Omaha daily bee., 1892-09-07
JonNL. SULLIVAN.

recognized In MIN Tue material LOT u Dig sur
prise party and began making immediate
preparations for putting the public on. To
this end John was engaged 10 accompany
Mccormick to Cincinnati and meet Prof. John
Donaldson in an exhibition four-round bout.
In those days Donaldson was one of the in
vinclbles. Finally all arrangements were
effected and the two met in the Queen City,
the big professor receiving signal defeat.
He was hard to convince of this
truth, however, claiming that he was not
in form, so he challenged John to another
soiree, the only changes being that in this
hard gloves, as thev were then called, were
to be worn and the contest was to be to
finish. The affair came off according to
schedule at Robnsons opera house, Cincin-
natl, on the evening of December 2S, 1880.
This event | witnessed. and 1T was very
jug-handled affair, the professor being
thu1nped out in ten rounds. AT once Suili-
vans fame was heralded throughout the
length and breadth of the land, and shortly
thereafter he met Steve Taylor and then
John Flood, both OF whom proved pie
Sullivan's Pet Blows.
In animal life sleepfuluess or coma is pro-
duced by blow on or about the head. But
it was John L. who first demonstrated that
"a lunch in the jaw" sends shock TO a
mans brain which causes raltling and jun
bic that for the time being, or possibly per-
manently, brings about lfelessness by con-
cussion. The Sullivanesque blow may be
delivered on the iawbone, whether near the
chin, under or behind the ear, or anywhere
pear the base of the brain. And, strange as
it may appear, thu act can be better per-
formed with boxing gloves than with the
naked knuckles, for the reason that when
one lands he can cover greater surface of
vulnerable space with the comparatively
broad eXpanse that the mitten presents than
with the natural uncovered hand.
Before John l.. opened up his "knockng
out' innovation 1t was seldom that the put
ting man TO sleep was ever heard of. This
is doubtless due TO the fact that In former
years London prize ring rules governed most
battles. In these wrestling Is permitted and
n round is ofteu quickly terminated by the
throwing OF one of the contestants before
there has been any opportunity for standoff,
square hitting, as there Is under the Queens
berry rules, to which Sullivan owes his
fame.
Sullivan has another blow that is ex-
tremely apt to bring about coma. II is on
the neck or jueular vein. THIS blow falls
on the arteries OF the neck and drives the
blood up into the brain in such way as to
create a havoc equal to the effect or COM
munication by way OF the Jaw. 1t is moro
or less case of what the anatomical
which the brain Is overpowered by the
flood and jar and drops out of tho per-
formance OF its natural functions. Still
another blow of Johns is in the organic
division, for 1t must land over the heart
| In this case tho force that lands on the
body Is carried into tho thOracic region, and
| Is instantaneously telegraphed to the brain
via the spinal column.
The result of these three blows, which
| belong rather exclusively to the big fellow
when he Is inside the ropes, is identical.
How lie Became Champion.
After disposing of Flood, Donaldson.
Taylor, Joe Goss, aud half SCORE
OF lesser lights, Sullivan was
matched with Paddy Ryan, the Trojan.
who then held the heavyweight champion
| ship, an honor gained by his defeat
| of old Joe Goss. The Sullivan Ryan battle.
which tooK place at Mississippi City in Feb
| ruary, 1882. Is familiar to all readers. of
! sporting literature. Ryan was nalf whipped
| before he entered the ring and John won iu
| nine rounds, lasting nearly twelve minutes.
| This made the big fellow champion, aud as
candidates tor championship honors about
| that time were scarcer than angels visits, he
turned his attention 10 knocking out ali
comers IN four rounds, and for quite q long
| period enjoyed an absolute monopoly at the
| game. Later came The fasco with Mitchell
at Chantlly, France, and the downfall OF
big Jake kilrain at Richburg. which ended
! Johns actual ring lights up to the present
! time. The little affair with Dominica Mo
Canrey, which took IN from a good point OF
vantage, at Chester park, Cincinnati, like the
foot race with Charlie Windmill Mitchell
are unworthy the name of fights, and should
not be taken into consideration as dispar
| aeement 10 Sullivans mighty powers as
| Queensbury gladiator. In this line be has
been. anu Is yet, so the majority of Ameri-
car people believe. veritabe phenomenon.
Dis Record Ia Brief
| Br fly stated his record is as follows, ant