St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-05
The Worlds Champion Pugil-
list Arrives at New Or
leans at Dawn.
John L. Is Rubbed Down,
Takes Breakfast and Goes
to Church.
In the Afternoon He Takes a
Rope and Skips 1t 400
Times.
Feroeious Spanking of the
Sphere--The Champ Early
to Bed.

New ORLEANS, La, Sept. Away
out two miles from the corner OF town,
in the gray dawn of this morning, the
Sullivan special train, sixty and one
half hours out from New York. stopped
at the end of its journey beside the
platform of Il low, rambling freight
shed. The hour was ) O'Clock, and the
hush Of a Sabbath day was upon the
city. When the air-squceZed brakes
let go of the wheels they had brought
to a standstill, there was for a time no
sound. The morning stiffness was,
however, broken very O o by a thun-
dering %clatter. \ caravan of empty
hacks was rumbling over the platform
before the freight sheds. Their drivers
had not been caught in Slumber
by the ~trainload of sporting gentlemen.
Ranging their vehicles in a procession
alongside the silent train, the drivers
awaited their prey. Watchful men in
the champions car all night had marked
the near approach of the train to the
city. Away out OF the long trestle owe
which the train entered the city limits
OIlc VI llCSc fNbtCIlClo Hill cIlltiCN tiS,
Sullivan State Room.
On a bunk beside the champion his
trainer, Phil Casey, lay asleep. On the
other full-width berth by the cars cur
tains a great figure was still and mo-
%tionleSs, save for the regular rise and
fall OF its deep Guest. This figure was
SuIlivan's, and at each eXhalation from
his lungs bellows full OF air was poured
fhrnnUtn fhn ll1o1tc h1lf-ntAan Inns
phil, We are most there. Phil,
PHIL" half whispered the watcher as
he entered the champions state room
and shook the trainers shoulders.
"All right, all right" responded
Casey, Pm awake" and then, rising
on n elbow. he reached over and
shook the sleeping giant.
ugh" muttered he.
Come, John. come on: we are home
again. urged Casey. at the same time
getting up OH his feet and shaking his
charge S0rndlY.
Sullivan. lifting himself on his elbow,
pulled aside II curtain from the win
dow and peeped out. Then he loosened
the curtain and it rolled up with a Stat
ting sound.
Its time to he dressing, john" again
urged Casey, as he pulled OH his own
trousers. Sullivan swung his hard,
shaDely legs out of the berth.
Kicking EsIs Trainer
as he did so.
well if it's time to dress, get out
and give me n chance" rumbled the
deep Sullivan voice.
1t was the first time he had spoken
since being aroused.
"All right, John" laughed Casey.
and he hoped out into the aisle of the
car.
Here. Jap.,' roared the champion.
and i%nstanter his Japanese valet. Billy
Pond, was i'll attendance. Then the
dressing proceeded. Charlie johnson
and Jimmy Wakely had beeu aroused;
also the handlers, Morgan and Jack
Ashton, and soon the car was a-buStle.
A little later a member of the Olympic
club. where the battle is to occur, drove
up, and. alighting. entered the ear. Then
came Johnson; after HIM the champion.
1t was the first time the latter had
stepped from the car since he had ell
tered it Thursday afternoon at the West
Shore station at Weehawken. Close be-
hind him came Phil Casey and Jimmy
Wakely. The four Inen were shown
into a carriage by the Olympic club Of
fetal and were driven rapidly away
towards the city'S center. The morn
ing was w%ell-nigh ~cloudless. and, though
the GOODNESS of the night was yet in the
air, there was a sultry element in the
atmosphere that rendered respiration
quick and a tritle difficult. Along
The silent Streets
the party was driven rapidly until the
horses were refined up in front of a
three-story building OH Rampant street.
The building is typically Southern,
having balconies of fancy IRON work.
Alighting, the four occupants of the
carriage passed into the house and up
stairs to three suites of apartments that
had been reserved for the Sullivan
party. The house is a boarding house,
and directly opposite the handsome
club house of the young mems gymna-
SUM. The athletic facilities of this
institution had been rendered in adj
vance for SuIlivan's use, pending the
battle with Corbett. The champion
at once enjoyed a thorough bath, and
was rubbed down briskly by Morgan
and Ashton. who had followed on from
the train. A carefully prepared and
sturdy breakfast was served, after
which Sullivan attended church. After
his return there was a rest until dinner
time. Meanwhile, the city had become
aStir, and The tidi!Igs of the champions
Safe arrival spread abroad.
EdIers Gathered
in the streets about Sullivan's quarters,
staring in through the shutters of the
ground floor as though expecting to find
him sitting by the window for public
inspection. Finally, as the lhrong in
creased, two policemen were detailed to
stand in front of the house, and did SO.
The idlers were driven off the block,
and damned up, as the numbers in
creased, against officers stationed like a
fire wall at either end Of the block.
AS the afternoon wore on Sullivan
and his trainers gathered up their traps
and crossed the street 10 the GYM
nasium club house. There Suiliva,
was warmly greeted by the members
He at once got INTO working shape anG
entered a room where Ashton had hung
a leather bag TO be punched. Sullivan
In sweater and trunks went at it anC
banged right and left until the spec
tators cheered the ferociOus spanking
of the sphere. Then, in a dripping
Precipitation from his exercise, Sullivan
took up his rope and skipped over it 400
times. He was hen in fine shape fol
rubbing, and his trainers laid him on a
slab and went at him. brush and towel