The San Francisco call., 1908-03-16
Sullivan Hot After
AHeH's Scalp
Brooklyn Tommy Has Money 10
Bet That He Can Beat
Abe Again

The latest arrival among the pugi-
lists is Brooklyn Tommy Sullivan. the
only man who ever put Abe Attell
Tommy that he can repeat the trick
that he travelled all the way from st.
Louis in the hope Of securing another
chance to get at the featherweight
champion. He has $1,000 which he 10
willing and ready to post as q forfeit
to bind a match with Attell
If all other obstacles were removed
from his path. Sullivans weight may
stand in the way of a contest with At
tell. Brooklyn Tommy oan make 124
| pounds, but the 122 mark, which At
tell would undoubtedly hold out for.
is a trifle low for him When he
knocked Attell out In St Louis three
years ago, Sullivan weighed 124 and
was in great shape Since that time
he fought Abe a six round draw at Al
ton, ILL.,, and his friends say that he
won that fight also.
Sullivan is not unknown to the local
sports, having chaperoned the st.
Louis amateur boxers when they came
here to meet the Olympic club boys
shortly before the fire. Tommy wanted
to get on then, but there was no
available opponent in sight, so he was
forced to return home without donning
the mitts.
Failing to get on with Attell. Sulli-
van is willing to take chance against
Packy Mcfarland or Owen Moran. The
weight for either of these would be
much easier for him, and he admits
that he could make even q better show
ing than with Attell. If Tommy stays
around long enough he will have a
good chance to secure match with
some live one, and in the event that
he shows to advantage he figures to
have a try against a champion or a
near champion.
Battling Nelson hustled around
town yesterday in an effort to do
some good for himself In the match
making line, but his efforts were of
no avail. Bat is still hungry for q
fight with either Britt or Mcfarland
He still insists that he can show both
of them up If given the chance, and II
perseverance or hard work will do any
good the Durable Dane will surely
land, for he has been trying as hard as
he knows how since his arrival.
My proposition to meet both Britt
and Mcfarland in the same ring on
the same night still goes" said Bat
yesterday. My money Is still up, but
| it will not remain up very long, for I
/ have a contract to fight one Of the
! terrors in the northwest in Seattle
soon and I must be leaving within the
next few days. In the meantime I am
waiting for Britt or Mcfarland to say
something. The sooner they talk the
! better. Let them step forward
Joe Grim, the rubber skinned italian
who has never been knocked out by
| any man at any weight, has come to
life again. Jim Coffroth has received
letter from his manager, Harry Har-
ris, asking that Joe be given a chance
with somebody here. Joe is not par
ticular about weights, fighting ban
tams and heavy weights with equal
versatility. Joe was a great card
around Philadelphia a couple of years
ago. His last fight was with Joe
Thomas, who sent him to the hospital.
Now Joe thinks he is right again and
wants more of the gaff.
When the sheriff stopped the Muir
ply Thompson fight at the Mission
street arena on Saturday afternoon the
dream of another aspiring California
/ lightweight broke up in a nightmare.
| 1t is too bad, for Murphy gave prom
/ Use of becoming a great fighter some
day Had he been able to remove
Thompson from his path his road to
fame would have been rather level
4 one. But MS cruSnlnS QeIedl not only
put him out of the running with the
stars, but also injured him physically
| to such an extent that he never again
will be the same ready and willing
boxer he was an hour before the
battle.
Thompson was around town yester-
day shouting that he had a match
on with Battling Nelson. He was
! elated over his victory and stated that
he will go right after the champions
| now. Nelson only smiled when he
heard of Thompson's sayings. Bat is
| too busy figuring out a way to get at
Britt or Mcfarland to pay any atten-
tion to Thompson. He has nothing
against the Cyclone, but he believes
that there are better cards in store for
him and he is too busy camping on
/ their trails.
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