The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-14
SPORTING WORLD.
THE WEN WHO SLlG FOR MONEY.
SULLIVAN 4 GAY DECFfTER
IN HEALTH
HE HAS GAINED HIS OLD TINE Puys
1QUE.
Dempsey Trying to Get Match With
Reagan Pritchard. the English MID
die Weight -- Oarsmeh In Their
shelIs-Rst Killing Match.
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sheIIs-Rst- Killing Match.
Especial Correspondence q the 1imes1
b NEW YORK, April l2-All the excite
b ment about the coming centcnuia. Celc
hrati0n in this city has not put q stop Ca
tie events IN the sporting world hy any
, means, and there has been more talk
about Sulliyan's condition and the efforts
OF Jack Dempsey 10 meet johnny Rca
gan under any rules and conditions than
any one on The outside could very well
imagine
In regard 90 Sullivan condition, peO-
pie are beginning Ca come 90 the couclu-
sion That the big fellow is something of
Ia gas dcCeivcr in the matter of health
and appearance, and fcw know how CO.
take lam. Three weeks AGO lac looked
as in he was elcrnally smashed ur his
eyes we're heavy, M- face pal!id, aud he
looked as though he were in the last
stages. and even some OF his friends he
gan fo think that there was something
ihc matter with the champion. In fact,
some of the men who bad been Tie loud
esq shouters for him AT ono tine were
wiling 10 cflcr money That hc would
never lc able 90 get iutoa ring and make
ID half decent fight with anybody. much
less Kilrain Now. however, they have
changed their opinion, and are walkin.
0u themselves for losing confidence iu
the Boston mans powe~Sf rccuperalion
! sass sullivan on Broadway ihe other
lay and though my confidence in him
bins never log IS single instant wagcged,
$50. surprised at the wonderful change
t4at has come over him within tle psst
Three weeks. He has reeaincd ali of Dis
ul i-tmc rugged health and splendid
physique. there was tingc of color in
his cheeks. and his whole makeup was
tla' of man who gas pat together loo
good iorm lie has been taking care ot
himself, as hcsaid hcwouid and the result
is more than gratifying to bis friends
who are low, more tAan ever, convinced
ihat ihcre is nothing between sullivan
and victory over kiluu but iew
months Nmc. and that lhe result OF The
coming match is % l0reg0nc conclusion
YES said the Champion. i'm reply to
mv remark than Doe Was looking in good
condition. u feel fDc. just look at nay
face and you can easily icil whether
$3.50 ln good flesh COZ nol ! never felt
better in my lifc and when lget through
training Viii bee ready for anyihiogand
anybody. and MIGHT add casually, chat
fear THAT ihe result oi ms fight with
kilraiu VIII be % sad surprise 90 "a great
many people who have made Sc ihe.T
business TO ring in AN sorts of yarns
about me and my condition. My advice
fo them is to look 900 the other side of
ihe house before thcy make amy foolish
hcis. though the more they bet ihe
wrong way The better SIS viii be i0r some
men who are going 90 pat their good
money 0n She winner
The daily life of The BIG fellow is sim-
pie. to say She least lle eei. out oi bed .
10 about O'Clock. and after hearty
breakfast walks through the park i0f
constitutional ia the afternoon De goes
io the illustrated Macs office, whore hr
occupies The sporting editor desk, after
which Dee goes driving sap the toad a
quiet evening b. spent with e iew friends
and then the lights go 0ut and the champ
ion sleeps.
The Big benefit which IS 60 be rendered .
to him shortly in this city Is progressing .
finely. and there is every prospect Chat IS f
big Aatiul viii be given him after the .
show The good people OF New York .
are just as fond of good scrapping now
us they We're before the police closed
down ON sport of all kinds and threw
veil of sanciitv over The city. and they
viii crowd each other in wild rush 90
see the fun. I'm addition 10 their natural
love for scientific work with the mitens,
the fact that Sullivan, the clcyercst big
man The world ever saw will meet Jack
Ashton and Pat uillen at The hcueitwill
draw the crowd as honey draws bees,
and IL will take q TOW az gNiug guns lO
keep the sports away
Jack Dempsey has been for a long
slime trying to get match with johnny
Reagan in order 90 settle the talk about
superiority, and has been unsuccessful
although he put every iudUcemeut al Ais
command before Reagan
Tuesday the Southern Athletic Club,
of Los Angeles, CAL. offered purse of
$4,000 for nght between the men, and
upon hearing of the offer Dempsey hur-
licd around 10 tAe FaLce G1-tHs office
and started messenger out on hunt for
Reagan or his hacket-Billy Read
Neither could be- found however, and
Jack went away a much disappointed
man. lie wants 90 meet Reagan the
worst kind OF way, but the latter mau.
AGES to keep out of his reach with glo-t
skill. saving he does not care 20 meet the
NonpaIicl until aifcr he has fought
with young Mitchell in California
next October Dempsey is willing 90
light under Marquis of Queensberry q
rules, though ne would much rather have
a championship fight conducted under
HE London prize ring rules. Still, if
hc fight hinged on the question OF rules,
Dempsey will make any concessions that
Reagan asks fof Reagan, however IS
determined not TO meet anybody until De
has seen Mitchell in October, and it
looks as though there would not be "a I
light In the middle-Weight class for some
line. unless Teddy Prilchafd comes 20 ,
his country and runs mp against the
Pntchard is one of the greatest mid ,
ilc-Wcights that England ever produced
go rum0r says, and if he does come here +
md meets Dempsey The fight will be one I
we'll worth seeing, no matter how ian
.Wav 10 is and no matter what IL costs,
or 10 viii he for blood and the best man j
viii win Pritchard is now IN England y
preparing for tight wiki Alec Buns y
or 81 600 on June 5ih. When this mill I
s finished the English champion viii Il
.ery likely come here, provided he wins I
d The coming Fight and then he will /
ak about meeting Dempsey.
When il became definitely understood 2
hat Reagan would not accept Dempsey d
,ner of 8 900. wiz or lose, 10 fight him, a
oe EllingswOrth. who, q year or so ago,
vas one OF the best amateur middle b
Weights that this country has produced, O.
nered to meet the Nonparlel under the l
anne conditions that were offered 10 /
Reagan. Ellingsworth has held the Z
maieur championship for years, and re- j
entity be fought Jack Fogarty, of Phila- j.
elphia. TO draw While he cannot q
vim with Dempsey yet he will give him r
good fight and il will be interesting y
nd scientific
When Reagan challenged Dempsey
one time ago to fight for $1,000 Demp-
ev ignored the def on the ground that Fl
he amount 10 be fought for was too "