Evening journal., 1918-03-09
CHAPTER XVI


sullivan continued for some time after
lhis 90 tour the country, taking on man
after man and winning, but the impor-
lance of these goes was small, and he
really never had another bout OF CON
sequence until he met Charley 'iitchell
in Lnantllly France. for the champion
ship, q bout which, perhaps, was The
hardest the Boston slrong Boy ever
engaged in, despite records Of the sew
enty-nvo round sluGfest with Jake Kill
rain lie met Paddy Ryan In San Fran
cisco and defeated him 10 three rounds,
but Ryan was only a memory OF his
former self and little credit was a.
tachod 20 the victory FOR sullivan.
Then sullivan went 20 England FOR
some exhibitions, and. as he put 70 after
ward some sport. He had the sport
and he engaged IN several exhibitions
one of them before the Prince or Wales,
who afiorward became klng EdYarn
VII of England 10 Is related that sulli-
van and lhc Prince became fast friends,
but whether This Is true cannot be
stated with any basis of fact. for sui
| llvan never talked about lt Indeed,
when be spoke of the Prince az an, II
usually was 30 tell a funny story about
| how the Prince had once sent him @
cane after seeing him in an exhibition.
/ Tho cane really was a pretty onair,
g0ldheaded. and made OF the finest
wood A servant OF the Prince deliv-
cred the stick, and when sullivan un-
wrapped the parcel and looked at the
shining present. he wds fond Of telling
/ that he handed IL back 20 the servant
groWled a couple OF times, and then
! shouted
"rake that thing back and ask the
Prince if be thinks I'm a Grippe"
sullivan always ended the story by
] saying DE never received any more Tres
ents from ,ho Prince OF Wales.
The old feud with Charley Mitchell
developed while sullivan was In Ems
land and the exchanges became so bit
ter and personal that a match boiweer
them was arranged 90 the henest 81
some English and French sporting men
. Baron Roihschild was one Of the latter
and offered his estate near Ch8ntilly
France, for the hlttle.
Sullivan had bs IN living high In Eng
land lie was meeting only the poores
OF boxers. although ne offered 20 NEE
! The champion Of England or any othe
man the promoters wanted He wa
2 drinking champagne and ale by the bar
rel. ngurailNely speaking, and was tah
. Ing on lots of fat However, be readil
consented 90 the match with Mitchell
n In fact. he was never known Co tur
a down a match with a worthy opponen
i with the exception Of The time when ,
/ drew a line OF color against Peter JAG
,r son.
u was sulllvan's nrst lons fsht, al
M was 90 be fought under the Londl
"a Prize Ring rules That Is, the roun
e were 30 last until one man or the 9th
iy was thrown or knocked 20 tho sroul
SO gloves were 90 be used. the m
. were Go nght with bare lists.
The result 0f Sullivan's battle M
Chantlly. France, with Charley Mitch
was generally accepted IN the hoxi
d world as defeat for the famous Amel
V can. The very fact that a man hl
been able TO prove that 10 was poss b
is 20 Withstand the terrible punching
u the champion was enough for followe
0f boxing DO proclaim sullivan defeate
D. Newspapers carrying accounts OF q
y nghi the following day declared Sull
e van had been vanQulshed, hasing The
assertions on the fact that he had be,
unable 90 stop Mitchell.
IS sullivan fought a grand nght again
q Mitchell. but Mitchell. let 10 be sal
D. fought well-planned and, al time
courageous. battle agalnst the Bo 40
man. 70 was the FIRST long bout Il
J. sullivan. His scraps previous 10 th
IS time had ended earlier, for the simp
n reason that he had ended them earlii
"a with his fearful punches.
lt In the memory OF boxing fans thel
Is no battle that carries the ferce rem
niscences Of bare-nst fighting 20 con
pare with the famous mill betwe,
S these two gladlators. 10 was fougl
out under practically impossible col
10 ditIons. The weather was cold. Sic
and rain fell during the action. III
6 turf was supported by a clay found
8 tion. into which the fighters sol
foundered with their spiked shoes III
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