The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-23
COMING MATCH BETWEEN SUI
LIVAN AND KILRALN.
SULLIVAN TIE wHIRLwINO HI
Used TO Bf.
c,rx prcsscd. Chatting, Laughing
women who Drive Among Tue
Laurel and the Roses-"B"ifo"
set" Collecting becoming
aEashfon.
,...oc,o, correspondence u the Times

40 IL has been asserted thdl ruNh lhe'A
marriages tend to perpetuate deafness
and the leading thinkers among these
IN fortunate people will attempt To
prove TO the world that the clam Is
ia Sc. ,.n /
This gathering Of silent men from all
nafts Of the globe will enjoy at least
ne advantage over other lnternational
l.1ies. Their language Il. in meas
me-. uuiversal-the language OF signs.
New York city and various States OF
a. Union will send delegates across !
-. Atlantic to represent the New
"a 1rld in the discussions which VIII be
t "A at Paris i'm order that the E1posi-
may be enjoyed 40 the same time.
IT, the speaking and hearing world
NV natural question presents itself:
Are the deaf mutes 20 numerous
t.,f IL Is deemed important to hold
- cial conventions, and II 50. what
"a. ue the object OF such a congress
mere gf. IN the CIVILIZED world an
average of one deaf mute 20 every
tin.en hundred of the population; IN
oder words. there are at least one mil
i.u of this alllictsd class. In the
T. tied States tn,re are 80 coo: in Great
B,ri.u. .O.O0O. d. Germany 2o.OVV' IN
r aure. $1,000; io Sweden. 2.OOO' IN
\ .rWav. i.lOO. in Denmark, 1000, M
Holland. . 300. aud IA Switzerland the
country above all others where deaf
ness is prcvalcntl. lO GOO.
Tn- congress in Paris has a dual oO-
icc.-gratituie aud inquiry. IL Is M
tended To oulOgize the Able de Epee.
the inventor of the sign language and
the manual alphabet, nd TO place upon
fhe house that was his school. and iu
which be died in 1889. a memorial
t,blet. A br0nZa statue TO his memory
NOW stands in the grounds of the Pans
institution for educating deaf mutes.
r. was placed there on May "a, 1879. and
- the work of deaf mute sculptor
,ancd Felix Martin. Ii represents De-
Enee teaching - deaf mute boy the
word God. The sacred name IS III
-rr,bod on a scroll. held IN the left
hand Of the teacher. whose eyes are
bent tendorly upon the boy who IL try
Iog 10 initiate the letter ID. which
lhe Able is forming with has night
hand.
The business Of the congress centres
uron an inquiry into the condition OF
tha deaf mutcs IN different countries.
As regards the great coming match
between sullivan and Kilrain, there Is
bu. little to be said in favor Cf either
oue &C. said Billy Edwards IN converse
zion with me Yesterday. Four years
AGO ID would have been different. AT
/ tl,ar lime Kilrain was afraid 81 Sulli-
Van. and could not have met him with
/ that confidence which Is necessary 90
/ success.
Hls progress i'm the ring and his sue
cess al home and abroad have changed
|al TINS. and given him first-class self
reliance and self-possession. Besides
/ Tins he has grown stronger. larger and
/ better i'm every way. People who PIC
tnre him as "A tail. slender. bOyish Tel
/ low. sIch as be appears IN most Of his
pnotoefaphs. would be astOnlsned n
tney saw the reality. a heavy, huga
handsome man weighing 20 pounds.
inst about the same rs Sullivan. by
nature he j. cautious. ambitious. but
not over quick. lie has trained and
oracti.ed with remarkable assiduty
since the beginning of his career. liz
teachers nave. 1 think. in every case
BELONGED 90 the old school, aud have
made him into "A very scientific sparrer
Add % this his skill in wrestling aud
hi, thorough knowledge OF his Owl
powers. and YOU have as formidable
pdgillst as Sullivan or anyone could
encounter.
sullivan is too well known to require
any comment While he na5 not the
WEALTHY be possessed some years ago
and is much more unwIcldy, he ha'
greatly increased his cleyernesi Will
has hands. his science and his skill 81
wrestling. He Is, Of course. stlll the
wnIrl1lud he used to be. or rather
me can be- it whenever he SO desires
Bur. a, said. be mas learned the folly
of depending exclusively upon smuggling
for success. aud depends as much now
npOn fine sparrlng as does hllfain
Mace. on Jackson. the new colore,
wonder. A. 10 the endless talk aDOu
drink. dissipation and shattered con
sltutiOn, d. does not amount 20 "a TOW
of pius. 40 man ever leads "a perfect
Is regular life. and much less does th'
average pugilist. Dissipation Is boun,
10 tell in the long run, but Sullivan ha
not INDUCED IN enough to seriously
impair his strength, activity or vitality
Property trained and managed he VII
lace kailraln ma the best possible shape
Auy0ne vino na, given the matter tn'
last thought knows that lu all proba
iities tho match wall be a very ever
lialr.
Size is nO- 30 important an element n
lighting as D. popularity supposed. .
,o.ifse II giant had the quickuess an,
nervous iOrce of small man. 10 woul'
ID. gel, different. Such men as Ne'
D-B4uwin aud Heenau are very rare
o. tue contrary. those who are yer.
.i4.er are apt 10 be slow and clumsy
Tia, is 80 we'll understood by pIZilisl
tnat DC occa-iOued no great surpris
s. h-n DJoney Harris. Que Of the great
est lighters known, VINO weighed bu
1876 pounds offered % fight any man d
tue world. la my own case found
, much harder wO IN sparrng Wit
Barney HaIOu. WhO weighed i
pounds. and Arthur Chambers VIII
weighed about the same. than Wit
great steve Taylor. who kicked th
beam at 24O or even more. For this rea
!. son il is highly probable that JAG
Dempsey al 100 can beat nearly all th
neavy weights now in the profession.
believe, although l do not know of m
own knowledge, that an exception
the rule will be found in the case O
Niger Jackson. the Australian co
ofed champion. who j. now In Cal
fornla. He possesses size. science, plucl
endurance. and like his race. a longs
: reach than any white rival. Whoeye
wius in the coming match between Su
ivan aud kilrain will have 10 NEE
Jackson before he can be the recognize
champion OF the world.
II Nine. Recamier aud Nine. de Sta'
could make fiying witt to ionkers {
larchmont or Flushing, Long Island O
any one OF the beautiful suburbs With
an hours ride Of New York, where th
stately cOuntry-houses are this mont
thrown open 10 gaily dressed. chatting
laughing women, who breakfast an
lunch and pose on haycocks and driy
ali among the laurel and roses. the
would find that their fair hostess,
were gOwned, even 10 the last butloi