The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-04
TO TAKE In THE FIGHT.
TIE BETTING IN SAVANNAH ALL
ON SULLIVAN so FAR.


Savannah's Delegation to Leave For
New Orleans This Morning-An
Three of the Fights to Be Reported
Here by Wire-Duncan Harrison
Handles the Big PugiIist Without
GIoVes-He Says He Il Bound to Be
| Whipped.
Savannah's sporting contingent to the
fskiO arena at New Orleans will leave this
morning at 700 o'clock by the Savannah,
Florida and Western railway. They will
90 by the Alabama Midland and the Louis
vile and Nashville and will arrive in New
Orleans tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock
Prof. Gus Meyers. the athletic trainer,
heads the party. The other members are
John J. Sullivan, the restaurant and saloon
keeper, Capt Joseph Thompson, John La
motto, Murt Sullivan, Charles Cunning
ham and bud" Wright.
The special car via the Central railroad
to New Orleans has been abandoned. Sew
eral others will probably follow this morn
ing's party tonight aud tomorrow.
The Savannah party will take In all three
Oh the fights. They go prepared to put big
money on Sullivan and will give some of
Corbett's New Orleans baokers chance to
put up their stuff.
THE BETTING ON SULLIVAN.
The betting in Savannah is on Sullivan,
and Corbett bet Ia hardly to be had. There
is great interest here in the fights That to-
morrow night between Myers and McAuliffe
and Tuesday night fight between Dixon and
Sicily will be reported on those nights at
Catholic Library hall. Mr.. q. A. Dow
ell has secured the hall for this purpose A
al he IL
rectly with the operators desk at the scene
| OF the fights, and the comb6ts will be re-
ported in detail The gallery will be res
ser we'd for the colored people, who are espe-
| cially Interested in the fight Of the colored
| pugtIist, Dixon.
Wednesday night the great Sullivan
Corbett fight will be reported at the theater
In the same manner, under the manage
ment OF Mr.. R. J. Ebbs. Owing to the
great interest in this fight the theater is
almost certain to be filed.
Corbett seems to be a greater favorite in
New Orleans than In Savannah. The bet
ting there Is 10 to 6 on the fight. Corhetts
hackers are in hopes the odds will fall 60
to l, so as to give them bigger field, but
the prospects are that they will become
even closer.
GUESSING ON THE ROUNDS.
The guesses as TO the number of rounds il
will take to settle the fight, registered at
the Olympic Club, show a wide range of
opinion. Sullivan's friends predict that he
will win in q fight all the way from three or
four TO seventy-eight rounds. The guesses
OF the Corbett men were from ten to seventy
rounds. 1t appears TO be the opinion of both
sides that the fight will be long one.
Duncan B. Harrison, Sulllvans theatrical
manager in "Honest Hearts and Willing
Hands, has long letter In a recent issue
OF the San Francisco EUdn1iner in which he
scores the champion numerically and pre-
diets a victory for Corbett. Harrison
makes number Of points against Sullivan.
He says that during the two years and three
scarcely drew a sober breath. He was fre-
queutiy drunk for fiv9 or six weeks at a
time. On June 4 last, Harrison says Sui.
livan weighed 26I pounds. If he
has lost ftty-three pounds since then
he says it cannot but weaken him.
sullivan, he says, has been on two big sprees
since ne has commenced training, one of
them lasting q week. Harrison save the
nghter has been trained by a hand ball
player, while Corbett has been trained by
professional. Sullivan, he claims, did not
hight Jackson not because he is a negro but
because he was afraid Of him. He predicts
that Corbett's science and skill will win the
hight over Sullivan's brute strength.
RULES OF THE FIGHT.
The Marquis Of Queensberry rules, which
will govern the fight. are as follows:
L. 10 be fair stand-uD boxing match
In 24-four foot ring, or as near that size as
practicable
z No wrestling or hugging allowed.
j. The rounds to be of three minutes
duration, and one minute time between
rounds.
4. If either man fall through weakness
OF otherWise, ne must get up unassistsd, ten
seconds to be allowed him TO do 50, the
other man meanwhile to return to his COR
ner, and when the fallen man Is on his legs
the round Is 10 be resumed Rud continued
until the three minutes have expired. If
one man fails TO come to the scratch in the
ten seconds allowed, it shall be in the power
OF the referee 90 give his award In favor of
the other man.
g. A man hanging on the ropes in a help
less state, with his toes of the ground, shall
be considered down.
o. NO seconds or any other person to be
allowed in the ring during che rounds.
Z. should the contest be stopped by any
unavoidable intervention, the referee to
name time and place, as soon as possible.
for finishing the contest; SO that the match
must DO won and lost, unless the hackers of
both men agree TO draw the stakes.
8. The gloves to be fair-sized boxing gloves
OF the best quality and new.
y. Should glove burst or come off il
must be replaced to the referees satisfac-
ton.
10. A man on one knee Is considered down.
and II struck ia entitled to the stakes.
II. No shoes or boots with springs al
lowed.
II. The contest in other respects to be
covered by the revised rules Of the London
prize ring.
DUN 81 CO.'S NEW MANAGER.
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Mr.. John Fowler Succseds Mr.. Joseph