The Washington times., 1905-07-23
SULLNAN'S FIGHT
PLEASED FRIENDS
Made Britt Go Harder Than
Ever Before.
DESERVES GREAT CREDIT
Carried the Fight All the Way,
But Could Not Hit Fast
Enough.
BY TOM ROLAND.

POSSIBLY Inere never was q, tight the
results of which were so accurately
anticipated as that between Jimmy
Britt and Kid Sullivan, In San Fran
cisco. on Friday night
The betting Of to 10 on Britt indi-
Gated the public sentiment and also the
feeling OF the men in Washington who
have followed the career of Sullivan
and have studied that of Britt. 1t was
realized that the Western boy was en-
tlrely too clever for his opponent but
experts familiar with Sullivans stay
ing powers knew almost to & dead
moral certainty that he would not be
Put to sleep, but would stay the twenty
rounds and lose the decision on points
Deserves Credit.
But, although he lost, Sullivan should
be given great credit for the showing
he made. AS was predicted in The
Times. he never let up. but carried the
fight TO his man all the time with
dogged persistency, ever coming back
with q dangerous swing, and requiring
at all stages the closest attention Of
his opponent. Britt is. from all ac-
counts. an unusually Slever boxer. but
there was no stage when he did not
have to use every trick with which he
was familiar to hold his own and stand
off the despised youngster who has
come to the front so suddenly in the
past eighteen months.
The result of Sullivan's tenacity was
that the critics are practically unani-
nous in saying that Britt gave the best
fight OF his career. II takes a good
man to make a good man furnish an
exhibition that can be characterized IN
such a manner, and the friends of Sulli-
Of his cloo
Inhghting Hurt Britt.
AS was predicted, Sullivan relied
largely upon infighting. and the re-
ports are unanimous in saying that he
Inflicted considerable execution upon
the Californian. This was to be ex-
pected from the physical conformation
OF the Washington scrapper. He has
Gverdeveloped shoulders and arms, and
while he can deliver q pile-drlver blow
il. clinch that would Inconvenience
even a heavyweight. he is practically
precluded from giving the quick snappy
jolt that knocks out. He has made a
number of good men back up when he
got busy with that one-arm-free stunt.
and Jimmy Britt probably has good
reason to feel glad today that he pre-
pared carefully for the match with an
antagonist whom all the alleged wise
men derided.
S None of the weird ability of Sullivan
to deliver short-arrn blows which was
touted around by correspondents who
needed the money as being developed
while the Kid was in Frisco material
lied, Instead, all the indications are
that he fought in his usual style, re-
lying upon jabs and swings of a style
, hich prevailed when Iem Mace was
an amateur. As matter OF fact, Sui
liVan never Will learn any other style,
partly because he has been using that
second place because he is not so
physically proportional that he could
successfully adopt different method
OF boxing
Blood Meant Nothing.
Great stress is laid in the dispatches
upon the fact that Sullivans nose be-
gan to bleed early in the fight and that
he spilled much blood. This really
amounts to nothing. If you speak
harshly 10 him or the landlady refuses
him a second cup of coffee his nose
will begin to bleed. He was never in a
scrap that this same thing did not hap
who nave attended the bouts around
here. or have gone TO Baltimore To see
him In the ring, paid no attention TO the
fact that the other fellow drew first
blood.
Couldn't Follow Advantage.
In the thirteenth round Sullivan land
ed a solar plexus blow on Britt which
caused the Frisco lad 70 back off and
fight wildly 10 save himself. That was
SuInvan's chance. but he has shown
over and over again that he cannot ae-
cept such an opportunity offered him
by the gods. In his ten-round fight with
eddie HanlOn in Baltimore and in his
bout Of the same duration with Nelson
in Baltimore he had similar openings
which Il really clever man would have
utilized 70 finish an exhausted rival, /
bur Sullivan was born with heavy feet
whirh prevent him from getting around
quickly. and II IS that unfortunate dis /
biiity which has caused his friends on
numerous occasions to throw up their
hands at the manner in which he has /
failed 10 clinch battles already won.
A Bulldog Fighter.
II is true. that under tie tuteIage Of |
Joe Cans and the other boxers of the /
Herford stable Sullivan has improved /
very decidedly in boxing and footwork. /
but he can never hope to become ii star /
IN either. He is simply bulldog fight
er. who goes att57::~ man from begin +
ming 10 end. and therefore he does not /
shine in short bouts of six or ten rounds /
should finish fights be re-esta bIishad /
there would be chance for Sullivan TO /
rise 10 the top round. for there are few |
H. the game who could stand the garf /
fs lCug as he
8r.tt. according to some reports,
-ccKcd Sullivan cold for several sec
, .44S This was quite feat for the ra-
"a =, son In all the fights IN which /
.'- seen him, Sullivan has never been
..t,Eed cold but once and that was In
second engagement with Tommy
- q few days after he returned from /
80 where he was sparrinR partner
-ue Cans when Cans lost to Britt on
.sul
..i.van Recovered.
.enGny brought a right over to the
g. which put the Kid away as com
..-..e.y as any pug ever was For eight
lsords he laid straight out with his /
j ce to the floor and his arms stretched /
{ n in the form of Il cross, but on the |
guLt of nine he came to life. and be- i
fgre the fatal ten was called he was on
his feet covering as well as he could and
taking the punishment until the end of
the round He lost the fight on points,
but afteTWard went in and beat DAILY
TO q standstin.
A dispatch received from San Fran
cisco says that Sullivan did not break
ais hand in the tenth round. as he claim
cd. but that he injured 1t. and that may
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