| Show THE FISTIC REAM Sullivan Says Slavin is the Very First Man Who Ever Came to Him and Asked Him for I Eight Slavln Says Hall Is a Better 2Ian Than FItzalminons Special to THE HERALD Examiner Dispatch ST Louis April 28 After a sojourn of twelve hours in this city Frank Slavin with Dr John Dougherty of Philadelphia left last evening Mr Slavin and his friend sequestered themselves at the Hotel Rozier Slavin did not register The twain let their presence in the city be known to a few and those few appeared to be pledged to secrecy but while in the city the gladiator of the antipodes and the champion of all champions John L Sulli van met at the Southern hotel in friendly discussion though the conference had a fight for its subject Sullivan is playing a weeks theatrical engagement hereJust before be-fore boarding the train Slavin said I came here to arrange a fight with Sullivan I never met him before and I can say I was never received in a more manly and courteous cour-teous manner Our interview has its points of regret lor me but on the whole I must conclude to be satisfied for Sullivans manner his sincerity was such as to impress me with But No is John L going to fight again And why Sullivan is no longer in the ring Ha so declared himself He said ho had retired re-tired and that he was bound by contracts for two years that prevented his return to the ring in any event He said as well that he had adopted a new professioa was making good money at it and could not be distracted from it I visited Mr Sullivan purely on business to get a match with me He has given me good reasons why he could not accommodate me and have no challenge to issue against Mr Sullivan I acknowledge him the champion of all champions and he was good enough to meet me with every credit I claim Now that Sullivan is not in it whom do you intend to go for The winner of the JacksonCorbett fight fightWho ion will be the victor in your opin I have never seen Corbett but I have seen Jackson He is a very clever fighter but nothing brilliant From what I know of the one man and have heard of the other I am inclined to thinK Jackson will prove the best man As to Halls and Fitzsimmons qualifications qualifica-tions Slavin is emphatic in saying that Hall is the better man and that Fitzsim mons bested Dempsey because the latter was played out and not for the reason that Fitzsimmons was the better man Reverting Revert-ing again to Sullivan and his meeting with him Slavin said We parted the best of friends I am glad I met him and I want you to say this for me that the man who makes the bluff of challenging Sullivan will have to fight me before he gets at Sullivan When the pugilists met Sullivan graped Slavins hand wished him all the luck in the world and declared himself glad to meet him You are the only man who ever came to me to ask for a fight said he The others like to talk 1000 miles away I congratulate you Slavin said I stand on my own reputation repu-tation and want nO mans and am open to fight any man in the world The meeting was very friendly |
