The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-28
ALL TALK OF THE FIGHTS.
EVERY SCRAP OF NEWS ABOUT
THEM READ WITH INTEREST.

Him Feel an Interest in the Coming
New Orleans Contests-John L. Gives
His Views on Political and Other
after SIX ely IN Tip-sop Condition.
General Sporting Notes
Sullivan, Corbett aud all the other pugi-
lists have more of a hold on public attention
just now than any other set OF men Of whom
the newspapers delight TO write. Politics
are relatively thrown into the background
by the prominence awarded the coming
contests at New Orleans and columns of
small talk about those who are to take
part in them are daily printed in
papers all over the country. Here In Sa-
vannah there Ia as intense a personal in
terest on the heroes of the ring as is dis
played elsewhere While the brutality of
prize-fghting may be generally condemned
there is still big enough strain OF the
barbarian In almost all men to make them
follow up the fighters and read every line
printed about them as though their own
fortunes were staked on the results.
Sullivan is looked upon here as sure to
retain the championship. The big fellow,
by the way, was intervie wed the other day.
Here is portion of the result:
Have you abandoned all idea of political
preferment since you went on the stagel
You know Prize-fghter Morrisey was in
congress .9ye s h.v. ,r.n ~ al ,,.. ~ ....inr
Office. am more interested in the stage
than in politics"
"Whsre did you vote lastF'
81 never voted in my life. left home
two years before became Of age, and since
| then have never been around in time to
register, and so never voted. I have always
paid my poll taxes, however"
"Do you believe that women should voter
mo, do not. would not like to zee
women going to the polls with men.
Women all have some male relative who
can execute their wishes at the ballot-boxes"
Suppose woman is without q male
relative in the world, would you have her
votep
Laughing "Well, think not, but If you
publish that these women will all get down
on me. think the question Is hard one
to answer"
'What was the happiest moment Of your
lifel"
"Once. when was sitting at home with
my father and mother Sadly, but the old
home is broken up now. They are both
gone"
What was the proudest moment OF your
lifew
"Well. think it was when 1, as an
American, had whipped every foreigner /
ever combated WITH
what was the most miserable moment
Of your Hfep
Promptly spoken: when Twas locked up
over in France. 1 was shut up in dungeon
our stories under the ground from o'clock
Saturday night until o'clock Sunday after
noon. It was a terrible experience; shall
never forget it. The place was worse than
the places In which the Russians Gage their
| nihilists. After was let out I went over
to England, making France a present of
$500, the amount OF my bail"
What is the hardest part OF the train
ing"
Walking and running. For a man Of
my weight this Is torture | would not go
through such an ordeal again for 500, 000."
Are there periods Of depression and what
time in the training do they Gomez
| 10, the worst is over now. You had bet
ter talk with Mr.. Casey about the training.
He will tell you all about it."
| Here is an experts essay of Sicily:
l am of the opinion that Dixon doesn't
know anything about Sicily. found the
| young boxer one of the smartest little men
| ever knew. He is not rash, swsll-headsd
fighter, but cool, calculating fellow, who
will do great bit of lighting without her.
aiding 1t beforehand. He Is quite a hard
hitter. too his right being quicker thsn any
little mans since the days of Barney Aaron,
whom knew we'll, and who was a wonder
at his weight l boxed Sicily Eve rounds,
and during that time the young man showed
fine championship form. He is a modern
school boxer, on the order OF Jim Corbett
aud Jim Hall. He uses straight lefts, which
are damaging to rusher Of the Dixon
stamp. He has the half-arm hook blow down
as fine as the Australians, and is also a beau
| tiful clincher, folding his arms around q
| n uun W 70 ha
ing nppsr-cut. On the whole, think young
Sicily will prove hot potato for Dixon to
handle, and il, as he says, he doesn't rattle,
the fight, think, will prove the best one Of
the three. Sicily, think. should win it.
II there is not ginger enough in the
| Sullivan-Corbett mill it will be no fault Of
the champion. There was blood in Sulli-
vans eye, says q recent New York
| special, and Charlie Johnson's aud Jimmy
! Wakely's faces were scowling. 1t all grew
out OF Corbett's sudden resolution to rent
Madison Square garden next Monday and
give a public exhibition OF a pugilisu in
training. Sullivan has secured Clermont
avenue rink, Ia Brooklyn. for Monday
evening to give an exhibition. intending
also to rent Madison Square garden for
public exhibition on Tuesday, the day fol-
lowing. Corbett's sudden move in securing
the garden for the same day that Sullivan
/ euOWs Al DEOOnllHa dBu OA0 uhl hn6hu OF
the big fellows proposed New York show,
has made Sullivan exceedingly angry. He
hos abandoned the idea OF giving his Madi-
son Square show altogether, and says be
will settle this score with Corbett in the
ring.
Sullivan, Johnson and Wakely denounce
CorbeTt and Brady, his manager, in most
picturesque phrases, as they are heavy
losers.
Olympic enterprise is a good example to
! New Orleans. When 1t first decided to risk
RboEt SIS, 900, In the triple event, the result
was considered by many to be extremely
doubtful, il not absolute rninous. An arena
with 10, 900 seats seemed such a vast space
to fill. especially with $50 and $15-the ruiz
ing prices in the Sullivan-Corbett event.
Now it looks as if there will not even be
standing room on that occasion. The one
battle between the heavy weights will leave
q profit on all three fights. and the arena
will be filed when the other two contests
take place,
The other day one of the railroads pre-
sented an order for fifty reserved seats for
the big fight and the club could not ill it
all the present reserved space having been
spoken for, with the exception Of few
single seats here and there.