Daily Republican., 1888-04-26
sULLIvAN's RETURN.

which steamer was the famous pugi- (
list, John Lawrence Sullivan.
On the deck Of the steamer stood the |
long looked for John l.. Sullivan, and !
by his side was his old companion,
Sylvie Gookin, the oarsman, and tive
bow legged English bull dogs, black
nosed and terocious.
"How are you, old manf" shouted |
Harry Philips, the manager of Sulli- |
van, from the deck of the Cove.
"How are your" replied Sullivan.
and then the air was rent with "How |
are you'si"
Mingled with cheers the band play
ed "Auld Lang Syne," mingled with |
more cheers. and then, when the Cove 4,
was fully rod away from the Gun |
arier, John l.. climbed over the rail
and made a flying leap to the pilot
house of the Cove. The little tug
swayed under the big fellow, but
righted enough to allow handwriting.
When Sylvie Gookin had made the
leap the tug steamed away tor
Boston.
"why didn't you lick the blasted
Britisher, my boy" asked John LIS
father OF tho champion. "You should
have licked him before you came
home,' and the old man laughed and
cried as he grasped Johns hand.
"pm no sprln,er, father" was the
reply. "He can run faster than l."
"Bad luck to him. "I'm glad to gee
you though, me boy, glad to see you.
and your looking hale and hearty at
that. Did you like the Old Sod?"
"It's fine country, father"
sand it has fine whisky, ME boy,
hey, heyl'
ayes, good enough. How's motheri"
"She's well, thank God, and her
eyes are just itching to see you."
Father and son chatted on family
matters nearly all the way up the hsr-
Dor, the old man holding on to Johns
big hand and looked into his bronzed
face Us il he could never see enough Of
him.
| Arriving at the wharf q crowd of
about one thousand, mostly composed
of boys, began to yell and cheer for
sullivan. The champion took off his
big, black banded English tile and
said:
"I thank you for this reception. 1
assure you l am glad to get back to
the best country and the best city on
earth. hope to see you very oflen
now"
Ten hacks were in waiting. The
ibarouche which Mrs. John L Sullivan
had hired to boar an inscription was
not among them. Her sister, Miss
Bailey, is dangerously III at No. 406
Shawmont avenue, compelling Mrs.
Sullivan to stay away, She sent her
. regrets, however.
parents, on Parnell street, Sullivan,
Phillips and Gookin came down to the
newspaper offices. They also called
on Bill HoGsrty and Mike Clarke,
long friends of the pugiist AT the
business place of the latter Sullivan
land Phillips parted, the latter going
to Sylvie Gookin's home, In Dorches.
ter, and 10 bed. the latter going TO the
Quincy House, to mako arrangements
for the Sullivan banquet.
| Said Sullivan: "The English peo-
pie may be all right, but Boston is
good enough for me. No American
can go abroad and win battle. l
won the fight with Mitchell forty times
on fouls, but the referee would not al
low the claims. gave away every
thing to the Engllshman to get on a
fight. He tried in every conceivable
way to embarrass me before the bat
tie, and he lost his stake money by
not complying with the terms Of the
articles of agreement. / went to
England to fight Mitchell, and no for.
felt could satisfy me. All can say
of him is, he is lucky man. When
we got to the ring side he wanted an
independent time-keeper, / gave him
that. He wanted thirty seconds time
allowed from the moment he got to his
corner after knock down, instead of
thirty seconds time from q knock
down, and | allowed that. For the
first five rounds OF the battle l hit him
almost when and where l wanted to.
In the first round he undertook to hit
me with bis left, but l gave him my
elbow, and 1t smashed his head almost
in halves He never had a strong
LEFT hand, and that smash made 1t
very weak. When / got through with
the fight, all had was black eye.
"That was done after my right arm
was injured in the fifth round. AT
first, when Mitchell fell without a
blow, my second claimed foul each
time, Referee Angle would not allow
1t. When l saw there was no use of
claiming fouls, l told my seconds to
keep quiet. When l went into the
ring l made up my mind to finish
Mitchell as soon as possible. l calcu.
lated it would take me about ten
rounds to settle him from the manner
ia which he ran around. The only
way could get at him was TO corner
him, and try TO double him up. He
was evidently out for running match
and not to fight. The injury done to
my right arm has already Teen told of.
In fight an accident is liable to hap
a pen to any man, and l had no control
over what happened to me. While
had the use OF both hands and had
Mitchell IN corner would first lei
gomy lett and have my right to follow
i It, Somehow | always hit him on the
! 7 upper part of the head, and that pari
!. OF his head was swelled to almost
u twice Its normal size before the draw
{, was declared.
: II saw in several papers in this
d country that shook hands with and
u made friends with Kilrain at the ring
v side. That Is not true. met Mitchell
D and Kilrain afterward when l wai
+" travelling toward England, and We
chatted topether- Mitchall said tn me