Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-31
MITCHELL TALKS BACK..
He Gives Sullivan a Scoring With HIS
Mouth.

lCpmiyh 1855 bU James Gordon Benneu1
LONDON, Jan. 90 New York Herald
Cable-Special to the BEE. The rhetorical
bruising between Sullivan and Mitchell, the
former having had the last verbal spar, lead
your reporter TO visit the latter at Pony
Moore's residence this afternoon. Refer ing
TO Sullivan's card, already sent, Mitchell
said, after rereading it and throwing down
the paper savagely:
'"This stuff is tresome Sullivan does moth
ing but blow about John L., and all his blow
ing comes to nothing. For years he has been
proclaiming that he was coming to England
and going to.do wonderful things there. At
last he has chosen for his visit time when
both Smith and Kilrain were unable to meet
him on account of their own fight. During
his tour he offered any one 500 who would
stand before him during four rounds, aud
then, as soon as we got to Cardiff, where he
was, he withdrew the challenge. That's the
kind of a man he is"
Don't you think, then, he is a great
fighter"
"What has he ever done9 He got the best
of Paddy Ryan, a man that anybody could
beat. That's his record. l consider Sullivan
the most complete fraud going. He is a
newspaper creation, reporters bubble,
nothing else Whenever editors are short of
copy they have got in the way of sending a
man to interview John L. He has been a
perpetual satnd by, an evergreen Joke,
and at last the public and
Sullivan himself have been deluued into be-
lieving he is about the gretaest man on earth,
! don't claim to be such phenomenal fighter
myself, but propose to make very large
hole in his reputation if he gives me a chance
of doing so'
"You mean that he is trying to avoid meet
ing your' t,
"Yes, I do. He is afraid to meet me and
takes refuge in abuse. OF course he feels
very sore about the failure Of his exhibitions
through England and Ireland. We broke w
his little game there and will do it AGAIN."
"Do you believe honestly that the fight
will come off between you!"
''Yes, because / am not going to lei
Sullivan back out. He has got to fight me
within two months. AS to the result,
do not care to brag or tall
in advance. may not beat
| him, for he has a great advantage in his su
perior weight, but John l.. Sullivan and ev
cry one else can put one thing down as GER
tain-I will be on hand at the day and hour
and when we get through he will know hi
| has been to fight" ...
To-morrow's Sporting Life will take an
other view from Mitchell and comment thus
"Ugly rumors are in circulation as to what
is going to be done on the day, and it would
be as well for the principles to drop perso
nalities and proceed to business. 1t is agreed
that only ten side be present, but those
who know the ropes are aware how easily
this portion of the contract can be broken. 1
| would be safer for the fight to b.
brought off with even less number present
| A fiasco or any rowdyism in connection will
the fight would seriously iniure the interests
| of the prize ring, which, owing to thu
straightforward way in which the Kilrain
Smith fight was brought off, has regainet
much of it's former prestige in this countr.
and America. We are of the opinion tina
Sullivan and Mitchell really mean fighting.