St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-12
SULLIVAN is The MAN
John L. Says 1t Is He Who
Will Meet Jake
Kilpain.
He Intends to Put an End to
Jake's Fighting and
Talking.
Raceland the Only FavoPite
Who Could Win at Je-
rome Park.
At Latonia the Flyers Ran in
Mud Almost Fetlock
Deep.
sneciaI 10 the Globe

Special to the Globe.
Boston. Oct. John L. Sullivan
said to your correspondent this after
noon: "The doctor says that by next
Sunday ] shall be strong enough to
walk about the room, and feel that my
recovery is now so rapid that L shall
have mended sufficiently by Sunday to
leave the bed. | have been taking qul-
nine to build up on and have also had
4 small bottle of medicine OF which
take fifteen drops every three hours"
s.Where do You intend going after you
leave here?" I asked. "The doctor tells
me to 90 to the mountains" replied
the famous slugger, but there
are snow storms in the mountains
now. In fact. we had enc here yester-
dav. By the way, George Mcdonald,
nv old trainer i'll England, has written
me that he has sent you a line from
New York. Mcdonald certainly had
done so, and it was most important
letter, as showing the mission the well
known English trainer was engaged III
here. [ read the letter to the Invalid,
who expressed no surprise about its
contents and evidently knew full we'll
what George was doing. Il am engaged
10 train the unknown when the match
is made" wrote Mcdonald, land with
Messrs. Charles johnson, Phil Lynch
and Wakely l shall go on to Boston
Saturday or Sunday to see John, from
whom | have a message saying ne
mnch better. The three gents l have
mnT me-
here and have treated me very
kindly. l shall never forget the
welcome | received. am
glad to know that John has
SO many good friends behind him." A
CORRESPONDENT OF mine in London, than
whom no one is better informed on
foreign pugilistic matters, writes me
That Mcdonald comes here to train John
l.. Sullivan. should Sullivan contend for
the championship. ''IIe is a splendid
fellow" said Sullivan, speaking Of Nc
Donald: las trainer he has no equal.
His father trained John c. Heenan for
his battles in England over a quarter of
a century ago and he has all MS
fathers strong points as a trainer.
He is faithful, strictly temperate
and anticipate every wish OF the man
BE is training. ! know that l am the
unknown of the Illustrated News.
have already been promised backing
outside of that and | accepted 1t. That
was before | was taken sick. l would
like to meet that fellow Kilrain, he Is so
presumptuous They talk about what
he did with Smith. Why, Smith is no
fighter. His arms are about third
shorter than they should be. Smith is
the only man he ever fought under Lon
don rules, and yet he is crying for
battle in the old style. Well, wait and
see. Within 200 miles of New Orleans
will suit ne" IF YOU are 10 be the I'M
known remarked Tom BOgue, There
won't he any need of kilIain going into
training. He will fret himself enough
over the outlook to get down to
weight without doing any work" A
silence OF minute or more enSued,
which was broken by the champion say
ing Il can't tell anything about it yet,
but | suppose it will be made clear
when Johnston. Mcdonald and the rest
OF that party call to see me-"
Sullivan spoke with a strong voice
and seemed quite interested. 1t was
evident he had suSpician that he was
the man the New York syndicate had
in view as their first choice in selecting
their unknown, and that he didn't de
sire to say much about the matter until
he was able to be up and around, or at
least until he knew just what the pro-
gramme of the New York syndicate is.