Telegram-herald., 1889-07-08
SUNDRIES.


Ii really .'en Tie square, Il M be \
great tght-as great - any al tlAe
csssslc contests tt llse ABcselt giSai-
aiogs-s< Eseisl ws1eh Mi go down -
T.oSteflty &s eQnal a. tils HeeE<n-
SSyers' nglt--Ssss Nhlsh NJ constitute
a. epoch - the sporting anu2ls ~ ttas
eoaAtry and tAS aoFld.
B2dy Rarbarouss Brotalg Yes. a
pfiEc tight nav Ia al ot these and also
The prize fighters. Sat A0 more ~.
alter al, tAAu other fiEl Is AID other
lighters. A prsze light IS oat MAI upon
. little scale. aud. ~ 1eDer4l Sherman
men often 70 81 MAJ upaa tae slightest
osocAt.on, and nations make devils
of themselves Wlth jusi IS little soNse
OF prov oe..tlOn ~ tae pl,g1lSts.
Granted that pf.ze fights are debas-
lng and Disgusting, kUt 80 Il mOTh II
tAe routine oi oar daily life ana 50
called legitimate occupations. lsse,
ior instance, the lYug. tie cheating
ana the diri Nhlcn characterize tne po-
iltlcAl and bushes, methods ot tlns age
ard generation. Nhv, ii these methods
were bat made puilic once, a. l. priAe
hgnt, II the sunshine We're once turned
1dii upon them, ~ all men We're to re
leni, as az great canlpulceUng, and
open up Their souls and give cut their
'eNpef .encess a. politicians, and As
buyers, seliers, producers and con-
soiners i really fear, IA such "A ease,
that even a prl4e hight sud the pfiAe
lighters would loom up clear and clean
and white, placed side 10y SIDE wAh
such revelation.
Aud then. there are relieving and
c0ndonlng touches 10 the picture. 4
fight Ot any sort, IT carried on with
sAlli anu courage, the neld a talr one
and no favor shown, must needs
enlist the sympathy and command the
attention and admiration OF all men.
There > that IN a row OF any sort which
stirs the Angio-Saxon blood, and even
Quaker or a woman with this blood
IN the VEINS, Will feel new warmth
kndle and the pulse beat higher, when
they hear the very name of "cham-
pon,' or see, or hear II read of manly
giants, where the sir knights OF the
present, substitute for sword and lance
and battlc-axe a 'good right arm"
| Courage, facility, endurance, the per
fected physical proportions of well
| trained athlete, all command respect
and admiration. Hero-worship Is bat
obeyance TO natures law of the survi-
val and the Environment of the iittcst.
The conquerer III any game OF life, has
earned this worship, and where two
| great conqucrors stand opposed 10 each
| other even IN a London prize ring, and
| only battling for the sovereignty of the
pulgilstic world. still ii is battle roval.
'and every heart will throb "A little
faster till the issue Is decided. and the
crown placed where it rightfully be-
longs,
The question To be decided is not, as
many would imply, which is morally
the best man, or personally the more
| perfect gentleman, but simply and
solely which Is the best prize fighter.
| Neither Elemental, moral, or hammered
| personnel of Sullivan or kilrain is now
TO he considered. 1t is only the phys
zeal qualities and fighting attributes of
the two athletes IN which Just now
the world IS interested. Napoleon or
| Alexander as great soldiers were one
| thing, as individuals they were quite
another; and so with Sullivan and
kilraln, If we may be permitted the
comparison. Which II really the best
! tighter? Which should wear the dia-
mOnd belt, and be accredited the
worlds real champion? These are the
true and only questions involved IN to-
days struggle for supremacy.
And these may be quickly answered,
and correctly, before the battle opens.
| If Sullivan Is IN condition Sullivan will
WIN. II not, any good man in kIlrain' :
| class, himself IN good condition. might
best any champion. | say in Kilrain's
class, because kilrain IA IN one class
and Sullivan IN another. Sullivan's
class holds only John J.. Sullivan. lie
is crowned king of the pugilists, and
while he may have deliberately de
| throned himself, no living man could
wrest the sceptre from him. The fight
viii be one TO finish, If the two prin-
cipals arc let alone, and Jake Kilrain
VIII 90 the way of Paddy RYAN
for when the Big Fellow really is
himself again, there can never be "a
Richmond IN tine field" Those who
are putting mp their money on kilram
on the strength of what that artful
| dOdger, Charley Mitchell, did not do at
Chantlly, are banking on shadow.
! No man like Sullivan can fight Il we'll
| trained sprlntcr any more than he can
! catch an iglns tatuus. Thc-match with
| Mitchell WAS Il running and "A lodging
match entirely ON Mitchcl's part. XII
! rain must take his medicine. He must
stand up ike man and face the
music, for the eyes OF the whole sport
ing world viii be upon him, and hc is
| made or unmade forever from today.
And if he does stand up he must face a
! cyclone and a JohnstOwn food COM
/ blned, before which no other pugiust
! has 50 far held his own, OF ever Will
/ while sullivan is Sullivan. Only John
! J.. Sullivan can conquer Sullivan. II
/ viii be a case of suicide, not murder,
if the Big Dn's fame be killed in
/ this days fight.
GRAND RAPIDS NARkETs.
| Dressed Beef-sl-Ga5-10 p hundred.
| Dressed Veal StN1o 50 p hundred.
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