The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-27
NEW YORK SPORTS.
TR1BrLATl0NS or \ NEWSPAPER MAN
HUNTING FOR \ Fight.
THE SULLTT4N.KTLRATN con
TEST AND OTHER NILS.
baseball aud Sporting Notes.
spe,l,l corro4oondcnco Of the rrurs.

fspeei Al spondcncc Of the TINES
New YoRK, January 25.-Sunday was
q great day among the sports who were
lucky enough TO get good tips for a
double scrap over on Long Island, and
sunday night was a great night for he
self-same sports when they took a little
fcn-mile tramp over the rough and frozen
roads of the island 10 the battle-ground.
was one of the party. and had the
Measure of experiencing what usually
falls TO the lot of the sporting newspaper
man when he goes out on the road for
the purpose of looking up a fight, es-
pccialy when that fight happens 10 be
located over on Long Island, which
means that il will take place somewhere
or other outside of civilization. Yet it il
funand the man with sporting blood in his
veins who has not chased up scrappers
over "a large tract of country does not
know what life is. There was a goodly-
sized crowd that left New Yorl, in the
early evening and went across the river
II was a cloudy, chilly night, and the
Old timer remarked between the putis of
hi. cigar that there WIZ sure agOin
ter be- snow fore We git ter III ropes.
For once in his life, at least, he was right.
We had not gone very far toward the
battle-ground before the flakes began 10
drop on us and cover the trees and the
roads with that soft blanket that
liOets like 10 write about. The
bows were in fine trim and ready
and willing for anything that
would relieve the mOnOtOny of the
tramp. ON they trudged, past silent
fsrm-h0uses, singing snatches Of hymns
and other operate airs through gloomy
patches of woods. where ghosts are sup
posed TO piss the hours between mid
night and daylight Fehearsing the crimes
they have committed or been the victims
of in days gone by, leaving barking and
growing dogs and softly lowing cattle
behind, as they tramped, tramped, tramp
ed on 10 the scene Of battle The walk
was fun OF incident. Al one point
farmer threw open the window
of his bedroom and told us
i'm gentle words that he'd be
" ding if we hadn't ought 10 be in JAIL Do
Further on we stumbled across a man
living ON the roadside. First we thought
DE was dead. and he was-dead drunk
The BOYS planted him in a neighbOring
hay NOW. where there was no danger OF
his freezing 10 death, and then we got 10
the eight. happy but tired. The battles
were good. and there was in The first q
line display of science. II was between
two New York hoys-Sam Swing and
Eddie Misunderstanding rules,
bare knuckles, and for 500. Four des-
perate rounds were fought, and then the
light was stoDped by foul.
Jack Balston and Johnny Earnest fur
nished the music in the second enc0un
ter. The fight was most desperate. From
start 10 finish the men were covered with
blood In the sixth round Earnest
wanted 10 stop fighting. but his second
begged him to keep mp his nerve and
continue the fight, which he did, and
finished in the ninth round by knocking
ont Balston, after the latter had thrown
bis wrist ont of place by an unlucky
swinging blow 4 good deal of money
hanged hands for a small fight, but then
he people who were there were all
floods
SULLIVAN BROKEN W.
Sullivan is all broken up over the way
he has been hOWled az for the past week.
soon after the mean attempt to start the
report that he was drunk in Boston,
came q breezy doctor named Gibbs, who
gave If ont that I'm his humble opinion
sullivan had seen his day As a specimen
Of physical perfection. This able physi-
ian said BE saw Sullivan in the Hoffman
House and asked him TO give up sm0k-
ng strong cigars and stop drinking Ex-
.elsior water. Then he wound up by
declaring the champion did not weigh I.
more than l95 pounds In "a letter re-
.eiyed by friend. Sullivan says he .
never heard of tho water until me saw il
IN print. that he does not smoke strong
.igars and that he will bet Dr. Gibbs or
invone else 800 that he weighs to-day
ms pounds That Or. Gibbs gave the
roddess of veracity q mightytussel when .
De made these statements, is shown by
he fact that Sullivan has not been in the +
Hoffman House since his return from
abroad.
THE srLL1VAN-KTLRA1S MATCH
From present indications the stakes in
he Sulliyan-Kilrain match will be the
biggest ever fought for in this or any
,ther country. The editor of the Police
G0zettl has received a letter from El
oaso. Texas. Offering a bonus of SIP 900, +
m ampitheatre, and guaranteed police
protection if the fight can be arranged to
.ome OIL there
OTHER MILLS.
Jack Dempsey was in town this week,
md before he left for the West he eX-
PRESSED his opinion Of Charley Mitchell
n pretty plain terms. He still sticks TO
his former assertion that Mitchell is
,lufIer, and that be does not wantto fight
It any terms, and, TO tell the truth, il be- /
,ins to look that way, after all the in
lucements held out by Dempsey and his
packers in order 10 make a match. As
ret Dempsey has not been treated 10 an .
.gg bath at any point where he has
,iyen exhibitions.
At the Varuna Boat Clubs sparring
md wrestling matches, the other night, +
here was a battle that came a. near to .
icing a straight out and out prize-fght F
IS it possibly could without coming .
inder that head. Ii was the wind-up be- /
ween Pat Cahill and Billy Ronker. and +
{ was fight for blood from start 10 finish .
They were sparring for points, 100, by I
he way, although very few people real /
zed that fact There were four rounds /
ought, and then Cahill managed to land .
swinger on ROnkey's jaw that ratified /
his teeth, and sent him 10 the boards /
lie got up and was knocked down again. /
Then they got him 10 his corner, but be- /
ore he could feel the floor under his /
eet time was called and the fight was
siyen to Cahill. 1t was only a chance /
llow that won the battle, for Ronkey is .
great fighter, but then Cahill proved I.
hat he, too, knew something about
BASEBALL MATTERS.
Manager Mutrie has begun TO map out .
he work for his teams for the coming
eason. There will be no more divided
cams as heretofore. There will be two
cams on the field, as usual, and one OF
hem, the regular, will be just as strong /
Is goofplayers can make il. The pm !
.ipal PLAYERS will be Richardson, Nhit- I
iey, Herman, Welch, Keef and Ewing.
Tie positions OF shOrt-stop, centre anu
eft-felds will be played for, and the De pes,
nan will occupy the place. living VIII