The sun., 1891-06-20
.aNO, SIR, | DID NOT SAY So"
.r,,ryAy DENIES THAT HB TOID
WAKELP TO MAKE a MATCH
WITH sLAYIM

WITH SJATIN
ma wire to Johnston that Ne wouis
r,xht sIavin IN septerssr-whatfa faaaI
s,,.,r Thiuks Ahout tt" II He Means
"a. .s.,d the Austraiiap, TIL Mako IItn
r,rht,-Johnston and wnkeiy Have
r..ued a Challenge In Behnir or sniiivsa.
s,xJosa. June lo.-The great and only John
I, Sullivan Is earn!ng to got back into tho prize
-,,o For several months he has been attend.
~. more or loss strictly the prorertios Of the
.s,oe. and making moro money than he made
IN the ring. Tho spell Is broken. Tho Boston
boy wants to nRht once moro. Juat what
brought about this change OF heart is hard to
..l. May to 1t was the natural reviving Of the
Affections for tho old love.
II might have been the bracinR climate oi
,rslifornia W which makes man feel like ton
t,mo vinnor. and again, It may be that John
bss been enthused over the reports OF the
many recent fights. notably the Corbett-Jack
am mill in San Francisco. and moro recently
tho sayin- X ilrain 20 In New York.
Tho fact Ia undeniable. however. that Sul-
uran 10 anxious to enter the ring once more.
There arc bright prospects that ho will be ac-
.ommodated. Ho will have for an opponent
,be redoubtn bio slavin. who two days ago &C.
oomplished In ten rounds in New Jersey what
Sullivan required nearly eighty rounds to do
IA New Orleans two years ago.
While the actor-nGhter was preparing for his
mart in Honest Hearts and Willing Hands I"
At the California Theatre tonight he was vis-
itsd By reporter.
The first question propoundsd to Sullivan
vss whether or not he received q despatch
from Wakcly and Johnston asking to author.
4 A-lA
rsturn from Australia.
Sullivan arose frcm his chair and took from
tho pocket OF his cont which was hanging in
tho other end of tho room, tho New York de-
snatch. SeppinR up to the reporter and
throwing his arm over his shoulder Affection
stely he said; We'll. my boy. hero is tho do
srauh and trust. from your frank looks.
,hntvou will not mIsrepresent me In this in
teryiew. as others have done all over the
eouptry." The despatch roads as follows:
.wul yon anthoris, ms TO match you to fight slavin
on your return from australia for $1,000 side and
purse 10 hung up by responsible club II wire
mat once a. our expense WARMLY and JOHNSTON
After Sullivan had rcal the despatch he wired
the following answer:
CA,r,ei Lhntfon Braok'gn. " r.:
VIII light sav,n In September for $1,000 side and
IN outside bet OF siHcOo and big purse will be
sGsred. JoHS L. SULLIVAN
WELL yon did not authorize them to make
match ?" aake d tho reporter.
No" snid Sullivan. L am In this business
now. but on my return from Australia next
esptember will show in san Francisco, and
then my contract is up. will have three
months to arrange matters. and will be pre-
prepared to talk or fight anybody"
"Then you don't intend to QUIT the ring7"
all orrfbt tp0 do do MI oton
lmade q barrel OF money in my career. but
spent 1t as freely as anybody. or 1 would
not bo on the stage now. There has
boen whole lot said about mo. but
they are mass Of falsehoods- OF
course You saw their latest write-ups. John
l. drunk on the STAGE and John L. drunk
10 Peter Jackson's dive and looking
for nght.' These were the basest OF
lieA aud especially the Jackson saloon
Incident Why. l only spoke to tho
man once In my life. and that was In New York
eity. don't mind newspapers talking about
my drinking. but when they mako mo out q
,s1 Se and 60 int ~ tomy fan s' think
Whom asked for his opinion about slavin he
M seoa aon am bis s:'ss.
Ih.t III 70 s!es meet . i in t5e ring Sullivan thinks
:ens il he % San San FianalsSo Esaminsr s5 ii. Sis
~, e.; mss s9' 1ssss ssSn 5ss,. ss II
sss;sa ;s|sS IA a. sses;s Ses sii
tSi.t tSii%:.slt ny TO nush 's vhsa %Nn he = !ss.s !n
SSSt Sss ss ss
sns sss ssqs ,hs '1sg !osil Ha;'
sullivan then shook hands and with hoping
70 meet You some dav,". concluded BY remark-
rs sl,T a. " !! now go and wrrstle With the VII
,:Afer After tho performance he wont on bis usual
I'VE n1a tot nnd ke' II up until short time be-
The loot however. @ We was was a more quiet ono
ssery nc hnd Lcer, w,il informed as to his
him.
JACK E.ESErT SHOULD KNOW.
SAX FrASciscc. Juno 19.-Darnett sulllvan's |
ihers was IS nofin NJ as IN iss s morning dssDatehss
@ @saa'EE EorsU osSHf sSSv.S sM:Ss soS to
plways been John $ custom to refer all people
'o"stng Tor mntch to me-
and m sed Lsns sasp ssvsn SnHa uRSaa tSa
T.. y oilinsly ,old t!avin John wqs under sish;;
md an undeientod man. Sullivan wo-ld give
birn match. Slayln said he was satisfied. and
Ettandlng between Sullivan and Slayjn. and all
oese slorieS amount to nothing. go
ron can. however. say that Sullivan will
make q reply 10 those challenger from the
Y. ,dsss e at corbets's benefit noSt Wednesday
- The general opinion among sports here Is
:oAt sullivan is faikinG flght with Slavin solely
an ady1' tising do Re 70 help bis Australian
,our. BIT n majority OF sports here would
PACK sullivan against Slaviu at 2 tol.
TALK WITH JOHNSTON AND wAKELY.
The foregoing despatc ches do not at oil agreo
ssmh the reports circulated In his city yester-
iay. Nothing ese was talked about In sport
p ~ circles but Suiiivans change OF base. bnt
VI y was well known, as the iRct wns nnb-
ished In lust Sundays SUN, that Sullivan
!t,od !inod rendy 10 fight tho winner OF the Slavin-
AsyN reporter sa -harey Johnston In Brook
IN last night. He was In close communities
ION With 4. T. Lumlsy. talking earnestly over
ohn l.. Sullivan:
side
a" Here 10 tho second despatch" said John
sen @ c,h 1T was delivered st the same time as