Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-11-28
THE FISTIC ARTISTS.
An Exhibition of the MANLY Art
Last Night.


A pretty good crowd assembled last
night at Turn Verein Hall to witness the
exhibition in sparring by many eelebri'
ties in the art of self-defense, including
the worlds greatest prodigy in this re-
spect, John L. Sullivan. The assembly
were not kept idly waiting for half
night, for soon after the hour announced
in the advertisement Mr.. Sheedy, man
ager for Sullivan, introduced two artists
skilled in the science of using their maui
ers. They were Charleston ana moCar-
thy. After they had spared Tor tour
rounds, Murphy and McKeon TOOK thelr
place and pelted away at each other Tor
half an hour. Then came George LIE
Blance and Riordan in sst-to winch
was decidedly scientific. The next per-
formers were Harry Mack, OF local rep
utation. and Chambers, and then came
J. +. or Jimmy Carroll, a light weight,
and Steve Taylor, who battered each
other in GREAT shape. Sullivan and Con-
rad then appeared before the crowd in a
four.round set-to. Carroll and LIE Blance
followed and pasted each other to the
extent OF f0ur rOunuS'
Then came the event of the evening
in a four.round bout between Sullivan
aud Taylor. 1t was only meant as an
exhibition of skill, and sparriug was ;he
extent of the efforts of the champions.
The only thing in the performance wor-
thy of much notice was the build and
action of John l.. Sullivan. He stands
little over six feet and weighs 2l5
pounds stripped. He is by all odds the
most powerful man of this age, and
probably has never had superior IN
physical development in any age. lie
is as round in the trunk as tree. The
muscular development OF the shoulders,
arms and chest is wonder, The whole
body is of the most symmetrical make.
His head is well poised on very firmly
rouaded neck rising from colossal shoul'
ders. Such perfect shoulder blade is
rarely seen in human body.
The lower part of the trunk. fits
perfectly with the giant shoulders above.
and the legs are very powerful and
shapely, terminating in pair OF COM
paratively small feet. He is as quick as
flash OF lightning, and as nimble as a
deer. He springs from the floor like
cat, and strikes like catapult. His
arms are long. shapely, powerfully mus
cular. He holds the left mauler--and
his hands are large-hanging loosely by
his side while sparring, and hurls it with
telling effect at his antagonist with the
speed of cannon ball. Scarcely has the
left 1allen like sledge hammer, on the
chest or proboscis of the victim, when
the right strikes like thunderbolt on
the head or body OF the half dazed un-
Even in sparring he hit at
Taylor who stopped the blow with his
own hand, but even through the big
gloves his hand was half broken. One
has but to look at Sullivan to see that
no living man can stand before his ter
rife blows for fight to the finish.
Sullivan is in perfect condition,
healthy, vigorous and with promise of
an unusually long career before him.
He is % years old. From here he goes
to-day to Sacramento, then to Wood
land, back to San Francisco, thence to
Victoria, Portland and then East. AT.
ter doing the Union, he goes to Eng
land, France and so on round the world,
returning by San Francisco. His man.
ager, Mr.. Sheedy, is very pleasant
gentlemen to meet, and the best man.
ager Sullivan could have. Ben. Hogan,
the ex-pugilist, was present and made
little address to the people. He said
while now trying to do good for God
and humanity in his humble way, he
liked to see good sparring. 1t tended
to the perfect development of the man.
He will lecture tonight in the NJ. K.
Church.