The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-09-13

named as the wager. The Corbett people
agreed to it without a dcmur. That meant
$4,000 as a starter. Then there came the
question of purse. The Olympic is the Sui
all hazards. 1t offered SO 600 for the mill
and the princely sum was accepted 1t was
agreed the winner should have the whole
of it. The loser would find no solace for
his work.
Conditions of the Fight.
The conditions were brief. They were
to fight to the finish under the Queensberry
rules. That means that the men must stand
up squarely and box stripped to the waist,
each round to last three minutes and one
minute to rest Nothing was said about
weights; each man was privileged to car
ry as much flesh as he pleased. Along with
the purse to the winner OF the night goes the
championship title and to each of the glad
iators that meant more than the coin that
had been wagered Oh the result
After the Battle.
New Orleans, La, September S.--Sulli-
van slept until awakened near Ho0n. His
face was so swollen that the skin was
nose where Corbett landed repeatedly
is not broken, but terribly bruised. lie got
Il Turkish bath and spent the day iHCcors,
preparing to depart
sullivan on n Spree.
1t transpires that Sullivan, after his de-
full work OF training which he and his
trainers have been doing for weeks past
Defeat and chagrin, coupled with the abb
sence of a motive for further training,
doubtless led the man to resume his CON
yiyal habits. His deep sleep this morning
was the result OF potations When he
awakened he was taken over to the gym
uaslic club and there kept until time to
resume the homeward journey, at 8 o'clock
rae Could h Ot teach GorDett
The great giant presented a pitiable
spectacle The cut on the nose had been
closed, but his eyes We're blackened and
his whole face swollen terribly. While he
tried TO smoke the sodden end of u cigar
he talked in Il maudlin voice of his down
fall. Sullivan lays the greatest stress on
The shifty, lightning tactics of the new
champion worried and dazed him. The
Californian circled and circled and kept
| Sullivan cirCling in order to face him. THIS
frequent whirling, the lights and the may,
swimming thousands Of white and eager
faces, banked upon all sides. all tended 10
confuse and da2e the big man of Boston.
The lightning tash-liie science of the
younger man was 4 revelation to Sullivan.
who, in his best days, had never possessed
such puGlistic elements. but | did not
run away the big fellow almost sobbed.
! Lock US up in Il roomiust lock me in Il
room with him-and see what / could do
| with HIM"
Ese E-lckcd me-
but he licked me. / give him all the
| enough; but let him go through what l
haye-let him knock EN- all out for twelve
| years and then see if he can do any better
than ! did. Yes, he licked the champion,
and now he's the champion. Let him take
care Of it as good US ] did--thats all. |
amt kicking"
| After q while he went to lie down in the
| clubhouse and fell asleep without the at
| tentions paid him hourly yesterday.
Handsome Dan Murphy was about the
| only one of the Sullivan outfit who was
| attending to the eX-champion. Wakely
| and Johnson and Moran, his hackers, were
| blocks away and about the hotel, while
| faithful Phil Casey was packing up for
the journey, and Jack Ashton was drink
| ing in a party whose chief occupation was
the admiration of Jack McAuliffe, Who
| was about the barrOOm.
Negroes Uiu Sc Scratched.
Champion Corbett viii leave here to-
morrow morning at 4 o'clock for New
| York on special train over the Piedmont
! Airline
! "Corbett viii never meet Jackson again"
! said Mr.. Delaney, Corbett's second. You
/ may make this public. We are against
/ lighting negroes any more, and we are par
, ticulary catering to the wishes of our
| southern friends in this matter. Besides.
| Corbett has bestcd Jackson already Moth
| Ing, IS to be gained by Sighting again. We
| viii pay no attention to Mitchell and for
! the present ignore all challenGes"
/ The biggest loser of the day, rs far az
! can be asceraiued, was John Kelly, of
| New York, eX-baseball umpire, who backed
| the great champion of champions for
| $21 900.
Corbett's Generosity.
Corbett showed his generosity in q re-
markable manner last night, ut the st,
Charles hotel, when lie sent word to Sulli-
| van that he would not only spar four
rounds with him at his benefit to be held
| at Madison Square Garden ON Septem-
| Der 9TH, but would take u box and pay
| 81 ,OOO for it.
When Corbett went to Sulliyan's corner
| and helped him to his chair he held out
| his hand and said:
John, will you shake hands with me ?'
| and Sullivan replied
| Yes, my boy, I'm glad it was you that
| won
| When Sullivan reached the hotel he said
to an old friend, We'll my rosebud, Jack
|