El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-25

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write It Tell Clark I told you to"
Thus youthful eagerness gets his op-
portunity from the Unborn timidity Of
the perfect physical man.
Sullivan Meets the Prince.
Many men from this grand republic
have met royalty, and your narrator
has witnessed many such meetings,
as correspondent Of the sun in Lon
don The 1reeborn American usually
prepares carefully, shivers all the
time and talks about it ever after.
When the prince Of Wales, the late
king Edward. met Sullivan, he met
one American who took his American
man
Tn going TO lunch with the prince
Whatn I wear?" he asked the writer
who was the only newspaper man
at the ensuing sparring match.
Sullivan was advised to 20 as he
was-shiny silk hat, black frock coat
NO" said he, "a man in a dress suit
is ready for anything. I'll wear my
dress suit" And he did, with en-
broidered shirt and three diamond
studs that must have surprised the
young men Of the Guards Club" who
entertained him at luncheon TO make
sure that he kept his promise to spar
before the king. They had been
warned that he might not appear at
the last moment Was Sullivan en-
barrassed. with his dress suit? No.
He felt sorry for the others. The
prince was not at luncheon, but was
waiting for Sullivan at the ringside |
in the fencing club. just opposite I
Marlborough house, in st. James |
street
Said the princes equerry. Il want /
to present you to his royal highness"
The fighting prince American walked /
over, shook hands-his hand at least
three times the size of the gentle I
Guelph fist-and said, Pleased to /
meet you I've often heard of you" ]
SulliTan's one idea was to make the /
prince OF Wales feel at his ease, II he 4
could. He spoke to the heir appar-
ent Just as he would have spoken TO /
the mayor Of Omaha, affably in a ton
that meant to convey 7 consider you
almost as good as I am. even II
could knock you or any other man
dead with a punch"
Wanted n Real Battle.
On that historic occasion, which was
bitterly denounced by the low church
papers when the sun brought the
news to London. there were two
heavyweight English champion, in
training to fight Kilrain, boxed with
old ALI Greenfield; Sullivan with his
sparring partner Jack Ashton
Before the exhibition began Sulli-
van, his hand on the princes shoul-
der. said: Would you like to see a
real fight? I'm just off the ship. fat
and out Of training. as you can see
There's your heavyweight English
champion, trained 10 the fighting
point and going to fight next week.
I don't want any exhibitions. Tell
him to get in the ring with me. If
1 don't knock him out in two rounds
I'll go back 10 America
BY all means" said his r H.
Most interesting"
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floor was not more than 16 feet
square. In such a ring no man could
live with Sullivan, even then and fail
as he was-about go pounds. The
English champions manager said Il
would be too distressing a spectacle
for MS royal highness, and it would
have been-alsO for the English
champion.
@Ask for Me-
So Smith spared with Greenfield,
old enough to be his father.
Sullivan spared with Jack Ashton
and, getting interested. forgot for !
and accidentally knocked him {
to the princes satisfaction.
heard you were in Boston when I
was a young Teller" said Sullivan.
prince, most interesting city"
Wei, when you come again you
want TO ask for me-" said Sullivan in
his most condescending tones-and I
lnaI was over The prince had met ]
one democrat from America
Sullivan believed in himself He I
believed that he was the greatest
man that ever Hved-and he
probably was the best since the days {
Of Du Guesciin- II he had lived then.
he would have ridden in armor over
regents at the battle Of Pavls, and I
little boys would be taught now all '
that he did. II
30 Rounds in France.
When he fought SO rounds with {
bare fists in France he simply raced I
around the ring after Mitchell fine I
athlete and Of great courage, but too !
wise to let Sullivan get near. At that I
time Sullivan had broken one wrist, l
was badly set and weak In the fight {
he burst a blood vessel in his arm. /
Trained in France, where he could not
speak or give secret orders about pri- s
Fate supplies Of ale, he trained liter !
ally on water. and II did not suit him. {
Two things" he said. don't agree {
with me-Water and whisky"
He tried TO learn French, and at one I
time could say dis, done" and be al O.
most understood by admiring young I
shopgirls at Boulogne. But he coulG (
not say beer in French, and his train
ing was a failure. 7
When the fight was over he and a
Mitchell were captured by gendarmes :
and locked in jail at Senlis-the vii
laSe since taken by the Germans. A
newspaper friend, imagining for the l
that he was representing the S
American embassy. explained that the e
English and American gentlemen were 4
settling an affair OF honor "a IA
naniere de leur pays" and expected :