Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-03
THE BIG PUGILISTS.
How Sullivan and Mitchell are
Training for Their Great Struggle.

Training for Their Great Struggle.
NEW YORK, July although Mayor
Grace has refused to grant a license for
the Sullivan-Mitchell night at the Polo
grounds, there seems to be an impression
that the fight will take place. The result
is regarded as being more doubtful than
in any previous contest in which the Bos-
| ton man has engaged, because OF his sup
posed poor condition and the splendid
| fighting trim of Mitchell. Nobody doubts
Sulliyan's ability TO "knOck OUT
the Engllshman if he would
| only stop drinking and go
in for serious and steady training. But
the general opinion in sporting circles Is
that Sullivan will not let liquor alone,
and that he Will appear in the ring In poor
| physical condition. SGlll the bulk of opin-
| ion is that Sullivan will win any way, as
is shown by the betting on the event, the
odds being largely in his favor. Saloon
| Keeper Cassidy, of Baltimore, the Ameri-
can leviathan better, who won an enor-
nous sum on the election of Cleveland, is
said to have placed nearly $50, 900 on sui
| Ivan at odds of five to two.
sullivan is stopping at the Bennett
| ''place," on Fifty-ninth street. This
morning be was up before $50, and with
his trainer, James MckeOn, and another
friend, was carried up in the park, near
| the reservoir, in a carriage, where they
all got out and tue champion slugger
! took a siX-mile turn at a steady trot. He
| outran his trainer in the first five hundred
yards. Returning to Benefits, he was
stripped and rubbed down, and then a
breakfast was prepared for the hungry
man that would do for three ordinary in.
| dividuals. Shortly after breakfast Sulli-
| van took a nap. and did not arise during
| the morning. The saloon underneath did
a rushing business.
An intimate friend of the champion
said: John has been too liberal with
his money, and is surrounded by set of
suckers who work him for all he is worth.
| should say that Sullivan is now worth
about $4,000. He made a good deal of
money on the road with the mlnstrels, but
he spent it lavisbly. Mitchell, on the
other hand, is very hard working and
close-fsted, and has accumulated about
! 900 since his stay in this country,
| which he has we'll invested. He say es
every cent he can, never drinks much,
and takes good care OF himself.
HIS only chance of beating Sullivan at
the polo grounds will lie in the latter
being in poor condition. Sullivan has
been getting very tat of late, and Mitchell
| may 90 tor his stomach and knock the
wind out of him. ] don't think the police
will interfere with the fight, as il Will be
scientific and within the law. The VIM
| ner will get % per cent. OF the gate re-
ceipts and the loser 30 per cent. after pay
! ing all expenses, which Will be about
| $4,000. The receipts from the gate, bar
and grand stand privileges. if the day is n
| fine one, ought to be $40 000.'
Mitchellis stopping at Rockaway Beach
and training hard. He gets up, is ubbed
down and has done five or six miles rum
ming on the beach by 6 O'Clock. Then he
| has good breakfast, and after 1t takes
dozen miles of running along the beach
and takes d bath in the surf, after which
he Is again rubbed down ana has dinner.
In the afternoon there is more beach run
ming and another surf bath. Besides all
this he works his 3H-pOund dumb-beils
and pounds a bag suspended from the cell
Ing. He says about the coming fight: at
Sullivan doesn't go at ii 1 Will. l think l
can best him and Will try to do SO. l am
cleverer than he is and big enough to fight
| anybody in the world, being 10 pounds
heavier than Tom Sayers was at his best.
If Sullivan forces the fighting he will find
me coming for him. l can beat him by
fighting as he fights"
Mitcnells friends are confident that he
will win. He weighs 167 and hopes TO get
| down TO 1853 pounds by next week. His
stomach Is fat and his chest round and
full.
ANoONAbnotohuihS ali CAoI nao DCSh odlu
| about SulliVan's deDaucheries, he is gen.
orally believed to be able to knock out
| Mitchell with ease. There is a suspicion
that he is in much better condition than
represented, aud Mitchell himself inclines
TO this belief, saying: sullivan had not
been drinking as much as people think.
He has been doing a little bit of work all
the time, and it works mis- drink off. When
with the minstrel show ne exercised three
times day with dumb bells, and had
man to rub him off. He will weigh about
| 2l0 pounds when he meets me, and will
weigh about 163."