Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-23
MELODY AND
SULLY AWAIT
BATTLE HOUR
Welters Expected to
Go Fast
Both Boys Have Much to Gain by Win,
ming Tonight's Scheduled Affair at
Maud unetIon-"Honey" Has
Knockout Record


they part for the second time there
should occur something worth talking
about Promptly at the stroke of this
afternoon Sully and Melody will climb
on the scales at a local bath house in
order to prove that they have reached
las pounds.
Then there will come the second
meeting at Maud Junction pavilion this
evening, when these two gladiators of
the cultured Hub will endeavor to prove
that while one Bostonian walloper may
be good, another is better. Mike Sulli-
van will probably experience unusual
sensations when he lines up with Mel
lody.
Time was when Honey boy considered
it a privilege to have Mike don the
gloves with him and imbibe of the
Twins knowledge. Gradually Honey
drifted away from his tutor and soon
Mike began to hear rumors of a new
welterweight doing scandalous things
to hitherto renowned contemporaries.
Now 1t has come to pass that teacher
and pupil are to face each other. Has
the pedagogue withheld that which
may earn him a victory tonight, or did
Honey learn all that the Twin could
teach him?
Conservative ring patrons are asking
themselves why Melody is being held
an $40 favorite over Mike Sullivan.
So far as can be reckoned the odds
stand as a result of Mellody's hold on
the welter championship, which he an
nexed from Joseph Walcott, the Bar
BADGES demon, who in his live days
handled heavyweights along with those
of his own class.
Mellody's list of engagements shows
that great majority have been won
via the knockout route. He has par
ticipated in over fifty battles and in
that time Sustained nv
Buddy Ryan and Joe Thomas were the
two who landed blows which were of
the non-inSomnia order. Ryans VIC
tory, however, was of very fluky ma
ture, coming as it did in the first round,
with Melody taken badly off guard.
Melody Consistent
That Melody is consistent ringster
may be judged when a glance is taken
at his record with Jack O'Keefe, whom
many held to be world beater at
one time.
Honey first met O'Keefe at Chicago
April H. 1904. O'Keefe earned six
round decision. Melody then went to
the grind again and knocked out Mar
tin Duffy in four rounds at Chicago.
George Memsic (Jimmy Burns), who
also labored in the windy place, suf-
fered a six-round loss to Melody.
Confidence regained, Melody again
hooked up with O'Keefe at Butte, June
13. This time the men went twenty
rounds to a draw Chicago clamored for
another meeting of the boys and Octo-
ber IA of the same year Melody gained
ten-round decision over O'Keefe.
This loss ranked in Jacks brain and
he hankered for final setto with the
fast coming Melody Disastrous indeed
was the affair. O'Keefe went to sleep
in fourteen rounds at Spokane, Novem-
Der "a. 1906
AS K K K illustrates the Melody
record page, so w w w is revealed
where they tell of Mike Sullivan's do
ings. To the uninitiated be it known
that K means knockout, while w in
dicates decision received. A perusal
of the dope sheet shows that Mike
started on his career by taking thir-
teen decisions Then, to add a little
spice, Sully scored a brace of knock
outs.
Joe Cans was the man that interfered
with Mikes upward rise, though not
to an altogether great extent. Sully's
first experience with the colored Won
der occurred at Baltimore, September
16, 1905, and resulted in q draw.
1t will be remembered that Cans
later scored two knockouts over the
Twin. The last, which occurred at
Chutes park, one rainy night, can
scarcely be termed true test. Fol-
lowers of the ring recall the San
Francisco fight trusts attempted and
disastrous invasion of Los Angeles.
With the knowledge that he was to
receive very little If anything for his
appearance Sullivan, after a long de-
lay, entered the ring and went out in
the tenth round of a listless battle
which did not appear any too savory
cerned. At that, Joe Cans is the su-
perior of Mike Sullivan.
Because Honey" Melody is known
as knockout artist he has been placed
as favorite over Sullivan, whose hit
ting powers have not been a feature
of ring annals. What should make
Melody supporters more confident than
ever lies in the fact that Honey" has
intimated a desire to loom as a clever
boxer, and he believes that should the
battle go twenty rounds he will have
earned a decision.
At the same time Melody appears
confident that Charley Eyeton will not
be called upon to render a verdict, and
he asserts that every round will wit
ness him earnestly endeavoring to
cradle the willy Twin.
Melody dropped in from the East
Side gymnasium yesterday and was
present at the fighter-scribes baseball
game. Honey" did not join in the
sport but watched the proceedings
Those who remember Joe Green will
recognize a sameness of expression
between the two boys which is rather
striking. Honey" went a distance on
the road yesterday morning and will
timber up a bit this morning. With
Manager Johnny Rooney, Melody will
come down town for the weighing-in
process and return Immediately to his
camp.
II ever a boy appeared trim and fit.
Mike Sullivan looks the part. Always
of a Spartanlike disposition Mike needs
but little training to bring him around.
He has a great respect for Melody,
and, according to pre- battle talk, does
not anticipate winning by other than
the decision route. Melody is tough
and as Mike has a liking for the long
way, he should win ife at all by the
decision route
No one but Joe Thomas is the op-
ponent which the winner OF tonight s
ARRAY must meet. Joe Is admittedly
a strong man and already holds a score
against Melody, though the latter in
ha led