Telegram-herald., 1886-06-18

a. esd Prize Fighter Gelis IT Tao tsents
tu the Champ piaE's Career nsstsd
bS q Bos BaFkeepsr.


b5 q ffos BarAeepsr.
~John J.. IS. 4 presume. lLe us.lest bully
fha- ever stood iu shoe leather when he's
been going against the sine bags lo0 hard
remarked 4 ul4n last evening. whose name
IS pre-y 81 familiar in sporting c.naes. away
irom home 4s we'll as here iu Detroit
Comments by several ot the iancy" ou Tie
prze singers dissr4cefui exhibition ot
himself al tAe base baA grounds Friday
ealiel out the remark There 90 use
trying to disguise the fact, went on The
sporting oracle John L. ISIS At lo boz ln
any kiud oi society y-eFen sluggers when
he in liquor AT such times the boys
ought t1 throw him ia the trap. he cou-
oludei. with feeling. using an expression
meaning that sullivan should be placed in
IalL The boys ought % d0 90 Olt oi pure
friendship ilars what they ought o. do.
There vas a general assent o. this highly
appropriate and somewhat moral sentiment,
aud ihe party fell 90 relating Instances ol
sullivan drlnken freaks aud eAtravagau-
cies- Finally. small man ln loud check
sun said.
Remember the time Sullivan and his
combination of siusEers We're 0n their tour
through the West three years ago. Yes.
Well, may bee some OF You We heard Of The
time John l.. and TWO or three oi The others
came near getting done up' ln Denver.
Something was published about il then.
Well | Was IN Denver al the time travelling
Tor Philadelphia drug house. lt was late
one night-bOut O'Clock. / should say
and John l.. and the Maori together with
Pete Mccoy, Gillespie ana one or two others
were Out casting deep yermilIOn hue over
the town. AT last they landed IN little
place ou one OF the main streets I've for
gotten the name just now. and began rails
ing all sorts OF "A TOW. The bartender was
little fellow with "a smooth face and he
didn't say anything for some time. The
oeyy of slugsers got 50 noisy though,
thai finally he suggested, M mild
way. that they let up just Dit
This made John l.. hot and he be
gan talking about knocking somebody
ont. turning the place inside out OF some
rhIng of chat sort-you know how he gives
10 Oui when he's loaded Well, the smooth
faced bartender tried 10 explain, bat John
!. e0aidn have il and ueAaG "a re, hottss
and talk ranker. There were only TWO men
in the place beside John l.. crowd and the
Young looking bartender. They were
gamblers, both small men, sitting
back in the room, playing euchre
or some quiet game and neither of
em had said a word. John l.. saw
them and made a crack at them, too
That settled IL. You never saw lightning
change transformation scene on the stage TO
beat that il your lives. Those two under
sized gamblers Just hoped up quicker than
three card man can do a sucker and
whipped out TWO big self cooking revOlycrs
The smooth faced bartender, at the same in
siaut. pulled big gun, and putting one nand
on ile bar vaulted over Ikea trained GYM
mast. Then he said ''l0u big suckers git"
Dd they git2 You bet Every slugger in
the party fell over every other one irving TO
get ont ihe door first but john l.. himself
managed To lead the procession. But tae
TWO little gamblers and that innocent look
iug. SmoOth-laced bartender wasn't satisfied
TO merely hre them; they actually chased
EN- down the street SIX or eight blocks,
Denver papers had columns more OF less,
about il for a week afIerwaTd.'
Yes, ! remember hearing something
about that Denver snap, said man with
"a wen over one eve II saw a funny little
thing myself in which John /. seemed TO
bee pretty badly frightened a short time
afteTWard. IL WAS IN ST. Louis I'd been
down there backing Greek George. the
wrestler, against some Of the local elbow
tWisrers lt was when sullivan and his COM
b.uaiion were on their way back from the
West. You know sullivan was offering
5000 20 any one who would stand
up before him four rounds. There was
heavy weight I'm ST. Louis then
named Zschauu-B Bill Zachri,z. / think
and the local sports decided % have him 90
against john /. The boss siugger was
going to show at the Peoples Theatre.
f Among others who took an interest iu the
event Fere old Tom Allen. who used 20 be
f cock o,-the-walk himself, you know. and
iom Kelly also something of celebrity
wltu ms dukes at one nmei. who keeps the
toughest joint in the town. and
f encourages smuggling rs much as the
aw permits. Well. Allen and Kelly were
back Of Lachartz, and feeling friendly
toward John l.. any way each of 'em
f bought so worth of ti ,kets The night of
che exhibition the Peoples Theatre wa.
lammel with q pretty tough Tot of specta-
toys. among which Allen and Kelly with
their gangs. among whom they had dis
fueufel the $40 worth Of tickets were
leading spirits. DO seems sullivan hadn
heen around to see either Allen or Kelly
So they were feeling "a little sore anyhow
especially Allen. who bad been told
that Sullivan bad given ont as his reason
for not calling az Aliens place tha
le hadn't anv use FOR broken down prize
ngiter,. ~o Allen was ready for trouble al
lAe slightest t8d break. It came wher
sullivan refused t0 stand up with Licharfz
alleging itat Che police W0ulin have ir
OBJ Tom ror up and declared himself riZh
there. he said Is was fake. Sullivan
would have to give Zscharifz wlirl o-
-here 3 oe llu and there was. WAS ir
tae nolsF and f9os r ali in After Alief
mate his ertrs s there was "a .ittle sensation
in fae house. ala then old Tom moved