Morning journal and courier., 1892-09-08
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
From All Quarters.
C0RBB4r TIE VICTOR.
John |. Meets His Equal
at Last: -
TWEnTY-0NE ROUNDS ARE FOUGHT.
Sullivan Receives a Terrible
Pounding.
C0RBEIT COMES OUT UNINJURED.
Peaceful End of the Quaker
Poet.
coRBEIT COMES OUT uNINJuREI

Peaceful End of the Quaker
Poet.
SULLIVAN MEETS HIS MATCH.
Corbett Defeats Him in a Battle o.
Twenty.one Rounds-The Bostor
BOY Badly Punished, While thu
Californian Retires from tho Rims
without n Scratch-John l.. APP
pears After the Fight and Declares
That He Entered the Ring Ono.
Too Onen-Unparalleled Excite.
men, in New. Orleans-The whole
Cont4 in Detail.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. THE excitemen,
that prevailed in this city to-day has had
no parallel since the italian assassination
No subject was discussed save the fight be-
tween James ]. Corbett of California and
John L. Sullivan of Boston for the heavy
weight championship of the world, $25, OO(
given by the Olympic Athletic club and g
side bet of $40, 900 each. The scenes were
animated from morning till night, reach.
ing their height as darkness fell over the
Crescent city. Tonight the aggregation
of visitors was as great as the crowds OF
the carnival. Both pugilists were known
to be in prime condition, and the greatest
fight of the series was looked forward to
with keen anticipation.
Business men, clerks, lawyers and jour.
nalists took their dinners down town and
had their vehicles ordered early. At 6
o'clock the carriages were already heading
down Canal street, which was crowded
with people and vehicles. Every avenue
leading away from the broad boulevard
was black with people. The evening was
hot and windows and doors were wide open
and dark with occupants. Every carriage
got a cheer as it sped by. In the neighbor-
hood of the club the sights were stirring.
For blocks and blocks carriages were strung
along the curbstones; every street corner
had throng and each throng chartered
of the fight. Every man of any promi-
hence got an ovation. An adequate num-
Der of policemen Kept order in the crowd.
The Sullivan people came to the club
first. They took carriage at the hotel
before and drove leisurely down with a
string of hacks. Sullivsn's carriage was
closed and few on the streets knew 1t con-
tanned the man from Boston. When 1t
reached the club there was an immense
bundle of people fighting their way into
the club. The officers cleared the side
walks and the champion and his party
went in. Jack NcAuliffe, Frank Moran,
Jack Ashton, Phil Casey and some lesser
lights followed. Sullivan wore dark suit,
his heavy sweater peepiDg through. He
looked strong and determined. He walked
with jsunty step and came in so easily
with the line entering that few noticed
him. He went to his room and his friends
prepared him for the fray. A
policeman stood at the door, which
was locked on the inside, and no one was
admitted but the seconds and trainers of
the fighter and President Noel, who came
to seq how the champion looked. Sullivan
took the room down stairs which Shelley
occupied the night before. In the toss
for corners Corbett won and chose the
"lucky" one that Dixon and McAuliffe
fought in. Jim Corbett came in fifteen
NAMED in his room until the very last
moment that he could with safety, and
then with his trainers and seconds and
representatives of the Southern Athletic
club he jumped into a carriage and went
to the club. When his party pulled up in
front of the door the street was cleared and
an avenue opened into the building. Corbett
camo in first with light step and a face
wreathed in smiles. He wore tweed suit,
cap and yellow shoes and his hands were
stuck in the pockets of his coat. He nod
ded to friends as he walked rapidly to his
room, and showed no signs of nervousness.
Professor Donovan, James Brady, Denny
Dillon: jim Daily and one or two others
trotted behind, and when they entered the
little room upstairs they went to work
to strip the gladiator. The two heavy
weights remained in their rooms I'M
presented striking appearance. II
was filed to its utmost capacity. Even
the overhanging galleries were packed
with an eager throng. All about the ring
were deep rows of boxes filed to over
flowing with people willing to pay an e1
travsgant price for choice seats and be
tween these and the ring were the rows of
press seats, provided with a long planed
board which served the reporters as a
table. Beyond the boxes was broad aisle
and then from its outer to extreme
The crowd seemed to be pretty evenly
divided in its sympathiee. Both men had
plenty of friends. Betting was not allowed
at the club, but in the betting which had
taken place outside Sullivan was the
favorite at odds of about two to one
Many backed Corbett for this fight who
had won thousands on Sullivan in hii
former battles, but who believed that
Sullivan had made the mistake of staying
too long in the ring. The first sign of the
| contest came in the person of Police Cap
tain Barrett, who went into the ring al
| five minutes of nine O'Clock.
Ex-Mayor Guillot, master of ceremo
MES, entered the ring few minutes late
and made speech, warning the spectator
that they must be careful not to violat.
| any rule of the club
THE FIGHTERS APPEAR.
| Sullivan was the first of the fighters t,
enter the ring. He was dressed in greel
| frnnka and hlaok sboaa and aocRa n