The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-25
SULLIVAN TO FIGHT AGAIN.
his FLORIDA EsCAPADE SAID NOT
TO HAVE BEEN Az ACCIDENT.


He l. AnNiouS 20 Tackle the Winner
OF the FfiksfmmOns-Corbet Fight.
lie Told His Friends Here That He
Was Not Going Further Than
Jacksonville With His Theatrical
Company.
John J.. Sullivan will fight the winner
OF the Corbett- Fitzsimmons fight. so he
announced when in Savannah. There s.
some reason TO believe that
suuuvan's recent escapade in Flor
iIa was a premeditaed affair
and not the result Of a blind yield
inE 10 a passion for drink. Sullivan
stated when here that ne would probably
not so any further than Jacksonville
vita his company. The thing had been
dead failure from the start and he was
lirei Of being ION the hog" He had lost
about 5000 already he said
The play ala not take and he realized
that his company was not composed OF
actors. Hence it is believed here that
Sullivan's Florida drunk. though genuine,
was merely a ruse 10 shake the crowd he
had with him. Sullivan said that he in
tended as soon as his engagement was
completed to go to the northern part OF
Africa, where he would spend some time
getting his system in shape. and. he in
timated. training for his next battle The
Florida dispatches announce that Sulli-
van has arranged 10 go TO Cuba from
where he viii take a vessel to Spain.
Spain and Africa are nearby. and it
would appear that Sullivan intended to
put sis intention expressed while here
into effect at once
Tt was 10 a party Of friends who were
entertaining him after the performance
of "A True American" here last week
that Sullivan conhded his intention of
fighting the champion Of the next hstic
combat.
II viii fight one more battle" he said.
The curiosity OF his friends was at
once excited and they eagerly questioned
him as 10 his meaning. The ex-champion
was not disposed to say any more on the
subject, but after considerable 'joHying,"
he stated that he expected that Corbett
would be the winner in the coming contest
and that he intended to challenge the
winner
Il hope Corbett viii be the winner"
he said. HE is the man who licked me
and / want to fight him just once more. ="
Sullivan's expressions towards Corbett
We're by no means friendly. He evidently
wants to fight Corbett and the purse is
matter of Indifference to him. He said
nothing, however, deroga tory 10 Cor
belts ability as a fighter. He licked me
fairly, he said. speaking of the New Or
leans fight. Il have not a word to say
TO the contrary"
Among the party We're some who were
present at the fight who declared their
belief that Sullivan had not obeyed the
injunctions of his trainer during the
days just preceding his fight. He ac-
knowledged this.
They wouldn't let me have anything
to drink at all" he said, "and by - I
just broke away and got il anyhow, and
when / did / made a hog of myself A
man who had been drinking as / have
could not hold up all at once. If they had
allowed me a regular supply of ale I
would have been all right and would not
have drank to excess"
1t was suggested that he select Hot
Springs, Ark. as his next training place
where he could give his system thor
ough cleaning out.
NO" he said. ~ would meet too many
people / know there That's the trouble
NAtlA INC am NOo iibphlaA- hAioN BNo-
pie all over the United States and they
all want me to drink with them. / am GO
ing to the north of Africa the next time.
The climate is good and I can find some
place where 1 can train in peace without
having a lot of people | know coming
around, bothering me all the time and
tempting me to drink with them. | will
fight one more time, and win or lose, it
will be the last"
Barring his liberal use of profane
epithets Sullivan is an intelligent and in
teresting talker He is well posted on
many subjects. He surprised some of his
hearers By his familiarity with recent
events in Georgia politics. Many people
who know of Sullivan by reputation will
doubtless be surprised to know that he
has opinions on the silver question. but
he has. He is not a silver man. but he
doesn't approve Of President Cleveland $
policy and considers his recent bond deal
with foreign bankers a blow at the credit
and reputation of American bankers
If there is anything | do disapprove of
and which makes me feel ashamed of my
fellow countrymen, he said it is this
aping of foreign nobility and the tendency
10 worship everything English displayed
by large class of our wealthy nabobs.
If this country isn't good
enough for those people they
sould so somewhere else. Amer
lea is the grandest country on the globe
and the man who does not think so is no