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» A History of the Life of John L. Sullivan t
jT (By H. C Hamilton, United Press Staff Correspondent) m
£ (Copyright, 1918, by United Press) £
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CHAPTER VI
Always a fury in the ring, with a
temper that flared and carried him to
inspired efforts at times, Sullivan
seemed a devil when the second round
opened. Ryan approached the scratch
cautiously, with his head still some
what dazed by the force of the blow
that had terminated the first round.
Sullivan, however, leaped forward,
barely paused at the line on the turf
and then went on across to meet the
champion.
Again the swishing left cut through
Ryan’s guard and the pile-driving right
swung over, this time to crack down
on Ryan’s jaw with stinging force.
Ryan’s temper blazed and he side-step
ped a rush, to lash out with right and
catch Sullivan squarely on the cheek.
Sullivan was hammering down his
right hand again when Ryan stepped
underneath the blow and grasped Sul
livan about the waist. There they
stood, toe to toe, and with the right
arms shortened, hammered each other
with the cutting, ripping jabs. Sulli
van strove for a fall, but Ryan was
ready and when the pair did go down
,t was with Ryan on top.
A fall in London prize ring rules,
which terminated a round, always
counted in favor of the man who land
ed on top, for it was part of the game
to try and crush the breath out of the
man underneath. Ryan’s corner,
therefore, was more cheery when he
walked to It.
The joy was short-lived. The third
round ended almost as soon as it
started when Sullivan caught th«
charging champion with vicious over
band swing. It caught Ryan full in
the face, and he dropped as if some
one had cut off his legs with a scythe.
.An ordinary man would have been out
then and there, but it is a tribute to
Ryan’s gameness to say that he was
hack for the fourth round, weak but
i )1 of fight alter he had been carried
„o his corner and restoratives applied,
Two blows ended the fourth round.!
The first, a left, staggered Ryan and
• it again was the terrible right that
crushed him and sent him sprawling
•-on the turf.
Ryan’s face was now' crimson and
when the fifth round opened he w'as
not so ready to meet the unleashed
fury that was sweeping him to certain
defeat. He hung back, but Sullivan,
a taunting smile on his lips, rushed
him like a bull. Close quarters fight
ing was forced, although Sullivan had
been taugh to keep at a distance from
the champion, who had a reputation
as a wrestler. Standing toe to toe and
slugging, Sullivan suddenly wrenched
back, caught his antagonist by the
waist and by a quick cross-buttock,
threw him headlong across the ring.
He grinned, for he had beaten the
champion at his own game.
The sixth and seventh were merely
repetitions of the other rounds. Ryan
landed one good blow to the chin, but
it did him little good, for Sullivan j
was flushed with the oncoming
success and the knowledge that the’)
championship was in his grasp.
Ryan came out strong for the eighth,
but Sullivan met him with the heavy,!
crushing overhand swings and Beat j
him to the ground. The round termin-l
ated when Sullivan, measuring his'
blow, caught his man behind the ear
with a tremendous right smash that
lifted Ryan clear off his feet and laid
him full length on the turf, senseless.
The fight would have ended for most
men, but Ryan couldn’t give up. Mis
seconds worked over him furiously
during the minute interval and when
time was called he went to the scratch.
It was only a question of time now and
Sullivan waited his opportunity. Both
fighters missed wild left swings and
then worked into a clinch, where Sul
livan began to work both arms in
murderous fashion. A volley of rights
tri the head sent the champion stagger
ing back, vainly trying to> ward off
the blows that were beating him into
unconsciousness. As he halt fell
away from, the blows, Sullivan step
ped back, and, with his forearm club
bed in the fashion he had so often
used it, he sent home the finishing
blow, a thundering drive that landed
under Ryan’s ear. The champion
crumpled and fell like a sack of oats,
completely out. His seconds were un
able to bring him to his senses in
time for the tenth round, and John I.».
Sullivan had become the prize ring
champion of America.
