South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-17

rain, boxed with old ALI Greenfield;
Sullivan with his sparring partner.
Jack Ashton.
Before the exhibition began Sui
Ivan, his hand on the princes
shoulder 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 TO the
lighting Eoint and going to fight
next week / don't want any exhi-
Sitions. Tell him to get in the ring
with me. If I don't knock him out
in two rounds I'll go back TO Amer
ica.'
by all means" said his r. H.
Most interesting"
! But the ring arranged on the club
| floor was not more than Is feet
square. In such a ring no man
| could live with Sullivan, even then
ard fat as he was-about 220
pounds. The English champions
manager said it would be too dis
tressing a spectacle for his royal
| highness, and it would have BEEN
also for the English champion.
So Smith spared with Greenfield.
old enough TO be his father
Sullivan spared with Jack Ash
| ton and, getting interested, forgot
for a moment and accidentally
knocked him out-much to the
| princes satisfaction.
Il heard you were in Boston when
I was a young Teller" said Sulli-
van, breathing heavily. Yes"
/ -afH min f,,&
city"
Well. when you come again you
want TO ask for me-" said Sullivan.
in his most condescending tones
and that was over. The prince had
met one democrat from America.
Sullivan believed in himself He
! believed that he was the greatest
! fighting man that ever lived-and
he probably was the best since the
! days Of Du Guesclin II he had lived
| then. he would have ridden in ar
NOR over regents at the battle ~
| Pavia. and little boys would be
taught now all that he did.
80 Rounds in France.
When nc fought 80 rounds with
bare fists in France he simply raced
around the ring after Mitchell
fine athlete and OF great courage.
! but too wise 10 let Sullivan get
near. At that time Sullivan had
broken one wrist. 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 private
supplies of ale, he trained literally
on water, and it did not suit him.
Two things" he said, don't agree
with me-water and whisky"
He tried to learn French, and at
one time could say dis, done and
be almost understood by admiring
young shopgirls at Boulogne. But
he could not say beer in French,
and his training was failure
When the fight was over he and
Mitchell were captured by gen
darmes and locked in Jail at Senlis
the village since taken by the
Germans. A newspaper friend.
magining for the occasion that he
was representing the American en-
bassy. explained that the English
| and American gentlemen were set
Ting an affair Of honor "a IA
maniere de leur pays" and expect
ed greater hospitality They were
released after a night in Jail. The
fight was a draw, and the English
newspaper across the channel got
their first news of the fight and
the result from the New York Even
| ing Sun across the ocean
An Original Character.
Sullivan's father was a tiny Irish
man. one-third his sons size. Sui
Ivan introduced him with a rev
erence formula of his own: Shake
hands with my father. He don't
look il. does he2" From a powerful
mother ne inherited his power-an1
il was as much mental as physical
He believed that he was uncon-
querable. made others believe it and
he was unconquerable. When ne
was beaten at LASTLY whisky-he
knew what had conquered him and
admitted it,
He had his philosophical and his
sentimental moods. When philo-
sophical he preferred long words.
hunted for them carefully and
would not accept suggestions or sub
stitutes I've got a pretty good
nut on me" he said. reproachfully,
when the word discriminate" was
offered Sentiment sometimes took
the dreadful form OF music He
would sing ooh. White White Moon
in a terrific deep roar out of the
corner OF his mouth voice that
would make a poet writhe.
An Honest Fighter.
Sullivan was honest a million
dollars would not have bought his
consent 10 pretend defeat He con-
sidered himself as much OF an
American institution as George
Washington.
Criticised by some American
newspapers, he said in London:
only for my own self-respect. I'd
let one OF these Englishmen lick
me. and see how the United States
would feel about that"
He had a powerful neck. head
fairly well shaped. sloping shout
ders, smooth arms with no visible
punches os muscles. The force Of