The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-30
BY BILL BAILEY.

II looks like slow curtains for Kid Sulli-
van, the former great lightweight boxer,
who has put Washington on the map
since 1898. when he started TO earn his
living in the squared circle.
Sullivan, whose right name is Harry
Sheehy, is Washington born, and is easily
the best boxer the District has yet pro-
duced. He is at present engaged i'm bust
ness at COP Pennsylvania avenue. and
while he may meet a few more light
weights before he does the Adelini Patti
act, his best days as a boxer are over.
When somebody starts 10 dope out a
hau of pugilistic fame and pictures are
hung on the wall. Kid Sullivan. by his
grand record. is entitled 10 space in the
front row, and he'll get II. too.
one OF the Kids best friends in Wash
ington has this 10 say about him: He's
as square as die. always fights to win.
and he's good TO his family" Isn't this
about as fine q send-oh as any White man
can expect? The writer can vouchsafe
for every word Of it being true
Popular in Baltimore.
Always modest and unassuming. quiet
TO a fault. Rid Sullivan at one time was
reckoned as one Of the best iight-weights
that ever pulled on a glove The majority
of his fights were in Baltimore. under Al
Herford'S management, and SuIlivan'S
friends I'm the Monumental City are legion.
The Rid has met all the best light
weights IN the country. every mothers
son of them. Jimmy Britt, Battling Mel
son. Young Corbett, Eddie Hanlon, Matty
Baldwin. INK Russell. Jimmy Briggs,
Bert Keyes, Young DonohUe. and host
Of others. Every one OF these battles
made the crowd wake up and stare pop
eyed
Before Herford's Baltimore club in 1905,
Sullivan met Battling Nelson, the present
| Iight-weight champion in a six-round bout
and knocked him through the ropes. The
| Washingtonie had all the best of it,
! but Referee Billy Recap. true to Tine
traditions, gave his verdict a draw, for
| the reason that Nelson was hailed as the
! lightweight champion. The crowd almost
/ to a man believed that Sullivan was
| handed a raw deal
! In that same year Sullivan. in company
with Al Herford took a trip TO the Pacih.
! Coast for a twenty-round mill with Jimmy
/ Britt The bout went the limit. and Brit
was given the decision. After this SCRAP
the kid made the following statement
Britt beat me. according to the referee
/ but 7 was at least entitled 10 a draw.
gave him blow for blow, and at no stage
| Of the game did he have me in trouble
! When the Britt crowd thought they hac
me all IN" / was simply holding myself
and I'm a few more rounds BriJt woul5
! have been beaten man | want anothe,
/ crack at him"
Knocked Out Harry Scroggs.
| In 1906 Sullivan knocked out HARRY
| Scrogss and Jimmy Briggs, and gained
decisions over Austin Rice. Jack O'Neil
and kid" Goodman. The following year
! he knocked ont Young COrbett in clever
rounds beat Tommy Lowe. and lost tn,
decision in a hfteen-round mill agains
/ Matty Baldwin
I Last year. after beating Kid Seager in
| fifteen rounds. and knocking out Dummy
Decker in six. be found a stumblinz
| block in Young Donohue. who knocked
! him out in six rounds and last month ht
probably fought his last fight losing by
the knockout route to kid" Seiger. q
man he had twice beaten, in the tent
round
If there is any lightweight In the coun
! try who can show a better record thar
the one which follows let him step for
ward. Here are Kid Sullivan's importan
! fights
Bora September 6. ls79 Washington. H. c
Height, Five feet three inches. Weight l33 lbs
| Lightweight.
! lsss-WON-Jce Bernstein, rounds jos Bern