The morning call., 1892-09-08
CORBETT is CHAMPION
Sullivan Defeated in Twenty
One Rounds.
CLEYERNESS OF THE CALIFORNIAN.
The BOstOnian Badly Punished From
the Outset.
SULLITiK'S FAMOUS RUSHES OF no AVAIL
COrbett Successfully WithStandS Punish.
ment and Finally Fights Sullivan
to the Floor.
SULLIViK'S FAMOUS RUSHES OF no AVAIL
Special to THE MORNING CALL

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. THE laurel has
shifted. John L. Sullivan has had some
new sensations, so has James Corbett. One
has been knocked off the pedestal of pugil-
istie championship and the other has
climbed into his place. The California
heavyweight, COrhett, has knocked out the
champion. John L. Sullivan. and has won
besides some $4,000.
1t now appears TO the spectators. il the
truth is told, that Corbett won easily. The
impression left by the rapid spectacle is
!hat Sullivan was at no moment in the path
of success, and the physical evidences Of
ihls, as apparent at the finish, what were
they? Corbett, the winner. at tae moment
Of his victory, was keen, quick, alert in
every round, unmarked by bruise or blood.
His face was aglew with steady interest
and 1t wore half-smile, and he was ready
TO attack his foe with ferocious force had
that foe been able to rise. These were the
conditions OF victory.
Sullivan was reeEing with blood. smashed,
bruised, iellied nearly. If not quite entirely
so. These were the evidences of defeat.
and il was when these had been established
that the laurels shifted and new man has
been born into championship.
Why was Sullivan dethroned? He him.
self had contributed 20 the causes of his
own downfall Had his life had nc excesses
Sullivan would have been able to fight the
battle more effectively to retain his prestige.
BE is not relatively so good man at 81 as
hundreds Of other men at that age. His
face is furrowed. not alone by years. but
by the methods Of his own living.
his ponderous body, too, bore traces not
alone of time, but of easy living. His con-
dition was not comparable with that Of his
victorious foe. 1t could not be. There was
the accumulation OF age and the wide free
dom which could not be trained away with
out impairing the man.
Sullivan, too, has been overconfident
He had been contemptuous Of the needful
measures for his perfect condition. He was
Sullivan, and Sullivan could not loose in
battle
Corbett has taught him otherwise. and
how, starting with eight years less of life's
inevitable wear, he had conserved his
powers, perfected the methods of their use,
charging his heart meanwhile, confident
that he would become king of his kind His
was the capital OF Drawn and muscle upon
which TO build up the fortune Of victory and
reputation.
1t may not be carelessly said that Corbett
al 20 years of age is a better man than Sui
IiYan was at that age. but assuming they
were equally good men at equal ages. the
analysis OF this victory comes back TO the
fact that while some men of 34 may whip
some men of 26, the elder man being the
victor must not have added to his own
methods of depletion to those which the
silent years so surely employ.
Sullivan came forward tonight into the
glare of twenty electric lights, his senses
fed by the shouts of those who will flaunt
him now. The majority believed in him.
Why should not the champion believe in
himself? So, while they yelled with wor-
Shipping plaudit, he sat down in his corner
and with easy interest scanned the powerful
fellow opposite.
Somehow there Is homage in the eager at
tention the trainers bestOw upon their
champion, and tonight while Sullivan en-
j0yed this his heavy form sagged down as he
sat waiting the preliminaries. Those who
scanned him closely saw welts of flesh on
his abdomen rolling far over the edge Of his
firmly drawn belt. II should not have been
tie obesity of age, for the man tonight
should be in the prime OF his years. Was
IL distensiOn surely following wine suppers
and hot dinners of rich foods9 Who shall
say?
While sitting thus under the eyes Of hun
dreds whose scrutiny was sharpened by
their money on the result, Sullivan was in
turn studying his foe. And what did he
see? In the opposite corner, out OF which
all the victOrs ia the Olympic Club have
gone TO victory, there sat splendid speci-
men of human flesh and bone. Sullivan
saw q smiling and confident face. He
saw neck that had pose and
Strength. lie saw cueSl ueep onOuSu II
70 hold a bellows. He saw pair Of
Drowned shoulders where piled muscles
crept and glided beneath the skin. He be-
held outstretchsd upon the ropes while the
trainers did their service pair of arms as
long as those of a windmill, punched with
1.-THE, driving muscles. with the blood and
nerve Of youth.
The champion beheld foe whose alb
dominal cnrve was elean-cnt, roundlike in
its lines. There was no adipOse tissue to
clog his lungs OF to burden the freedom Of
his action. Like racer was Corbett-
trim, solid, balanced physically at every
point. unless, indeed. his long legs seemed
trifle light for his muscular shoulders and
body. But those who doubted the power of
his 1.-THE under limbs could not know how
like steel they had been tempered TO bend
without breaking under stress and tension.
DoubteTs learned later what iron thews lay
along these slender columns that should
nDhold the man,