The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-09-09
MULDooy TALKS AMOUR 7HE FlGHE.
lie Believes thnt sullivan, Properly Trained.
Could Have Won.

Atc eiscN tNn Suittvuu, II rOpcFIY Fhtncus
Could Have Won.
William Muldoon. Sullivan's old trainer. wns
seen by n Sun reporter last evening at Miners
Eowory theatre. whore his athletic and
specially company ars PLAYING n weeks en-
%gacemcnt. When asked II tho result Of tho
fight was not n sutptise 10 him he said: No.
1t was not n surprise. us far MS Corbett was
concerned. an / well knew Corbctt's ability MS
n lighter. j acted as master OF ceremonies at
New Orleans when Corbett hested kilrain in a
six-round contest. l was nlso manager o! the
affair at tho Madison Square Garden last sea-
son when Cvrbett defeated three mcn in ono
night
DO YOU think that Sullivan was in condi-
ton. or th1t he Is too old TO fight now p asked
tho reporter.
No, / done think that he was in fit condi-
ton. nor do l think that he Is too old: he
should b" good Tor two years yet. He could be
nut in condition 10 make tho best fight of his
lie. do not think he went into training early
enough: he should have rot down to work Mt
least u month before he did. ! think that sui
or. You hovo got to look at it this
Himself. WIKI is " " hard thing 'ia:" to '" do. rs whiis
torhctt simply had To- huilu himself VI. which
Is = iiras4nt task comrated With the ,ortuies
vitality.
",A!terward you have to buiid it UP again.
which il u long and unpleasant, operation,
which i 1ouhIy sor.teoa a man like sullivan
Wio nnd Ten oat Of tanning - long. be-
to-day 70 muEeti, G]reat"st light Of his lie.
R inr t + W9n hs dT sy5InJ a. = ." II. Itt x1db q fd train
! tn nix, Judging from tho tulrgraphic reports
g TIE ish n il, L. the raycrs ms morning. TINT
.i,'i ro"nd li;S u th 1S' i! taHIF asst s i!ish1 t.n at the hs ever ever
made in u fight IN bis lie. OF course having
such II clever and shtfty fighter like Corbett in
Il believe that >~GiIivan to-day Is clever
enough aud W. enough preserved. II he was
IN irorer condition. or the condition no could
he put in. to hold his own with C"rbctt or any
other man. III lie was matched again ! would
bGctcrs against any riHn living. proviGedlie Is
WHINE 10 icy me nave my way about putting
in speaking OF Corhett. Muldoon said: IT
CONT know of any, man | would. rather see
h"!i tho, clitiMIionsh!r OF the world than Cor.
IusiItst in the world who coulh give that 10:
sitIYn tho credit that he can. He is n splendid
n%th.let" an! Ear ahe,s! OF any boxer in point Of
imnt"iii; noe and scntl",naniy behavior, ard is
ilt'cd to lp into any walk Of society. II was
Cor'lett | would ii once draw the cvlOrline and
When nsk, il Ne Thought Jackson could de-
,ent Iorbs!;. he faia: \ d not say that
nsG a | d. itl: mG,' 'ay vi,C, could n,ndr dst,nt c|r5e,t;
should be colured champions and white cham
pi"ns. and I wMWldlik to see the line drawn
Lam sorry for Sullivan's defeat and I am,
from my past close connection with sullivan,
probably i'll ii better POSITION to Judge how hit
ter his feelings aye than most. men. sullivan
WAS champion 9TH. worlt in hi, line for ten
powers ia any kind u~isrort. Take iianlan tho
"Grsunn. for Instance. for ten years no one
could be found 10 lcat him. yet at the end q
HAT period he me; his match. II had
had anything To- 90 with sullivan he would
never have made tho match. He could have
retired with perfect rropriety and would have
still been the ura eaten champion of the world
but for ONT i'll advised work on tn" lart 81
his friends who Ju!l!cd him into this match"
In speaking Of Suliivun's drinking hahits he
said: sullivan is not altogether to blame for
his blinking his position rs tho champion
pG-ilist Of tho world naturally threw him into
contact with II bot "f people who made him
drink whether he would or no. where lie would
not have done il oth"rwise."