Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-24
JOHN GETS THE CASH.
The $4,000 Paid Over to Champion
Pugilist Sullivan.
half Is FOR TIE BIG FELLOW.
He Offers to Fight Smith at the California
Athletic Club.
OPENING DAY OF DETROIT MEETING.
lie Premier Wins the Twin City Derby-General
HALF Is FOR TIE BIG FELLOW.
OPENING DAY OF DETROIT MEETING.
lie Premier Wins the Twin City Derby-Genera
Sporting News

Mr.. Cridge paid over to John L. Sullivan
the $40, 900 stake money in the recent prize
fight between Sulli van and Kilrain. Sulli-
van is to receive half of the stakes. The
champion began to make the wine flow
freely when he got the money. He also re-
ceIved the Police Gazette diamond belt. He
offers to fight Jem Smith, of England,
Queensberry rules, at the California Ath-
letic Club. Detroit trotting meeting opened
successfully, and so did the Twin City
meeting at st. Paul. The American crick-
eters were stop ped by rain yesterday.
NEW YORK, July 23.-John L. Sullivan
came into possession of $4,000 this after
noon. 1t was the stake money in the Sulli-
van-Kilrain fight, and was paid over by
Stakeholder AL Cridge at his establish
ment in West Twenty-eighth street. Cridge
telegraphed from Long Branch last night that
he would like to meet John L. and his hackers
to-day.
1t was / o'clock this afternoon when Sullivan
and his party arrived at Cridge's. He was &C
compan led by Messrs. Lumley, Johnston and
wakeley. Cridge said to him:
"Jo hn, you are the champion of the world,
and am ready to pay over the money you have
won."
Here it is" said Cridge, as he made dive
into an inside vest pocket, from which he drew
torht a roll of bills. There were just 40 of them
of the denomination of $500 each.
ranr~ ,,ryp
sat down at a table, counted them over very
carefully twice, and then showing the wealth
into his pocket thanked Cridge for accepting
the Office of stakeholder and taking such good
care of the money. The fighter then invited
all hands out to drink his health in bumpers of
champagne.
Stakeholder Cridge then said the $4,000 in
cash was not all he had to dispose of. He then
produced the Police Gazette championship
belt. According to the stipulations of Mr..
Richard K. Fox, the donor of the belt, as Mr.
Cridge understood them. a guarantee must be
given for its safety before he would surrender
it.
Sullivan insisted that the belt went with the
money and demanded it on the spot. Matters
were smoothed over by Wakeley giving the
requisite guarantee. He then, with belt in his
possession, Sullivan and party left Cridge's to
celebrate the event.
THEY MADE MERRY.
The first place visited was Middleton's saloon
on Broadway, where Sullivan broke his first
$500 bill and cracked many bottles of cham
payne. Every time champagne cork popped,
he called for seltzer and lemon. From Middle
tons the sports went to Wakeley's resort, where
more wine was opened. When the wine gives
out Sullivan will go over to Brooklyn and visit
Charlie Johnston's. Johnston has the belt
which Sullivan contemptuously calls the dog
collar. and will have it on exhibition. Sullivan
says he will take all the stones out of the belt,
distribute them among his friends and then
tag attached which will read: This is the re-
mains of the dog collar won by John l. Suli-
van in his fight with Jake Kilrain, Rchburg
Miss, July s. 1889"
WILL FIGHT JEM SMITH.
Sullivan, flushed with his recent victory, is
anxious for fresh laurels in the pugilistic
world. Mr.. Lumley said this afternoon that
Sullivan would accept the challenge of Jem
Smith, England's champion, and would pre-
sent him with $500 if he would come to Amer
lea and fight him, Marquis of Queensberry
rules, before the California Athletic CLUB
The S20,OOO stake money in not all Sullivan's
Ten Thousand dollars goes to the big fellow
The balance will be divided among his hackers
as follows: One half to the New York Illus
trGted Ne,cs, one-quarter to Jim Wakeley, one
quarter to Charlie Johnston. 1t is said that in
this ratio the hackers will present to Billy
Muldoon $1,000. Sullivan also intends to give
his trainer two of those $500 bills.