The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-14

whnt the NtddIc.weight Champion says OF
His Ijrht WITH Mnlisr.

FAY 81. Iot,Ie. March Is. No man in the
boyinr profession. outside OF the great John l..
| Sullivan. has cvcg been lonignd 81 much par
! ticulatly in this section Of the country. a. has
! Ft2simmons since his victory over Peter
| Niahcr. On tho night Il March >, WHEN the
| ncws was flashed over the wires that the mid
! Llc-wc,gh. chamrion had won the battle. tho
! residents around hero were wild with Joy. and
| this was not confined TO tho sporting ropula-
| tom The fair sex were as much pleased
| as their inale brethren Tn tho Satur-
| day night after the battle thu rcioic-
| ing broke out again when ltA. Mr..
| and Mrs Jimmy Carroll Robertson. aud
| Joe Choynski arrived ut tho Bay. Tho party.
| with number of friends. were driven in n
| ,ally-ho lighted with Chinese lanterns. aud fol-
| lowed by IL band Of music. to the residence OF
| Mr. krownihllr whore an elegant reception
was rendered .hc party. Flowers. ferns. and
! various ,vergrccns peculiar to tho tropics
| were fcstooncd around the dining room. Pho
| tosraphs Of Fit2 and his trainer nestled among
flowers. with the inscription IN moss: " Wei
como TO our champion and manager" fitz
mndo n speech worthy the effort Of an old.
| timer in tho business.
Fhzsimmons and Carroll arc universally
liked in the South. Titz never gets the big
head. and he says he is never better satisfied
| than when at the bay wearing training clothes
or doug some Kind Of WORK ,lic Snn smoke.
hand to drink. He loves music. and says that
he has everything at his honc in san Fran
cisco hut piano, and very soon b. b. viii haze
II genius.
th!S pnr, Of the country TINT u professional
boxer or rn: list was. nstiiutcd more on tho
II ruth men as fit2smm",,-. Ji:nuy carroll.
his trimmer; Johnny Grimm. tr"Esa!nH4. Austin
tnhl ons. jimmy l.Grkins. thuynsEi. and
others. These mon have trained at Bay 81;
h3uis and wGre found to h. steady. mora. an,I
lugilist. Griffin ana Gibbons while hove ware
devoted n"rh"ra of the Church. never miss
n"l ' p", s@J in n,anrerS. il" l1yks grc;t
he9! moro Liz" Il poet "r musician 'hnn a
iisht%rwho can hit a fr&rfully hard blow. At
the lH",!mMons-t nrcyit ovation hero doe
smoked his first "igar.
so tn sF%ahH ths 'e s4ti" SEN rrr ,r
WI 10 Aat;rri, lila, ia "r me, y letter man
than himself. rhH lltehm9n ,'ii his hcs' and
n"atlu. from II nan he could not hit Even il
h" hnr: g"ne on longer il would have been the
same in tho end. | DO not corsd.r iLhor ~
uuntt"r Why. hr was chuk ing with blood when
he tod Fit: his condition.
said: - think Peter Maker the host man /
.yr' met AM! on" OF the most -ontemlnly.
Ii%h;i 4 hard blow, ani is far more cI;;,y"r
] tel yuu. Mairri- capahlr oi making y man
Sc starr. and think il Il downright sha,nc for
H. friends to speak Of him a. they hay" done.
KIN w what my feelings would have been had
/ trcu hrst"d ana Carroll and othars WHO bet
on m" tune! Mnd rnil"h, me gutter. Whom
| 20 to N,w York will Re only too happy 10
h"iu Mailer in Il bcncf. at any place he may
SOLICIT.
A, 10 jim Corhctt have this to say: son.
lin; :! ciha'Ienc" h,.fote ] agreed 10 meet
Nahor. He refused 10 meet mo ! heat tho
man II" woulG not face. and. therefore. | con-
sllrr tDrhptt not good enough !ur mo to con-
sid trnntii lie gains more Of Il reputation rs II
r"':i llGhtcr; AT present do not propose 10 90
vrt OF ms class. but il turhott viii do some
tay. try conclusions with him"
titHsimEuns expects his next iattln to he
n"frre Ii" piyn'llc Club and with Ted tritch-
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