The Irish standard., 1892-08-20

the Gladstone government. He will have
ample opportunity for this in the coming
session when irate Liberals refuse to
crafty Mr. Gladstone's passion for Home
Rule before everything:
Events in Sport.
John L. Sullivan's training quarters
were invaded the other day by number
of doctors and scientific men from the
cultured city of Boston. They had come
to take Sulivan's measurements, and
they brought with them curious look
ing device to test the velocity of Sulli:-
vans blows
On May II Sullivan was measured by
DR.. George F. Shrady of s East Sixty
sixth street, New York. Sullivan had
lust commenced training, and at that
time he measured AZ inches around the
chest. Al inches around the waist, and
the maximum girth around the stomach
was As inches. From point of shoulder
he measured 20 inches, muscles of right
arm 1871 inches, neck 1715 inches.
Last week Drs. Dudley, Sargent, and
George, assisted by DR.. Wells Fitz OF thS
Hemenway Gymnasium of Harvard COL
lege, took the great pugilist's measure
ments, which registered as follows: Chest,
4215 inches, gain Of ~ inches; waist,
$3.50 inches, falling off of nearly IL
inches; thigh, 24.8 inches; muscles OF
right arm, 1872 inches, gain OF one-sixth
of an inch; neck, 1865 inches, loss OF
one inch: chest capacity, 300 cubic inches.
1t will be seen that the mighty man
from Boston has been training faithfully
under the watchful eye Of Phil Casey,
since he has reduced bis waist measure
ment by nearly eleven inches.
That Sullivan has increased his chest
measurement by over an inch and a hail;
and developed the muscles of his mighty
right arm to considerable extent. is pleas
ing news. He has also taken about an
inch and half of fat off his neck.
DR.. Sargent brought with him new-
tangled instrument to test the swiftnes4
and striking velocity Of Sullivan's blows.
The instrument consisted Of table fitted
with a complicated electrical apparatus.
On two supporters connected together
with wire were two fan like arrangements
made of slender bamboo rods stuck:
about one-quarter of an inch apart. The
two fans were 1914 inches apart, with a:
leather punching bag suspended next to:
the furthest one. The device is similar.
to one that registers the speed Of rifle
ball in the Government factory at Spring
field. When all was ready button was
touched, wheel commenced to revolve,
and white flag suspended near the
punching bag fell, announcing that all was
in readiness.
Sullivan struck terrible blow through
the slender bamboo reeds, and as they
fell over they registered on dial the
velocity at which he struck the bag. The
device registered just .0575 of second
as the time taken to cover 1914 inches.
He is two pounds under the weight at
which he will fight, and still Casey says
that within the next three days he will
probably be reduced to 200 pounds. If
brightness of eye, elasticity Of step, and
hardness of muscles are indications OF
good condition, tnen John l.. is in fine
shape.
Casey has performed his work SO care
fully that there is only 4 remote POSSIBLE
ity OF the champions vitality being inn
pared. Casey calculates that John L.
will gain at least ten pounds between
August ~ and September Z, when he en-
ters the ring. He will keep up moderate
training, however, until the last moment,
and will indulge in gymnastic exercise
and pounding the bag even while riding
in the cars. IF Sullivan is defeated it
will not be because he has not done all
in his power to put himself in perfect
physical condition.
TIE Chicago Herald pays it's respects
to notorious bigot in the following
style: Gan individual who styles him
self the reverend J. D. Fulton and who
imagines he has received call to travel
over the country and assail the Roman
Catholic Church whenever and wherever
he can secure an audience, delivered
harangue against Grover Cleveland and
Catholicism at the Emmanuel Baptist
church in this city Sunday afternoon.
He repeated here the charge which he
has made elsewhere that Mr.. Cleveland's
administration OF the presidential office
was dominated by the Catholic Church.
It seems to make no difference with the
purposes Of this frenzied bigot that Mr..
Cleveland has denounced the charge he
makes as being lung ualifedly false"