The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-01
SULLTVAN'S BOASTS.
He VIII Fight His old Victim, Pad
dy Ryan, for $40, 1000.
AND He is READY FOR SLAYIN ALSO.
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Racing Yesterday.


not week since he challenged Frank
slayin TO Sight him from ten to forty
rounds, Queensberry rules, for $4,000
side and the biggest purse they could
get. Now the telegraph announces that
John L. has accepted proposition
from his first great victim, Paddy Ryan,
and will box him six rounds for a purse
of $4,000 side in September. Nobody
in the East can quite reconcile these
facts. Everybody knows that the air OF
California in the dry season is very
bracing, but it must be more exhilarat-
ing than champagne II it has led
John L. sullivan into such
Franc of mind as this. In the
first place it is hard to see how Sullivan
can fight in California in September If
he is going on his Australian tour. The
voyages across the Pacific will occupy
forty-cight days. Sullivan's theatrical
campaign is scheduled at fourteen
weeks. How he can leave San Fran
cisco this week, fulfill his engagements,
be back again and in the ring on any
day in September is q mystery. But
then Sullivan always was original. Per-
haps, rs u friend OF mine has suggested,
he will train on the ship coming home.
II he does this the steamship company
should charge John LIS fellow passen-
gers double fare. The entertainment
they will derive from seeing the Big
Fellow trot twelve miles day on the
ships hurricane deck, punch the bag
in the after cabin and toss anchors
around on the bows will be
well worth the extra charge. But, all,
Joking aside, II is difficult to understand
the situation. A man know who has
long disliked the champion figures it
out in this way: sullivan tried his
best to 90 to Australia matched to fight
the champion OF that country. Cool
headed Charlie Mitchell was too much
for him and brought the plan to naught.
As things stands now the reaction from
Johns fruitless challenge will do him
more harm in Australia than II no fight
ing talk had passed on either side.
Sullivan's manager is trying to offset
this by making the match with Paddy
Ryan. He thinks that the name OF the
old-time champion OF America will be
good enough to stand off the bad results
OF the Slavin challenge tiasco."
JOHN L. woN'T uPPoDRoME.
It seems to me that this is hardly just.
In all Of the eleven years that John L.
Sullivan has been before the public he
has never yat laid himself open to the
accusation OF hippodroming. 1t is true
that the queerly worded challenges tele-
graphed from San Francisco to Slavin
were calculated to arouse suspicion, and
that so far as prestige goes Slayin had
the better OF the long distance negota-
tons. Still that is not Sullivan's fault.
So far as the arrangement to fight Ryan
goes it looks like finding money for Sui
Ivan. In the fight in Mississippi City
in February, 1881. Ryan was not able
to give his hackers run for theirmoney.
When he recovered from the comatose
condition into which Sullivan had put
him he plaintively remarked, ~
thought telegraph pole fell on my
neck" OF course the John L. Sullivan
OF to-day is not so strong and cannot be
SO fit as the young fellow who dropped
telegraph pole on Paddy Ryan's neck,
nevertheless it is impossible to see how
RYAN will have chance with his old
conquerer. For the last ten years Ryan
has led fairly temperate life it is true.
But Sullivan easily whipped him in
few minutes at Mississippi City, and 1t
is hard to see why he cannot easily whip
him again in few minutes. Ryan has
done no fighting OF any account since
Sullivan has been knocking out strong
men and fighting championship battles
during all that time.
MULDooN's GOOD TRAINING.
There must be something wonderful
in Wrestler Billy Muldoon's system Of
training man. Here Is Kilrnin, who
only one week ago was. doubled up and
twisted to one side from the awful
punching that Slavin gave him in the
stomach and over the neart. Yet after
only few days rest he has made q
match to fight Billy Woods, OF Denver,
for $1,000 side. Woods is q big.
strong fellow who has never done any
thing in the East. He has beaten n
number of local heavy weights in the
far West. and last spring knocked out
Mike Conley, the Ithaca Giant"
in New Orleans. He did this Job in
short order, but that is nothing
remarkable. Conley is noted for his
gigantic bulk, hcrculean strength and
the marvellous celebrity with which he is
knocked out every time he fights. After
defeating Conley Woods travelled
through the West as Champion Fitz-
simmons sparring partner. A great
many wise men who saw the Slavin-
Kilrain fight wagged their heads pro-
foundry, and said that Jake kilFain
would never be able to go into the ring
ngain. Kilrain's fight with Woods is
scheduled to take place in Denver on
July q. II am not very much mis-
taken Kilrain will be just as strong and
well as ever lie was when he puts up
his hands in front OF Woods. / asked
Mr., Muldoon the other day what, in his
opinion, was tho cause OF Kilrain's late
defeat.
K1LEAIN WILL SOON FIGHT.
II am not complaining" he said, "but
l think that Kilrain has had very hard
luck. He is one of the cleverest sparrers
eyer saw and can hit very hard and is
MS game as u pebble. think lie is
great fighter, and il he ever gets another
chance he will show II, unless some I'M
forcseen accident prevents" Well, Kill
rains chance has come very quickly.
1t strikes me ns exceedingly likely that
no will give Mr.. Woods the liveliest cx-
perience OF that heavyweight man, g
fife. If popular sympathy and appreci-
alton would via fight kilrain would
simply c0nscr 70 SiCtory.
TIE MIDDLE WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP.