St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-20
SULLIVAN AND sLAvIN.
Probability of a Match for the
Coming Winter.

NEW YORK, June 19.-Dick Roche,
the bookmaker, was to have met Frank
SlaVin. the pugiliSt, in the Hoffman
house to-day and pay him the $1,000 due
him for defeating Kilrain before the
Granite association last Tuesday night.
lie did not show up, but sent note
saying that the money would be paid to-
night or tomorrow morning. Slavin
was drunk and threatened to go to
Sheepshead Bay and do up Roche, but
was Quieted by Mitchell and taken away
from the hotel in cab. the following
telegram from Sullivan was shown to
Slavin this morning:
SAN JOSE. Cal, June 1S.-To James Wake
ly. New York: Make a match for me to
meet Slayin for ten rounds. winner to take
all the purse and an outside bet of $4,000
side. JOHN L. SULLIVAN.
When Slavin read it he said: "All
right, I'll fight him. When does he
want to fght?"
ION his return from Australia" he
was informed.
"Well, Pm ready to make match,"
replied Slavin.
will you put up forfeit to-day?"
Yes, Pm ready TO post forfeit of
$500 or 81, 900 at once.''
''Pony" Moore and Mitchell were in
Slavin's room at the time. and the for
mer pulled out big wad of bank notes
and wanted to put up the money on the
spot. Mitchell, however, took the
matter more coolly, and declared in
cOntemptuous tone that Sullivan was
only buffer, and wanted to make the
match in order to advertise himself on
his Australian starring tour, for which
be starts from San Francisco next
Thursday. Frank" he added, turning
to Slayin, "Pm usually with you, but
if you make this match, Pm not" The
Australian champion seemed to be i'm
pressed by Mitchell's words, for he
finally said that, although he had en-
gagged his passage for England on Sat
urday's steamer, he would remain here
and make the match, agreeing to any
terms that might be named, il Sullivan
would forego his trip to Australia. That
is the way matters stood early this
morning.
Sullivan is under contract to go to
Australia and cannot break his engage
ment. He will return in three months
and can then go into training for the
fight. Slavin can 90 back to England
with his friends, and he has already
promised to return to this country three
months from now, SO that there is be-
lieved to be no obstacle in the way of
arranging meeting. If the fight comes
off. the stakes will be the heaviest that
have ever been put up in pugiliStic en-
counter.
NEW YORK, June 19.-Jim Wakely
was to have met in conference with
MeSsrS. Slavin and Mitchell at the ST.
james hotel at 10 o'clock tonight to
make arrangements for the proposed
great meeting between his principal,
L. min
Although Slavin and his friends were
at the hotel on time and awaited the az
rival of Wakeley until nearly midnight,
the latter did not put in his appearance
at all. An inquiry after Mr.
Wakeley at his cafe elected
the information that that celebrity
had gone over to Brooklyn earlier In the
evening TO see Charley Johnson and
had not yet returned. AprCpos OF these
weighty matters, Slavin gave great
pleasure to the audience at NiblO's early
in the evening, where, after a variety
entertainment, he boxed three rounds
with Charley Mitchell. lie made
speech in which he opened his heart
about the proposed meeting. He said:
Sullivan wants to meet me when he
comes back from Australia. Pm gotng
tomorrow. l tell you what | think
would be the best thing. i
think that Australia can offer
sum as big as any place in
the world. | will postpone my trip to
England tomorrow if a match can be
made with Sullivan for $4,000 and the
biggest purse they can raise. | will
meet him with or without gloves to
demonstrate who is champion of the
world. They would go and see Sullivan
in Australia and ne would be received
much better, in fact like a lion, if he
can make match to fight me there"
Slavin will sail for England on the
AuraHia tomorrow unless before that
time arrangements for the meeting are
made. In that event he will stay over.
SAN JOSE, Cal, June 19.-John l.
Sullivan, who is i'll this city to-day. says
ii is true that he wants to meet Slayin.
His proposition is ten-round contest
with the Australian, the winner to take
all the purse and an outside bet of
$4,000
NEW ORLEANS, June 19.-The Olym-
pic club, of this city, has telegraphed an
offer of purse of $4,000 for fight in
the Olympic club arena between Slavin
and Sullivan to take place Feb. 81.
NEW YORK. June 19.-Dick Roche,
president of the Granite association,
this afternoon met Frank Slavn and
Charles Mitchell at the Sheepshead Bay
race track and paid the former the s., 500
he won in his fight with Kilrain. The
81, 500 Kllrain won by being beaten was
also paid to him tO-daV