Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-13
HOW JOHN L. LOOKS.
He Has Gotten Sober and Pulled HimseH
Together-He VIII Accept None Oh Cor
bett's Proffered Aid.

He Has Gotten Sober and Pulled Himself
rogether-He VIII Accept None of Cor
belts Preferred Aid.
NEW YORK, September 12.-There u
a change in Sullivan for the better thl!
morning. The big fellow went to bee
in pretty fair shape last night, and al
though his attempts to rest were OF tne
most grotesque character he has pnliec
himself together and having been
shaved doesn't look so miserable now as
| he did Yesterday. His face well shows
the hand work of Corbett, and 1t will DC
several DAYS before the marks disappear
even under careful treatment and
sobriety.
had long talk with Sullivan this
afternoon, and he put his words together
coherently, and that for the first time
since leaving New Orleans. The gist oil
his remarks was primarily and particu'
larly that he will not accept Coroetts
offered aid to help along his benefit In
New York. He has nothing against the
man who defeated him, bat on the other
hand rather admires him. Corbett GER
tainly whipped him In a manly way,
and John hopes that If he tackles any
body else he'll do the job just as neatly
as he wound him I'D. He would not
saw ANYTHING against Corbettif he could.
He wishes him good luck, long life, hap
! piness and comfort, but he won't accept
his aid or assistance in any particular.
Sullivan having disposed OF Corbett
to his own satisfaction, turned his at
tention to other matters. kilrain was
particularly unfortunate In his opin-
ion, as In their battle at Rich0urg he
should not have been the winner, but
Kilraln deserved to carry off the stakes.
Ever since his fever about four years
ago, when he came near dying, Sulli-
vans legs have been dicky. He knew
OF their weakness and all that, but he
hoped that with careful training for
his late fight they would come around
fairly we'll and carry him through in
some shape, but they didn't, and the
result is known.
From his hips up he was as good at
New Orleans as ever, "Phil" Casey
having taken great care that his part OF
the work should be we'll done. But
even Casey couldn't make him young
again or put additional strength in his
underpinningS.
That was about the burden Of Johns
talk and it is manly enough for any
body, and particularly gracious from
the defeated champion. He also talked
about drinking. He didn't care for
rum because it was rum, but had done
his drinking for sociabiity sake. That's
all. He was aware it wasn't good for
him, and he meant to stop it. His Gil
max was, "I'll stay In New York
sober"
In the matter Of the report that Percy
Rockwell put up the stake money for
Sullivan and that Johnston and Wakely
didn't contribute cent toward the
$4,000 1 have this to communicate:
Frank Moran, late manager for Sulli-
van, had 50, 500 in the main stake, and
on the evening of the fight bet 5000 on
Sullivan in the st. Charles Hotel pool
room. That he lost it all goes without
saying, and to-day he is broke. john
ston had So, 900 ia the match, so he says,
and the other 81, 500 came from Wakely.
This is how the 500 was made up.
"As for Rockwell and his money" both
Johnston and Wakely said, "there amt
bit OF truth in it, but we wish it
were So"
Most Of the boys that went to New
Orleans with Sullivan have come back
financially ruined. Some won't have
enough to buy breakfast when the
journey is over, and so it will be case
of hustle with them. 1t isn't easy for
such lads to get hold OF a respectable
looking bank roll, and am afraid that
many of them will require helping along
for some time to come. A few OF the
ruined will go to work, notably Sulli-
vans brother-in-law, Lennon who used
to manipulate team of horses before a
surface car in Boston, and, until the fl
nanclal clouds roll away, may do so
again