Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-07-01
OFF FOR THE FIGHT.
The Sullivan Train Starts for
the Battle Ground.
THE BIG BOSTON BOYS BACKERs

seventy-flve ag Them Depart from Vice.
hawken In nigh splrita-To Pick Up
sullivan and Proceed to ems Crescent
Clty-HxllraIn starts To-morrow ON Mls
Exercise Car
New YoRK, July THE first Of the
excursions from this city to the great
fight started from Weehawken last night.
All the afternoon the back door OF the
saloon of Jimmy Wakeley, on Forty
second street and Sixth avenue, was ad-
hitting sports Of all calihre, who were
gathering to hear the latest and learn
the final hour Of departure. They had
their linen busters and their gripsacks
with them, and the policemen good ma
turedly looked &C them as they walked
over the law into the resort.
Jere Dunn, who has developed the
Sullivan fever in most malignant form,
was playfully stopped by an officer 70
whom he remarked that he had mis-.
taken Wakeley's for the Grand Central
depot. Jere was early on hand await
ing a man who had promised to be
about and bet him 81, 600 even that Kill
rain would win. The man didn't come,
and perhaps il was as well, for nobody
was present but the strongest OF the
Sullivan clan.
Gathering or sulIivanItes.
Jimmy Wakeley himself was IN the
center of the room, the flashing Of his
diamonds lighting up the apartment, the
blinds of which were drawn out OF
courtesy to the excise law.
Charlie johnson, was, of course, ON
hand, amusing himself by making out
diagram of the way in which the Kill
rain party viii return.
Mike Gushing, Snapper" Garrison's
protege; Jimmy Patterson, Bryan Nc
Swyny, who made the shoes John Il.
will wear in the ring. Matt Cline.
Eddie Donovan, Frank Reynolds, Syney
Tracev, Mike Boyle and q host OF those
who would be sports were among the
number who stayed through the live
long afternoon and waited for the hour
Of the departure Of the train.
suIIivan's Publishers Present.
Arthur Lumley and Billy Germaine,
of The illustrated News, were con.
spicu0usly present, the former, it was
said, carrying with him commission OF
$1O,O 900 from q prominent horse owner,
and one Of the heaviest plungers on the
turf. The name was not divulged, but
it is pretty generally guessed at. rs there
is but one horse owner who would wager
the amount.
The party all told are in position to
put up 100000 ON the ring side, and
Germaine says that that sum win have
to be bet before they will be at a stand
still.
or for the Battle Ground.
There was no betting at the resort.
The crowd was essentially an enthusias-
tic Sullivan one, and when the party Of
about seventy-fve wended their way
out to go 10 the depot, shortly after z
o'clock, each of them wore the coIOrs
of Sullivan about their hats and hoated
them from their canes, which they carr
ried over their shoulders.
At the West Shore depot In Wee
hawken great crowd had gathered and
gave the party grand send Off.
The Sullivan train," as il was called,
takes Sullivan and his trainers on board
at Rochester. Thence IL goes through
Buffalo and Cleveland to Cincinnati.
where four hours stay will be made.
They viii proceed direct TO the Crescent
City. Quarters have been secured for
Sullivan just outside the city limits.