The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05
spIKE ArLtITiN WINS.
He Knocks Ont Joe YounEs In tn" Last
Round NJ the Greenwood A. e.

Round rt the Greenwood n. T.
The fighting qualities Of Spike Sullivan re-
colve quite n test last night at the Greenwood
\. &. In u twenty round contest with Joe
loungs u Buffalo. The latter. who lie COM
para'ively unknown herealouts. gave Spike
the Toughest battle Of his career sullivan won.
however. knocking his opponent out in the last
round
After the bout Sullivan challenged any light
weight in the world. His den was accented
by BiIly loacIIc. George McFaldcn's manager.
wnn was present.
Noungs hal in his corner John Jeforhs.
Mysterious Rilly Smith unl jos Cain. Sulli-
vans handlers were John sullivan and jim
buckley. The weight was announced az l''
pounds. They fought straight Marquis ot
Quernshsrry rules Spike led of with the left
AMI reached the stomach.
lIe tried aga,u and smashed Youngs along
side the head sullivan kept on the aggressive
in tho second. louugs made few vicious
swings. but he faiai to land. Spike then be-
came careless nnd left himself unguarded.
He got crack on the nose which brought the
gore In the third spike kent out his tnntalz-
ing r't and bothered ioungs's nose. The latter
fought back Rnmely and staggered Spike with
le'' swings. Toward the close Of the round
sullivan beat m eroilcss tattoo on Youngss
body
sullivan kept at Ioungs In the fourth. The
Buira'ooian surprised every one, however. by
giving Spike several hard licks. Sullivan
rirret home both right and left on the body in
the, NTH. Ths tsndsd TO weaken l9unss
and hs svung in ain!ess fashion: Spike
ROt tbrol runching Youngs in the sixth. In the
seventh sullivan depended on left labs. with an
without. stiut, The eighth was hot foungs
received lot OF punishment and tho
G;,orl wondersd hoy he stool Il:
a eS w' II EG ms t linz ne nt " 1P spEs
IN the ninth. however. and almnst knocked
sullivan down with swings. SPIKE kept his
left going like u steam eng ne In the tenth. lie
SoSy fG spE: wa, hard Gaps f %eaa' s h.
,iag Young. In the eleventh and the
latter rushed. landing two heavy lsfts,
spike did all tho work IN the twelfth. and
stuck out his lett repeatedly in the thirteenth
luungs got an awful rallopinR In the four
tcsnth. He grew desperate IN the fifteenth
AMI gave Spikes hnl kers \ scare. One left
hook nearly nut Sulli van through the ropes
lonnEs was relr.sns III the sktseath and for
while h. made ,ngs hun. SPIKE. however.
soon Strengthened aim up With body blows
ne cail ~ tins saved loungH. The after
did welt IN tbs .-v-nte-ath. he also started
tho eighteenth with rush in bull fashion.
lie got spkr in n corner and m iIsd thinRs u y
lively, lOung- had the better OF the n neteenth
round. Spike tOvsi with his man for a willis
in the twentieth round and then boat Ynunss
10 the floor three times. Finally he caught
him with the right on the jaw and put him to
sleep
Jack Ryan Of Brooklyn aud Jack Foley OF
Boston met IN the first preliminary. The
limit was ten ROUNDS al lt5 pounds Ia the
fourth round the referee interfered and gave
tha decision to Ryan. The second tilt was be-
tween DAYS Roller OF Brooklyn and Joe Hurst
AZ cstchwsights Roller wss EnorEsd out in
the seventh round with a right suing