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Show II ' FIGHT OF OTHER DAYS : When John L-Sullivan Bit r I ' the Dust. ' GREAT B9XING CARNIVAL j i j I ' Ntw OrUans Affair Surpassed j j Anything of Recant Years, 1 d , )' Story of How Corbett Became Cham- L pion; How McAuliffo Beat Meyor, 1 , t. and Dixon Beat Skclly. ! S j; In tho matter of boxing championships t the year Just ended has bcon almost an I I prolific ax any othor, but no amount of f activity on the part of promoters will ! probably rival tho yreat fistic carnival ( ,1 held at New Orleans nearly twelve years ! I :igo, when thrco championships were de- i 1 tided within three nights. In point of j purses, bets, attendance and fierceness of j f .battles no scries of pugilistic events wcro ( !, over staged which equaled, the great glovo show at New Orleans.' '' Tho championships decided woro tho j heavyweight, lightweight and fcathcr- j; I weight, Sullivan aurrendered his loDg- ( l held crown to Jim Corbolt. Jack McAu- I liffc beat Billy Meyer, tho Streator cy- " ' ; clone, for lightweight honors, and George j Dixon retained the featherweight title in a battle with Jack Skclly. OF OTHER DAYS. I' The last-named light took placo Tuesday Tues-day night, September Ct 102. Monday 1 night the lightweights had it out, and 1 "Wednesday night Sullivan sank back to , defeat beforo Corbett. Of tho men who ,"f 'ook part Jn that great carnival only : , two aro still In the boxing game. George j Dixon is doing his best to mako a few ' 1 dollars in England and Jim Corbett is M cajiiiuie ol entering vuu Jin, oiu- j ' ! 11 van has long since passed beyond that ! stago whcie ho can put up- a fight, Skclly has forgotten that he ever had - , ling ambitions and In a saloon-keeper In i Pennsylvania town. Billy Meyer Is H superintendent of the ITarl-Mn racetrack - In Chicago and McAuliffo hus gone so ' fur to the "bod" that his whereabouts ' , are unknown. Prof. Jolin Duffy, who 1 ( , rcfcrccd all the bouts, Is dead. H1 ' "WHAT THEY LOOK. L-iJvE. In tho pictures taken at Now Orleans j I Just before tho men went into tho big H.f engagements, Corbett appears to bo only , -v stripling, while Sullivan, ever: then, was Hl I a man who weighed 1;L2 pounds. Billy ! Meyer would hardly be recognised as tho I present corpulent superintendent of tho u I Harlem track. 1 ;? J The recent Corbott-IIanlon fight, which H'li ' Is regarded as ono of the fiercest ever fought for a title, was no more strenu- i , oun than the bouts in the New Orleans I carnival. Every ono of the affairs of Hi i mora than ton years ago resulted In a r decisive victory for the dinner, and tbo h ' i money wagered at tho ringside was far r xfater In amount than that bet on any Hj thrco similar events of recent years. H' BIG MONEY UP. B' i i Tho heaviest bottcrn of the country placed their money on one or all of tho i three of the New Orleans bouts. John I ' J Condon, tho present owner of tho Ilnr- HL! ' lem track, who In those days would "go j I the limit," .ti ado one bet of $7000 ngair.at 4. ) 52,G00 that ho could pick tho thrco win- Hj i ners of the carnival. IIo named Dixon. 0 , McAuliffo and Sullivan. After Dixon and 1 McAuliffo had won Condon virtually had 1 a bet on Sullivan In which ho rocoived Hij ! ndds of G to 1, although Sullivan was d the favorite. Dcsplto nil the advantage Hi In the odds, Sullivan failed to bring home HJ Ihe money, and Condon lost his beU ' "WHEN" SULLIVAN QUIT. Hi The Chicago Herald of September S, Hfl ISW, gives the following account of tho I close of the battle between Corbett and jj Sullivan' H9 "In the twenty-first round Sullivan H;j , came from his corner with tho same scowl Hj as before, but thero was nothing to In- H , dlcatc that the end of the battlo was Bj near. Sullivan started as he had tho 3 twelve previous rounds. He ruBhcd. But H Corbett jumped back, and then, darting Hj forward, lie hit John on the nose. John S was dazed. Corbett repeated the .trick, 11 bringing a shower of blood. John lookea H 1 astounded. Suddenly Corbett lauded a Hy i. erack on the side of the head that made 1 I John shut his eyes. With this Corbett 1 was on top of Sullivan, and in no time, Hp with a left-hander on one side of tho l i head and a right on the other, poor John H. L. Sullivan became a beaten man. John i staggered about for a second or so. A -ight to thq car and a left blow on the ; Jaw settled the business. John sank In ij I a heap. He was beaten and utterly ex haunted, and his seconds had to carry him to his corner, it was four minutes 1 -j before he opened his eyes. JOHN AS AN ACTOR. I "Staggering to tho ropes after rccov-ering rccov-ering consciousness and raising his great t I hands in the air with a gesturo more dra- I -natlc than any he could portray on tho j rtage, full of tho realization that his luno had come, John L. Sullivan, the fallen ! Fi Idn of pugilism, exclaimed in a loud .but j i choking voice: 'Gentlemen, I havo only 1 ' I enc thing to spy, once and for all. This 1 I was to bo and is my last battle. I liavt 1 i losl. I have stayed once too often with a young man, and to Jnmcs. J. Corbett I passes the championship.' i "Here Sullivan broko down, Ho mum- ! hied something about being glad an Amer- I lean had beaten him. Ho reeled through 1 1 j j the sand, otill knowing what he was j about, buf weak from his adversary's jjlfi leniblc blovs. lib) noso was opllt, his ij aiouth puffed from blood-vessels severed it inside, his ponderous breast bloodv and heavy, and his lips Hot with a determi- il' nation that procd ho realised tho se-rlous se-rlous position in which his last effort i placed him." 1 FIRST BIG FIGHT. I McAuliffo and Meyer fought on the I I opening night of tho carnival. There was 1 much Interest In the battlo because of tho largo following each had. Meyer, j although heavily backed, proved no match 1 I for McAullffc. The latter landed a blow 1 In tho second round that virtually sct-tied sct-tied the fight, but Meyer went on and ! was not knocked out until the fifteenth ! round, proving himself game. In that H ! round, according to an old account, he ) was floored by a blow on the jaw. He ' uroae and received two additional blows, j He displayed great grit and tried to arise, and succeeded hi getting half way up. , Then his strength failed him. Wlion tho i referee finished counting Mccr was limp ,1 and grogg'. ' SKELLY WAS TOO LIGHT. Dixon and Skclly fought on tlio second .B night of tho carnival. Skclly had been a B Huccessful amateur, and tried to reach 1 1 tho top of tho professional ranks in ore jump. It l interesting 'to note that tho men fought for the featherweight tltlo il at US pounds', while tho battlo last week iH for the samo tltlo was at 123 pounds at 1 0 o'clock. At tho time of tho Now Orleans 'i light Dixon wa3 able to make 113 pounds handily. Dixon clearly outclassed Skelly and -ivon easily all tho way, ending tho i "Sht in the eighth round. ;, WHAT VICTORS" WON. I . The nurscs fought for in the New Or- 3 leans carnival wuro abovo anything of- U ST?.$ for thc flEhts of tho present time. (l hulliy.n".and Corbett batUcif for a purse l "f tto,M0. anl It took Corbett one hour y nd twenty-three minutes to win. Dixon H won. J17.5W in tbirty.-ono minutes, 2cysr and MCaVuIlffo' fought for -$20,000 and1 a sido bet of ?5000. |