St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-03
The Muscular Bostonian De-
MES Himself to Visitors
and Seeks Repose.
He Says He's as Fine as a
Fiddle and Will Surely
Win.
Chaw1ey Mitchell Claims That
Kilrain Can Worry the
Big Fellow.

Ivan and party arrived by the Bee 1llle
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
sightseers, whom Sullivan. Muldoon
and the others avoided as well as they
could while they entered carriages and
drove to the Burnett house, where they
went into retirement for couple OF
hours. To reporters who made anxious
inquiries about his health and condition
Sullivan answered curtly that he was
all nighttime as fiddle and tough
as leather" was the way he expressed
it. Later the party went quietly
a roundabout way to the gymnasium.
where Sullivan took some practice.
Just as Sullivan was entering the car
rias:e which awaited him on his arrival
at the depot, a reporter stepped up to
him and said:
''How are you. Johu?'
LAS fine as silk and as tough as wh ale
bone" answered Sullivan, in muftied
voice You must not talk to me. l am all
right
How long will you remain in C1nc1nnatl!
Il don't know said one OF the party. III
depends altogether on circumstances.
Soon after his arrival at the Burnett
house Sullivan sat down to a comfort
able dinner. at which he refused to be
disturbed. He is very careful with his
diet Later Mike Cleary, one OF his
trainers, was interviewed. lie said;
I'VE had quiet trip. We left Belfast at
8:13 D. N. Monday. arrived at Rochester
9 80 D. IN. and reached this city at I:04 D.
m. to-day. Our party is quite a targe one.
There is Charles johnson. OF Brooklyn. ana
James Wakeley, of New York, who are Sulll-
vans hackers; Muldoon. his trainer; Phil
LYNCH Barney Mcclure. James Flanagan,
L. Tracy and Mike Welch, of Syracuse; P. j.
Donahue, of New York; Dan Murphy, OF
Boston. and several others. Sullivan IS IN
irst-ciass condition, and Will WIN the hgnt,
of course"
Among the sporting fraternity of this
CITY. opinion is almost equally divided
as to the respective merits Of the two
men. and many are of the opinion that
the affair will not be a genuine tight.
There is very little betting, because
number of Sullivanis friends are afraid
to back him because of his broken arm.
They say, however, that Kllraln will
not stand up against him for six rounds,
unless his broken arm should fail him.
On the other hand, Kilrain'S friends be-
lieye that he can best Sullivan, provided
the
FIGHT IS NOT A HIPPODROME.
A large number of men from this city
will leave the town on the same train
with Sullivan tomorrow, when he eX-
poets to leave. Sullivan certainly looks
well, a hundred per cent better than
when he was here about a month ago.
There is not particle of super
fious flesh about him. He was
dressed in a light flannel shirt
and a light-colored wOOlen sack
coat and trousers. and wore a white.
narrow-brimmed straw hat. His gen.
eraI appearance indicates that he is in
the best of health. and the chances
seem strongly in his favor. Sullivan
himself is confident OF the victory if the
fight is fairly conducted, and it is evil
dent that he will make it a hard fight
for his opponent. When he came out
Of the gymnasium, at about 7:30 this
evening, after spending nearly three
hours there in exercise, he immediately
entered a closed carriage, and, accom-
panied only by his trainer. MuldoOn,
was driven to the Burnett house. An
excited crowd followed him to the hotel
and thronged around the carriage, eager
to catch a glimpse of the champion. He
entered the Burnett house and went at
once to his room about o'clock. There
was a call for three bottles Of ale.
About the hotel comparative quiet
reigned. There were very few in the
office and corridors beside guests. The
crowd on the sidewalk fingered for
about an hour in front of the hotel and
finally dispersed, since there seemed to
he no further opportunity OF seeing
Sullivan. There are
THIRTY-TWO IN SULLIYAN'S PARTY,
Among those not already mentioned
we're: G. j. Fitzgerald. of New York,
correspondent of the New York Sun: j.
Foley. of Boston; NJ. Y. Malloy, of New
York: J. j. BrOderick. of New York;
F. Moran. of Bridgeport. Conn: John
B. Mccormack. OF New York; Joe Co
burn. of New York; Thomas Kilkenny
and J. M. Farrell, of Rochester. Sulli-
vans special car in which he travels is
furnished with a view to the cOnven-
ience and comfort of its occupant. A
bath tub, with shower bath attachment,
occupies almost a whole side Of the car.
A striking bag hangs suspended from
the ceiling. and about the room are scat
tered dumb-bellS and other parapher-
MALTA. Mr.. Johnson. sporting editor of
the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, who
spent some time with Sullivan
at his training grounds about ten
pa1y him in the morning. was with him
most of the afternoon. Mr.. johnson
says that their special train will leave
the Grand Central depot at o'clock to-
morrow morning for New Orleans on
the Queen and Crescent route. They
expect to arrive at their destination at
II o'clock Thursday morning. At the
Burnett house this afternoon Sullivan
was shaved, and also had his hair cut
and was shampooed. At 9 O'Clock to-
night he retired. and for an hour before
refused admittance to all callers. Peo-
pie who met him here this afternoon.
and those who merely caught a glimpse
of him. remarked his apparently per-
feet physical condition, notably an un-
usual clearness of the eye. Late this
evening there was little disposition to
increase the betting, although the odds
offered in his favor are very much