The evening world., 1911-03-08
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COLUMN
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Those Sullivan Boys, lack and
: Dan, from Montana, Have
Both Made Good in New York
Now and Are Right in the
Running for the M%iddleweight
Title.

C~oyrishi. 1911. by the Pre-. Publishing o..
The New Nork World.
new branch OF the sullivan clan
has made good in New York. which
a fat | point 80 with SOY. as I took
the risk OF boosting Dan ard Jack
sullivan rather freely on the strength
OF their Western fights.
Somehow the name sullivan Ia sug-
%gest!ve OF good fighting. John l.. sulll-
van made the Sullivan family famous
all over tho world. Then there we're
Spike and Dave Sullivan. >and he Bos-
ton twins. All good lighters. these. Dan
ard Jack Sullivan Of Montana are real
lsunivans. and OF good Irish stock.
Packey Mcfarland told me tina Jack
Sullivan. who raine with him In Los
Angeles. was tho best middle-welgAt In
America He hadn'; seen Dan. II a
question. now. which OF the brothers
win go to the top first. They are both
genuine middle-w olghts. Jack fought a
ltwenty-round draw with Stanley
Ketchel. and has knocked out a lot OF
good middle an heavy weights. Ills
lnrst trial In New York was at the
lolympic Monday night. and he made
lIConnie Schmidt look like a clown in a
circus.
When tho sull!vans landed In New
York no Eastern middle weight would
make q match with them. II was a case
Of None so poor TO do them rever-
sence." who over heard Of the sIlli-
MANS? Lot them get a rep was tho
cry. The real trouble was that the
Sullivan reputation had been passed
around. and the local champions didn't
want to meet middle-welghts who mad
been fighting heavies all over the
lcountry and beating them.
Dan couldn't find q middle-weight
Opponent. SO he fought Reynolds a
dangerous heavyweight, at Browns
Last night. and knocked him out in a
lfound-a one-punoh knockout.
That m!ddle-weight title 10 running
iAyound loose like q stray dos. and "
it'the best middle-weight In America
Isn't entitled to It. who Vt
IL ONE people say that X o. Brown
hasn't any class" Perhaps not
~ Claas IL an elusive thing. hard TO
define. K. o.. Isn't clever like McFar-
LAND. Hes Just a homely little Dutch
Imam who sticks his right hand out IN
tfront and whales away. But he has a
tbsculiar habit Of winning all his hghts'
rhat would seem to indicate that he mas
lfomething, even II It isn't class"
VA year ago the best Brown ever got
lfor a ten round bout was q hundred
lAoliars.
After his last bout little X. o. went
ihome to his mother and pulling a roll
tout Of his pocket counted on four sl.eo
lbils, handed them 10 his mother and
then added seven 500 bills.
"Ach!' exclaimed Mrs. Brown. what
10 goot poy!"
'oh, put It away said X. o., land
ieet me some coffee and coffee cake
Mrs. b.. was ready for him.. Instead
lAf the usual coffee cake she had a stack
l@f charlotte russes, and IN "A minute X,
To-, forgetting all about the money. was
las happy as a pup with a big saucer OF
;pNk.
IN AMY MORGAN has had a string
OF offers from theatrical agent
- who are wild with anxiety TO sign
Brown up for a few months AZ 1850 a
week. All the country wants 10 see the
hftle Dutchman who whipped champion
iwolgast twice. II looks like easy coir
!for Brown but Morgan, who has a u
Hacious streak himself. has a notion tina
4 would be just as well to keep Brown
lAghting every week or so.
But" said a friend. arguing with
him, suppose X. o. should happen &c
lset a knockout punch dropped on his
ldhin by somebody or other. Any fighter
loan be knocked out. you know. II IN,
bunch lands Just right. And ther
iVhere'd you be? His stock would droI