| Show F FAMOUS JOHN L. L SULLIVAN TAKES THE LAST COUNT Greatest Heavyweight Heavy eight of All Drops Dead at His Home Abingdon Mass ass HEART TROUBLE IS GIVEN AS AUSE CAUSE I Old Fighting Spirit Remains With Him Hinl Until the ther Very r ery Last Moment l By RALPH E. E McMILLAN By International News Service N NORTH NT ORTH Mass 1 N Fob Feb 1 John L. L Sullivan died suddenly at his bis home here today The fhe old fighter died with his s shoes es on n and with I the old familiar feel of pf a seconds second's seconds second's sec sec- ond's splash of on his face His face was a knockout typical of the mysterious punch of the sinister champion heart champion heart trouble And it came canle as the loss of his title to Corbett some SOllie twenty-six twenty years cars ago out ago out of a clear sky John L. L was up early this morning His friends George Georgo Bush and William Kelly I a year old boy whom he had adopted say that he lie stayed up until midnight last night absorbed in a new game Today Today following ng his usual tasks around the house honse lie he dressed to go to Boston He had hod just finished when he fn fainted nt d. d Bush who wa was with him at the time saw him hum fall across the bed The bedroom with vilh the tile two men alone staged a a. scene that has preceded preceded preceded pre pre- ceded mm many mans a real knockdown in the squared ir iet Sullivan went down under the mysterious mys mys- force Corce of the tho punch of ot the unseen unseen unseen un un- un- un seen adversary ad Bush as ns one who might second a fallen fighter ru rushed for tor water and dashed it into his face JI heart Henrt Failure CRU Under the treatment the old champion champion champion cham cham- pion revived He looked e l about him sat on iii the edge edg-c of or the bed beel with his face Cace in his hands complaining complaining- of or a pain around his heart Willing HUng game and anxious as over overto overto overto to go SO on on he lie was beginning to take the count and seemed to know It Bush Dush meanwhile sent Koll Kolly for tor a a. doctor and the physician came post Find Find- Continued on Page 4 4 I. I FAMOUS IOUS J. J L. L SULLIVAN Continued from Page 1 I. ing jug Sullivan on the bed bcd he boor boor- or 01 tiered dered him to retire retiro BU BUSH 1 tells the rest of oC the tho stor story brief brief- ly lv thu thus I dont don't know kno how he lIe went vent or just jus when hen He Just simply slipped away way sorn somehow ho so quietly lul that I did no not realize th that t he had gone eone According to Eu Bush h it was simp simply one of ot deaths death's haymakers that tha noor floored d th the Boston strong bo boy for tor good gooda a wild punch delivered just when n John L. L seemed to bo be having all nil the tIle better bette of oC tho the battle of or life lire He lie w was s 59 years ears old John Lawrence Sullivan was the widely known Bostonia of oC th the last hut thirty five years cars Boston StIon champion of oC th the world actor author gentleman s farmer and temperance lecturer he lived through a 8 career full tulI of ot the adoration of or the crowd and the popUlarity that tha came with spectacular pe success He Hc made his ring appearance In Boston In 1873 1878 and 1819 when the record record record rec rec- ord books state he boxed In strictly local bouts l ns ni niD n D Plum Plumber r. r H He learned the plumbers plumbers' trade and boxing was a side issue So great t was his success In the squared circle however however how how- ever o that he lie gave up the solder solder- In lug Ing Iron and became an out and pugilist His career was wa a series of ot knockouts from ron that time until b by defeating Padd Paddy Ryan flynn at Mississippi City on February 7 1832 he became tho the hea heavyweight heavy heavy- weight champion of tho the United States This was n. n bare for a side Ide It went vent nine rounds and the Boston Bos Boa ton lun emerged destined to enter entel upon the most spectacular box box- III lug Ing career none anyone has hao ever known Sullivan Bulli began beSan at once a triumphal tour of ot th the world that Included victorica victo- victo rica rles over o all comers corners and which lasted for nearl nearly ten years eals His most moat Important tant taut tl fights during that time were the Charley Chancy Mitchell draw at Chantilly France an and 1 the famous Jake I Kilrain battle at Miss lIss July S 8 S. S 1889 Tho The bout with bare knuckles les ln lasted ted se entY seventy five lve rounds Sullivan winning the tight fight and the tho side Hide bet o ot of 10 which mado tho battle a sensation son sen sat on of ot the era from a financial a standpoint i n t Lost host to In Corbett Corbet Sullivan Sulli lost tile hla title to James J J. J Corbett at nt New Orleans September 7 7 1892 The men fou fought ht for tor a 1 purse o ot of S and n a side sido bet of oC The Boston weakened somewhat some sonic what b by his long long- battle with John Barleycorn Barleycorn Bar Bar- lecorn went wont down anti ami out In the twenty first round and after that time practically retired from active pc Ism lie continued however howe time itt In f the O of P U J to th the I limelight up after atur u 11 death as n a stage stae figure and chE victory over o z is the advocate harley orn of I 1 t tas as pre presence a ence temperance and convincing ot Of r l t I mont ment his brI Sullivans Sullivan's gruffness pM manner and his towering f Ilk I hI j him the center of ot was a t tand he went vent His philosophY manner I and alid to the point and his CUIlO old devoid ot of I speaking was as style had been Mt r. r as hi his fighting J. J a avas with Sullivans Sullivan's battle or ft was vas by b- tar far the most which event to ii it In eventful o career ever er he was not a a. great wide wid h his and ana nd good fellowship on h th rf- rf 1 him friends keeping continually continual cc the nesS his advent brought on about a 1 tamo tute ture stage S 'S elson A.- A. 1 General In which hini CS as ke with refused to appear JR rl m nt the same samo meeting er d good rebuff with g 1 the tile that ino It remark and ind the him and liles J 5 once between I Ithe he started as 59 a t that was a 1 be began an life lite as 5 ar artam the general wu hi and arod that hp he the Sullivan declaration of DC I SW wIth tam familiar C r r. r 7 lied Hod sd f aO ago after a I few years pol A the stag spent partly upon editions ot of dbl ii J r varioUs arlou writing ng e if partlY as he Lt various big biga newspapers an bt bega and ii II b b t lt a a a. gathered farmer t a gentleman and could Jf about is In iii friends tho summer on hi randa placidlY and life eventful wen J lon long who and all l- l mons to an any a rov ro Bj spiritual In Iii need of a |
