Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27

here from New Zealand, saying that the
Maori was a wonderful fighter. Sullivan
always respected Mace's judgment and
worked with might and main to be ready
for the supposed killer. But Slade was
nothing but a lemon and Sullivan stopped
him in three short rounds.
SuIIy's Idea of Training.
When Sullivan was opposed to be train
ing for the kilrain fight up at William
Muldoon's place at Belfast, N. Y, he really
INDUCED in all sorts Of lodges to avoid
much hard work. He used to insist upon
having a shave, haircut and shampoo every
day and never failed to say to the country
barber as he settled back in the chair:
Take your time now, Gull. Don't hurry
this job. 1 want a rest. Seer
OF course the barber knew his business,
and Sullivan would often kill a couple Of
hours in this way, while his real trainers,
Jack Barnett and the late Mike Cleary, sat
anxiously waiting to get a crack at him.
These men were the only ones who could
induce Suliva to do any work at all.
Muldoon and Sullivan. on the other hand,
were almost always at swords points and
on several occasions nearly came to blows.
When Sullivan went out on the road for
long walks, he always insisted that his
trainers, Barnett and Cleary. should g
ahead of him, Then after covering a few
miles Sullivan's wonderful thirst would be-
gIn 10 get in its work, and the champion
would hunt up a spring where he would
gulp down perhaps half a gallon of cool
water. 1t was often the case that when he
returned to Muldoon's farm he showed an
increase in weight of four or five pounds,
to the CONSERVATION OF his handlers. The
water did it, OF course. but Barnett and
Cleary did not know It.
Another favorite loafing place of John l.,
was the cheese factory at Belfort. He used
to spend hours there watching the process
Of cheese-making, or sleeping In some dark
corner OF the factory, II was no wonder
then that Sullivan was as fat as 8 brewery
wagon driver when he faced Kilrain al
RichbuTg. Miss. II Kilrain had been in
anything like good trim himself that day
he might have carried off the champion
ship. As 1t Yves, any first class middle.
/ weight could have beaten either Sullivan
or Kilrsin. They were both stale, slow and
out OF form, in spite of the fact that they
went seventy-five rounds with bare
k-uckles. London rules. some OF the rounds
being only half Il minute long.
New Notions ON the Coast.
Sullivsn's alleged training for his mil
with Corbett at Canal Place inn was an
other farce. He did practically no work
drank all the ale he could get and slep
under the shade trees when he was sup
posed to be doing hard work. Some of hi
hackers discovered Sullivan's true condi
ton about two weeks before the mill an,
Immediately sent a barrel OF money on
through the country to be placed on Cor
bett at big odds. At least two OF his friend
were said TO have cut up $4,000. won II
this manner.
Jim Hall OF Australia was another BIZ
man who seldom did honest training for
mill. Even when he stopped Fftzsimmon
at Sydney he was not in proper fettle
There have been numerous re
garding this battle. Fitzsimmons has re
p~eatedly asserted that he laid down" Tn
following interesting account OF the mil
appeared in the Sydney Referee on Febru
airy y, 1890:
The last fight Hall will have beforY
leaving on Wednesday next was that witt
Bob F1tzsimmons, the clever and agile New
Zealander, who has been looked upon Al
one OF the smartest middleweights for tw,
years now. They fought for ElOO and tn,
gate money. Hall was all aboard in tn,
matter OF condition. having enjoyed him
self a great deal since he licked Boland anC
. confirmed his claim to the championship