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\ A History of the Life of John L. Sullivan
t (By H. (' Hamilton, United Press Staff Correspondent)
jg (Copyright, 1918, by United Press)
CHAPTER XVII
The result of John L. Sullivan’s bat
) tie near Chantilly, France, with
■ Charley Mitchell was generally accept
led in the boxing world as a defeat fot
I the famous American. The very fact
I 'hat a man had been able to prove
j that it was possible to withstand the
j terrific punching of the champion was
| enough for followers of boxing to pro
| claim Sullivan defeated. Newspapers
carrying accounts of the fight the fol
lowing day declared Sullivan had been
vanquished, basing their assertions on
the fact that he had. been unable to
stop Mitchell.
Sullivan fought a grand fight
against Mitchell, but Mitchell, le it be
said, fought a well-planned and, at
times, courageous, battle against the
Boston man. It was the first long
bout for Sullivan. His scraps previous
to this time had ended earlier, for
the simple reason that he had ended
them earlier with his fearful punches.
In the memory of boxing fans there
is no battle that carries the fierce
reminiscences of bare-fist fighting to
compare with the famous mill between
these two gladiators. It was fought
out under practically impossible con
ditions. The weather was cold. Sleet
and rain fell during the action. The
turf was supported by a clay founda
tion, into which the fighters soon
floundered with their spiked shoes.
The crowd was made up of rough men,
for the most part Taken in all, ft
was sufficient to strike terror into
the heart of many a boxer. The fact
that Sullivan and MftchefT slugged
through such conditions for thirty-nine
rounds of fighting under the abomin
able London Prize Ring rules speaks
volumes for their courage.
The fight was held March -9, 1888.
a cold and raw day Previous to the
date of the fight little wes' said about
where it would be staged'. A general
idea of the ring’s location was, to bor
row a modern expression, “Somewhere
in France.” On the day of the mill
wagons, buggies, and trains headted',
however, in a common direction. The
fighters were placed aboard a special'
train in Paris and started for their
destination. Gendarmes were at every
station, and they knew who was pass
ing, but gave the matter little atten
tion. They cluttered up the- station
platform when the train reached its
destination, but made no attempt to
arrest the fighters.
The wagons and other equipages
turned into the wooded part of the es
tate of Baron Rothschild shortly be
fore noon. The sun was shilling at
this time and indications were- a fair
day would favor the battlers. The
joy over this, however, didn’t Iasi
long, for its wasn’t long untiT clouds
obscured the sun.
The fighters reached the ring at 1
o’clock. Sullivan threw a tweed hat
into the ring and leaped the ropes
Mitchell followed very soon after
They grasped hands in a perfunctor:
sort of way and listened to the rei
eree’s instructions
1 CHAPTER XVIII
Sullivan offered to bet 500 pound
| on himself before the battle started
1 but there were no takers. Thei
| Mitchell’s men got their money int
| action and an offer to place 3,00
| pounds on the Englishman was lei
I wanting. Odds about the ring, hov
| ever, were 3 to 1 on Sullivan.
1 It had been rumored about the rim
I side that Sullivan would not be a
1 lowed to win. that friends of Mitchell
1 would start a rough-house and brea
4 up proceedings if it became impossib'
ij for the English gladiator to contini
5 without being hopelessly beate
S These threats may have been mat
_ of thin air, but Sullivan’s backe
- rallied a circle of friends who passt
the word around that if anythir
started shooting would follow.
The fight began shortly after
o’clock. It was evident from the vei
first that Mitchell was in the ring f<
one purpose—to continue the fig
until darkness or something el
should intervene. He “went to gras
at every opportunity, and at times le
ged it in advance of the champio
with Sullivan in hot pursuit. Mai
times he hit the ground from a slig
push at the hands of the champio
and it was claimed several times th
he went down when not pushed. Thei
(claims of foul, however, were not t
lowed by the referee. Sullivan grew
exasperated several times during tae
bout and, standing sullenly in the mid
dle of the ring, called to Mitchell to
come on and fight, Sullivan wore a
scowl most of the time, Mitchells face
was wreathed in smiles.
