Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-02
0SSIP OF THE RING.
sE CID Sporting Man Has to Say
h Ryan's Anxiety to Meet
Sullivan.
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Tournament.



Ur spoRr's oprxIoN or TWO FIGHT
M ERs.
H,,e6 RYAN wants to fight sullivan, does
Mid an old sport yesterday, as he
"A ihe Inter Oceans dispatch regard
fie matter. "Well, it's possible that
.IIo1s, but I'll never believe IL until he
t'Nia face 20 face with John In tue ring
file referee calls 'time.' Hos talked
lfUch and fought too little Of late
fs4 Why, / tell you he's too pretty to
sf.lhnd il he has really made up his
s.s,1l ~ again do battle with the Boston
klt's only because he thinks that
=, latter's excesses have given
. iAthance to get even for the crushing
ca6'that he sustained at Mississippi
NV. That Sullivan is not as good man
n DO Mas when he met Ryan Is doubtless
e,but he's good enough yet in my
nion 20 lick room full of looking
/ .Sss lighters Why, stand Paddy Ryan,
allie Mitchell, Dominick Mccartney,
Ihhlf dozen others of their kind up
row and give Sully ten minutes rest
-'-,,xten lights and he'd lick EN- all one
|, fse nc other like breaking sticks. II
islP Ryan ever enters the ring again
n h'Fhllivan, and there's anything used
4 Nept pillows, you come and see me and
b6s you a silk hat as high as a church
epi&. Just remember that, viii you"
3i6porter made note of IT,
WILL BURKE STOP CLEARy?
bs.ehc public announcement made by
eus;k ntrke on Saturday night that he
pse.eiild not best Cleary, bat that he would
h ~ hin, occasioned considerable talk in
rtillg circles yesterday, and the gen
!. l0pinion seems to be that Jack has
vonIh contract that he will find IL diff
,t matter TO fulfil. With Dempsey
lind him, Cleary is sure to be well
-..sked after, and Burke viii have to hit
!, Ii quick, hard and in the right place TO
tp Nm in the six rounds agreed upon.
lbuh Cleary succeed in landing his
1T on the mark Burke will be apt to
4 nk d thunderbolt has struck him
|tp CRoss-CoUNTERS.
LRE3!lly Bradburn is willing to fight almost
ibosly If any money can be made out OF
'smill.n
c,,2fnnk Glover hasn't been seen around
Sb Of his old haunts for the past two
ekg, and it is thought he is in active
ining. Say, Frank, where's that hiatt
Pat killen Is reported as spelling for 1
with somebody. He would like to Try
Y hand at Paddy Ryan just for the pur
AlsHof keeping his hand in until somt
inter man turns up.
koRRrding Jack Dempsey's recent chnl
? 4eto him, Charlie Mitchell says tina
Jack will go against some good maj
AGeta reputation then he will talk K
sabout making match. That's cool
say the least of it, Mitchell hasn'
femuch except in the statue line sine
~ arrival here, while the man has yet Il
RJfopnd that can make Dempsey lowe
colors.
fhie Dempsey Is here it is more thai
.r-}3able that he viii succeed in arrang
N IA match with Burke. The pair @
Ks would make set-to worth seeing
ffke ParsoH is confident that he vii
coed in his endeavors To bring Their
ether in six or eight round glov
cri Ntest at the Battery some time in Janu
80 AS they are both willing the Parse
h;io heye no trouble.
-,.-. WHAT SULLIVAN SAYS.
N<-lgW YORK, Dec. PA reporterfor th
~ 70 day interviewed John h. Sullivan
SON being asked about Ryan, said
IN have authorized nobody to match m
ISht Ryan, and will recognize no mate
N.1ns:::~sin nay name. Pm going to Europ
itlljpeK John Conner's management as 500
ny contract with Lester & Allen eA
s@ Pm going 10 meet some boxers c
NO . over there. I'm letting liquor alone
M have taken off twenty-seven pound
superhuous flesh in the last seve
ne ,,