The Saint Paul globe., 1901-10-01
WAS A HOT FIGHT
KID BROAD AND DAVE SULLIVAN
GO FULL TWENTY-FIVE
ROUNDS
BROAD GETS THE DECISION
Fighters Banged Each Other Right
and Left From the Time IT
Started Until Last Round
Was Finished.

LOUISVILLE, Sept. SU.-"Kid" Broad
of Cleveland, was tonight given the de-
cision over Dave Sullivan, of New York,
after twenty-five of the fastest rounds
ever seen here. The contest took place
before the Southern Athletic club and
5000 persons saw 1t. Tim Hurst refer
eed. The boys fought at 126 pounds and
several weeks of training for the contest
left them in fine condition.
In the earlier rounds Sullivan was the
aggressor Broad was playing a wait
ing game, and allowed Sullivan to do
most of the work till they had gone four
rounds. Then the ''Kid'' got down to
business and forced matters. The kid
was not damaged during the first three
rounds and succeeded in ripping in sew
eral stiff body blows In the fourth
round Sullivan landed several straight
Jabs to the wind and the round was
clearly his. The fifth was Broad's all
the way. He made Sullivan dance all
over the mat and got in some vicious
swings to wind, kidneys and face Sui
hvan was apparently badly ratified In
the sixrn round Broad landed a dozen
times to head and received several light
ones in return. though Sullivan found
trouble in reaching. In the seventh,
however, he dropped a straight right On
Broad's eye and that organ was soon
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and the round was his. The eighth
was the hottest round ever seen here.
They rushed at each other with right
and left swings, uppercuts. straight
rights and lefts and each made a verita-
ole chopping block of the other before
the referee could make them break un-
der the rules. Probably hundred blows
were exchanged during the mix-up. The
round ended with honors about evenly
divided
In the ninth round Broad began play
ing for Sullivan'S stomach and kidneys
and received several hard straight rights
on his damaged eye. Both succeeded in
landing several hard ones to head and
heart in the tenth and honors were even.
The eleventh round found Sullivan lne
fresher of the boys and he did the bet
ter work as to points though his blows
seemed to be devoid of any DAMAGING
powers. In the twelfth Sullivan was
groggy and the sound of the gong was
very welcome. for Broad was pushing
MIN hard. The gong was all that saved
MIN. In the thirteenth Sullivan was
4orceo 10 the ropes time and again and
was getting noticeably weaker. His eve
was almost closed and his mouth was
bleeding ''
eulllVans wonderful recuperatiye power
asserted itself in the fourteenth round
anu ne came UP surprisingly fresh. The
ieahd ended in his favor The fifteenth
saw some hard fighting, and in the civ
teenth Sullivan began. to weaken again
broad having him all but out when the
peli sounded. Broad poured dozens of
uppeleuts TO Sull1van's wind in the sew
enteenth round and Sullivan's distress
was only too evident MercilessIv Rroad
Kept after him, and once more, when an
oCner SUN punch would have ended the
Hght, the bell tapped The eighteenth
round, however, brought the New York
poy UP apparently strong and fresh. and
potn old some very pretty work Sullivan
rushing for knockout and Broad allow
ing MN to expend his energy.
matters We're even in the nineteenth,
put the twentieth was decidedly Broad,s
Several times he rushed sullivan to the
ropes and did his best to chop him down
sullivan would not have it, however. but
stuck out the round till the bell sent him
to his corner
In the twenty-tirst round Sullivan struck
Broad rather low in the stomach and
Broad appeared to be in such agony that
MANY many Lhougnt he was going out. He went
through the round, however. and the
crowd heWled and cheered him when he
came up in the twenty-second round. and
after some of the fastest. fighting ever
seen anywhere had the New York how
almost asleep when the gong once, more
saved him.
Both came up very tired in the twenty
th1fd round, though Dave was the strong
er OF the two. Both swung wildly
throughout the round, and when thew
landed did no damage. Thus they fought
the next two rounds, at the1conclusion of
which Referee Hurst declared Broad the
winner. NJ
In the preliminary, a ten-round go.
Freckles O'Brien, of Louisville, knocked
out Patsy Hogan, of Cincinnati, a second
before the time for the gong in the last
round, after honors throughout had been
about even zl