The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-04
ROUGH And TUMBLE.
The Prospects Fer a Fight to a
Finish
BETWEEN MULDooN AND SULLIVAN
Are Very G0od-If it Occurs in Bar Room on
Chance Meeting the Trainer
viii Lisely Win.

New YoRK, July 3.-Apropos of the quar-
rel between John L. Sullivan and William
Mnldoon, men who do know both men are
looking forward to their next meeting with
anticipatons hardly second TO those with
which they waited for Sullivan's great
ring battles. They know that if the cham
pion and his former trainer meet in bar
room, which is most likely, the chances are
quite as much in favor of Muldoon's get
ting the best of the encounter which would
probably enspe as they are in favor of the
big bruiser knocking out his stalwart and
active friend. Said one of the few men in
New York who is the peer of either of them
as a wrestler: 81 don't want to be brought
into this thing; have my own affairs to
attend to, but if rough and tumble bar
room fight comes when Sullivan and Null
doom meet, the latter will make sad sight
of the bruiser. OF course, if Sullivan can
keep Muldoon at arms length and gets a
chance to hammer him with his fists he
will do him up easily, but Muldoon is the
1 better wrestler and | believe the better
rough and tumble fighter of the two. He and
| Sullivan have Often Wrestled when he was
training Sullivan. At rough and tumble
you'll see Muldoon is the best man.
Muldoon insists that the trouble between
Sullivan and himself is due to Duncan b.
| Harrison. Muldoon alleges that Mr.. Har-
rison thrust himself into the Mississippi
case for the purpose of creating breach of
| friendship between Sullivan and Muldoon.
He charges Harrison with having made
some ridiculous statements while in Mis-
sippi and says he once prevented settle
ment of the case for 81 900. Muldoon AYERS
that the pugilist was finally allowed to go
free upon paying $500 through the influence
and Intervention of Charles w. Rich who
owns the land upon which Sullivan and
Kilran fought.
"Harrison's object,' says Muldoon, Sin
causing the quarrel was to prevent the big
fellow from leaving him. He knew that
the only thing that delayed the fight be-
tween Sullivan and jacobson was waiting
for my consent to train Sullivan. Sullivan
had asked me twice and had | consented,
then Harrison would have lost him and he
evidently thought that the safest way for
him was to make trouble between Sullivan
and myself, which he has successfully
done"
MIR Harrison was told what Muldoon
had said about him, and he became angry.
II wish said he contemptuously, THAT
Sullivan was here to answer this fellow.
| am amazed at his audacity. There is not
bit OF truth In his statement. The charge
that have in any way caused the breach
of friendship between these two men is ut
iverly false. Edo claim that it was through
tmy efforts that Sullivan's fine was reduced
from 81 ,006 to 500, and those Of Cleary and
Donovan also cut down one-half. at the
special request of Sullivan also had Null
doon's fine changed from $500 to $3.50 The
charge that | have made and which Sulli
/ van has made, that Muldoon intended tt
turn states evidence, can be proven. Sui
livan saw the original letter from Null
doom; so did l.. Sullivan has a copy of it
l promise you faithfully that when Null
doom and l meet shall call him to account
for his base SANDER
5 Professor Mike Donovan, of the New
| York Athletic club, who seconded Kilrain
, was also questioned. II saw the letter
/ which that big conceited buffer Muldoo1
a sent to the district attorney Offering tt
turn states evidence against Sullivan, anC
| can assure you that the people in tn,
south are disguised with him, for they
don't like a coward there any more thar
they do up here. Muldoon even went 81
i far as to say to a reporter upon learnins
q that Sullivan had cried in court when hi
counsel made some reference to his moth
:, er's death, why, the big loafer ought tt
cry. He was drunk and entertaining a 10
i of fallen women in his mothers house
when she died. Now, that is an infamous
| llC III AldH VIM ELlONo SULLIVAN WOult
. listen to such a statement. / have positive
: knowledge that Mrs Sullivan died in hi
!. arms, and at any rate Muldoon proves
y himself a cur by uttering such words B,
: offering to turn states evidence, as he did
Muldoon queered' himself with the sport
; ing men, and that one remark about john
u mothers death will cost him many dollar
, and the worst licking he ever got in hi
: life. You mark my words, when John L
; meets Muldoon there'n be a punchin
{ match and Muldoon won't be in IT, Sulli
van can lick Kilrain to a moral certaint
at any style of fighting, and if he tries t
help Muldoon out he'll get licked too.n