Evening journal., 1891-05-01
sLAvIN SHOWS HIS pRowEss.


And y Big Crowd Concludes That He
Could Not whip sullivan.
NEW YORK, May Frank p Slavin,
the Australian champion pugilist, made
his American debut at the Madison Square
Garden last night and 1000 persons went
To see him. Slavin, after several inter
esting pairs OF boxers had set-tos, went on
with Jim DAILY OF Philadelphia When
Slavin was introduced by Master OF Cere-
monies Billy Madden he was well cheered,
but as Madden uttered the words "cham
pion Of the world,n cries came from all
parts Of the big house, "No, no, Sullivan is
champion This cry was continued for
some seconds Slgyin took II good natured-
ly and went on TO spar DAILY. The crowd
watched the first round without saying
much, and after ii they came TO the con
clusion that Slavin would never do to best
Sullivan.
An expert would have said that the ex-
hibition was not one to show a mans
fighting abilities, but the crowd was
bound 60 have say, and said it.. The
opinion Of the spectators was formed on
Slayin's slow movements, his habit OF
dropping his head and the way he often
let his hands fall TO his sides. He danced
good deal on his feet, and DAILY dueked
several OF his blows, but when Slavin hit
he did it clean, and did not show a sign Of
wincing under Daly's punches The same
thing was gone through in the second and
third rounds, except that in the thirc
DAILY, who had received all sorts Of encour
agement from the crowd tried to get il
some stiff punches Slavin held out as be
fore quietly and easily until he saw thai
DAILY was in for business. DAILY landed [,
couple of good thrusts on the Australian
breast, and then Slavin let 20 his left anc
caught the Philadelphian on the breast
| Daly's feet were together when he was hi
and he sat down on the stage under tn,
force Of the blow. The bout WAS ther
4 stopped
The crowd made good deal Of fun witt
| Slavin for time, but during the last tws
| rounds Of the "go' the Australians eas,
manner in contrast with Daly's laboriou
1 movements changed the general impress
sion and made friends for Slayin. The Aus
tralian's appearance was also in his favor
He stripped not near SO heavy as Sullivan
He was neither as broad nor as thick
though a little taller, bat his fnce indicat
ed earnestness, and be looked like a MAJ
who takes care Of himself
After the bout was over Slavin went 4
the ropes and made brief speech HI
said: Gentlemen, Iwant to thank all New
Workers for the generous reception yol
have given me. / also want TO say that
am not after championship honors The!
don't buy anything. will fight any mai
for money up to $4,000, but the champion
ship won't buy bread and beef, and that
what am AFTER These remarks caugh
the crowd and they cheered Slavin heartily
When Slavin came out later to spar wit
Charley Mitchell the spectators applaude
with hands and feet until Slavin had t
bow two or three times. In his bout wit
Mitchell the Australian was Obliged I
move livelier on his feet and also use hi
hands more quickly. The men clinche
several times and Slavin proved to be abl
to make short arm hits cleverly, but n
idea could be formed as TO their force.
During to evening Jack McAuliffe, Oh
lightweight champion, and Charley Mitcl
ell spared three rounds Jack did nc
hesitate to 90 at his opponent, and the sci
to warmed up the assemblage TO th
shrieking point, but Mitchell was, q
course, too heavy for the lightweight an
stood him of,
After one rap In the stomach that JAG
gave, the Englishman seemed TO rile, 70
he let 60 a stiff left handler for Macs jaw
1t missed and Mac showed a smiling fac,
while the spectators hissed Mitchell. Mao
den jumped In and stopped the round
The police did not interfere.