The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-09-25
now coRBErr WHIPPED sULLryAx
Mickey Finn Givss Hts Father . Fall A.
count OF the Great Battle.

hnyin' great talk In tho papers about the fght.
ers. Here's a piece now as says: Sullivan
mcets his Waterloo"
Who's her" interrupted Mr.. Finn. "shureI
never heard OF Waterloo before. Ia he handy
wild his fshts"
"Arrah. what are 70 sayin. fathsri" said little
Mike In a tone OF gentle remembrance; "dont
you know that's only smother way OF sayin'
that Sullivan was licked2"
by my sowkins. boy. but you're not tellin'
tho truth Fax. you don't mane to say that
the great John L. Is licked! Well. we'll. WE'LL
But surely. Mickey. twas not the nagur -
lici; ed him p
mo. glory be to the saints replied the boy.
twas n man OF his W color. and an lrishs
man at that. as hammered the face on hlm.
lie was n laddybuck from California named
Corbett. wild a stock Of hair on his head likes
shoe brush. that jumps around when he's
nghtin' like a roach on q hot stove plate.
Usha. tho papers say that Sullivan wasn't IN
the fight at-all at-all. from fust to last, and Cor
bett was Eoin' around him like q goat around
q cabbage and punchin' holes In him and
will you hold your whist. boy. and toll me
who this man Corbett Is. and how he learned
to lick tho greatest slugger on the earth p H.
terrupted Mr.. Finn.
WELL" continued Mickey. "Corbstt 10 . dig
nacious young man. who used to be . bank
| Clt III EIlstOs ulus pehtco ho Couluh v 80b ~
tho money In the bunk. he made up his mind
to start out and lick every mar he'd meet, BE-.
kase he knew when he had all the bruisers
licked everybody else 'ud pay money to see
him. Thin all his purity sisters put their arms
around his neck and begged him not to 60. fur
fear he'd meet the giant Sullivan and have
his head knocked of. But he tore himsslfloose.
he was TINT strong. and aftcr ktssin' his wsepin'
wife good by he took the cars with what money
Ia "a. .~l ~~1 .,,-~N g. Nk~A N-kh HAfk~ Mac
Orleans. and tho first big man he met OUT
there was named kiirain., and. without sayin'
80 much as by your Faye he Ups and pucks
hH one on "a t sHa '1S; AND AND them !SSH efs w yGSs basee
10 california. and he was stilI thirsty ior. biopds:
nag nasnr JACKSON but he dares hin! e knoof
chip or his shoulder. and then they were at
n At hn nngeSsr aG 81 ttGRe es:n M sGs f licked %9 pst.! ao s.s
was afraid and the other. dassent. spd
G Gasss d EHs mighty liss hPgS lsa's aid 0' ssss t /:
E5phy y.6 asks hna G Corbst{ s win h. i. Hghti tS Sss slss A.
pitchiorks. or spades. or Oats. he was that DIG;
has a club house WHARF they dgik min siIiths
i've thousand dollars i. Corbett would fight tho
a lot OF money o 70 bet on himself. and to msss
himself timber Corbett yint down to RosbsEEy
lurk IN Jersey ana nlreQ u man as Dig A8 the
neck 50 he wouldn't, Sc. ,afesrd Of sa1iiiysna
S ISnSs n hsid la %sst t e,m ID Go the t ftss; t e =. eli s shs
S $ss:s a SIs : $': ' ss s4$saj B s !s g? "a "a. %;S} N!
giant Sullivan down to . iar;away Ilses. on
4l Day for !s h the w ss's eo ss ea'a x fff' t tn flt tst . G q. h IL
s she t inis' to and dr thfy f bHt v sixs t tas. si sad
he had a great thirst on him. and
w wosTa 's sssk We're ise, '1 bot when ss MN mo 'o ose sy VIZ
watehin' him he'd drink ale; poor mar. how
could c o ! 1, you . blame .n him nv when aS Il his Is throat vas s, az
they couldn't got the flesh of the giant beksss
OF OFT the he p tpo"ibt he no hsd; fur ~ s Whon | he s,S Ts q bun S.s,
and a ham or two fur dinner, leave alone the
fh1sk jyert the Say biz d; b fat i fi;s ana as Nav eSSS aIsa! sSs
snTysS TO- p a'ia n %sa As an lsG thin RisR he BETTER .s as" bss a.s
81 l 81 lis sIsN1 man anu that Msrtin j. 'Hs sSfa
n nsneh. n and s: sa he he'd @e 1ifif 4 hin he. in os %aa
bunch nm but he couldn't. ana then
were a r sfe'Ht 10 t' New '9Ss rIeons w IL cs sne maze ia m ON
s asr + s ;h t1oy xS MSSifn sa5 9aSs TO- s Ind I'' Wsiu' : .s e.;
got thare twas hot as .blazes en- rsinin' cats
ana dogs. and whin they wipt into the DC
two thousand min iookin' stthinn: and sicS vas
payin' tin dollars to see the two bull!leb boxilS
my blessing go with 70 sweet Erin 90 brssh.
What's that nonsense you're seyln'l"i "a:
il Tod Mi .issy sn ]TsS Sa sIn. nTIl i. VI b5ss g r. - Va
We'll. whin they were in the ring. bottle
t aH,ss wsrS S thfrs SsG sEsy 1 misS ETA ssk q . ta dlinl. 80 sn 4
a !; 9itIa, Of fIskin' ST sOuSla' Ssxsss thsstied
n%las,srs around MS tummik Sieksss he didnS
sksm the ole shssP1skkin p|ssteTs ol' ~ gysnt.
tne LUG to ' snd o tSs iish ee Would htif 30 n oVst one sna az liz y
r H2.s and sa fs ss"m TssS e. ss sec Il e either ths % of shsS q s ssi
sns tS in q. Gisnt R tSfss e SGi tSs tiaf Ss snaf ~. bag: !: /;
he would say. I don't want to b shakinnss
t bands BREAK Eit4 In e two man piec: e: ii Il s s% s Sin.
m!liea mHTther, rocks and bones, ard thS
and when 10 was settling himself IlksIs der:
frse Could SRip anse stis'RRfi ms sS 0 GorS ETC., io aeS RSi.Sr :
crack in In the g9b as made IT. the sssTs dnnos be-
a monk eStSsss W ON a. u@ stlck. fhss41 was ~ here.
1nsns; i Hna a sS't ail the tlm me- w vss S ola MH;
holes in tho eyant: he gave him twenty
taps In the nose and forty belts In the wind.
he bruk his collar bone and four Of his RIBS
and tired himself out punehin' tho giant, ead
linn one blow in the Jaw that SWEET up his own
hand like a mush melon, and the giant fell. on
Play, actors say. and lanky Fitzsim menI, the
bnhy whtn he seen what an aisy time Corbets
giant himself. and Sul!iyan's frIends lost that
much money as would buy q church wid an
eyed Connolly had to walk home bekass he
didn't have thai, much money rs would pay his
lost tho fight that he forgot he WAS : rsis
good natprfd man and he got square Sn
and afther, the fight was over III The
GIANT had LEFT wa was forty Sints: which u
Was that bruk Up bekase OF the iickin. he. FoS
mouth so the doctor could tell II Il WAS pnea.
monia or aPopleXy. he had, and soms ll-ne-