The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-12
CURRENT SPORTING TALK.
WHAT JOHN L. sULLITAN shFs
ABOUT CERTAIN FIGHTERs.

Declares That Bsth Fttrsinuseus and BIaher
Can whip Corseti. ana That Mccoy shouid
Meet Waicstt - R1ake-up OF the Brool-
iyps -Cornei'u rcras Raverasiy Received.
John L. Sullivan Is in town this week and IL
holding daily receptions at the Vanderbilt
Hotel. The ex-champion 10 taking excellent
err, Of himself and looks the picture OF health,
even though he says no weighs 271 pounds.
stripped. According to the big fellow, liquor
has not passed his lips in the last fifteen weeks.
90 that what ho has to say on the present pugi-
listic situation is based upon sound Judgment.
Corbett's latest challenge to F~itzsimmons. In
which no offers to give S35, 900 to Bob IL the
latter will fight him, providing the battle is 10 q
finish and Corbett can have n say Us TO who
shall referee. was rather amusing 10 tho OK
champion yesterday, after he had carefully read
Il over.
snow what bosh that all is," said John, as no
swallowed q glass OF yichy and stuck a cigar in
the corner OF his mouth. These ducks, Corbett
and Fitzsimmons, are making people sick with
their idiotio wranglinR. Here's Corbett says
he'll give S35. 900 to Fitz II he can only get on
another fight with him. What's Corbctt going
10 fight for Gloryi Then he says It must be to
Q finish. Would 1t be q lawn partyi And he
wants to have something to say about the
referee. Was there ever a fighter who didn't
have his say7 All, these guys make mt sick
with their washerwoman tactics. They fought
Ike two old women at Carson, and now they are
talking like them. The public will soon get sick
Of them and they'll come near killing the boxing
game. too.
"Fitzsimmons has taken the wrong attitude.
Hes got no right on earth to dictate terms to
Corbett by saying go fight Maher first If
that had been said to him when he landed here
from Australia. where would he have beeni I
never told anybody to fight somebody else FIRST,
but IL q man challenged me and put up his
money, I always accomm odated him. Yes. .Fitz
HsE fhii@ 1o t a5ist SGr ssan aS &c I'D ant az I ca ns S1e' FL FSli
simno SIm knows tS as d l 49, q that r. C gsan Go Ssnt
sIEoggy at any stage Of the iiFht, When FIts
that he wasn't az game as he might have been,
nine seconds Whcnhe did get in !, good punch.
-. sS6ni Stomach n aR,"ii in the PonSa N nv Found SSiOd didn Y
s anSf Eight S oaf of Sim;. T HSs c g tnG sot Up and nd
tried TO punch Fitz after 1t was all over. That's
s Moodo there insr aG aed a ssped sn II H!a I'd SS Sesn him me "a 'Ss q
Kicked the life out Of Corbett then and there.
81 window il 1 had him in a room, but that's
making these remarks. He was thinEing Of
his past victorious career.
marked, ne 1 a fG been ali H0r rleht: t oe nna1 hut re- f
was the same old case Of over-confdence that
h hnaiS SSn @ons so in m sSS s sHSs m snd T. di IGHkea tr likS
beaten. But i know what I'm talking about
when ! say that FitZsimmons can beat Corbett
tn quick fashion the next time they meet.
Iftz II knock his block of. in a few rounds.
M.aher, for that matter. can do it quicker than
Civ this fellow Stuart credit for being a
up another light. though, in Nevada, It won't
pay, because people won't go that far to see
yneoo Two takers meet again, III they could
light around here there'd be money in it. There's
s40 % Soon '1 Ak the s00p pub she"i get sa0as sniio ana th Sass
they'll be dropped. They are working many
nswspapers in beautiful style. and all the time
oelves., Tho first fight was on the level. but
young Mccoy is a likely fighter, but he's
also ON the fake; like the others; It looks TO me
9.RourEe 4 SINCERE in BACKING his coloTed
ought to meet Walcott. I think, at that. Wal.
joe JOE ce %Idi% &c get 0s to Moc g '1s stsS Snna .et still. ' Se
plight. and then we'd see whether tho
while :; You're hitting i the other %r fefES; sS but WIEN when
ne hits you IT'S another game altogether;. Cor;
S% SSui %s' BIT I P him. but as w sI%s Fi.z ! landed ans M hi@ Se
was Q dead one. go with Mccoy. although ne
n %,sas e sh Sa% st q sh %6lp Ses'f hlm, g Sas e 6 ssas
Ski isn't, and I don't believe the Kid can whip
MIN. 1 dOnt blame MIN Tor making o match for
q 900 with some stiff out in Cincinnati. II he
T fSinFs I its easy ws m NJ let him aoSSS st as ,n 1t IN.
fight again. II did, it would XIII me. weigh
pounds: That would take me q year to do. and
e ambition to Dc something. and I've
TIove the sport Of boxing as much as / ever did.
But I'm not a pugiilst any more, and believ in
hereafter. I'm Keeping straight and trying to
I as ss1 Z have Tsn 4 3 rood Sie airc My s saSE is ! ff9isf ps SS5l;
al saI, seem G to hS rye. kind lind 4. feelings still for an old
'spsski nee Of " shsrS s% a John L. said he believed
that the sailor pugilist, with bare knuckles and
League baseball men are now wondering what
Of the statement Of John +. Brush that he viii
not buy 1t from Won der Abe. The Myerson
ssrs1 e ss ss .o Sta5i g so the f persons %i'a as C Attending ahaft
the willy German has already sold out. but
I, rsa asspinff t the m matsiF q oi th t Ee sS%s maknSte.
are hoping that the club will have new owners
s asso league sHIsnE into pq SsylnE Chris him o is tr{ Sas a to T Ssas
gage.
Of the Brooklyn Club have decided on the make.
SS s. Ct viii thfi So ts soVe dSs 'b By fTG%htns se1 WSo i. First rs!
pected to do better work than ever before, be-
cause Ebbets and Barnie think, they can
cover Second basos. a D" pIacs n@i he should Miti
strengthen. Il he can get his winter
arc worse players In the League, will again
cover, third. George Smith, Beam of Newport,
and Sheckard are the candidates for short field.
but he cannot hit. Beam is quite light and an
unknown quantity. Sheckard can hit. brtitis
thought will never make an inhelder. Joncs, Grit
Nm and Anderson will again make up the the out
Held. and they are n pretty strong trio, too. Tho
team has a raft of battery players. Grim and Alec
Smith, %catchcrs. are still in line. together with
Jack Ryan. the former Boston backstop. WHO'S
Q frst'class man.. and young. Crisham of Now
port, a promising colt. Nine pitchers arc
On the clubs roll. INCLUDING Kennedy,
Dunn, Payne. Yengor, Horton, Hansford.
Dowd,. Fisher and Miller. Ycager comes
from the Lancaster Atlantic League Champions,
and has been pronounced a conner by such
League managers ms Selee and Hanlon, who
tried to get him. Horton Is from Syracuse. and