The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-04-07

nacious quartet. thought that he was.
But n few minutes fistic converse
with our own Willie Moody took that
belief out OF jeremiah and he has
never regained his faith in his person.
al ability TO make a dent in contem.
porary fistiC history.
However. back TO Dan. Statistically
speaking, Daniel stands 3 feet 10R
inches in his stockings, and has seen
twenty.six summers pass over his
youthful head.
When he fights he tips the bar of
the scales at 1jS pounds, and claims,
with propriety and truth, too, that he
is a legitimate middleweight. or his
prowess as n disciple of fisticuffs one
must learn later.
Until his forthcoming argument with
Billy Berger he has fought dozen
times. Each was victory. In his
twelve fights he has never known the
sensation Of the ominous ten" being
tolled over his prone body.
Has Never Been Staggered.
| Indeed, he has never felt the punch
that made his knees sink with help
less until he toppled to the floor to
await the count Of nine" to rise stag
gering to his feet.
Dan himself states that he has never
been smote with such fierce attack
that he was even daZed.
But, historically, the fighting cpl
sodes in the life Of Sullivan are scarce
ly worth an extended mention. But
his general athletic prowess Is such
to mark him as a considerable boy in
that particular field.
Sullivan was born in little town
known as O'Neill. Neb. AS a boy he
was a rugged chap and naturally took
to athletics. He devoted himself to no
particular form, but gave his efforts to
many diversified forms of many.ave.
nued sport
Dan began, Of course, as a simon.
pure amateur. His success became a
matter Of such neighborhood moment
about the town in which he was born
that he early was looked upon with
considerable respect. even by those
whose athletic activities took them out
of the horizon Of the little Nebraska
community.
The Sullivans slipped away from Ne
braska several years ago and went
into Montana. Here a larger field OF
endeavor was offered to Dan. Here
he found athletic clubs appointed in
the best of style and furnished with
the necessary paraphernalia to be
reckoned as splendid organizations In
every respect
In AIl.Around Championships.
1t was nuts to Dan to join one oil
them. He speedily became reckoned
as one Of the best athletes in Butte
Local meets always found him In the
list of prize winners, and his trophy
room looked like jewelers..
Along in 1905 Portland, in the neigh
boring state of Oregon, wanted tt
show its appreciation of the explorers
who comprised the Lewis and Clarl
expedition that revealed to the coun
try the fertility, the wealth and the
nature Of that great part of the north
west.
So a gigantic exposition was held
Here, too, the national amateur ath
letic championships were held in con
nection with the exposition. Athletes
I ed to the Oregonian city. Sullivan
went with the team from Butte.
He entered the all-around champion
4 ships, and in this strenuous competi
ton finished fourth. He won the pol
vault with flight of II feet over tn
I bar. He was first also in the higl
jump with leap over the stick OF
feet inches, and also took the JUNO
a 56-pound weight throwing for distanc
I with putt of "a feet.
After the exposition. and when tn
g American team to visit the 1906 Olyn
i pic games was made up, Sullivan wa
e taken as member. He made the tri
e TO Athens with the team and engage
p in the heavyweight wrestling contes
n He tussled two and one-half hour
|, without fall, against the TOUCHES
opponent in the competition.
g Becomes PusiIist.
S After a short period in amateu
wrestling, when he reached home b
e found the step into professional rank
X an easy one TO make. He had a SUI
t, cessful career as a professional, b,
g when the game seemed to be ebbin
D. decided that he would take up som
q other branch of commercial activity.
n Professional pugilism seemed natu
Is ally the next move, and into fistiar
y Montana Dan went. His career in tn
p form of sport has also proved as su
Re cessful as his efforts in other field
rs Through the west he is known as
at Hercules who disdains to pick oppo
vi ents according TO weight.
s. Anything that savors of heavyweig
s or middleweight does for Dan. He hi
match with Pueblo Jim Flynn, wi
IN has forty pounds on this lad. TT
1c match fell through. Then Dan shoe
tn the west. Hense his appearance he
as tonight at the National.
to Creighton Wins at Basketball.
is CreiEhtOn Eeb. April l-SDecial