The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-12
MODERN GLADIATORS.
The Talked-Of Coming
Event in the Sporting
World.
THE PROPOSED SULLIVAN KiLRAIS
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"Reminiscences oi An Oii sport.

New YORK, December 10 Every sport
in this pari,oi the 90 lniry Is watching vi Il
"A great deal of interest the outcome Of
the arrangements for meeting between
Sullivan and Kilrain Both men have
SANDY" friends, and If they do meet, and
the probability is that they will before
the May blossoms open their buds To the
Dalmy breezes of spring, there will be
more money put on tae result than has
been on n scrap" for many many years.
Sullivan's defiant challenge, business
like and TO the point, aud the posting 90
forfeit money ~ show bis good faith.
has revived confidence in him in many
people who had begun TO think Of him
at the same time their thoughts were
running in the direction of toy balloon
with pinhole in IT. Considering the
long Illness through which be has just
raised Sullivan is In fair condition, but
be Ia ia anything but gentle humor
Nevertheless he holds himself well
in and talks calmly about. kilra II
and Mitchell, though at times he says
some pretty snappy things about both
people, and then his eyes glow and be
grits his teeth in anything but pleasant
or cheerful manner. His money Is up
and all he Is waiting for Is To have il
covered by Richard X. Fox, Kilfain's
hacker.
Before the Big Fellow left for Boston
on Saturday bad talk with him about
Kfrain and the possible result of the
fight. Those who are acquainted with
The Boston puelist know just how close
ly he resembles cheap alarm clock, in
asmuch as he Is liable to 60 off at any
moment and without any warning whir
He started oil quietly enough with me,
but he had not been talking fifteen min
utes before he wa throwing out long
sentences Of decorated English without
any apparent effort.
"My money is up" said he, and ii l..
up TO stay, too. II the other people
cover it, and are willing 10 do the square
thing and fight me, all right ! am ready
for them. stipulated the time for tbe
fght-siX months from The signing of
the articies-in order that ! might got
myself into first. class condition. ! have
been through bad sickness, and every
body knows how close call II
was for me. have enemies, and
| do not think that the
worst one | have would enjoy standing
by and seeing me 60 into a fight in poor
physical condition. am bound though
after what has been said, TO meet this CO.
called champion" ami If Mr.. Fox does
no, DO something husiness-like very soon,
I'll have 10 find some other way a
fixing things Who f. this champion.
anyway Who has he fought and de-
leateds Why. nobody 10 speak Of lie
has no record that entities him 10 claim
the championship. nor has ht anything
else except his gall aud his nerve. !
want To fight him. and il We do meet it
won't be baby play, | can tell you that
lie said further that he wanted 10 light
for $40, 900 aud was Willing 10 do 50 yei;
but he was afraid that il he put II {
stakes at that figure II would afford Xii
ain and his hacker an opportunity 10 do
The slide act, and crawl out of very
small hole He did not want to do any
thing that would give the other people
the least chance to back out of a fight.
Sullivsn's bosom friends, Jack Barnilt
and Jack Hayes. were with him, and The
latter turning TO me said very earnestly
III this match IL made We will pnf
John into the ring in the pink OF condi
ton. George Mcdonald will have enlhe
charge OF the conditioning OF the cham
pion, and | will assist him. We will 10
nothing, Of course until the articles are
signed, and then We will begin 10 work
From that time until he steps into tie
ring we will not leave John single in
slant am confident that We will have
him In better condition than he ever Was
before for light"
Kilrain arrived here to-day from Bos
ton, and went Immediately 10 see MI
Fox He expressed desire TO have the
meeting arranged, and showed great CON
fidence In his ability 10 cut short Sulli-
vans career as the champion pugilist by
'dOing" him Sullivan friends, too. are
confident. and are wondering whether
flowers will be received al kilrain's pfO.
fessional funeral Nothing will settle
The feeling between The two champions
except kid gloves, grassy ring and sci. .
snce and hard lighting twill be hard,
bitter battle. and there Will be no mercy
shown on either side
OF course nothing definite can be said .
relative to the battle-ground, but Kilrain,
when asked him about that, said he
would like TO go somewhere South, and
FAMED Richmond in preference TO any
,ther place that he knew of lie
aid he was sure OF square fight ana
air play there. Sullivan does not care
where he fights as long as he fights.
IA =. L.. III
10Th men mean business, and guess they
10.
AN OID-TIME SPORT