The Washington herald., 1916-10-23


other day, an he says you're all wrong
in your last article about Joe Bateman
bein' tn referee who got skeered an flew
Z Baltimore without givin' no decision
at tn Demar-Peyton scrap a few years
ago. He says twas Jake Kilrain.
Well. Lon. Jerry oughta know. He's
saw every fight that's took place since
Cain knocked out Abel, an a few of his
cronies say he was snoopin' around then
But speakin' OF fighters. There's two
boys livin' right here t'day who had as
much T. do with putin Washington on
tn fight map as any. Kid Sullivan an
Tommy Lowe are tn two I refer to, an
If you'll listen T. me they was two
mighty tough birds"
Back in 1898 If you'd told tn George
town folks that young Harry Sheehy,
who worked up to his uncle's place o.
business, was gonna turn out t be tn
famous Kid Sullivan they woulda had
you arrested. but such was tn case. an
like all sensible Irish lads, after goin'
out in tn world an maxim good at his
game by f1ghtin' all corners for nigh on
to thirteen years, he hikes back to his
uncle's an settles down t business
Space won't allow a full list Of KID
sullivan's great battles. but he has had
many. His outstandin' performance was
tn game tussle he had with Jimmy
out in San Francisco in 1905. He sure
give tn classy Californian all he was
after an only lose tn decision in twenty
rounds on a few pesky points.
Early IN his career he went twenty
tough rounds with turrihle Billy Whistler
over in Baltimore. an believe me, thcy
was some rounds. You shoulda saw him
when he come home! Old Rip Van Win
kle didn't know him. an when he went
IN th' ward his dov dI6p't
him.
A few Of tn good ones he took care OF
in his twelve years O. sCra ppin' included
Dave Deshler. Jimmy Briggs. an KID
Goodman O. Boston. Australian Cham
zion Harry Stone ~ roundS, Frankie
Madden Go rounds), Kid Broad q rourde)
Knocked TIL young outa Young Corbett
twicet in Q an II rounds Fought Matty
Baldwin { a draw. Beat Bert Keves o.
Moo York down in Savannah in IS rounds
Win three six-rourd bouts from Young
Erne at PhiladelNhia. Went twicet with
Harry Lewis, oncet n draw. an win oncet
in Is rounds. Beat Grover Hayes O. Chi
cago twicet 90 an Il rounds). Whipped
Joe Bernstein, former lightweight cham
pion out at tn Spa Club in s rounds. Got
a big surprise hut a decision over Danny
Lewis "a roundsO Got tn best O. Tommy
Lowe a couple O timoe. an then ended
a great career by Iosin' to tn same fighter
In 1913 after a hot l5-round bout.
But I reckon tn Washington fight fans
won't never forget when he fought INK
Russell over IN Baltimore I'm 1905. AL
Herford, who had charge OF tn affair
kept holdin' It of so that Lew Fields an
his show folks could take It ell in. there
by causin' tn 800 Washington enthusiasts
{ miss tn last train an have { come
home with tn milk cans" This was a
turrible fight an ended in a draw. both
lads havin' { stay in tn hospital for
nearly two weeks. Kid Sullivan was a
game III fighter an never knowed when
he was beat
Ya just mentioned Jerry McCarthy's
name. Well. about twelve years ago
this same Jerry Mccarthy was arm
himself in front O. Pat O'Connor's place
when he see liz Barney Rosenbaum. son
O. Mrs Rosebaum, who kept a clothin'
store next door. lambastin' "daylights"
out OF a big black 1S-pOund hod car
rier, who'd insulted Barncy's mother. In
fash Jerry shifted tn "makin's,"
waited til Barney got through, grabbed
tn kid by TIL shoulder locked him up
in tn stable. put him to tn test. show
ed him a few points. rechristened him
Tommy Lowe, an turned out a great
fighter
Tommy made good from tn jump an
in his long career fought over 200 battles.
His first fight was with Danny (O'Briem
Lewis on St. Patrick's Day In 1904 Jerry
Mccarthy managin,' Ed Roche, refereein'.
an as Tommy had become a full fledged
Irishman twas a great day for tn green.
Jerry told me onCet that when Tommy
first started in he come home one night
lookln' like he'd been run over, an with
out q cent in tn kick. When Mrs
Rosenbaum inquired Of this kid what he'd
been up to, an Tommy had told her
that he'd only been fightin'. she started
in an finished tn Job. This made
Tommy mad, so, after maxim good In
his next setto he hot footed for home
an THROWN one hundred Iron men"