The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-04-03
SULLIVAN Us. MITCHELL
After Thirty-nine Rounds the Fight
Is Declared 4 Draw.

ana came 70 an end after thirty nine
rounds. being declared d draw.
Tine. 3 hours. II minutes. Sullivan
was unable 20 knock Mitchell out
though lie hit hin many times, the
lister being too cunning for him.
The friends Of Sullivan are unable to
explain why he did not knock Mitch
eli out Both men were badly hurt
IL the hands and much exhausted.
The fight took place n d pelting rain,
which seemed To have q bad effect
upon Sullivan
Before the battle began the Sulh-
van contingent was jubilant and Will
I1E to bet long odds that Its man
w1uld make mlncemeat OF his opDo-
Deut IL no time. 4 comparison be-
tween the men seemed 70 justify this
confidence. which was shared bv
Sullivan himself. He was bigger
and looked stronger than Mitchell
Behind him was the prestige Of many
victories Il i no secret that he ex-
pected al the end Of ten minutes to
knock Mitchell out
The Mitchell men were not In such
fne spirits. When the place selected
E the rlng was reached 1t was rain
= hard and the weather was raw
and cold Sullivan's magnificent fig
ure was much admired, and he had
confident air about him Mitchell
seemed 10 feel as If he had under
taken 6 Big Job. and his attempts to
smile were without success. At the
beginning OF the tight Sullivan dis
covered that Mitchell had legs and
brains. and knew how TO use them to
advantage.
Sullivan expended q great deal of
wind and energy, but inflicted little
damage on the agile Mitchell When
ms VIVID began TO grow short, Mitchell
became holder and assumed the often
slve- Sullivan was frequently adiured
Il go ID and finish him But his
ls5ore0 breathing was the only re
sponse- He had not enough strength
left TO fulfill his contract. Neverthe
less the men INDUCED IN . great deal
Of hamDerIng. which drew blood and
caused bruises, but the blows lacked
force sufficient TO secure q decisive
victory for either by q knockout
Mitchell displayed more pluck than
he mas been credited with. and Suli-
van less powers Of endurance than
his admirers expected As the fight
b had the appearance Of being an end
less affair, the hackers Of the two men
held g consultation and agreed upon
3 draw. the Two weary fighters readily
scguiescing.
Inc following remarks are from
-. -Ar,h 10,
cisco Ct7ga5e5s: a From the very first
blow everybody interested in Sullivan
felt that something was wrong, how
wrong No one for q moment suspected.
John has too much heart. He whis-
pered after the fifth round that he
was 50 much pleased with Mitchell's
pluck n showing fight after all the
delays that he would fool with him
Tor 9 round or two. Then the truth
Of the situation dawned upon even
those q the Boston boys friends
most blind. To their credit, be 1t
said. they never dreamed Of hedging.
but the truth was too good for the
Mitchell men 20 believe. and IN q
Wild hilarious manner they could
only screw up courage to back the
Young one t. take punishment for
twenty rounds
The fighting was superlatiYely
fair throughout Some ardent Sulli-
van people claimed several times that
Mitchell went to grass without being
touched. bur their claims were over
ruled, and more severely by the
champion than by the referee Ow
6ng 70 the heavy condition Of the
ground. the fighters seemed BY mrl-
tuI agreement not TO Try to fall, and
when after 8 rally they closed, they
separated The men IN Mitch
els corner were Wild with delight.
Bzld0ck irving TO commit suicide by
many 0verdosss Of brandy. Pony
Moore's smile was broader than the
Brooklyn bridge. while the gloom
about the Yankees corner was thicker
than s London fog.
The long. weary tramp, tramp, Of
the thirty sixth. thirty seventh and
thIrty-elghth rounds. with the weak
D. q both parties becoming more
suuErent terminated with Sullivan's
discontinue and a drawn battle n
the t1irty-ninth round. In no sense
Waterloo, the battle was certainly,
what Gettysburg was TO Lees army,
uep1lse which broke the backbone
Of resistance. When the battle was
over the Americans awOke from a
stupor, rubbed their eyes and could
lot believe II was true Phillips ran
ST Blakalock with a bottle with the
evident intention OF breaking the
Istter's head for having advanced the
draw proposition But Phillips, for
tunztely. came TO his senses before
any damage was done. Faithful Sam
Blskeloek crept into q corner Of a
barn and cried Ike 9 baby, While
poor Sullivan sat mute, speeches.
and sad, II 3 corner