Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-02
THE COMING FIGHT.
Sullivan and His Trainers Start for New
Orleans.

WHAT THE BIO FELLOW SAYS OF HIS CONDITION
HE WILL WIN OR DIE IN THE RING-KuRAIS
STILL AT woRK-PREPARATIoSs FOR THE MILL
Sullivan and his trainers. Muldoon and
Cieary, have started for New Orleans and be
fore they left Rochester last night Sullivan
when asked how he felt as compared when
he fought Ryan, said: 81 am Just as good
man now as L was then. / won't say that / an
any better. feel in perfect shape in every
way and intend to make the fight the best Of
my life. Ny training has brought me down tc
IT pounds, but expect to gain enough be.
tween now and July 8 to bring me back to 20S
pounds. shall win the fight or die in the
ring"
WHAT MULDooN SAYS.
Said Muldoon: John has done as have or
dered him to from the 10th of May, when he
commenced training, and as a result he is in
perfect condition. He eats plenty of steak,
chops and some fruit; nothing that is sweet.
He sleeps well, is confident, and has got rid of
everything he had in his system that should
not be there. He has been tractable and de-
termined from the start to redeem himself. i
have every confidence that his wind Is better
than ever, and that his legs and back muscles
have been materially strengthened.
Mike Cleary said: ''You may say for me that
no man ever entered a prize ring in better
shape than Sullivan. He has trained down
from 240 to 1917, and what there is of him is
muscle and nerve. He is in better general con-
dition, has better breathing powers and is more
skilfu by a good deal than at any time he ever
stood up to fight"
SULLIVAN STILL TO WORK.
''He has worked hard, but we have been
careful not to give him too much of it. We
shall work him on the way in a baggage car.
with bag to it, dumb-bells and rope to skip.
He viii be well taken care of until he enters
the ring. We have with US enough OF the
water he has been drinking to last us till he
enters the ring. and he will surely be care
full not to eat anything to disturb his stomach. ~
When Charley johnson, Sullivan's hacker,
entered the car he greeted the big fellow pleas
antly, and the first thing he did was to grab
the fighters stomach to see how much fat there
was left.
He said: you've got that into good shape.
anyhow" Sullivan's response was: "Well, 1
should say So"
DOCTORS DISAGREE.
Drs. Stedman and Bush, of Boston, who at
tended Sullivan when he was suffering so long
from typhoid fever. think that he ought not to
attempt to enter the ring now, and this opinion
Is shared by DIR. DeBlois, another of his physi-
clans, who fears that the fighters legs NAV 90
back on him. On the other hand DR.. James p
Farley. who knows the big fellows constitution
like a book. said: mo one but Sullivan for
me. He IS a fighter through and through and
If he ever lands his right on Kilrain in the most
approved fashion Jake will wish he had been
one Of the Johnstownites that persisted in the
flood"
KILRAIN STILL AT WORK.
Kilrain does not expect to leave Baltimore
until the 4th, and he is still hard at work driv-
ing the bag and going through such exercise
as his trainer, Charley Mitchell, prescribes
Mitchell has taken particular pains to make
him steady by driving the big bag against his
head and body with terrific force. He can
stand the shock now without moving peg
In speaking of his fight with Smith Kilrain said
his opponent rained blows on his face which
must have killed an ordinary man, yet the
picking process had so hardened his face that
at the time he experienced not the slightest
pain. 1t was after the fight that his face began
TO hurt kilrain's confidence in himself is
great. He anticipates tremendous fight. but
viii not acknowledge even the possibility of
defeat. Charley Carroll who was to have been
his umpire. will not be able to go with him and
another viii have to be elected to fill his place
NO FIGHTING FOR MITCHELL.
Mitchell yesterday laughed at the idea of
fighting with Cleary Immediately after the big
battle. He is not at all in condition for a mill
OF this kind, having eaten and drank to his
hearts content while training Kilrain 1t was
not necessary for him 10 set an example Kill
rain possessing the needed self-restraint to alb
stain without his trainer showing him how.
Cleary, on the contrary, has trained with SuIli-
W and is in as perfect condition as he can
pin So the contest would be decidedly I'M
PREPARATIONS FOR THE FIGHT
Sullivan will spend Friday and Saturday at
Spanish Fort, near New Orleans, where prepa-
rstions are being made to receive him. The
twenty-four foot ring or square in which the
great hight Will take place will be surrounded
by another ring at a distance of six feet Within
this will be seated the representatives of the
press. the seconds, bottle-holders, etc.. and a
Gordon of police. Outside of this will be an
other ring at a distance of forty-five feet.
within which those holding sis tickets will be
seated. Police will also guard this ring. both
on the inner and outer sides. to prevent auy in
reference with the fighters or their seconds.
A passageway will be formed to allow the
fighters to enter, jumping over the ropes of
the outer rings.
BUTLER TO BUILD THE RING.
Professor Dennis F. Butler has been given the
SUPPLEMENTARY of the construction of the
ring. The ropes used in the Sullivan-Ryan
fight at Mississippi City will also be used in the
coming fight. Capt. Jameson of Meridian.
with twenty resolute Mississippians will have
charge OF the inner ring. In addition to this
special guard there will be a reinforcement of
forty tried men from the city, who. with jamie
rou preserve OrQer. SO FAR
notices have been received that parties have
been made up to come to the fight from Hazel
hurst, Vicksburg Greenville, Memphis. Jack
son, Tenn; Cairo, Houston. Galveston. San
Antonio, Fort Worth, Pensacola, Jacksonville.
New York, Chicago, Montgomery, Denver
Mobile, Birmingham and st. Louis-about two
thousand in all to date.
THE RAILROAD ARRANGEMENTS
Curiosity is expressed as to when the trains
are TO leave the city for the battle-ground on
the morning Of the fight. The point has not
yet been definitely decided. but is believed that
an early special train to carry press reporters.
telegraph operators, hackers OF the men and
interested parties will leave the city between
and O'Clock on the morning OF the fight for
the ringside. Attached to this train will be in
all likelihood a coach carrying one of the prin-
ciPals IN the fight. 1t is thought the one will
be kllrain. who will occupy the coach during
the night and not leave il until he gets out and
SHES his castor into the ring. Arrangements
VIII probably be made to have Sullivan. his
trainers and second go over the evening before.
II being thought that quarters quite near to the
scene OF the fight may be obtained where the
Dig Puglilst can have quiet nights rest
NOT TO TRAVEL TOGETHER.
These arrangements are being made be.
cause 1t Is not thought desirable to have thu
two men go over on the same train. Wher
irst 10 H..