Dominick McCaffery, Charles Dough
erty. Billy Dorter and Arthur .Vlag
nuss were in Sullivan’s corner at the
opening of the battle.
The first round terminated when
I Sullivan’s right hand, smashing out at
Mitchell, barely touched him. Mitch
ell went down. A right hand smash
that landed fairly, whirled the Eng
lishman to the ground in the second.
In the third round Mitchell opened up
with his running and Sullivan asked
min iu oe.sim.
Every round was practically like
this, except for the' fact that Mitchell
would run fn occasionally and hit the
champion. These tactics earned him
first blood, which was awarded to
j him by the referee in the eighth round,
when a smash opened a cut behind
Sullivan's ear, and another cut him
over the eye. Throughout the mill,
after this, a slight trickle of crimson
raw down Sullivan’s' face. The Wood
finally became mattetf in his mustache,
but fie obstinately refused to have? it
i removed.
At the beginning of the fight SufTf
van had treated Mitchell with cod’
tempt, But when the pitfeky English'
man fought on and on after taking
Sullivan’s Mow, the contempt turned
for a time'to admiration atid Sullivan
whispered at the end ot1 the fifth
round that he was going to fet Charley
stay awhile. He never made1 a greater’
mistake, for Mitchell was outboxingi
and out-generafing the champion.
As the twelfth’ round started a fold
rain and sleet began to fall. A skarp
wind was blowing directly into Sulli
van’s face, and thf* fact hurt bim
badly. Mitchell had won the rass for
corner* and tool the corner’ ^vkicb j
praced his back to the sun. Thai, Sul
livan was at a slight fflsadvanu|jf all
atong. HTs right arm became; swollen
from' constant hammering. Hi!'wrist
had been broken and1 was patjh.g h&n |
intensely. But he fbvrgjst on through I
courage.
As the fight progressed and the cold
rain Began to have ifs* effect. Buldvatr's
lkck of condition became ciorv and
more- noticeable He shivered as fie
fought and his teeeti- chattered’. ftlat
his Iron heart would not give up Ffe
Breathed hard throughout.
As the thirty-rmith rountf ape
proaefted it was apparent both fighters
1 were Beaten and could continue no
’i fonger. Over the protests of Sulfnau"*
handlers, Sullivan hnuself, ancf even
i Mftchen, the referee- stopped the Bout
and called it a draw. One of MitwtefT’s
admirers dashed at the- referee with a
bottle upraised and cried to brain him
with it, but was stopped by others.
Another flung himself down in-Sulli
van’s corner and wvpt. The champion.
' himself, his arms folded across his
- breast, said nothing, but sawrfed at
Mitchell and the referee.
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By an American Soldier Who Went
ARTHUR GUY EMPEY
When the Lusitania was sunk Arthur
Guy Empey decided that he could not
wait for his country to declare war—so
he sailed without orders for England,
and enlisted as a Canadian.
He recounts this incident in “OVER
THE TOP” in less than five hundred
words. In a few thousand more words
he completes his experiences m England
—and after that he is in France —for
the greater part of the eighteen months
before he was invalided home, in the
“Front Line Trenches^”
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by one of the American soldiers who
went to France, has been a real com
batant and has seen long service in the
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Sergeant Empey tells what it actually
means and feels like:
to be wounded seven time''.;
to live for a year andi a half with mud -—. -1
and rats and shells; ~
to be covered with “cooties” and never 'T'L _ , . TFT
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to grasp for your gas helmet when a VlVt J ry f Hit ft
second’s delay mean’s death;___
to capture a Prussian;. ' --~-—
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to lie for thirty-six hours wounded and unconscious in “No Man’s Land.” ? I
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