
grit that has ever been heard Of In TIA
annals oi modern knocking out.