Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-06

made Muldoon stagger as he re-
ceived it, were reminded OF
John L. of old, whose blows
struck with the force of a pile driver.
After few minutes rest Sullivan began
skipping the rope. To those who can
only see him in fancy there is doubt
less something ludicrous in the idea
of a man of Sullivan's massive
frame indulging in such schoolgirl
pastime, but to an actual eye witness
there Is no suggestion of absurdity in the
| spectacle. He skips one foot at time
and he does It with grace aud airiness of
ballet girl He skipped a thousand
| times without stopping and was not audi
bly, or yisibly putting when he got
through.
s'That ought to settle the question of
weakness in the legs suggested by
ISLANDERS, and so it would seem,
as Sullivan is reported to be the
only man who ever accomplished
this feat. The nearest approach
to 1t is $50 skips by man weighing l40
pounds. Sullivan perspired so profusely
during this exercising that the water fell
from him In big drops on either side and
left a parallel track of moisture the
length of twenty-five feet, travelled by.
him in making the skips. Then. after a
few minutes intermission, came the dumb
bell exercise, consisting of three move
ments upward as far as the arm would
reach, then downward until
the bells reached the floor;
then backward through the
legs as far as the arm could reach. This
was repeated fifty times, causing Cleary
and Muldoon TO pant and blow, while
Sullivan scarcely breathed hard. A lit
tie ball punching followed. The force
and CELEBRITY of the blows amazed all who
witnessed them. They demonstrated
two things conclusiVely; first, that Sulli-
van can hit as nard as ever, and second,
thas he has lost none of the old time
lightning rapidity. Once he hit
the ball so hard as to
break the thin rope by which
it was suspended the second time he split
the tether. If he can get in couple of
those terrific right-handers on Kilrain IS
head the fight will be pretty near over.
Ball punching terminated the mornings
work.
While the ''Big Fellow as he is IA
milIarly called, was dressing for dinner
the reporter had an opportunity
to inspect him. He Is in the
pink of condition, better than ever
before in his life. He measures forty
two inches around the chest, and is as
deep through, from breast to back, as he
is from side to side. There does not APP
pear to be an ounce of superfluous flesh
on him. His flesh CLOVIS with the color
of health and his back is covered with
pTickly heat, which causes him, how
ever, no inconvenience. His legs, from
waist to knee, are the perfection of
symmetry. Below the knee they
are not so perfect. His calves are not
developed in proportion to the upper half
of the leg. Experts say, however, that
his skipping exercises prove him to be
very firm on his pins. His muscles are
hard and firm and his biceps measure
sixteen and a half inches. Alto
gether his friends are jubilant over his
condition and predict an easy victory
Joe Coburn says there is no doubt
whatever that Sullivan will win. He
has seen him in all his fights, but not in
as perfect condition as now Joe Muir
ply says he has had an experience of
thirty years in witnessing fights, and
never saw as perfect man as Sullivan
now is.
He thinks that if Kilrain will stand up
in the fight it will be over in fifteen min
utes. Mr.. Lavalle of the Sullivan party
from New York, doesn t think the fight
will last over five rounds, and that Sulli-
van will be the victor. These opinions
prevail largely here now where Kilrain
has not recently been seen. The betting
is all one way, ten to seven on Sullivan
When Kilram and his crowd arrive,
however, there may be a change.
At O'Clock the party again proceeded
to the clubrooms, where the exercises of
the morning were repeated with this diff
ference, that the rope was only skipped
400 times, Tomorrow Will be the last
day OF active training. Sunday will
be devoted to absolute rest. KIlrain is
expected in the morning.