The morning call., 1892-09-09
THEY RODE IN BARROWS.
Results of Wagers Made on
the Big Battle.
There Are Some Losers Who Contend That Sui
livan and Corbstt Had the Thing
Cut and Dried.

IGer6 was TeudtRaDlo sC9pe Oh Aialhos
street about o'clock yesterday afternoon.
A man of 40 or Whereabouts. with sleeves
rolled up and dripping with perspiration
was pushing along wheelbarrow in which
a companion was comfortably seated with
hs hat tipped back jauntily, complalsantly
smoking pipe. They tried to appear in
different to the crowd which was cheering
them and pretending they were enjoying it
all immensely. Neither of the men was
insane. 1t was only the payment of bet
on the Sullivan C0rbett fight. Patrick Kelly
of 3 Pacific street was recently Sullivan
admirer and knew no fear as to the result
of the onte st. Right here bis frien
Creighton took issue with him and backed
his opinion with wager of Sl6 The men
further agreed that the loser should wheel
the winner up Market street from Pacific
street to Corbett's home in Hayes Valley
Yesterday afternoon the bet was paid. The
excited crowd which followed them entered
with spirit into the sport and managed to
make Kelly's task doubly wearisome.
81 don't know that I've got such soft
thing after all" sang out Creighton. This
wheelbarrow hasn't got any springs and
going over the curbs is something awfully
rocky" But Kelly was determined to pay
his wager to the letter and insisted upon
completing the journey to Hayes Valley.
b. +. Anderson, colored waiter, who
lives at 668 Mission street, was sure that
Sullivan would beat Corbett in the fight at
New Orleans. so he agreed to wheel white
waiter around the Palace Hotel last night IL
the champion was defeated.
He procured a wheelbarrow early last
night and started out with the joyful
citizen who had backed Corbett. A large
crowd gathered about the wheelbarrow
and its propeller, and they were proceeding
up Market street when Officer Stevens ap-
peared and took the wheeler into custody.
Anderson was booked at the City Prison
for obstructing a thoroughfage and Tor dis
turbing the peace.
There are thousands Of men who parted
with good money on Sullivan's defeat who
have not yet begun to realize thoroughly
that the big champion of few days ago
actually met his Waterloo, and that his
conqueror was James J. Corbett.
Il can't understand 1t at all, said Cham
pion Con Lyons. land the more think
over ii the more / become mixed up in the
matter.
you see this man Sullivan" continued
Cornelius, "has always knocked his man
either out or down whenever he landed his
good right fist on the neck of an opponent.
Now, according to the accounts Of the mill
Sullivan landed on CorbetPs neck quite
frequently and the blows did not phaZe
Corbett little bit. How do you account
for thatP
oil can Del IlNt there Is Il screw IOOSo
somewhere. and in few days from now we
may have surprise as big as the one we
got Wednesday night"
Lyons Is said to be heavy loser on Sulli-
van. The latter was his pet ever since the
time he lowered Paddy Ryan's colors.
There are among the bad losers-men
who take a defeat TO heart-a numper W no
openly state that Sullivan allowed Corbett
TO whip him. This class of people always
raise cry Of fraud whenever they get bit
ten, owing generally 10 bad display of
Judgment
One of the fraternity of losers, in the
presence of a number Of people, gave his
ment that Sullivan did not try to win, and
this was his argument:
when Sullivan returned from Australia
he didn't have cent TO his name, and he
found that to raise money was very hard
game
81 know that he was refused by some of
his best Eastern friends loans of not very
large amounts.
ra"Well. he gradually drifted toward his
Eastern home, and, although he repeatedly
said be would not fight finish battle again,
a challenge was issued in New York from
Sullivan TO meet any man. barring Peter
jackson, with the proviso, however, that IL
the def was accepted the fight would be
his last, win or lose.
1.-THE challenge had scarcely become dry
on paper when an answer WAS flashed over
the wires from James j. Corbett
sullivan had preferred to meet Slavin,
but as Corbett was first to come he would
be first served. The Olympic Club of New
Orleans gave big purse, which was ac-
cepted and you know the rest.
Now, / am satisfied that Corbett and
Sullivan had had an understanding in this
city before the latter left for the East and
the result was well-planned scheme,
which has brought TO both men an indie
pendent fortune.
Sullivan was getting too old TO fight
many more battles, and while he was still
young enough TO command large financial
support he concluded to make hay while
the sun shined, and you can just bet that
Sullivan Is to-day as independent of all
people as a hog on ice."
This. like many other imaginary theories
which sore" spectators have advanced
purposely TO injure the reputation of Cor
bstt. has been heard in many quarters Of.
the city since the news of Sullivan's down.
fall arrived.
There may be many strange stories con-
corning the battle afioat, but there is only
one right conclusion to all, and that Is that
Sullivan met his master at the game of
fisticuffs and was conquered.
The Bostonian never encountered suoh
another man as Corbett All his victories
were over sloggers and brainless pugs.
When he met thoroughly scientific man
who stood his ground and fought every
inch Of the turf with him he fell not
only badly beaten man but hero whose
heart must eventually break under the
painful and singing thought OF defeat
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