The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-11
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
Eddie ConIey Defeats John A. Sll-
Iivan in forty-six Rounds.
SULLlvAN'S GAME BATTLE.
Providence Frozen Ont of the Eastern
League-wakeiy Puts Up $4,000 to
Fight Any white Msn-Currcnt Sport
ing GossiD.

last night was grand success from every
point Of view. There was sport galore
and the very best kind Of a crowd there TO
witness the events. There were two
events on last nights program.
In the last contest, that between Conlcy
and Sullivan, the audience saw one OF the
| finest exhibitions of the manly art that
has ever been seen in this city, and for an
exhibition of gameness has never been
equalled here.
Sullivan, out-classed in size and reach,
| and out-boxed from start TO finish, put up
| a battle OF which any man might feel
| proud, and il was only when he had been
| thoroughly exhausted by continued jab
| bing that his opponent was able TO put
| the quietus on To him.
| IL was $50 o'clock when the first event
was announced. At that time the club
| room held 500 prespiring mortals who
were willing to undergo any tortures for
| the sake OF the sport which had been
| promised. Jimmy Boyle Of this city and
| Frank Murray of Woonsecket, bantams,
were the first pair. They were TO spar
| ten rounds with privilege OF two more.
| In Murray's corner were Jimmy Scully
and Frank Steele, while Boyle was
esquired by Jack Falvey and Billy Vance.
| Throughout the contest Boyle did the
leading and showed himself to be the
hardest hitter, while Murray was the
| cleverer of the pair and much the shiftier
on his feet Boyle had far the best OF the
contest, taken rs whole, but the referee
! was obliged to oall il draw.
After n wait or ten minutes, came the
main event of the evening. 1t was con-
| test between Eddie Conley of Cambridge
and John A. Sullivan of San Diego, Cal,
for 500 trophy of which $3.50
went to the loser. 1t was 98O O'Clock
when the men entered the ring aud went
| TO their corners. In Conley's corner were
| his brother Jimmy, Jack McGee and Oar
| by Gately. Sullivan was esquired by jim
my Murray, Jimmy Boutelle aud Jimmy
McCurdy. Steve McMaugh was referee
tlmekeepers. Doc O'Connell, who defeat
| ell Conley in nine rounds in New Orleans
| in January, 1891, crawled through the
ropes and was introduced. He announced
his intention of challenging the winner.
At 9:40 time was called and the men
walked to the center. Each man was sup
posed TO weigh 140 pounds fiat, but as they
| faced each other, Conley looked as big as
house. He was head and shoulders over
Sullivan with bigger body and longer
reach
Round One-Conley started in with
rush and landed his left hand in Sulli-
vans face. The latter punched Conley's
wind at close range. Frequent clinches
followed in which Sullivan worked hard
at Conley's wind.
Round Two-Conley continued to rush
Sullivan to the ropes where he punished
him hard, and toward the end had Sull-
van groggy. It looked Ike short contest
with Conley the winner
Round Three-Conley continued his
rushes, and Sullivan began TO meet him
with straight lefts and rights. In this,
however, Conley had the advantage of
height and reach, asd did the most execu-
tion.
Round Four-There was some hot work
in this round. Conley rushes and lands
his left. Sullivan cinches and punches
his wind. Conley rushes again, and Sulli-
van goes down. He is up in a jiffy, and
Conley. goes at him to wind it up. He
forces him into q corner and punches hard
with left and right. Sullivan is groggv
and finally falls. AS he was getting up
and was on both knees, Conley struck him
in the face Just then the gong sounded
and Sullivan started Tor his corner. Con-
ley chased him a4d struck him on the
back of the head. Foul was claimed by
Sullivan's seconds but not allowed.
Round Five-Conley started in to finish
him and in half minute had him on the
ropes groggy. Sullivan kept clinching To
avoid punishment He was groggy at
call OF time and Conley was putting hard.
From the sixth to the twelfth round,
kept jabbing away at Conley's wind.
Conley's left found Sullivan's face often
but without any effect
In the fifteenth Sullivan began to cut
the face and toward the end of the round
rushed Conley to the ropes where be pun
ished him hard with left and right several
times in the wind and face Sulliyan's
friends yelled to him to finish il, but he
couldn't although he had Conley groggy
on the ropes.
In the seventeenth, eighteenth and nine
teenth there was some hot work. Sullivan
was working hard on Conley's wind with
an occasional swing on the jaw, but in the
rushes got the worst Of IL because of Con-
leys upper cuts. The gong sounded in
the eighteenth just in time to save Sulli-
van.
For the next ten rounds Conley con-
tinued his rushes but they lacked the
strain.
From the 3Oth to the 42d round they
would come together occasionally, but no
damage was done.
From the 42d 10 the 18th a finish was ex-
pected ut any moment Conley had re-
covered his strength aud was rushing like
a steam engine. Sullivan was sent down
as often as he got on his feet. IL was only
a question of time with him. In the 54th
round the gong failed TO work and there
was a dispute about the time. Conley's
friends thought Sullivan had been counted
out and jumped into the ring and began
to congratulate the Cambridge boy. The
referee ordered tncln 10 60 at III again anu
Conley began his rushes as before, Suili-
van going down often and taking the full
limit every time.
In the forty-sixth and last Sullivan was
knocked down eight times, twice through
the ropes. The last time he was against
the post in the corner and the time had
come. Conley swung his right~rld caught
his opponent on the jaw. IL was all over.
lie was still down when the tenth second
was counted, aud Conley was carried out
of the ring on the shoulders of his en-
thusiastic friends. The contest lasted
three hours.
The meeting of the Eastern League was
concluded at Rochester yesterday, and
New Haven got the freeze out. Elmira
and Erie got the two last places on the
circuit, and for another year Providence
will be without ball team.
James Wakely posted 81, 800 with the
New York World yesterday as n forfeit
for John l.. sullivan 10 fight any white
man in the world for $1,000 side and the
biggest purse any club will offer outside
Of the California Athletic Club. Corbctt
says he will add 81 800 to his sl 900 forfeit
Immediately. L. w. \.