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CHAPTER II
There entered the world on October
15, 1858, in the Roxbury section of Bos
ton. Mass., a youngster who was just
like every other youngster. His par
c-nts were Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sulli
van, and they named the addition to
their family John L. And, just as if
'christenings were the sum total of
names, the youth grew to manhood
with just his first name and the mid
dle initial enough to designated him.
John L. he was then, and John L. he
was up to the time of his death.
John L. spent a humble boyhood.
His parents came from Ireland to
make their fortunes in America. They
didn’t get any wealth, so it wras up to
John when he grew old enough to earn
his own living.
Wild and carefree, full of energy
and deviltry, this youngster simply
swept over the early stages of life.
He bubbled over with enthusiasm over
being alive. He went swiftly from one
occupation to another after he dis
carded his school books. And through
it all there stuck out his love of en
joyment, infatuation for athletics, and
regard for fair play.
Early days for John L. Sullivan at
school were filled with rough-and-tum
ble fights among his fellows—just as
<every boy’s life is filled with similar
things. But his, unlike most boys’
fights, led on and on through more
fights. This relic of the days of the
old gladiators just kept on fighting j
because he couldn’t help it. He liked j
to fight.
John was just a stripling when he
hired himself as a tow-boy, driving the
mules along the path, with a heavy
eanal-boat swishing along behind. The
life, however, was too dull. He w-anted
more action. And it was-this craving
that drew him strongly and surely into
the public eye as the greatest pugilist
who ever drew' on a glove. He quit j
itis jobs one after the other in rapid
succession. He became a tinsmith’s;
1 elpcr, a plumber’s helper, and finally j
a plumber. His longest job stayed;
vith him while he was a workman at j
the old Kingley Locomotive Works in ;
Boston, where his prodigious strength
first became noticed. He used to push
box cars around there.
The title of the Boston Strong Boy
’was conferred on him before he was
18 years old. He was immensely proud i
vf it. anti as it became more and more j
noticeable, and as his feats as an ath
lete became more talked of, lie exper
ienced a craving to become a pugilist.
One night in Boston,- Joe Goss, fam
ous himself among pugilists of the
early days, appeared at a theater and
offered to fight any man in the audi
ence, and it was the Boston Strong
Boy who answered the call. Sullivan
had done some boxing among his
friends, and his willingness to fight
at any and all times had given him
some knowledge of the fighting game.
However, Boston nor any other place
was prepared for what happened. Sul
livan and Goss went only a few rounds,
but in the brief space of time Goss was
hit so hard a time or two that he was
absolutely dazed, nearly out.
The famous club-swing used by Sul
livan so effectively in later years came
Into prominence in this fight. Later,
when Goss appeared at a benefit in
Boston with Sullivan billed to meet
him in three rounds as an exhibition,
the cards proclaimed Sullivan “The
Coming Champion of America.”
Mike Donovan, old-time heavy
weight, and one of the wiliest boxers
the ring ever has seen, was present
the night of this exhibition and im
mediately classed Sullivan as a great
fighter-p-one of the most natural and
effective men he ever had seen at
such a period in his development.
Donovan was a teacher of boxing then,
and a man who aspired to the heavy
weight championship, although he was
only a middleweight in poundage. Sul
livan had approached him prior to the
meeting with Goss and had asked for
instruction, but when Donovan saw the
mill, he immediately stated there was
nothing to teach Sullivan.
This was the making of Sullivan.
His next bout was with George Rooke.
another of the old-time ferocious heav
ies, and he put Rooke away with one
of his right-hand smashes in two
rounds. In this bout he uncovered the
knockout punch, now the recognized
point of attack among all boxers—a
blow on the point of the chin.
Sullivan, re-creator of boxing in all
its present-day forms, learned the
punch from a medical student, who,
himself, had discovered it by accident.
Previous to the knockout registered
by Sullivan, no one ever had heard of
a knockout, and the name really came
into being when it was used by Billy
Madden, one of Sullivan’s many man
agers, in describing the blow that dis
posed of Paddy Ryan and gave the
Boston gladiator the American heavy
weight championship. It is a blow
squarely on the point of the chin,
which drives the jawbones back and
results in unconsciousness through its
effects on certain nerves.
KILL NO HENS OR
PULLETS IS OROER
The United States food administra- j
tion has forbidden licensed trading in
live or freshly killed hens and pullets.
Licensed dealers were notified that
fresh stock of this kind already pur
chased must be disposed as soon as j
possible and that additional stocks
may not be purchased. They may still
handle stored or frozen stocks.
By restricting the killing of chick
ens which should soon be heavy lay
ers, the food administration hopes to
'increase the production of eggs, add
ing to the available market supply
and at the same time allowing them
to go into storage during the season of
high production at a price which will
not necessitate unreasonable figures
for storage eggs next fall and winter.
Further slaughter would possibly re
duce this year’s production to the dan
ger line.
Increased cost of feeding, combined
■with present attractive market prices,]
has influenced many poultry raisers ro
dispose of birds which should add to
the spring and summer egg produc
tion. If the slaughter should continue
at the rate which has ruled in recent
months, there would be a very real
shortage of eggs this spring, with cor
respondingly high prices paid for those
placed In storage.
Both the food administration and the
department of agriculture have ad
. vised saving all hens and pullets for
#gg production. The food administra
tion some time ago requested dealers
to reduce the slaughter of possible egg
producers, urging them to procure
wherever possible cocks and cokerels.
It has now taken a further step and
placed the full power of its authority
behind a definite prohibition. Failfure
to observe this ruling would constitute
a violation of the food-control act. It
would be followed by revocation of
license or could be punished by a fine
of not more than $5,000, by imprison
ment for not more than two years, or
by all three.
NOTICE
By order of the Attorney General
M the United States:
All Germans who have not taken'
3ut their full citizenship papers must1
report to the postmaster between the
dates of March 18th and 23rd and be
registered.
Aliens will give strict attention to
this notice as any alien who fails to
register will be prosecuted.
F. R. BRENNEMAN,
tf U. S. Marshal.
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NOTICE.
Owing to the danger rrom trains and
teams skiing and coasting is prohibit
ed on all streets west of the east mar
gin line of First avenue.
J. J. MURRAY,
Chief of IJolice.
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Madame Lydia, the palmist, will be
found in the Currier & Mlckelson
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MRS. GEORGIA PRATT
Mrs. Ceorgia June Pratt, well-known
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antimiddleman association as a re
sult of her gardening experience the
pari summer.
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OFFICER UNDER ARREST
FOR MENTIONING ARRIVAL
WASHINGTON, March 11—The war
department authorizes the announce
ment that a young officer is held in
arrest tfecause he divulged to a rela
tive the name of the vessel upon which
he was about to start over seas and
the scheduled date of departure. As
a result of this prohibited informa
tion a relative of the young officer,
a first lieutenant, sent a telegram to
him at the port of embarkation. This
telegram, which was not in cipher, fur
nished information which, in the hands
of the enemy, might have endangered
the vessel and all aboard.
Strictly Forbidden in Orders
The disclosure of such information
by officers and men about to sail is
strictly forbidden in General Orders,
No. 94, War Department, 1917, and
warning is again Issued that officers
and men must not acquaint relatives
or friends with details of arrange
ments for departure. Disciplinary ac
tion faces offenders.
The case of the young officer in ar
rest in this instance is before the war
department for action, following an
investigation at the port of embarka
tion.
Superior Officer’s Liabllit*.
There is also to be further inquiry
to ascertain whether the immediate
superior of the officer held in arrest
properly instructed this officer as to
the requirement of secrecy concerning
the names of vessels and sailing dates
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