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/ A History of the Life of John L. Sullivan /
«, (By H. C. Hamilton, United Press Stiff Correspondent) m
k (Copyright, 1918, hy United Press) £
CHAPTER XI
Old l'ight-fans remember well when
1 Jem Mace showed up In San Francisco
; with a Maori who Mace1 had named
I Herbert Slade. And they remember,
j too, the comment that began to throw
the country into another convulsion of
.
j boxing enthusiasm when it became
j known what a whale of a man Slade
' was. Jem Mace owned a little circle
I of boxing all his own in England in
0 those days. He svas accepted as the
- finest boxer the prize ring had pro
duced. He was supposed to have
taught Slado all his tricks of the ring,
and to have added a few more for the
benefit of opponents who would be
found for the big Maori in this coun
try.
*■ Richard Fox heard of the newcomer
- almost as soon as he had put a foot
on American soil, and he went after
him as an opponent for Sullivan. The
f'ght was scheduled to come off in
Madison Square Garden, New York,
Aug. 7, 1883, and was to be for four
rounds, ft was the first fight for the;
champion after his victory over
Charley Mitchell.
Friends of Sullivan were really
® worried about the outcome of this go.
" The champion had been treating him- :
self too well in the matter of drinks ,
and food for them to feel sure of their j
ground. He was cautioned to have' a j
care when he went into the ring, fof|
their knowledge of Mace’s prowess
made them wary.
“Never mind about me," Sullivan,
* growled at them. “When he gets a'
punch on the nose he’ll change his!
mind about being a fighter.”
Slade was a big, powerful man, but
there his claim to ring distinction:
ended. He knew nothing whatever
about boxing, despite the tales that!
had been told regarding Jem Mace's j
instruction.
When the first round opened Sulli-1
van charged his man and rushed him !
from post to post around the ring.!
He heat the big New Zealander to the
floor after eight or ten seconds of *
sparring in tha center of the ring.
I
In the second round Sullivan rushed I
Slade to the ropes, and then, with a
| vicious right uppercut, he caught
Slade under the chin, and actually
lifted him off the floor, over the ropes,
and into the crowd. The New Zeal
j ander landed on his head and should
j ers. Persons in the house thought he
certainly had been killed, but ho
I picked himself up, went around to a
corner of the ring and resumed the
battle.
Sullivan was a fury this night. No
j sooner had the third round opened
j that he was on top of his opponent.
1 Blows fairly rained on the man from
j New Zealand. He turned his back and
J tried to run from the avalanche, but
1 Sullivan was right after him. With
% blood streaming down his face, Slade
1 finally sank to the floor, and didn’t
I get up until picked up by his seconds
j and carried to his corner. It was one
j ofi Sullivan’s greatest triumphs, for
1 the crowd that saw the mill thought
| that certainly Slade would prove to be
I master of the Boston Strong Boy.
CHAPTER XII
1 After his triumphs in New York,
jj Sullivan’s name, of course, was on
1 every one’s tongue. He went to Bos
jfj ton immediately after he had con
tg quered Slade and opened the first of
jj his saloons. The night he held his
jj opening a crowd of thousands gathered
j around the place. Police were called
jj to open a path for traffic, but they
jj were totally unable.
jj Sullivan showed here for the first
jj time that, in his condition then, he
g was absolutely unfit for business. He
B was too good a customer at his owr
bar, and the saloen business soon was
lLu>
_ over. Sullivan closed the place aftet
— several months’ try at it. But, in thai
♦ time, he had lost thousands of dol
♦ lars.
4 Back to the fighting game he went
♦ but this time under the managemen
J of Al. Smith, who seized on Sullivan’:
4 former successes and took him for i
4 tour of the country. Smith offeree
♦ a sum of money to any one who woule
- stay with the champion for rou
4 rounds. Reports have placed it a
♦ varying amounts, but it is most iikel;
♦ that it was $100. Records have little
^ to do with this trip, for they take ii
4 only some important bouts that the
♦ champion engaged in. He was drink
Ing heavily at this time. Many time:
he went on when he really was much
the worse for liquor, and how he es
; caped defeat in some of his "mills Is
still a mystery to close friends. His
iron determination and marvelous
physique, however, pulled him through.
it has been stated many times that
Sullivan paid his opponents on. this
trip to go out quickly—or rather that
Sullivan's handlers paid them, out this
charge never has been proved, an<5 is
most unlikely, for Sullivan was fully
capable of hammering the average,
man into unconsciousness in a very
short time.
The trip over, Sullivan returned to
New York to meet Charley Mitchell
again in what, was scheduled to be a
four round bout, but it never was
held. Sullivan heard that Mitchell
was ignoring his training and with a
childlike faith that seemed remark
able in a man a-ccixwtometi to taking
his own advice, Sullivan believed the!
stories*. He found himself a day or I
so before the bout, full of wine, so fat
lie coaVI not nuswe quickly, and totally
unfit for combat with a man, like
Mitchell
The night of the bout, May :st, 1884,
Sullivan went to .SadiBors Square har
den, where a hu«e crowd hurt as
sembled to-see the milling, slim boll into
the ring i« his street clofkes, and1 ad
dressed the assemblage. H r told Oteni
he could net think oC fighting because j
he was not in shape? and didn’t want
to. risk his title. Dominick IKbCafftrry,.
he said1, would' appear-againsri Mitckell
in his place; but Mitihell refused to :
meet McCaflfery and, for. the first 1
time in his life, SulllVan hud! disap
pointed an mdienoe. They had: to
leave the garrifen after' seeing a few
inferior boutas. I
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