The Washington times., 1906-04-27
O'NEILL PROVES
A FALSE ALARM
No Match for Kid Sullivan
at Any Stage.
ANAEMIC LOOKING PERSON
Nothing Like the Husky Individual Ex-
pected-Capitalit Refused to
Knock Him Out.
ANAEMIC LOOKING PERSON
Bv THOS. S. RICE.

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Jack O'NeiH. of philadelphia and New
York. who was to fight KID Sullivan. of
Washington. fifteen rounds beefore the
Eureka Athletic Club at the Bijou The
ater. in Baltimore. last night.
He went six rounds. but refused to
start the seventh. claiming that he had
been hurt internally. He looked the
part. Jack McGuigan. his manager, and
also manager OF the National Athletic
Club, the largest fight club in Philadel-
ph1a. tried 10 make him fight another
session. but he refused. McGuigan
was wrong in doing this, for the boy
was clearly all in. and If the affair
mad continued the police would un-
doubtcdly have interfeTed- 1t does the
game no good in these parlous times
TO have man uselessly beaten, and
the spectators do not want that sort
OF thing anyhow.
An Anaemic Scrapper.
O'NeiH was expected TO prove a
husky. hardy Individual, who would
have the weight on Sullivan. They
had fought twice before in Philadel-
phia, and in both cases the Quaker
City papers gave O'Neiu the best Of it,
ONeill had also fought Tommy Lowe.
and the reports indicated that he made
the Washington man extend himself TO
the utmost.
Instead of proving to be a pocket
edition of Strong Man Farley. ONeill
turned out TO be a spindIe-legged
anaemic individual. who had all the
earmarks of being beaten before he
ever started Those who knew him
said he had made a mistake IN reduc-
ing TO the 1913 pounds called for in
the articles. but il is hard to believe
Sullivan's Bad Hand
Any handicap O'Neiu may have lab
ored under in the matter of being at too
low a weight was more than balanced by
the fact that Sullivan was fighting with
one hand. His left duke, which
was originally put out Of com
when ne hammered Jimmy Briggs
with Il, was rebroken when ne fought
INK Russell fifteen rounds IN Balti-
more some time ago 1t was only in
tair shape when he met Young Erne in
Philadelphia on Monday night and he
started the old trouble all over when
ne hit Erne with il in the second round
OF that encounter.
Sullivan depends largely on mis- left
When Y IS IN condition. but last night
al he could do was TO use the left arm
Wouidn have hit out hard with that
tad paw for all the money in the house.
KID Used Right Only.
There was not much TO the engage
ment O'Nein had stage fright and did
nothing except the style OF Ineffective
work which Is the distinguishing fea-
lure Of philadelphia fights and fighters.
he hopped ntmbly from side 10 side and
stuck out his left for the Kids face
but while two or three of these sass>
cracks were painful TO the Washing
tonian, they had absolutely no result in
The way OF making him slow up. Sui
uVdn relied entirely on his right and
dldn do a whole lot with that In
the second round ne handed O'Nefu a
right punch on the solar plexus and
from that il was only a question how
long the Philadelphian would last.
sullivan was told 10 20 in and knock ont
MS man. but he positively refused In
Qeed he kept urging McGuigan 10 take
y Neli! out of the ring. OCca sionallv he
handed Che Philadelphian a swat on the
body just 10 show him IL was no use to
commune Six -Cuuds were enough for
y Nell and the audience.
Wouldn't Take the Money.
Michigan was much chagrined by the
work Of his protege. He made d speech
saying that ne was ashamed 10 take
the money for such an exhibition and
would donate his share Of the receipts
10 the Frisco fund. cloud applause)
Inc semi -windup was between Sammy
IdrFis, sullivan trainer, and another
inulaIto, named Young jackson 1t
lasted one round Harris has ALWAYS
had reputation s a puncher. and last
night no lived up 20 II. He hit jackson
on the upper part of the Jaw so hard
that when he came to he had forgotten
that he was in 4 scrap and asked how
Il all happened.