Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-03
Sullivan at Cincinnati.


CINCINNATI. OHIO, July John L.
Sullivan and party arrived by the Bee
Line this afternoon about 2 O'Clock,
several hours earlier than the announced
time, with view of avoiding crowd.
There was, however, a goodly assembly of
sight-seers whom Sullivan, Muldoon and
others avoided as well as they could
while they entered carriages and drove
to the Burnet house, where they went
into retirement for couple of hours. To
reporters who made anxious inquiries
about the health and condition of Sulli-
van that worthy answered that he was all
right "Fine as a fiddle and tough as
leather, - is the way he. expressed it.
Later the party went quietly in a round
about way to the gymnasium, where Sui
Ivan took some practice.
CINCINNATI, OHIO, July 2.-Just as
Sullivan was entering a carriage which
waited for him on his arrival at the
depot, reporter stepped up to hun and
said:
''How are you, John?''
GAS fine as silk and as tough as whale
bone, - answered Sullivan in muf1ied
voice. ''You must not talk to me,
am all right.
''How long will you remain in Cincin-
nati?''
cit depends altogether on circumstan-
ces. -
Soon after he arrived at the Burnet
house Sullivan sat down to a comfortable
dinner, at which he refused to be dis
turbed He is very careful of his diet.
Later Mike ClearY, one of his trainers,
was interviewed He said:
awe had a quiet trip. We left Belfast
at 3:l3 p. m. Monday, arrived at Roches-
ter at $3.50 p. m, and reached this city
at 1854 p. m. to-day. Our party was
quite a large one. There was Charlie
Johnson of Brooklyn, James WakeIy of
New York, who are Sullivan IS hackers;
Muldoon, his trainer; Barney Mcclure,
james Flynn and Mike Walsh Of SYRIA
cuse; p. J. Donohue of New York, Dan
Murphy of Boston and others. Sullivan
is in first-class condition, and will win
the fight, of course.
Among the sporting fraternity of this
city the opinion is about evenly divided
as to the respective merits of the two
men, and many are of the opinion that
the affair will be genuine fight. There
is very little betting because a number of
Sullivan's friends are afraid to back
him because of his broken arm. They
say, however, that Kilrain will not stand
up against five or six rounds unless
his broken arm should fail him. On
other hands KilTain s friends believe that
he can whip Sullivan provided the fight
is not hyPpodrome.
A large number Of men from this city
will leave town on the same train with
Sullivan tomorrow when he expects to
leave. John certainly looks we'll, 100
per cent better than when he was here
about a month ago. There is not
particle of superfiuous flesh about him.
He was dressed in a light flannel shirt
and light-coloreG wooden sack coat and
pants and wore a white narrow brimmed
straw hat. His general appearance in
dicates that he is in the best of health.
The chances seem strongly in his favor.
John himself is confident of victory if
the fight is fairly conducted, and it is
evident that he will make a hard fight
for his opponent.
When he came out of the gymnasium
at 1880 this evening, after spending
three-quarters of an hour there in
exercising, he entered carriage and
accompanied by Muldoon, and was
driven to tie Burnet house An excited
crowd that thronged Vine street followed
him 10 the hotel and crowded around the
carriage, eager to catch a glimpse of the
champion. He entered the Burnet
house and went at once to his room
About 'clock there was a call for three
bottles of ale. About the hotel compar-
alive quiet reigned. There were very
few in the office and corridors besides
guests. The crowd on the sidewalk lin
gered for about an hour in front of the
hotel, but finally disappeared, as there
seemed to be no further opportunity of
seeing Sullivan.
Mr.. d. B. Johnson, sporting editor o
the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, who
spent some time with Sullivan at his
training grounds about ten days ago,
and who viii accompany him in the
morning, was with him most of this
afternoon. Mr.. Johnson says their
special win leave the Grand Cen
trail depot at Z tomorrow morning
for New Orleans on the Queen and Cres-
cent route. They expect to arrive at
their destination at II O'Clock Thursday
morning At the Burnett house this |
afternoon Sullivan was shaved and had |
his head shampooed AT O'Clock to- |
night he retired, and for an hour be- |
fore refused Abundance to all call |
ers. People who saw him this after |
noon and those who merely caught |
a glimpse OF him remarked his apparent l
II perfect physical condition, notably an |
unusual clearness of the eye. Late this |
evening there was a disposition to in |
crease the betting, although the odds |
offered ia his favor were much greater.
Waiting for the Pugilists.