The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-07

Those people " hO had from time to
time opened their mouths and stuffed
their feet i'm by claiming there would
not be a fight are saying very lttl,
and betting less. With the principals ou
the ground ar as good as there. and all
the sports OF the country cn route 90
the Crescent City. they are beginning
% think. rs every one sl-e does. thal
there j. going 90 De a fight, and % hard
fight too.
All we know here is that which Gomez
90 ms from New Orleans through The
mails and over the wires. The betting
here is all in favor o. Sullivan as Dc is
in % her parts 0f the country, and The
odds vary from 100 % SD down 90 lut
O. jO. and very few bets have been made
40 either of the figures. The kilraiu
people here seem t0 like % talk more
than Co bet. and claim iu many cases
that they are got getting npg enough
odds 90 warrant them puttiuS up then
money. Many. too. CAIN tnat they
want o. wait until the day before tlo
fight. on the day of the meeting, tcfort
they make any move iu the betting
line.
Up at the Hoffman House and th,
ST. Jlme- Hotel. both res0rt- ~ sport
ing men. bets of 200 Goo go were offered
or Sullivan. and uota takerput ius map
p,a.ancc. lt seems almost impossible
{. g,tanv money ON ihe fight in.thi-
town outside OF the fey wager. tfa.
have been made. All ihe money seems
% have gone South. aud from tle re-
port. from Nc~ O,lears there has been
a.Yta deal Df talking and considerable
btrfng
The Ernug World of thi- city ha-
been receiving porlal card vote during
t0is week on ihc FIGHT The resuir. a-
published from day t0 day. shows tha.
Che champion. the only John L., Is the
hvoute. He received thousands of
votes while Killam'- score only touched
the hundreds. There We're few who
Thought that there would De 100 fight
and about doz .n said there would be-
% draw. while ten pinned their iaith 90
% flzle of fhe affair.
received a letter from one of the
best New York sporting editors. who is
ou the field to-day. in which he tell. of
some lively tiuc-. lie thinks there is
10 doubt of "a good fight taking place.
ami notwithstanding the fact that four
O. yernors have come out with pr B.
cmmati1us against tLe meeting. it Will
most certainly be fought on Monday
and that at - sort of so Man g Land
called ST. IImmany ou the Pearl
river. Tke pc pie down there
do not pay haXos, ara it has
never been settled whether The ground
is owned bv the State et Louisiana 90
not. The only fear expressed IS that
the Kilmu people are working 90 have
their man stopped. lt is claimed that
bee does not want 10 fight, but has only
gone this FAR for The purposs ot adyer-
ti-Ilg himself under tne artistic tuition
of Charley MITCHELL who Is acknowl J.
edged 90 Doe ,he best advertiser and tie
leasthuri man in the business.
Asa rule. when - prize-tght is ar
ranged Do ls kept quiet until tEe last
minute. aui then the tp is given lO
those who are entitled tO Do. In this
c9-c it has b-en in-t ihe revelse. And
+ reed ouls gisea short description ui
me actions of both men and their back
er- and friend l0 show hlch party Is
ihe most in eafnest AID most anxious
for fight
When Sullivan began 90 train he
went up iu the country aud got down
TO band work. and none of Ai- friends
were allowed 90 go near him. lie
trained. and trained hard. or cJurss
there was some reason in this exc u
sion. We all know whlt it was. but
be kept quiet. When 10 was time ior
him 10 20 South. he departed quietly
WIKI his trainers and hackers. there
was no reception at any Of the depots
there were nJluyi,ed guests there TO see
bum cn and o. cheer him. on
they went through the country.
seeing only The people who
knew he was coming aud Who had
gathered at the dep0is 90 eaten a
GLIMPSE of the Creates fighter OF the
age. But they were not Informed OF
bis coming by telegraph. When the
party arrived at New Orleans tine train
was stopped just outside If the city
limits. aud Sullivan. jimmy Wakely,
Charley johnson and NuldO0n we're
driven into the Crescent city iu car
riage. Many did not know that Sulii-
van had arrived unit. he was safely
housed 10 bis quarters.
The party with him made no show.
but simply went on with their prepaIa
tons for the battle without hiuug %
brass band 10 proceed them and ady.r-
Use the fact that they were In town
and ready 10 fight IN defiance 20 ii law
aud order. The matter Of prize ight-
Inz had been brought % the attention
of the Governors ol Louisiana and the
adj ming States. and the champion >
b,ckers made 30 sir over their own or
their man 8 presence.
See how contrary were the actions Ct
the other side. Wien X Tram lett
Baltimore everyb body knew It. and %
host of sports had been asked % come
10 the depot and give him q -eud-oT in
good style. OF course they were all
admirers of Jake s. bu- ii was a public
reception nevertheless. An along the
route taken by the party there has been
receptions aud intr0duclio1s, and in
Cincinnati Kilrain roamei around put
ting himself On exhibition.
There was no harm in all that, but it is
not jus. the way 90 carry u fighter
through the country. There are erea,
many people who object 20 fighting
and tins display only served 70 deepen
their prejudice and stir up a stronger
feeling against every body connected
with the affair. II was bad taste from
beginning 70 end.
And then New Orleans. What did
Jimmy Wakely ard Charley johnson
See the other morning on their wa,
back 10 the city from the battle
ground All along the route, on al
the fences and at all the railroad sta
tlons. were big blue and green posters
which announced in letters Of no meal
size that there would be prize fgh
between john l.. Sullivan aad Jake Xii