Show AT NEW ORLEANS dead game sports gathering from all quarters SULLIVAN IS ON TILE THE GrO GROUND UNI anti and corbett ki eu coute gos iii on nit the eel active merits or the six men blen who will take active part lit in tho Cat carnival at the crescent city NEW Olm ORLEANS mins sept r G noi ko election presidential or local has caused more excitement I 1 in this city than llian was sho vii sunday the clief chief streets were cro add and the only subject was prize plize figini figlioti tia ig the john ii sullivan train got hore about a in and john was waa immediately driven to no 41 4 i north rampart street a private dwelli dwelling ag right across the w way ay from this t nis house is th tho 0 room of the young mens gymnastic gemnas tic club winch which had exten 1 lil 14 4 tho the champion an in invitation vi to come there and do any work wor k he wanted to john notified the alie club that lie he would be delighted an and d took up his quarters at the address named with alacrity on reaching there ho he took a bath and rested on a bed at full length for half an hour and th then n called for something to eat he has abeen been in the habit babit ever since since he left new york of making the same mud kind of a call long before the stated meal hour ile he got what he wanted and took another spell on the bed af after ter lying there a while he said he thought ho be would go over to the ayoung young mens club and he went he did some punching u in C of if the bag and perspired freeby freely in the afternoon he went over to the 01 olympic pie clubhouse just for a drive lie he sax said and then came back to do some work in the Y 11 C A rooms running a couple of miles and the use of light dumbbells dumb bells comprised bisworm his bis work he did it all with vim and the friends who saw his vigor were delighted he finally returned to rampart street and went to bed when JohnL john L stepped on th tho scales escales in the young mens club ho he tipped the beam at 0 12 J pounds ile he will work off at least four pounds before he goes into the ring it is is pretty safe to say said tom ray of cleveland a man who wl has been at all the fights for twenty five years and knows a good man when he sees him that sullivan is in as good condition as he has been since he fou fought ht ryan ho he is older certainly but that makes no difference his strength is all here as the man liaa has been talan taking care of himself liim self for a while and pic picked kerit it up as he only can do alj ai jerand er and battling forthe for the lightweight championship will open the olympic clubs carnival to tonight jack Al mcauliffe cAuliffe did not come over from bay st louis as h he e intended and he will not reach town until the last possible moment he a indulged in hard work yesterday and will rest only a few hours dick roche avers that jack was never so good and is far superior in form to the time he fought myer in ill north judson ind ile he certainly looked better than he had at any time last lait week his face was fresh and healthy and his eyes clear at supper I 1 mcauliffe iffe saideie said he was fitted to give 1 myer the battle of his life ile he claimed to weigh pounds but sad sa d he be would balance the necessary tonight without trouble the williams burger was very confident of winning but gave myer credit tor for b being eing game shifty ty and cle er mcauliffe will wear liis his old blue trunks truck s with a polka dot sash dixon anti skelly celly Sl dixon dison has finished his training ile he did his last hard work yesterday and displayed the marvelous agility and strength of blow that have made hi him in famous famous sa says s lie he can fight all night if necessary the re colored champion does not underrate skelly and has trained faithfully for foi a bitter fight although Althon su lie he will ivill take no chances lie he says there is no probability of lo 10 losing baug I 1 on the other hand jimmy carroll has strong hopes of bringing skelly out as winner 1 iam I am not given to boa boasting boastin of my young pupils lie he said yesterday yeste day I 1 but it I 1 ank dixon will have a hard man to defeat win or luse lose skelly will put up a great contest ile he will satisfy his bis backers the winner will be challenged ky bv johnny murphy who came from san saturday two years ago lo 10 10 l o gae ga e dixon tle the hardest battle the aler U ter eer had tho the aig ones manager brady wired from the cor cpr bett tr tram aln I 1 that the seconds had not yet el been selector sele select ctol ue added jim will do alie bett lie can from the bottom of in my heart I 1 think he ii going to win vin e easy ills his condition is su superb perv joe oe la lannon nuon who got here from boton boston yesterday declares strongly for sullivan ile he says ays i lie he lias has faced both men and that john L hit hini harder in their exhibition bout than alian corbett did when the latter tried to knock him out lannon saw sullivan on the L cales a week ago and swears the champion was then at pounds steve brudie brodie the brid bridge go jumper gave everl everybody the sullivan tip and will go broke if Corbett wins vins joe goddard the famous australian knocker out is ia hero here to challenge chal chall lenga eup the winner and claims a guarantee lofback of backing fur for his looks sustain his reputation as a slugger of a fierce character and lib he is certainly the mightiest fight iest than in the lot hadin 1 parson arson davies is expected this evening I 1 lie le is depended upon to f fur ur gibli plenty of news newa concerning peter jackson and jim hall fifty i resl esl arved seats for the bi big fight 11 t were I 1 wed on bale yesterday fa and 1 4 gobbled up they were the lea leavings leavinia vinga from the ug big blocks allotted to railroads tommy arike 11 an chain pion has been challenged by george dawson Daw sori the Australi tn the forroi a aruo i 55 T y mg iton the club 1 b otters offers vwe and ryan rvan will probably la 1 y accept F from rom 9 oclo until inid night the olympic club held an informal reception flit splendid new clubhouse was thrown opil open for inspection and thone thousands antle aratea ted it and were charmed with its ils home hoine the big arena was wag of con course arse th centre of attraction E was in perfect order and t the were placing inz the telegraph and testing the ibe electric apparatus us cha man rehearsed his us ui all club members embers rn in their duties i arena is in readiness for the flay day tito pool kooij were open all night and consi considers dern money went into the hoppers tho the amounts not being large the plungers still hold out for largo large odds but the quotations remain the same over 1800 18 00 was taken on combinations the bi biggest est beau being 1000 to on sulli Sull han an skelly S it elly ind and mcauliffe and to on corbett dixon and myer A wager on oil myer at four to five was wai also recorded and i cAuliffe was backed a at t evens boohm bookmaker aher harrison ans w is in in i receipt of to be placed on myer at even money moncy in bets beta of not less than 1000 and rabe frank had of myer money to locate at evens alt alf kennedy declines at four to five myer johnson of new york exhibited a ticket on sullivan W to jim colvillo colville has bet 1000 to 1500 on mcauliffe 1 the best of the kind known ile he has als also 0 watered wagered 2000 to 1000 on sullivan and 2000 that john L gets first blood and first knockdown charley johnston and jim wakely have been tr trying ing to place some money on sullivan at 10 to 7 but the corbett people domand demand two to one so little lit tie money in large amounts has bas been bet on that fi fight hugh goddard said he would challenge len e fitzsimmons |