The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-31
CLEVER SULLIVAN
SHOWS Up Strong
Local Lightweight Wins Back
erS by Defeating Tough
Joe Gregg.

Pete Sullivan's many friends in the
lntermountain country are pleased over
the showing made by Pete ageinst
Gregg at Sacramento. The Sacramen-
to Bee says about the fight:
The battle between Peter Sullivan
and Indian Joe Gregg at the Old Pa
vilion last night was one of class YER
sus strength, in which class won. Sui
livan had the cleverness and the In
dian the strength, and when Sullivan
was given the decision by Referee Will
liam Mccartney at the end of the twen-
tieth round everybody in the house was
satisfied.
Gregg was clearly outpointed. Sulli-
van fought a cleaner and cleverer fight,
and landed more clean blows. The In
dams principal stock In trade was his
rushing tactics. He has remarkable
strength, and is exceedingly fast. Time
and again he would rush Sullivan clear
off his feet with a rapid-fire series of
blows to the body with both light and
left, and when Sullivan would protect
his body. Gregg would turn his blows
to Sullivan's head. But Sullivan with
stood these rushes wonderfully well.
unhurt, and would come back at the
Indians head with an exchange of
rights and lefts. Early in the fight he
drew blood from Gregg's face, and the
continual hammering he kept up cn 1t
made it as raw as a beefsteak toward
the latter part of the fight.
Gregg No Match in cIeVerness.
The Indian is far from a scientific
e.,
with the knowledge of the ring that
Sullivan has, he looked as though he
has not yet mastered some of the rudi-
ments of the game. He was often wild
in his swings, and many of them never
came within several feet of landing on
his opponent. He was unable to pro-
tect his head from Suilivan's left jab.
He relied mainly on his strength aid
his repeated rushes with numerous
blows to Suilivan's body. His work
would undoubtedly have worn down a
less clever man than Sullivan. The
fight was a whirlwind from start to
finish. The men were in action every
second of the time. That they both
stood the fast pace for the full twenty
rounds showed that they were in excel
lent condition.
Referee Mecarney's Statement.
Referee Mccartney made the following
statement as to why he gave Sullivan
the decision:
Sullivan was given the decision on
points. He outpointed Gregg all the
way. He struck more clean blows.
Gregg, on the other hand. used fouling
tactics all the way through. If l eau
toned him once, 1 must have cautioned
him a hundred times. He swung Sulli-
h. 81, he ri ~.
step on his feet, and he gave him the
elbow. In fact. he used everything in
the book on Sullivan. The latter, on
the other hand, was never cautioned
once, but fought q clean fight.
Il couldn't stop the fight because Of
Gregg's tactics, because his offenses
were not serious enough. and then that
would have been unsatisfactory to the
crowd. There were only four rounds
that were decidedly in Gregg's favor.
These were the fourth, twelfth, thir-
teenth and nineteenth. Four rounds
were practically even and the rest
were all in favor of Sullivan"
The showing made by Peter Sullivan
in his fight with Indian Joe Gregg has
caused somewhat of a demand for a
bout between the Fall River boy and
Howard Baker of Boulder. Sullivan
proved himself a very clever fighter
and the fight followers would like to see
him and Baker go through a mill. Sui
Ivan claims a decision over Baker, but
the chances are that the Boulder boy
has improved since that fight.
Frank Mantell was a strong hacker
of Sullivan and managed 10 get down
several good sized wagers. Mautell
started In the game with Sullivan in
/ the east, and was satisfied that he could
outpoint Gregg.