The sun., 1916-09-24
MODERN DAVID
NO NOVELTY IN
BOXING SPORT
For Ages Little Men Have
Always Held Their Own
Against Heavier.
WAS READY
FOR ANY OPPONENT
p, II VETERAN.

~ THE VETERAN.
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Inc sue'ess Vi ""
like Jack Dillon. BOD Mona ana bat'nhs
I+yInsky. who have disposed Of heavy
veiehts having the advantage of many |
rounds, seems to have created the inn
nression tina, the feats Of these moiern !
Jark the Giant Killers are unparalleled
i, tho annals of pugilism. /,
No greater error could he made. for
IN. history Of the roped square IL replr,e /,
.,,b ,xa,nples of the good little ma \" .
hea,ins bic opponeuts, some of who {,
cam. under the classification OF good
hv mon"
As a matter of fac, the achievements ,
a, tho ,i,tle fellows a quarter of a CEN !
,,,v 400 .xr,Iled thos,. Of IN, nresen, /
A.. I Iiii,,,Ians I'm a marked degree !
r,ona ,l. forn,sr rinys,ars uho nevcr |
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MhchelIs battIes Win 'he Bos'oH
s.ronS boy John |. sullivan. Illustrate
,riumphed over superior. avoirdupois
M'vn''S NJ aI'"'r'n'' "sa'nst "u'-
wan was ~ ''""'s"n 'puh'. ,'"r"'" "n
Nay ~ 'r>". an" "" rhensnnan n"'
me ns Cow ia, on hs "a'N III 'he
"sr io"n" u d .,"an hh'y.n'"n.
rms ehrdse" Su!'i'an' wa" "eeah "A
series 81 rrshes a, NJ" smaller opponent
Hhh 'he oo''ct "t a~naihu"tlnS nm. "u'
without doins any! special damage.
Mitchell came through tn" second round
"ltHoa' mGch trouble ana VAS holdnk
his own IN Ia" .h'rd when taief OF Police
WlH.inr'. u tender hearted man. VINO
carried = c!ub merely hs an ornament.
became convinced that sullivan would
say Mitchell ana SO he stori'"d TIE bout.
Ihe 'c'ords say mat sullivan won the
h'':;. hui how he az 81 does w. aprA'r
- the ie1!!s. ~hich indicate that
Ni'tA-!i nI'.'N!;ted the American cham
i.oa ..!ing tie time they were in the
rrg.
"'''""'' TOO s'eNer sor JONI" BE
TIE t,,rs }: Chief Williams .1pear %
la. cen sraundi.ss. as he re.u,; OF
IN ,"au.GIv Er,,,. a, \t,rci, IA 1853
Indicated tina. :lie larger man 'ad no
chance OF seriously inju ing his smaller
opponent. The American weighed 200
pounds when he entered The rims ~
Chaat.!'y. while Mitchell. then AT his
best. scaled i6G pounds.
The men tough, under London rules.
with bare hands and on the turf. Su!,I-
van started the battle with the same
rushing, plunglng tactics that marked
his work in Madison Square Garden, bu:
the agile. clever and brainy Mitchell
avoided all the clumsy rushes OF sullivan
And At every opening sent in singing
jabs and hooks.
Mitchell drew frst blood in the eighth
round and gradually wore down Sulii-
van. who exhausted himself In his ef-
forts 20 land a knockout punch on the
Englishmar.
During the bout a drizzling rain be-
gan to fall. and sullivan blamed his
failure to win on the rain. which, he
said. chilled him SO he could not fight
with any vigor.
There was. however, no lack OF vlgor
OF the part Of the Briton, VINO certainty
was stripped TO the waist ike sullivan
and was not protected from the rain by
a macintosh.
Beginning with the thirticth round
speed with which Mitchell carried him
along ana the constant shower Of blows
rained on the American.
Money Helped Decide.
While the thirty-ninth round wos in
progress Su,liyan's chief second went 70