Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-18

stood that each party fully OK.
pected that the other contem'
plated foul play IN which some Of the
desperate men In the country were OK.
pncted to take prominent part In
addition TO all they fought for two
hours In tho brOiling sun, while the
mercury stood at lis degrees Fair,
the greater part of the time. While
the battle Was In progress strong men
were falling down falnting with the
intense heat, though they had nothing
70 do except 10 SIT still and watch the
pugillsts putting forth the most
violent cxertiOns Of which they we're
capable. Such an exhibition Of strength,
pluck and endurance has rarely
been witnessed by any men IN any
country, and when 10 Is remembered
that at tho end Of the fight Sullivan
was an easy victor II is not surprising
that no should have been regarded BY
those who saw him pass through the
terrible ordeal as practically inylnci-
BILE. kilrain never appeared 10 be tho
same man afterwards aud has lost
prestige and physical yigOr. Sullivan,
GU the other hand, has never shown
any symptoms Of his constitution hnv-
ing been In any way injured by that
famous struggle, and II Is reasonable
TO assume that he was in no way In
iurod by IL.
Much stress was also laid on the re-
ports Of Sulliyan's dissipation and irreg-
ular habits, but IL was also remembered
that while just such reports had been
widely circulated regarding Sullivan
prior to his fight with Kilrain, no man
ever entered the ring Ia better condlt-
ion than Sullivan did at RichbufR.
II would be tedious 70 enumerate tho
long list Of "kuock0uts' accomplished by
Sullivan His technical record has been
published again and again, and though
he lost very badly made match with
Tugg Wilson and broke bis arm while
boxing with Patsy Cardiff, he met with
no defeats, the nearest approach being
his draw with Charley Mitchell in
France
II may be said, therefore, when Sulli-
van stepped into the ring Wednesday
night, he appeared before 5000 Fpcctl-
tors Ct pugilist, who. with u trcmrnd-
Uusly longIiat Of victories 10 his credit,
had not suffered n single defeat. His
career has been altogether unique and
practically unparalleled In the history OF
prize ring 10 was difficult for those
who had witnessed HE triumphs TO
recognize for him oven the possibility
OF defeat
And, on tho other hand II was also
easy to understand why Corh'tt's
friends should bu full OF confidence.
Like sullivan, the young Californian
had H brilliant record, unmarried by
single deient His list Ut victories was
much ahurior than Sulliyan's, hut he was
Htill young in the business, and thomen
whom he hud met are all rockoncd
good ones His battle with Jackson
though n draw, had gone lar 20 give
bis friends confidence iu him. Sulllgnn
had Defeated kilruu in scvoniyNye
rounds Slagln hnd defeated Kilgiin I'm
nine rDuUds' Jackson had easily dis
posed OF SluyiI and COrbott had made
"a draw with IHcks0u at the end Of u
very long light lbe first few rounds Of
which had been yury h0tly contested.
iiF this te5t Curbett looked t1 be- bot
tnr man than Sullivan, and tocmphasi2o
this lin' of argument n was pointed
out TINT t1rbnlt had not many months
Wier toe R'cltmrg battle virtually dis
posed Of ltiIiuin before ihe southern
club in New Orleans Ia six
rounds.
There are also many who backed Cor
hatt for this fight who had won thous-
lnds OF dollars on Sullivan in his for
mer batilca, but who believed that a
prize lightor who had not taken Che
best care Of himself must begin 10 80
down bill before reaching Sulliyan's
lge, They thought he had made q
mistake Of staying too long In the ring
rs 80 many before him had done aud
.hnt his Wellington and Waterloo wore
10 como in the young Californian giant
and the great arena Of the Olympic
club.