The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-13
THE SPORTING WORLD.
MATCH FINALLY MADE Up BETWEEN
Sullivan AND kILRAlN.
THE CHA NIPPON DETERMINED
10 DO MS BEST
Sporting Notes IN General.

NEW YORK January ll.-SO n. - al
fixed at last, and the big fellows are 10
meet and forever settle that wearisom6
question Of supremacy. Sullivan and
/ Kira.n Why il seems almost too good
20 be true-that the articles OF agree.
mcnt have been signed and the place OF
meeting located as being within two
hundred miles of New Orleans. Kilrain
was not present in Toronto when the
partics met and though be was ably re-
presented by W. T. Harding. Richard X
/ FoNs right bower, Ed. Plummcr and j
H. Roach. his Baltimore friend. yet De
lost points I'm the making up of the arti-
cles bv his absence. His people made a
very weak bluff at demanding that the
fight should take place within three
months after the signing of the articles
"Six months or not at an, was the an
swer TO the bluff and six months il was.
The champion kept his temper and
only showed more than a usual interest
I'm The proceedings when Mr. Harding
mentioned the T0'ice Gazette diamond
belt. and then he forcibly remarked that
he would not accept the dog collar
but that he would give IL 20 some boot
black i'm Boston Immediately after the
papcrs we're signed the Sullivan party
left for New York A whole army Of
newspaper men called on him at Jimmy
/ Wakelys. and 20 them be told what his
plans were. Every word he uttered was
I 10 the point. and 10 was easy 10 see that
he meant business. lie started of by
wondering why Kilrain had remained
away from the meeting remarking in his
/ wonderment Il am not whale, and !
wouldn't swallow O Jonah like kilrain,
even if lwere
However" continued the big Boston
man. q" / have done my part toward get
ting fght. and If kIlrain does not want
10 meet me he can withdraw by forfeit
ing the $1,000 Chat was put mp for him,
and then / will post him as pretender
He can have the newspapers 20 himself
now. and can do all the talking he
wishes with the aid of Charley Mitchell.
+ / am going in for hard work from now
on. and viii be in prime condition
when the time comes 10 prove 20 the
people of this country that there is only
one champion of the world, and that is
myself
Sullivan VIII begin 20 train about the
middle of May; until then he will spend
most OF bis time in taking care of him
SELF s0 hat when be does go into hard
training he viii be i'm good condition.
just where De will train is not known,
but hc spoke of Richmond 0r New or
leans His idea in going South TO get
into condition is SO hc will get thorough
ly used to The air and the waller of that
part of the country where the fight Will
take place.
You can just mark 10 down az coming
from me. he said. that This time 10 is
going 10 De hard work with me. No
monkey business but just hard training,
with no booze OF any kind This will be-
the fight of my life. and am going 90
win. barring accidents. and am going 90
try To- prevent them If | can Besides
wanting 10 best kilrain for the money
that win be mp, want 10 show him that
John l.. Sullivan-ihe original Mr. Sulli-
van, of Boston, cannot be jumped on
the way be has been Jumping ON me
with his newspaper attacks without being
punished for 10 Another thing is
that want 10 Get wad of Fox money
in my pocket have been trying for O
long time 90 yet al some of his stuff, and
now ] am on the road 90 getting q good
big pile Of &C. after waiting for q long
time Who is Allen, who backing Xii
rain Why De is clerk in F0X's en-
plov and The money be put up is lNch-
and X. FOX's money. and you can bet All
You have got that % is, and you will be q
winner every time
Jimmy Nakely, Sullivan's friend; Mr.
Gemainc. of The Wintr0ted Mans. and
hosts of other good sports here, are going
10 pun all the money they can raise on
the Boston man. so confident are they OF
his ability 10 whip kilrain.
On the other hand. kiirain's friends are
also confident That their man is the bet
ter OF The TWO. but the fact that there are
two men willing To- back sullivan, where
there is one who is ready 20 back bis
opinion of the Batimorean with Uncle
Sans hard cash, is significant, especially
Co men who are In the habit of watching
which way the dollars roll. kilrain
people VIII try 90 have the balance of the
money put up by April 10Th, they say.
When he finishes bis tour kiIain viii
20 into easy training in Baltimore.
Those people who are eternaly crOsk-
ing about Sulliyans unpopularity with
the masses, should have been at the
Grand Central depot when he left for
Boston the other day and seen the crowd
of enthusiasts who were there TO see him
OIL All classes were represented, from
the bOOtb4Ck who initiates the big un
walk and scraps his rival sinner on the
street corner 10 the swell young blood
about town, who wants to bet anything
against anything that Sullivan can best
any man that walks in cOWhide. Those
who We're near enough him TO be heard
had something pleasant 10 say
10 him. and they all got pleas
ant replies too. One sport, whose
cutaway coat resemblcd the shell around
an oyer-ripe oyster, in that 10 was be-
ginning 10 part al the seams said
John, my boy you're a-gOin ter scrap
fer yer friends dis TIP. Don't let no &C.
cidents happen Ter yer, an look out fer
dat beautiful Baltimore buffer Me
coats in hook now, an mo shoes u 90 in
fer stuff ter put on yer, when yer treads
the greeny, and do yer man In yer good
old style. Then came the big fellows
yOice-a deep rolling voice" All right,
my friend, III DO the best | can"
Every time he comes to New York
there is always a big crowd 10 welcome
the champion al the depot When Xii
rain comes TO town there are only news
paper men TO greet him. and they not
from choice, but from cold necessitys
What contrast
Charley johnson took Sullivan in tow
Tuesday night, and showed him Brook
Ign by gaslight Jimmy Wakely was
with them. Plymouth Church was shut
up tight, and the party went to Phil
McAulcy's, where a choice lot of good
sporting people were waiting 10 receive
sullivan. There were Mike O'Leary
and Billy Lynch, Jimmy Duiiield, the
champion middle-wcight of Brooklyn,
Arthur Lumlcy, Arthur Leary, and Tom
Neyins There was d great deal of con
idence I'm the crowd People who knew
of Professor Richard Proctor who died
here recently, knew of him as man who
had great reputation for discovering
new stars and comets People who
know Kilrain, and think there are very
few who will know him after the night,
if they get q good look at bis face, will
know man who has seen more stars, of