The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-03
him. I'll see him IN the ring and form my


learned however that j. was not being kept
@S S&,N Sss tic d s sSn %9
getting drunk and attacking him. and insists
That there has not been the slightest inter-
rupiion In his training.
the RUSH FOR THE SCENE OF THE FIGHT.
Never in the history Of the Crescent City has
french section what may be called the Latin
street :" Montssno Foswas elosy
upun the RYAN Nc"dham ilasco OF Monday. aud
nx the HGI s1 Of a the S SEa9w q w ns
natural enough that one OF the greatest pugii.
is;ic encounters the country has seen OF recent
attention and demand an abnormal concentra-
ton of nnhlc interest But even The most san a,
Their Hnticirations OF tho event q tonight;
such Interest on tho RIFT OF rs GitI Ta ,s an%
s n Ely o the Msssspp
III" occasion Of the meeting q Sullivan and
T Tie mob S that snrrounded the Great Eastern
depot on tina! occasion II July two years ago.
world aud his opponent left for their battle
grtmmund in Mississipp was more than equailed.
nm .n"o"n Of TIM '" %ymps Cub that
ticket holders would DO expected to be In
their scnts by Z o,c2rk was hardly necessary.
To- wcnd their way across Canal street. with
their noses pointed toward the tliree-mile
house Of the Olympic Club stands as Kind Of
te WG.e ON
o[.the road, Ut first ike . brook. and then like
alrycr. until not only, the club house roads.
t those Sn sithsr side to ne eSst and west
such harvest for the. livery stable people and
they had nsySr S9dcgs s5
thu Hs' trip 10 the eel" club house and return. "
BY d o'clock the outside 81 the club room
IT the 6psf sSf
or tho auditorium Mt chicago, Not only Royal
street for distance Of several blocks but also
west ' wsss paekSd soiid with brcnshams
rompts. and .omnbuses. while outside Of the
sidewalks as far as the eye could reach from
balconies
THE SCENE BEFORE THE FIGHT.
Inside the spacious amphitheatre. one OF the
finest in the country. with it's tiers of seats on
all four. sides stretching from the very ropes
OF tho ring to the rafters OF tho roof. presented
an unusually picturesque appearance under
s%"ps Upon tho ass ., Great Eftaip ,sa iLs
aaG special S h1%s s"RSn
lowers. TO the right and to, the left of
m tns T mnG Rs s ana O. Of e arSas
royalties Of local renown that have reiEneed
week The p a and sns sss We're o sS
u hung tie stsrs ana stripes: giving r atITi;;
Gordon OF police on the outside and the ticket
holders found that they had their hands IN
balcony gave the signal that the doors should
be cpene ed II had be been atekng
and eonts torn. before tho posssss"r
PROCESSION, sporting men from New York and
from New Mexico from the city OF the Golden
leans from ' tGe wiis Of Wyomins, and Nor
Sn and Hs s aF Gsnd r tU ST Man,
from the fatherlandt, camc deleeation, %. OF
pressed it. happened upon the Crescent City
Just in time to take tho Australians end with
Such u sight. such picture as the immense
amphith.atre presented when the gong
IN ths or ans s oHe
ian Hs her n Hail efFs ID ~o re" %
g"sticuiaiing specimen Of humanity. one
solid mass u human beings. running from the
woodwork Of the. ceiling. and the picture in
the minds eye il still incomplete In the
ras ce sFs an I' vrtme"s i would
Icpudate the very suggestion that they would
look upon what in the vernacular is termed a
priZc light. There were merchant princess
and capitalists. and General Of the army
surrounded by members of his staff: million;
about all great fringe Of sporting men gath
cred from every state and Territory OF the
Among tho pugilstsS present were Mike Con-
ter weight. victor in last lights tight with Jack
Burke: Jim Hall. tho Australian middle weight,
who is anxious to meet Fitzsimmons. and who
will try to arrange. a match with the victor OF
who came all tie way from the Pacific coast to
back FitzsimmonS: Joh HIM Van Heest. Jim
staying ut Bay St Louis; Jimmy Murphy. the
Rpys Sqt but Tc denies r Ten I'm
Of %%8 W ths spG sta cP1
astronG. Maher hacker: steve Brodic, Jack Page
81 snn and HWY sTs Of N ST. L 1Sds
J,Sk mYmy Malone host Of
Ion writer, on spo'r.tting topics: Fred Davis q
iornians. and many other prominent sporting
men from all parts Of the country. ~,
cssS "ts Ss Ct fse Ssssf s Il
mRde his appearance in the ring and i'm
the nS s. the nstr SsIs
nor audible comment would DO allowed
a "1 s"t GH 1Eat M asru wo Of better s
% f"% Ss'or hs ss' ana
ItIlS Nht'lue!lI. luo ncaSy
weight. Notwithstanding q sprained arm.
wT p Gs s meet ev S1 " ol iSnr
and unhmm being the first to enter the ring.
l; -, nE62Mm', Ana T8m Allen and Frank
as s,l referee Tn" sparring, match mat was more
to great advantage. He had no difficulty in
lpndnG 81 Cpluin wherever and .whenever he
chose. Slavin, when stripped FOR his bout
with NanIuclin, Presented presented ilne appearance.
iiin but was evidently not in perfect training.
1'ho two men wero more evenly matched and
fewer blows We're struck. Slavin did not show
toas great an advantage as expected: still. he
had Il comparatively easy time beating Van
guelln. Tho last OF the sparring matches was
between Mitchell and Slavln; Neither OF the
men 0yerted themselves much but they gave
n very pretty set-to.
Then came tho contest that brought men
from an PARTS Of the continent. Mailer enter
cJrnrr amid great cheering. He had on a
brown coat and green trunks.
lilo was seconded by Billy Madden. Gus Tut
hill. and Jack Fallen, Mahsr seemed perfectly
his legs were not as big as they might have
been. His. weight was announced mt 11S
nOuuds. EitZSimmOnS being ten mounds