The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-04
man cen Portland hes fghta, he'll no

man cen Portland hes fighta, he'll no
coma da stand da John L.
"a wan day ma fren' Emilia Weber
-hessa dead now por des oder man
Sanda Olds-he's coma to getta da
shine Dor ma place ona First street
He talka bout des man John l.. tree
por four minute, dena he say, Tony,
wassa da malta you no getta da beeg
Greek fisherman por to fighta da iona
LIP"
"Ah, sure! Dassa por bueno. Down
por Astoria Iva ma fren' Sylvesta lie
Gouriffa. Porf Granda Dieu! but Syl-
vesta he's da beega man. Breaks da
iron cross hes face; smasha da stone
por hes fist; a leefta da two, tree man
por one hand, so / tella Emil / getta
da man.
"He writa da letta por Astoria. Sure
Sylvesta he say he fighta da iona L.
por ne no getta da Jail 'spose he keela
des fella. Da Greeka citiZena por As
toria das go por da chief of police por
hitta da iona l.. por da belly, hes killa
eem sure. Watta you doa den; you
putta des Sylvesta por de prison?
"Da chiefa he say: 'Tella Sylvesta
hes go ahead but no hitta too hard A
damma da chief" cried Tony trem-
bling with rage, "Eef he to tella dat
por Sylvesta denna des bravo man
Wilma da t'ousand dolla; por hes fren'
da Greek, da Napolitano, da Italiano
Wilma do ten t'ousand dolla.
"Sylvesta la Gouriffa hes quitta da
boat pull job por hes maka da trainin'.
Smasha da rock, lifta da man and
rubba hes back widda da greasa. ALA
da bootblack, da scavenga, da feesher-
man das BETA da won por Sylvesta
hitta da iona L. a wan time. dassa
'nough; he iona l.. falla down an no
more do a da fight
"Dessa night n hundred Greek, Ital-
iano por Neapolitan coma fro Portland
to seea Sylvesta Wilma da t'ousand
dolla. We go por de opera house. A
first four man fighta da litta. Denna
iona l.. come out por da stage an say
he beta da $500 he giva Sylvesta da
fineesh por una rounda. A Porco Dieu,"
walled Tony, mia da dana fool TAXA
da bet"
"Por una minute Sylvesta coma All,
hes da beega da man. Hes shaka da
iona l.. hand. Denna hes steppa back
por he say 'Looka out, iona, por 1 hftta
you killa you!' iona l.. he no talka
sylvesta he hitta John L. da littla bit
Dana da chiefa police Por iona l..
he -swuf. swoofa! Holy cristil Syl-
vesta hel ava down por his back, to go
to sleepa
"A getta up Sylvesta ma fren',"
yella. Viva la Gabribaldi! Vive la Vic
tor Emanuel! Viva la bravo Sylvesta,'
but hes no NOVA.
"Por den mia shouta: 'Sylvesta you
losa des t'ousand dolla por loset da fl
hundra dolla.'
"Hah! he's looka up una minute,
denna he's see da iona L. A mala
teste! Sylvesta hes lay down again"
The attempt of the giant fisherman,
sylvester lie Gouriff to stand in front
of Sullivan for four rounds has passed
into the history OF Columbia river fish
ing incidents. The man was a marvel
of physical development and his coun-
trymen wagered their hard-earned dol
lars In perfect confidence that Gourin
would put Sullivan to sleep with the
first exchange of blows. The opposite
result of the meeting they have al
ways blamed to the advice given Gour-
iff by the Astoria chief of police, mot
to strike too severe blow" Sylvester
lie Gouriff never recovered from the
humiliation of his defeat, subsequently,
becoming insane. and being committed
to Salem, where he now is.
Sullivan's second visit to Butte was
in the fall of 1856, with another COM
bination of boxers, but he could find no
local pugilist to stand before him this
time. Jimmy Carroll was with the
party on that trip and Larry Gleason.
local boxer, spared with the En-