The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-09
STILL A GREAT FIGHTER.
Billy Woods Sees Great Possibilities in
John L. Sullivan


There is one man in Butte who consid-
ers himself competent to pass an opinion
that John l.. Sullivan is still a great
fighter. or rather that he still possesses
the metal out of which one can be made
Billy Woods, the athlete, took a front
seat at the opera house last night for the
purpose of making a study of the eX-
champion, and the following is the result
of it:
THE visit OF that once physical ideal of
man, John l.. Sullivan. whom America
was so proud of a few years ago, has
prompted me to study his Individuality
and physique and compare him as a fight
e. with the other fighters before the pub
lie. Sullivan is man who is so well
known to the world that it is very doubt
full if he would ever care to fight again.
The championship to man. only for the
money he can make by it, after he has
become prominent in the public mind, is
a vain title. | believe. But should John L.
acquire the ambition to be champion with
in n few years he can go and get it,
I think. There is one thing certain. to my
mind-that it will not go out of America
as long as he lives the life of an athlete
and keeps as good habits as he has of late
years.
patriotism is what will inspire John L. to
condition himself for a fight, and any
time he really wants to get into condi-
ton he can surely get to finer form than
he could have done heretofore for 10 years.
at is well-known fact that the man
has led temperate life the last few
years, and although those gray hairs
may make him seem Old. in reality they
show he has recovered his former vitality.
The high nervous tension his system was
under during his career as champion and
the dissipation that he fostered. enervated
him. 1t wore out his vitality and seven
or eight years ago the man could not
stand the severe physical strain to get
into the prime condition that he could
now if he trained. The relaxation from
his high nervous tension of former years
has caused the gray hairs. but it has
built up his vitality, and a complete ply
steal diagnosis of the man by good ply
stefan will surely prove what l say to be
correct
although his movements, compared
with the movements of Corbett and 9TH
ers, are not so active now. they can be-
come active enough for the purpose of
winning any fight he cares to go into. The
mans individuality will enable him to in
troduce his own science when in condi-
ton. Now. you may think that John l..
can never get into condition. but l can
prove to you that the man can get into
condition, and | will leave it to any doc
| tor You care to consult.
He bears no sign of any infiltration of
| fatty granules in the muscular tissues.
and course of proper training under a
man ike Julian R. Brandon of San Fran
cisco will develop in him that former mus
| cular strength and nerVo-muscular action.
| The amount of adipose tissue can be re-
| duced in him by man of Brandon's skill
| and knowledge and unless his muscular
tissues have become initrated with fatty
| granules. John l.. can prove to you that
| he is still the greatest prizetighter of them
| all. Respectfully yours
| BILL. WOODS"