Show BENEFIT TO SULLIVAN PrizeFighter Given a Rousing Reception I New York Aug 19John L Sullivan 1 I was given a rousing benefit at the Twentieth Century club = In Madison I Square Garden tonight The sum realized real-ized from tho Gale of tickets and sub I tckets scriptlons will be larger than expected j I i I will be hgld In trust by a commlllee I who will Invest the money and pay the interest to Sullivan I Peter Maher and Peter Burns sparred three lively rounds Gus Ruhlln and I Charley Goff sparred three rounds cleverly I clev-erly and the big Ohioan came In for I a generous share of applause Tom I Sharkey who was Introduced as challenger I chal-lenger of the world was also the recipient re-cipient of an ovation when he made hid appearance for a threeround exhibition with George Crlder of New York Bob FUzsImmons brought down Ihe house when he got Into the ring to spar with Jeff Thome England Bob vas I greeted with tumultuous cheers I which were repeated over and over I Bob wore thc pink knitted tights and belt of mall American lags which ho had on when he whipped Ruhlln and Sharkey There were cries for a speech but Bob simply shook his head and begun be-gun sparring For two rounds they went at a nice I pace but in the third round they began to bang each other In burlesque They knocked each other down frequently to the Intense amusement of thc specta locs At the close of the round both fell to the Iloor Referee White counted both out and then they got up and shook hands John L Sullivan and J J Jeffries came on for the windup Sullivan thanked everybody for kindness to him Jeffries did not respond when called on to say f few words but through the announcer said lIe would at all times be ready to defend his title of champion cham-pion I |