Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-01
OFF FOR THE FIGHT.
A Trainload of Sullivan's Friends
Leaves for Rochester.
JOHN L. TO JOIN THEM THERE
The Big Boys Stock Takes a Rapid Up
ward Turn in the Metropolis.
RING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MILL
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DrsrArcH.,

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DrsPATcH.i
NEW YORK, June 30.-The first Of the
men from this part of the country who are
going down to Louisiana to see the Sulli-
van-Kilrain fight left tonight on the S:15
train on the West Shore road. They will
reach Rochester early tomorrow morning,
and wait there until Sullivan arrives from
Belfast That may be tomorrow afternoon
or evening, CT perhaps Tuesday: There
will be a special train then made up at
Rochester to take the party South. The
most important part Of the special viii De the
baggage car in which Sullivan will be Kept
under training by Muldoon until the journey
is over.
The men who left New York tonight are all
believers In Sullivan. There were James Far
reil, Joe Coburn, Jim Wakely, Charley John
son, Phil Lynch. Leonard Tracey, John Bohan-
on. w. v. Molloy, Jack Cusack. Tom Farrell,
Dan Murphy Of boston; Jim fowier'
A. Bingham. Frank Moran, of Bridgeport, and
Barney Mcguire. When they arrived at the
ferry at the foot of West Fortysecond street
tenements of that region who were delighted to
see friends of Sullivan The small boys looked
at the sporting men in awe for moment, and
then, as they hurried into the ferry house, the
youngsters
CHEERED FOR JOHN L.
1t seemed as il all the other passengers over
at the Weehawken station who were going out
on the S:l5 train knew that the Sullivan party
was to be aboard, and they took great interest
in the group of sporting gentlemen.
Sullivan stock was high all over town to-day.
for there was a general growth of the idea
that Muldoon had got the big fighter into first
rate shape. Some men are prophesying, how
ever that the change of climate will hurt Sui
livan more than Kilrain. for the dlnerence be-
tween the clear air of Belfast and the air OF
ence between Baltimore and New Orleans.
Aspecial from New Orleans says: New Or
leans is wildly excited over the coming kllrain-
Sullivan fight, and It is the only subject Oh ais
backing Kilraln, and who was until recently an
ardent supporter of Sullivan, explains
why he deserted the champion II bet
on him." he said, "until after the Mitchell
fiasco. was certain that Sullivan would win,
as know that he worked hard for it. and that
he did not drink drop in England. Sull1van's
der the MARQUIS of Queensberry rules.
He is the greatest Marquis of QueensDerry
fighter the world has ever seen NO man
living can beat him in four-round glove night
But in battles to finish, where generalship
and staying powers are needed. Sullivan is not
near as great as Kilrain. 1 have watched Kill
rain, and see that he is the
GREATEST OF RING TACTICIANs.
"He does not keep his head STILL to be hit at
like Sullivan does. He has terrific right and
a wonderful left, and is as skillful in getting
away from punishment as in diving it. He
fights as carefully as skillful players play
euchre, keeping count of his points and
making each punch count a point. After
his fight with Smith his abilities became
known, and since then his reputation has been
steadily going. What fits him especially for a
ring fighter is his wonderful endurance. In
his fight with Smith he did not even wet his
lips during the hour he was in the ring"
j. w. Barnett, who left John L. Sullivan
Wednesday evening, at his training quarters in
Belfast, n. Y, in an interview said: Sullivan
never looked better. I knew him when he
fought Ryan. and tell you frankly he Is in
better shape at present than ever In his
life. As far as can see there Is not bit OF
superfuous flesh on him, and the story that he
is iabby looking about the muscles Is all bosh.
His wind is excellent. and his legs are as solid
and as strong, almost, as bars of steel Just
before left he skipped the rope 500 times with.
out break, and a man must have pretty good
legs and mighty good wind to do that"
A train will leave the city at about midnight
with men aboard to put things in order at the
grounds The Western Union will send out its
iinemen at the same time with the ring makers,
and will have four lines from the ground to
New Orleans by daylight 1t will have its four
fastest operators stationed at them, so that the
news can be sent simultaneously over the whole
country. The special ring train will leave the
city by 4 o'clock, and its patrons will be all
seated first.