The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-01

batterirg swings to face and body and
sending his man down.
III tho Ihirty-gcTcnth round even Sui
Iivans friends could gee that the tide
had turned strongly against him and they
GrcW restless. swarfnins close about the
ropes. yelling at MorTissey and thre8ten-
ing disturbance. John paid attention
ana when Sullivan led weakly to the face
he rushed. bearing Yankee" back irrs-
ne lifted him clear OF the ground pre-
pairing for "A heavy fall that hardly could
nave failed to end the battle. The Suli-
van supporters. however took this instant
TO swarm over and through the ropes I'm
q wiling. clawing mob. and the two
lighters disappeared under the invading
wave. Great confusion followed. the men
were separated and swept out of the ring
and in the midst OF the uproar the referRt
gave tho decision 10 Morrissey. His spe-
cine reason was that Sullivan had left
the ring first and without awaiting In
structions. Whatever the exact facts.
which were long disputed. there wac no
uoupt mat Morrlssey was far i'm the lead
and deserved the victory. The fight had
lasted fifty-1ve minutes
M2rrssey's only subsequent appearance
In the prize ring was with John C. Hee-
nan. the "Benicia Boy" who later drew
with Tom Sayers. the great little
| worlds champion. He whipped Heenan
announced that he would never there
after step within the ropes. lie kept that
| resolve though he did not mean that ne
| would never fight again John Morrlssev
| without some Kind OF 2 fight in prosnect
would have been lke a diamond without
the sparkle lie fought as occasion arose
| through life.
He was successful with his gambling
| houses in New York and Saratoga and
at one time was said TO be worth million
dollars. He lost half OF IL in the crash
| OF Black Friday" and much OF the rest
| through unfortunate speculation. Com
rnodorc Vanderbilt stood his frlsnd and
aided him out OF several difficulties.
Morrissey always had taken active part
/ in politics, and in 1866 ne was elected 10
congress ny the Democrats from the Fifth
| district. Boss Tweed was then in full
| power and Morrissey owed the nomina-
| ton 20 him, but the mans innate non
esty and pugnacity would not permit him
10 be time server for any one. and before
the end OF his first term hs began 10
develop another fight. this with Tammauy
! Hall. Tweed did not want 20 rcnomi-
nate him, but Morrissey was too popular
| with his constituents and he went back
! in 1868
From this time on he became the Bit
! ter and ayowed enemy of Tweed ring"
and he threw himself into the struggle
| with the same dogGed tenacity and de-
termination that had characterized him
! as prize fighter. He was one OF the
| leaders OF the young Democracy revolt
OF 49,! and lent every assistance TO Gree
Icy, Tilden and others vino were bent up
on freeing the city from its tyrants.
When Tammany Hall passed under tho
control OF John Kelly. Morrissey was still
| again at outs with the powers and Kelly
attempted discipline by eSpeIlinG him
| from Tamma1y. Just such move was
necessary to put Morrissey In n lighting
| frame OF mind. and in 1875 lle ca me for
ward as an independent candidate for the
state senate. His popularity and good
public record won him support from tho
voters OF all parties and he won. He re-
peated the victory in 1875 and 1917. The
| campaign OF 1877 was hot and In n close
| race the man who had never known ia
| tiGuc spared his marvellous physique
| overtTicd himself. Hc died in MAY, 1875.
| Morrissey's political career. like that Of
| his pugilstic days. was free from stain.
| While conscious of his limitations and re-
| framing from pushing himself forward,
! he was always careful To act honestly and
TO the best OF his Judgment. For the rest
| he was, first and last, 6ghter and Il
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