New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-01-21
IIAWRENCE SULLIVAN SDA.
HIS woRsH1pPERs CROWN RYAN KING.

HIS wORsHIPPERS CROWN RYAN KING.
.u ,,x,s,oN OF THE sroIIS-THE BOSTON MAN
CONE HoMr-TALKs WITH THE FIGHTERS.
yohn L. Sullivan. when he left Madison Square
Garden on Monday night, after his minute OF Sn-
srci.e on the stage with Paddy Ryan. went I'M
mediately to the Knickerbocker Cottage, Mt one, one,
hundred. and.thrty- eighth-st. and Mott-ave. John
sad OF the 1000 people VINO mo bnilding with
the impression that Ryan had tae pest VI ,i I'm t
when the police nterfered. The thuogh, tnaa ule
%ppnobt sober cast 10 Sullivans face seldom seen
there So downcast was he that even me tnolgnt
of spree dlstasteful TO nun, anu nc ro.aeI la
soon as possible, for once at least gong 70 neu
sober Early Yesterday morning he arose hastlIy
donned his clothes, partOOk of light breakiast,
and at STk STs1 sheSd s sayns
Sullivan arrived there he found that Sheedy was
still in bed Sullivan paced nneasy up ana aUwn
the corridors of the hotel, while Sheedy was oIeo'
ing To TRIBUNE reporter Inc SAID "a, -. e
Fl knew the papers would say had the worst o OF
.no ,h.n IN see me knocked out but they will
never have that pleasure They 1asent ionnd t ;l1
yet that can DO IT, p ana a G"p McCarev'
will show them how quickly can knock them ont.
Then will stop fighting forever But must whp
those men first So far as Monday nights match Is
Concerned. | can't see how any one can say had
the worst of 1t. for / hadn't. Ryan is GOOD man.
but can whip him now Just as easily az uI az AT
Mississippi City three years ago. J. am at the DIS
posal of my hacker lr Sheedy, aud any mat'n no
NAV make will stand by"
Shepdv came down stairs AT tnlS time. anu JOIlcu
in the conversation. AYES" said he. John says
Inc will stand by any match / may make and am
ready to put $4,000 on sullivan against Ryan; II
$1,000 is too much will makoi $4,000; don
want To make a match for less than that, however
Ii wouldn't pay" Sullivan received his portion o,
the receipts Of the show and started TOR ne Grsna
Delay and Murphy. AS he shook hands with his
hacker, he said w.. ..., ,u;.,
sheedy, am through. have stopped drink
tsI hope So" rcpliodsheedy. but, John, you have
told me so before"
etc. Sheedy said: "lhe gross receipts were
$780, the expenses about $1,000. L took the
whole risk and put mp the $500 before i nad
Sullivan aud myself was that If the match was per-
miited by the police the winner was TO get 90 per
cent of the net receipts and the loser 30 per cent
was TO have 25 per cent from the winners portion
10 nav me for my trouble. You see the winner by
these condltionss would receive Ohy per cent
more than the loser. III there was no conteSt-and
the referee decided there was none. because 10 was
stopped before one round was competed-SulIvan
and Ryan were to have 20 per cent each aud was
TO have the remaining 30 per cent. | make % per
cent extra because the police interfered before
round bad been fought
sons sporting house at Twenty-secondst and
Seventh-ave. Patterson is the hacker of Ryan, and
the huose has been his training quarters. The
Gro wds that surged in and around Sullivan head
quarters last Sunday appeared to have been trans,
ferred to Patterson s. and his bar-ro0m was crowded
by all classes and descriptions Of the sporting
gentry" All were anxious to grasp the hand OF the
rising star the pUg,llstlc heavens and those who
knelt at TIE shrine of Sullivan week ago.
hastened to crown Ryan king, and by their praises
find favor in his eyes. Most OF the day Ryan was
invisible, but whenever he did appear. he treated
his admirers cOurteously and not III the gruf way
OF Sullivan. In regard to the contest Ryan said
al conscientiously believe had the best of 1t when
il was stopped. After got that heavy blow III on
Sulivan's Jaw knew had HIM Sullivan made
hard effort to get in a blow my stomach. my weak
point, because of the old rupture. but was watch
ing for HIM and he failed. sullivan is not a better
man to-day than he was at Mississippi City. and am
much better. | am ready to meet sullivan at any
time and will accommodate HIM with all tho money
he wants 10 put up. | want to settle which Is the
better man. Then | viii quit fighting for good.
am going to Chicago in day or two and will then
return East and settle down, probably here or at
Patterson says that all the money. which Sullivan
wants 10 cover will be ready whenever the other
side wants to talk business.
their approval of Inspector Thorno's interference
with the Suhvan-Ryan hight. 1t was proper, they
said. for the police To interfere when there was
reason to believe that the men were about to violate
the law Mr. Matthews stated the legal aspects OF
fhe case rs follows "rhe police cOu1 not prevent
the gathering of persons IN the garden. because we
could not act on the presumption beforehand that
there was to be any violation Of the law In case
of "a reguiar prize fight, there is presumptve eNI-
dence of illegal intention ON the part OF persons
can properly interfere But the performance last
night was advertised as an exhibition of the manly
art of sci -deence and we had been worstcd IN the
courts when tried to prevent similar perform
ances. Under the decision OF Judge Barrett IT APP
pears TO that the police must wait until there IS
good reason TO believe that the contestants are
about to strike harder than the law allows" -
Mr. French said fully agree with TIE IRID-
uNE that it would be better for the community II
such brntes as Sullivan and Ryan were compelled
10 exercise their muscles in breaking stones instead
of posing before the public as champion sluggers.
There ought to be some way also 10 prevent thou-
sands OF foolish persons from paying money TO the
managers under the deusiOn that the sluggers
will be able 10 violate the law If the Aldermen VIII
pass an ordinance forbdding all such exhibitions
unless they licensed. we can pnt "A stop to the
business altogether. want to say also that &c bad
taken precautions against any possible lighting be-
tween Sullivan and Ryan long before we received
letter on the subject from Mayor Grace. and so ILL
formed the Mayor yesterday