The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-11
SULLIVAN MAKES
GOOD IMPRESSION
Western Sharps Closely
Watching Him.
SOLVED HANL0M'S CROUCH
Feat No Other Eastern Boy Has Done.
Pacific Coast Boy Always
Dangerous.
SOLVED HANLoN'S CROUCH

The success of Kid Sullivan, of Wash
ington, in getting . ten-round draw
with Eddie H3nlon in Baltimore attract
ed much attention in the West, where
Hanlon is hot favorite, and the West
ern experts on boxing are handing out
the tip TO keep an eye on Sullivan.
Sullivan Will box Joe Tipman fifteen
rounds before the Eureka Athletic Club
of Baltimore on Friday night The bout
is expected to be unusually fast and d
large crowd Of Washington sports will
attend.
Here is what Otto Floto, one of the
best-known pugilistic authorities, has TO
say about the Hanlon fight:
Sullivan. the young fellow who gave
Eddie Hanlon such a tough argument in
Baltimore the other day, is worthy Of
notice. Any youngster who can fight
Eddie Hanlon ten rounds 10 a draw is
something above the ordinary. Not only,
according to accounts, did Sullivan fight
Hanlon ten rounds, but he sent as good
as he received.
Difference in CIouches.
He solved the .Hanlon crouch, a thing
thing all the boys in the East have been
unable to accomplish. There is diff
ference in 'crouches,' and the one on
which Eddie Hanlon has taken out a
patent is the hardest of the lot to get
through
'McFadden was the first fighter of
prominence to use the crouch He,
however, was foul fighter. and many
referee would have disqualified him but
for the influence Of his manager, Billy
Roche. Vtth the powers that controlled
the desti .es of the boxing game in New
York while the Horton law was valid
'McFadden would strike you with his
elbows, and it was from this style of
nShting that he received the name of
Elbows McFadden.' He would cover
up. and in a clinch would use his ell
bows instead of his fists Oftimes. his ell
DOW would strike an opponent in the
eye or on the jaw.
Hanlon Ready to Mix.
with Eddie Hanlon there is vast
difference. While he crouches he Is al
ways on the alert. and ever ready 10
exchange blows with you in a mix-up.
He bends his body in sort OF arch ana
holds his arms aside of his head. He
can deliver a blow from almost any DO
sition, and that is why his crouch is far
superior to the article invented by Nc
Fadden, years before HanIcu ever
thought of lighting
There is great difference between a
blocker and one using the crouch
Tie former requires many times more
skill Undoubtedly the greatest block
CT this or any other country ever saw
was Young Critic. No one could hit
him. He would stand up straight and
block an opponents blow as easily as
Z man picking apples off tree.
rake NTrinO and let him remain strict
ly and entirely on the defensive and not
a feather or light weight. and i might
add welterweight, living could hit him.
Too Clever to Hit.
Like all these clever fellows. how
ever, Critic could not hit In return for
his great defensive ability he lost his
punch As Peter Jackson once said:
He is too bloomin' clever 10 hit AS
/ Said before, he could not knock your
hat off If he could have punched like
our Young Corbett and at the same
time retained, his cleverness, he would
have made all the fighters of his day
look like the cheapest kind of selling
p.asters.
so, after reviewing the Hanlon-Suln-
van bout the credit belongs &c the lat
ter Not that he had any the better
over the California fighter, but because
he made so splendid a showing against
one of the greatest little men of mis-
weight in the world. and did what
many before him failed TO do-to hit
him."