The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-12-26
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Il don't believe I should care to
have John l.. Sullivan for referee. y
says Wiliiam Il. Crane. Sullivan
doesn't like to stand BY and SEQ any
man whipped; his syrnraihies arc
always with tho under dog.
Some years ago Nat Goodwin
and had an experience with Sai.i-
van. 1t wss in what / call my hal
cyor days. Nat and I lad been ceie-
b-atine the closo of the season, and
we came ashore one Sunday morn
ing from my yacht determined to
be very circumspect all the rest of
our lives. We went to seaside ho-
tel fer the purpose Of getting bretik-
fast, when whom should we fall in
with but John L. Sullivan and ono
of his boon companions Boston
alderman. Both John and his friend
were pretty we'll oorked up, and
they insisted that we should 60 with
them to call upon another friend, a
Patsy Somebody, who was training
for fight with Mike SoInebodyelse
Mt small country roadhouse about
four miles away.
Goodwin and I did -N1r best to
shake the two, fUr we feared that,
full dse1iquor as they were, Sullivan
and his satellite would get US into
trouble. But Sullivan wouldn't take
no for an answer, and finally, just
TO keep the peace, we went along in
their wagon TO visit the training
grounds Well, when we got there,
Patsy and his trainer were having
their usual morning bout The
trainer was big, broad shouldered,
good natured fellow, genial and
smiling of face as well fed child.
Fe was little too much for Patsy,
and was giving him some pretty
hard exercise. ] suppose Sullivan
fancied that the trainer was unnec-
essarily severe. At any rate, saw
Sullivan's face grow darker, and ]
knew that trouble was brewing.
Finally Sullivan slipped off his coat
and threw it over the back of a
chair; then, waiting until he saw
the trainer advancing to attack
Patsy with redoubled energy, Sulli-
van reached out that right arm of
his, and his big fist caught the good
natured Irishman full in the mouth.
It didn't hook as though Sullivan
put any force at all into the blow; it
seemed to US as if he merely put out
his fist-so-and let the other fellow
run against it But, gracious! You
should have seen that Irishman keel
over. I'll bet he went back 90 feet
before he stopped. Then he turned
back somersault over the hind wheel
of our wagon and fell to the ground,
apparently dead. He didn't regain
consciousness for two hours, and
you can imagine that those two
hours were the most miserable
Goodwin and I ever spent We fan
cied ourselves forever disgraced by
being pulled into court as witnesses,
perhaps as accessories, to the killing
of this innocent man. Our suspense
was simply dreadful Finally, how
ever, after hunting up doctor and
working over the fellow for two
hours, the-victim came to- The first
thing he did was to put one hand
feebly to his mouth as if to learn
what damage that swollen orifice
had sustained And then, smiling
amiably, be said, BE jabers, that
was a wicked shrushtr' You see, he
never lost his temper at all; as /
have told you, he was the best ia
tured fellow I ever saw.
But the honor of having been hit
By Sullivan was too much for him.
Having regaincd consciousness he
proceeded to I'll himself with liq-
nor, and it wasn't long before the
rural oonstabulary had TO be called
10 fake him into custody. As he
was a pos 81 creature and fought
viciously, : became necessary to
pound him into subjection, and by
the time be was lodged in jail he
was d bloody spectacle indeed. Next
morning he was released, there be-
ing nobody willing to prosecute
him, but even then he had not lost
all sense of the great honor OF hav-
ing been hit by Sullivan. and so he
hung about tie jail all day boasting
Of that honor and expressing an am
bition to lick the combined constab-
uiary force of tho township
~ have never forgotten the Incl
Dent" says Mr. Crane, land it suf1
fees toconvinoe mo that as Il referee
MIR. Sullivan Is hardly the person I
should choose. Chicago Record.
King James Books.