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In the report of the director of na-, ^
tional parks in the United States at- ^
mention is given to Mt. McKinley na-j
tional park, of Alaska:
"This new reservation," says the (
report "incloses an area of 2,200 j
square miles and contains the loftiest
mountain in America—Mount McKin- (
ley. It was established by the act of
congress approved February 26, 1917, .
end is the second largest national
park. •
“Mount McKinley rises 20,300 feet
above sea level, and is nearly 6,000
feet higher than Mount Whitney, the
loftiest summit within the borders of
the United States proper. The south
side of Mount McKinley, which is the
stupendous climax of the great Alas
kan range, is nearly impassable. It is
•"overefl by glacfers of enormous bulk.
The annual snowfall in some places
reaches a depth of sixty feet. On the
north side, however, is a rolling coun
try dotted with beautiful lakes and
forests and inhabited by great herds i
of caribou, bighorn sheep, moose and
deer. The huge Alaskan bear is also
native to the park.
“Congress established this reserva
tion as a refuge and breeding ground
for conservation of Alaskan big game
against inroads which may be expect
ed to develop upon completion of the
new Alaskan railway. In the absence
of specific appropriation for adminis
tration of the park the governor of
Alaska continues to afford protection
to the animal life through the small
force of territorial game wardens un
der his direction. Promptly upon pas
sage of the act creating the park an
estimate for an appropriation in the
sum of $10,000 for protective and im
provement purposes was submitted to
on grass, but this failed to receive
favorable consideration in either the
sixty-fourth or the sixty-fifth con
resses. The estimate has again been
ubmitted in the regular estimates
)r the 1919 fiscal year.”
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Little Richard's mother took him for
visit to his grandparents. When bed
ime approached, says the New York
Ivening Post Magazine, he was in
truded to kiss each of his relatives
;ood night. He hesitated when he
ame to his granfather, who wore a
ong heavy beard.
“Aren't you going to tell granfather
;oou night, dear?” his mother asked.
“No, mother, 1 can’t,” was the reply;
‘there isn’t any place to tell him.”
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Helen was the little daughter of s
ihirfty woman who always took advan
tage ol’ bargain sales. One days th<
little girl rushed home from the post
uffice, says the Christian Herald, am
•aid to her mother;
“Mamma, you can get a five dolla
monery order at the postoffice for fivi
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LECWO III TERRITMR1
The decision of the case of Eliza
beth Harkrader against Cunningham
R. Reed and his wife Julia in favor
of the plaintiff is of particular im
portance in that it established the
validity of common-law marriage in
Alaska, say Juneau attorneys.
Other states and territories have
nearly afr upheld this law, both in the
United States and in all Ertglish ter
ritories, but this is the first time it haH
received legal recognition in Alaska.
This case was begun a year ago
last February, _ but at that trial wit
nesses were not permitted to testify
as to whether Harkrader was or was
not married to the mother of Eliza
beth, who was- called RiTy Harkrader
The particular suit was for recovery
of a half interest in a lot., but with the
establishment of her identity as the
daughter of Harkrader, Elizabeth
Harkrader will fall heir to consider
able property. Not only the two lots
and house located in Juneau will be
hers, but she will become the owner
of a half interest in a coal mine near
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Kilisnoo and will hold a considerable
interest in the Nevada Creek mine,
located at the southern end of Douglas
island'.
The jury allowed the plaintiff,
Harkrader, $20 as damages for the
use of the property while in posses
sion of the defendants, C. R. Reed'and
his wife, now deceased.
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ALASKAN SETS ASIDE
$4,000 FOR HIS FUNERAL
The will of William Stanley, pion*
eer of Alaska and discoverer of the El
dorado mine on the Klondike, who
died recently in California, was filed
in Seattle recently, and after provid
ing $4,000 for funeral expenses and
setting aside $200, the income from
which shall be used in caring for the
funeral plot, bequeaths the remainder
of the estate to his children, all of
whom shall share equally. Samuel
Stanley is appointed administrator,
without bonds, and is instructed to
settle his father’s estate out of court
—the deceased being explicit in refer*
ence to this and repeating it in sever
al section. The children named In the
will are Samuel L„ John L„ tnilTarn
G., and Josephine Stanley, Margaret
E. Jewett, Elizabeth McCarthy, Sarah
M. Miller and Ida W Cessna. The will
was executed on September 28. 1014:
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