The Washington herald., 1911-02-06
DIAMOND, PADDOCK, RINGSlDE
Anniversaries Tomorrow, February Z

| Cor,nsht. 1911 by the American Press Ncwal
| THE DIAMOND.
| IN MEMORIAM.
| 1sS-Edward Sullivan. professional pitch h
er. run over by a locomotive and killeI
at Pittsburg Pa.
| 19lN-Adams Crockcr. wcll-knowr
| player with Harvard University team
on which he played i'm 1875. 1854. and 1SS;
as outfielder and later as catcher. dice
at Fitchburg. Mass, February Z, 1910
iyas-"Rubc'' WaddelI. sold outright by
Athletics to St. Louis Americans.
THE PADDOCK.
| IN ME.MORIAM.
1SS-Samuel Powers, n noted turfman
died at Decatur. Ill. aged seventy.
1SS.-Stallion Mohican died near TerrC
, Haute. Ind. Mohican was owned by w.
R. Mckecn, Of Edgewood Stock Farm.
; and is said to have cost his owner $l7 On0
in 1887. when he bought him from J. d.
Yeomans. of Buffalo. n. Y. He was the
st-known stallion Of his day in Indi-
ana.
131-FireStonc. sold to T. H. Williams
for $4,000 by S. c. Hildreth. Said to have
cost Hildreth only $3.50. but was one of
4 string of eight winning youngsters
19H-English thoroughbred stallion CYL
lenc, bought for $4,000 by Mrs. Cheval-
icr. owner of the Ojo del Aqua (sprinG of
water) Stock and Breeding Farm in Argen-
tina 1t was she who paid $4,000 for the
stallion Pietermaritzberg. that died jan
uary 6. 1905, and Cyllene is intended to
replace him. There were lU3 brood mares
on tire Chevalier farm in 1905
THE RINGSIDE.
1sas-Tom Hyer beat Yankee Sullivan
Cor $4,000 purse at Rock Point, Mo
1SSe-John L. Sullivan beat Paddy
Ryan in nine rounds at Mississippi City.
Miss. for the championship of America
and 4 purse of 5000.
1Ss0-Charles Mitchell beat Jem Mace
in four rounds for a 5000 purse at Glas-
gov, Scotland:
Cal Mccarthy drew with George Dixon
in fight with two-ounce gloves in sew
enty rounds. lasting four hours and thirty
minutes, at Boston, Mass
Heroes Of the Olden Time.
If February were remarkable for moth
ing more than being the anniversary of
the fight between Tom Hyer and James
(iYankee'D Sullivan. that would be con-
siderable distinction. On a bitter cold
day at Rock Point, Md, not far from
Baltimore. at about 4 o'clock in the aft
ernoon, there was fought one of the
strongest fights in the history of the ring.
The ground was covered with hard snow
and the ring was pitched in the open air
Fences supplied the posts and Sullivan's
yacht. the Wing, gave her halyards for
ropes. Between the rounds the men had
hot bricks applied to their feet for
inches, and weighed only 15 pounds
Hyer. with his feet and liz inches.
weighed 175 pounds. Sullivan was clearly
overtrained. yet his hackers let him go
In, trusting to his courage, endurance,
and ShiftineSs to win out. The battle
went sixteen rounds, and lasted II min
utes and Is seconds. Sullivan was so bad
ly hurt that after the fight he was taken
to Mount Sinai Hospital, in Baltimore.
In the fifteenth round Hyer twisted Sui
livan's arm so as to wrench it from the
Sullivan's head under his left arm. and
with his right beat his face out of all
recognition. The fight was for a purse of
Sl0,eO and the championship.
Handled without Gloves.
Down in Mississippi City, Miss, on Feb
ruary z. 1SS2, in a ring pitched on the lawn
in front of Barnes Hotel. John L. Sulli-
van and Paddy Ryan. tie TROY Terror"
fought for a purse of 5000 and the cham
pionship Of America. Just before the
fight Ryan laid a ringside bet of $1,000
with Sullivan. A great crowd saw the
fight begin at 1856 in the afternoon Billy
Madden and Joe Goss handled Sullivan,
while Tom Kelly and Johnny Roche look
ed out for Ryan. Harry Hill held the
stakes. The men were evenly matched:
Ryan weighed 1888 and Sullivan 195. Ryan
made a brave fight. but John L. had it on
him from the start. In the ninth round
sullivan's right landed so often to jaw
and temple-bare knuckIes, too-that
Ryan soon lay in q heap, and his seconds |
ossed up the sponge.