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Show SULLIVAN COMING DOWN. The Big Fellow Has Reduced His Weight to 219 Pounds. OCDEN WILL HAVE A GOOD FIGHT. Freeman of Idaho and McHngh of Wisconsin Wiscon-sin will Contest for a $650 Parse-General Parse-General Sporting Notes. Of course every one takes more or less interest in-terest in the coming battle between Corbett and Sullivan and consequently there is much inquiry as to the progress Sullivan is making w ith his training. An enterprising reporter visited the big fellow the first of this week, and finding Sullivan in a genial mood obtained ob-tained some interesting facts. "I want to know how much flesh you have taken off," said the reporter. "All right, bring my book of records here, and bring it in a hurry," exclaimed Sullivan Sul-livan as "he opened his door and shouted down the hall to his valet. In a jiffy the Japanese was by his employer's side carrying carry-ing a small memorandum book. The champion cham-pion sat on the 6ide of his bed, clad only in a long linen night robe. A tape measure lay beside him. "Now, then," was the next order, "read me off what you have in the book." The Jap obeyed. This is the record of the loss of flesh and the shrinkage of girth since the champion put himself in Traiuer Casey's hands: Max.C.irth. Weight Date. inches. lbs. July 1 4ti -ZM Julv 6 4! S Julv 7 44 2tt July 8 45 23o July 9 44 i :W0 July 10 44 JKM July 11 48 -i-M'i July 12 .... 't July 1:! ti'J July 14 41 -J-JT July 15 !!.'."."!'..'.." :23 July 1H !K1 July 17 43'4 ) July 1H , 4;l -.19'i "Well, I am doing pretty well," said Sullivan, Sul-livan, with a self-satisfied smile, "and you can put me down waist 43 inches and weight 219 pounds. When I fought Flood I was o'.t iuches around the waist, and I have but little now to take off to be in the same condition." The Jap blew out the candle and Sullivan rolled over in bed, pulling a pair of blankets over him, and there, with the breezes from Shinnecock bay blowing in his windows and the blue-bottle Hies aud mosquitoes humming hum-ming a lullaby the nineteenth century gladiator, gladia-tor, John L. Sullivan, sank into a peaceful slumber. Ogden Will Have a Fight. Frank Y. Freeman, the Idaho slugger, and Pat McHugh of Wisconsin, have agreed to fight before the Utah Athletic club of OgJen for $050 on August 2. The articles of gree-ment gree-ment have been sent to the men and it is considered certain that the contest will come off. Sporting Splinters. The Stallion Representative stake for foals of 18'J2, offered by the Kentucky Horse Breeders' association, is to be a guaranteed stake of not less than ?30,000. Jack McAuliffe is training for hi3 battle with Billy Meyer in New Orleans, on November No-vember 5, in a pleasant spot five miles from Bangor, Maine. MaCt Crowe of Brooklyn Jim Nelson of New York, are looking after him, and he is already down to 144 pounds. He expects to enter the ring at 135 pounds. Marcus Daly will not get G. W. Johnson, the (sensational 2-year-old brother to Huron. On Friday Owner Jim Brown offered him to Matt Byrue3, Daly's trainer, for $30,000. The next day Byrnes replied, offering $22,000 and Brown at once returned word that the deal might be considered off. Brown said later that the colt's price was $50,000. . |