The sun., 1891-06-23
OF COURSE sIAEIx WAS NOT THERE.
Neither wss There ANY Ose TO Hepresent
Him-Ths o. 900 stin W.


hi~-The o. 900 stin W.
Messrs. wakely and Johnston. the haekers
and admirers OF John L. Sullivan, true to thoir
advertised intention. called At tho once OF the
Illustrated Nctps promptly nt o'clock yester.
day afternoon to meet either blavin or bis rer-
resentatlve to make = match between tho
champion Of the world and the rival candidate
for that honor. Slavin. as the friends Of the
only John L. Sullivan were fully aware. and
his friends Mitchell and Pony Moore. were well
on their way across the Atlantic.
AZ matter Of oonrse neither Shawn nor his
representative materialiked, and after wait-
Ing until after O'Clock wakely and Johnston
concluded that their challenge had fallen flAt
and had boon ignored By the buily Australian.
At flrst Wakely was inclined to bs Indignant.
He said: Il sent messenger to both 6lAvin
and Mitchell on Saturday morning asking
them eithsr 10 be present, or havs some
ono on hand at the IlhIstratsd NWcs oflioe
at I o'clock Monday. to cover the $1,000
deposit made BY Mr. Johnston and myself
I told him In my mmunication that thero
WAS no necessity for him to postpone his pas-
sa4e as match could b Hsde to take place
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DON. xish p X quoted :. ;Syiss sSss s;is!in
Hinf ihe &C eonSues the Ss Aussra.a % a snd Ills
friends 10 someMhat singular: particularly 90
On q. the taSe OF slavins ols-s1prssssd anxiety
simply don't believe that ho was As apx;
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psrsd msss Gsf 5ohnstoS Sas n.s1 msss pre-
don't doubt bpt that he wHs told that would
ps Il ss On 81 9s%s' nsSs h2ts Rsts
Tsnd b tss5s @;;S S IL laS e %' 1y
3ohnstons house @ ask asking his R adviss % As to What
70
iishod. to mako the match. asd take no
a.: ss4s s&
bad to do was to cover that deposit"
ana l. %fSo
adeE,ost up until such times ns both slA!in and
some definite. answer as 70 what their .inten:
tions xe.S Johnston said that Waksly had
s' ssa ss. sssS %IS s15
slavlns II there were es many men OF that
pane that were as good az the one that de-
The !l9oo which was said to be on deposit
was left With Arthur LumleY The long tele-
gram which Wskely cent to sullivan ask Ina him
II the original message. which authorized him
70 make the match was genuine, -9srenRo
70 say; still remains pnapsEered ,Eothins
have Bsen reeeiyea. Was svinh ! 'SD Spinie".
and i tsems to be- the general verdict Of the
sporting men that frequent the uptown
hotsls: that the messaees never came from
Sullivan. slaytn was positive just before he
sailed that Sullivan had not sent any msseaEe.
apd. with tho exception Of the, admirers OF the
chamnion. no ono seems to believe that he has
resolved to reenter the ring again.
West Ead Athletes Box.
Tho West End Athletic Association. which recently
feorRani.ed held athletic sntsrtainmsnt the club