Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-28
THE FISTIC WORLD.
Comments on the Slayin-Mc
Auliffe Mill.
Sullivan Says Slavin SlOgged a
SecOnd-Class Man.
Actor Sullivan has Left Pugilism Be-
hind Forever.
Slavin Also Going to Retire from the Ring
How Young Critic Pummelled
Billy Murphy.
Associated Press Dispatches.

Associated Press Dispatches.
New YORK, Sept. 27.-John L. sulli-
van was seen today about the Slavin
McAuliffe fight to get his opinion. He
never saw McAuliffe "put up his props"
and never saw Slavin at all. He thinks
McAuliffe is too tall for a first-class
fighter.
"Do you recognize Slavin as the cham
pion of the worlds" asked the reporter.
''By no means; he has oily defeated a
second-class man. Ofacourse he is a
good man, but it does not take an extra
good one to best McAuliffe."
'Will you make a match with
Slavin?' 4
''No sir; once for all that is out OF the
question; 1 have adopted the theatrical
profession and left pugilism behind for
ever"
San Francisco Sports Disappointed.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 27.-The re-
suit of the Slavin- McAuliffe fight, while
not wholly unexpected, was source OF
some disappointment here, resulting as
it did. Local interest was great and
until a late hour last night the steets
in the vicinity Of the bulletin boards
and sporting resorts were crowded by
throngs eager for the details. Consid-
cradle money changed hands on the
result, and some we'll known sporting
men lost rather heavily. On the whole,
however, betting appears to have been
more evenly divided than was generally
supposed.
Curt Criticisms.
LONDON, Sept. 27.-The evening papers
make only the curtest criticisms upon
the Slavin-McAulife fight. The St.James
Gazette says: Nobody is in any way
the worse for the fight, unless it is those
who paid large sums to share in a mild
entertainment.
The Pail Mall Gazette says: The
spectators could not congratulate them
selves ON having their moneys worth OF
punching.
The result is strange commentary
upon the weeks of preparation the van
pushed boxer had undergone.
Slavn will retire from the ring.
Detectives present at the fight have
reported to the authorities that perfect
order was observed, and the rules OF
boxing adhered to. 1t is not probable
that the police will take any further
action.
Slavin the Best Man.
LONDON, Sept. 27.-When asked to-
night to account for his defeat, McAu-
life answered, shaking his head sadly
81 can't account for it at all, except that
Slavin was smart enough to put me to
sleep. 1 have been fairly beaten and
there's an end of it ALL"
cpl tell you how it happened, spoke
up Billy Madden. ''The fight was ter
rife one from the very outset. Both
men went in for slugging for all they
were worth, and either man was liable
to be knocked out any moment, if one Of
those terrible blows happened to strike
the right place. That, unfortunately
is what happened my man. If he had
avoided Slavin's blow ON the jaw, it is
quite possible he himself would have
knocked Slavin out the next moment.
In any case it is inconceivable that
such terrific fighting could have lasted
more than very few rounds"
Padden thinks if McAuliffe had fought
in the second as he did in the first, he
would have knocked Slavin out.
Richard Fox said he had no doubt that
Slavin was the best man. Fox is ready
to back Sullivan against Slavin fol
$25 200.