St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-18
MINNEAPOLIS SPORTS.
The little Sullivan" in Training at
Oalhoun-How he Hits
the Ball.
Other Gossip From the Fist1c Arena
"A New Sporting Field
opened Up.
Minneapolis to Have Horse Races
the Second Week of
September.

Tommy Warren, the champion feather
weight of the world, has been in training
during the past week at Baders. Lake Cal.
houn, for his meeting with Jimmie Collins.
of Pittsburg, the Goth. at the Leland rink,
The victor of thirty-one fights, and the
longest fight on record, is a good looking
Louisville boy who is 81 years old and
weighs but 116 pounds. Those who have
seen the little Sullivan ''hit the ball' pro-
nounce him to be a phenomenon. He strikes
hard and quick, and lodges with great
deXterty. His method of striking is made
very effective by the knack ne possesses of
sending his body with the blow. Collins
has been training in Michigan, and is ex-
pected to arrive to-day. Very little is
known here of his record, but the
promptness with which his hackers
have put up the stake money indi-
Gates that considerable confidence
is placed in his ability. The contest will
be for the entire gate receipts, and is to be
continued after the eighth round if the ref
cree cannot decide-so there can be no
draw. The Leland rink has been selected
as the place, and it has been arranged to
have Cardiff and Donaldson give an exhi-
bition the same evening.
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Warren was yesterday shown statement
in the Dispatch to the effect that he had re-
fused to meet Paddy Welsh of Chicago.
This he denounced as untrue and offers
500 to anyone who will get Welsh to fight
him for $500 side, or will give $1OO to
anyone who will secure him match fol
that amount with any man in the world
weighing less than 100 pounds Welsh, il
hr,,
the second round at Braidwood recently by
Billy Myers. Warren says that Welsh is a
Jobber, and that he put up this fight to
down his hackers.
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Now that Mitchell has gone to England,
and it is doubtful as to whether Burke will
meet Cardiff, it is matter of conjecture as
to who the champion of the Northwest
will face next. Billy O'Brien, his manager,
talks of Sullivan, but there is little prob
ability that Cardiff hardly cares to go
against the great knocker-out until he has
tried few lesser lights.
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The Sporting News of ST. Louis has this
to say of Cardiff's meeting with Mitchell:
There is a good prospect OF match be-
tween Burke and Cardiff in the near future.
Once before the latter went to Chicago
from Minneapolis to try and get Burke to
meet him, but the latter'S demand of a
81, 0a0 guarantee knocked everything ex-
cept Carditf'S ambition, in the head. Since
Cardiff's fight with Mitchell (Which, by the
way, was hard one for the Englishman,
in spite Of all assertions to the contrary,
he is anxious to lick creation, and is liable
to succeed in licking nine -tsnths of the
lighters that come along. His great fault
is his hesitation about following man
when he has him at disadvantage, and
his failure to follow up Mitchell in their
third round has been declared by Bat Mas
terSon and other authorities to have lost
him the fight. Anyhow, Burke is willing,
in spite of Mitchell's warning to him, aud
in the course Of month the Irish lad may
visit Minneapolis