St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-09
Sullivan Accepts Ryan's Challenge and
a Meeting Will Take Place Be-
tween Them.
The Prospects for Successful Season
for the st. Paul Base Ball
Club.
Burke and Greenfield in Training in Wiscon-
sin for Their Coming Champion
Contest.
General Gossip and News About the Western
League-Other Base Ball
Matters.
The Skating Kinks Defended Against
Preachers and neutrality-suspicious.
Of the Boxers and Bicyclists.
SULLIVAN AND RYAN.
Their Prospective Fight for. the Cham
pionshIp.

Their Prospective Fight for. the Cham
pionshIp.
Special to the Globe.
NEW YORK, March S.-Paddy Ryan, the
Trojan bruser, recently challenged any man
'in the world, John L. Sullivan of Boston
preferred, to fight him for $4,000 or SIS, 600 a
side. The Boston giant did not reply to the
Trojan's defiant note, although his admirers
were anxious to have him do so. Mr..
Richard K. Fox, who has hitherto advocated
the cause of the gentleman from Troy,
surprised Mr.. Sullivan on Friday by causing
this dispatch to be sent to him:
Paddy Ryan has posted $500 in Chicago,
Offering to fight any man in the world, you
preferred, London prize-ring rules with
small gloves, for SO, 500 side and the cham
pionship of the world. If Mr.. Richard K.
Fox will back you and agree to put up dia-
mond belt, will you agree to meet Ryan2
Inform me at once, and if you are agreeable
on behalf of Mr.. Fox, who is in Washington,
will sign the preliminaries.
[Signed.] w. E. HARDING.
In answer to the dispatch Mr.. Fox got this
letter:
Boston, March 6.-My Dear Sir: Your
telegram of yesterday at hand. John desires
me to state that you can match him to fight
Mr.. Ryan in any town in the United States
where we would be assured of police protec-
ton, for SIS, 600 and belt. The fight to be
decided under London prize ring rules.
Truly yours, PATsEY SHEPPARD.
After receiving this Mr.. Fox forwarded to
Harry Hill check for $500 to cover the for
felt deposited BY Ryan's hackers. Mr.. Fox
also sent letter to Harry Hill saying William
E. Harding would arrange all preliminaries
for the match when Ryan and his hackers
named the time and place. Mr.. Fox then
wrote to Mr.. Charles E. Davies of Chicago,
urging him to let Mr.. Ryan and his hackers
know that only business is intended, and
that Harding will meet Ryan and his hackers
on Monday, March 16, to arrange match.
Both Sullivan and his trainer, Patsey Shep-
hard, will arrive in New York in a week
or ten days to arrange the details of the
match. Sheppard is confident that Sullivan
will win and says he is to act as Sullivan's
trainer and second in the future Sheppard
said, in an interview, that Sullivan had been
in strict training for the last two weeks and
has not tasted intoxicating liquors. she is
not as bad as he is painted,'' said Sheppard,
land in future will show the people of Bos-
ton that he can be gentleman" Sullivan
and Mccartney of Pittsburg have entered into
an agreement to box four rounds with gloves
under Marquis of Queensbury rules, scientific
POINTS to count, the winner to take 65 per
cent. of the gross receipts and the loser So
per cent. The exhibition will occur in Phil
adelphia Monday evening, March 30.