The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-11-16
cpORTS AND PASTIMES
The SIogging Contest Between
Sullivan and Latin.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 1884

NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 1884.
come time has elapsed since prom
;.od TO write you any items of sporting
'ntelligence that might be stirring in the
l,roat metropolis, but the election has so
Entirely swamped every other topic that
mil to-day nothing has transpired that
+ would be worth while to transmit to
naner. Cleveland, l suppose, before this
+oaches you, will have received his
rirbts. and been declared all the way
from LOCO to 5000 ahead in this State.
He has been the favorite here from the
Start. and it was difficult to find any one
ot the clubs who would take a bet of
S500to $500, $3.50 to 800 or 81 900 to $500.
Maud s. attempt 10 lower her record
will have been telegraphed you by the
time this reaches Salt Lake, and there i
nothing left but to give you a
few points on the Sullivan Latin
sIogging match which took place
tonight in the Madison Square Gar
dens. Latin, you must know, Is a
native of this city, and 1t has been his
boast that neither Sullivan nor anyone
else could make him quail. Tonight,
after great deal of preliminary cOquet-
ting, the two finally met; the Marquis Ot
Queensberry Rules were adopted, and
the better man was to have the full pro-
reeds of the house. The question OF
"knocking OUT was not considered
alone. Patrick Sheedy, Sullivan s hacker,
said the Boston man had no intention
of knocking out his opponent. There
were 5000 people present. Domlnlck
McCaffrev, Charlie Mitchell, Af Green
field and Paddy Ryan, who will spar
Sullivan in January, were among the
throng. Judge G lersleeve, County
Clerk Keenan,, State Senator Murphy,
Thomas 4. Edison, Peter NOOnan of
Scranton, Pennsylvania, the railroad
man; Henry H Brown, the millionaire
contractor of Pittston, Pennsylvania,
Gabe Case, Harry Hin, Jack Burke,
George Rookie, Harry Webb, Al. Smith,
Mike DOnavan and all the other PRO
fessorsn also gazed eagerly upon 'he
spectacle.
van, appeared frightened by what
he saw. Sullivan led for Laflin's
face, but did not land. He followed
again, but Latin rushed to close
quarters and hung his 210 pounds to
SulllVan ueCh. Lie CIONQ uISSSu anu
the referee, Mike Mcdonald of Chicago,
parted the men. Scarcely had they
faced each other than Sullivan reached
for his opponent and began savage short
arm experiments upon Lafin's face.
Suddenly Sullivan lOosened himself
from another hug that Latin inflicted
and the latter sank to his knees, leaving
blood stains upon Sullivan's breast and
gloves A roar of cheers went up at
this sight. Latin seemed as witleSS as
knees he still chung to Sullivan'S neck
and was half lifted to his feet again and
again. Then Sullivan knocked him
down and rolled on him, Latin catch
ing at and pulling him down as he him
self fell. Latin was set on end again
and was again knocked to his knees
against the ropes, and was actually
hunted around the stage without an OPP
posing blow. There was another attempt
to hang on Sullivan's neck by Laffiin,
when the seconds, referee and Police
Captain Williams separated the men
and the round ended.
The remainder of the battle, if such It
could be called, was like the first. There
was a good deal of grumbling as the
crowd separated, and Latin Lacked the
sand" it was said, to meet the great
Boston slOgger.
The theatres have all been doing
badly during election week; business
was expected to look up with boom
tonight however, and a great deal of
interest is taken in the temperance of
Irving and Patti, who are playing and
singing in different quarters as l write.
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