Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-01

He is big and quick, andn above all, self
confident, but he does Hot look or move
much like the ideal fighter Certain per-
sons have taken the trouble to tell him
that. He always answers with laugh, and
tells them how sure he Ia that he can whip
Corbett. ac
He is twenty-four years of age, but he
looks all of twenty -eight,or thirty.
With his hacker. Mr.: Lynch. and his
trainer, Dan Needham, he sat in an up
stairs dressing room In Madison Square
Garden half an hour before he was to box
with John l.. Sullivan The great man Of
fists. with his old friends, Charley john
son and Phil Lynch, greeted the new star
kindly. Sullivan was soon undressed for
the boxing. He is enormously fat. Shar-
key. wrapped in a bathrohe sat near by
like hay figure folded up and put away.
The roar of welcome that went up when
Sullivans huge frame appeared on the
stairs leading to the arena would gladden.
the heart Of any king. John smiled patron
izingly. indulgently. His walk was as jaun-
ty ever.
The gong rang and the men shaped up
The sailor-boxer looked fully two inches
shorter than Sullivan. who Is feet 1Olh
Inches high. Sharkey crouched low, and
ran in at Sullivan: His step was nimble
and dancing. but it seemed to lack any
definite aim. No dancing master could Re
lighter on his toes or swifter in his move
mentS.
there, but John at the same moment chop
ped him lightly with his left. Sharkey
broke ground rapidly now. He took three
jerky, springy steps backward. Old John
L. came in and tapped him. Sharkey hit
back. His guard was very open. Sullivan
hit him as often as he pleased. Occasion
ly he sent his right glove over in a cross
counter 1t always landed on Sharkey's
head. The sailor looked surprised Old
John grinned. Sharkey kept dancing and
juggling about necessarily.
He never got out of Sullivan's reach
The boxing bout became a game of give
and take, with slow old Sullivan landing
five blows TO Sharkey's three There were
three rounds of one minute each MANY
old ring-goers in the crowd whistled. The
general opinion was that if sharkey ever
becomes a champion he will have to i'm
prove SO much that none of his old Cali
fornla friends will know him.
Georgetown University Athletes,
Paul Dessez and Lou Prince. two Of
Georgetown University's most prominent
athletes. will leave Washington tomorrow
morning for New York. in company with
Bernard J. Wefers the crack sprinter, and
Trainer Foley, to train in New York for
the cross-country race Of the Knicker-
booker Athletic Club.
Eugene Field Bicycle Races.
Prominent among racing and social
events of the autumn will De the bicycle
race meet rendered as benefit to the
fund for the dead poet and pressman
Chicago is taking warm interest in this
matter. and will send a large list Of hand
some prizes, to be competed for. which will
be duly exhibited here. Washington mer-
chants are contributing literally. Mr..
Chas. Cabrera of the Eclipse company
tenders this race as a compliment to the
monument fund, and will manage the meet
assisted by Mr.. Sam. StinemetZ, Will Get
finger. Maj Edwin Lunt, Charlie Latimer
and others as a business committee. The
beauty of the prizes and the widespread
interest in the cause is attracting the at
tention of the best racing wheclmen. Ev-
socially and financially. The date will
shortly he announced.