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Show ilEST FIGHT IVANFOUGHT ictim Said When ocked Out. Met the Governors orth and South Carolina. , ,1 to Drink, the Health o en The Folly of Bum-Drinking'. Bum-Drinking'. John L. Sullivan, nan tried to get' tho $1000 I irywhorc. on my grand tour, Victoria, British Columbia, o funniest tight I ever had. ruck Victoria, nrst came the i cltv, asking If It was a real ut up to any man who could unda. Ho was convinced by ho money to hold. This gave ling to my defl, and the town jjp for us. got on to my nerves' from o was a sawed-off Irishman, ould havo tucked him In one eta, but bo blg-feellng that est. Ho was also more Brlt-o Brlt-o English, and I got away soon as 1 could urn to the parley-voo chap, jxer with considerable of a Ion. and he needed that $1000 i theatre that night, when I Ing to enter tho ring, we got n tho dressing room whero lan was making ready. It s of the South Boston flats iad fish were lying thick all of my company made an ex-iget ex-iget Into tho Frenchman s drcss-n drcss-n and he reported that tho as-!or as-!or the prize was being rubbed 1th fish oil. Sjf a Han Who Was Knocked Out. !dea waB a new one for mo and Imy pal to explain It. 'aald ho, "tho Frenchman's sec-y. sec-y. they have oiled him bo your 'HI Just 6lJdo off easy, so as not land that Is how he s going to BT four rounds and get the mo- !the French champion came on ;c; he got me going right away, ted like a sardine. Not only was y,1 dripping with oil. but around lach and waist were yards of red Whether the red cloth was into in-to represent the British Hag or hlm from getting hurt, 1 didn't ft OBe that every man In the house, lew exceptions outside of my par-icted par-icted that my opponent ' would itay tho four rounds. They had esses coming, 'though, even If a jf them did buy a lot of liquor during the day In the hope that (it my worst in the evening. I ,fmy mnn down ihree times In Iho jnd. The third time he went Le Btaycd down for half an hour. ;the world. He sent for me when fi to, and In the course of our itlon, I asked him how It felt to eep bo Buddenlv. ll'you hit me one times, I fink ie French soldier. When you hit f time. I fink I see one whole army, ho said, jvlplng the oil and cold sweat out eyes, ho looked at mv hands and shaking his head said: "Oh. oh! ibreak wood fences with mv rcets, Jean break stone walls with your efuses to Drink the Queen's . Health. night a banquet was given to Ed-mlon, Ed-mlon, tho oarsman, who was pass-ough pass-ough on the way to Australia, 10 was lo row one of his greatest Jf The little Mayor, when he back the $1000 (ho hated awfullv Lfigot out of town) Invited me to liiet. I went and took along Mike fhlng cut slick as a whistle at quet Until It was along toward iof things. Then the little Mayor ind proposed that everybody stand hk the health of the Queen. ' I een brought up to seeing Irlsh-nklng Irlsh-nklng to the health of English is; nnd, anyway, that little Mayor Tmy nerves. Gillespie was polite to get on his feet, but I reached S collar and Jerked him -back Into v"lou must stick to Uncle Sam, .said to him. Mj?oslble that any of our guests mfi' stand and drink to the health JliMost Gracious Majesty?" tho llt-Bor llt-Bor piped, , Jueen can go to" said I. "When ito-tlrinklng. perhapg i can do my 'ut i haven't learned to drink that d I never will " I took Gillespie collar, which I had held all the nd'wo got out before murder was pof.my party thought I had done a very Impolite thing, especially after we had been shown over a British warship and had other attentions, but I thought the whole thing a dodge by that sawed-ofT sawed-ofT Mayor to do mo one way If he couldn't another. Meets the Governors of North and South Carolina. Some years ago, while on my way South. I met up with a lot of Confederate veterans at a railroad station in South Carolina. They were returning homo from a reunion, and a big bunch of thonl got around me on the platform to seo what I looked like. "We've seen Yankee fighters down hero before, nnd although they were good lighters, we weren't as glad to seo them as wo are to seo you," ono tall scrapper of the gray said to me. "I'm sorry that my style of fighting wasn't the only kind that was dono bo-tween bo-tween tho North nnd tho South," 1 nn-s nn-s wared. "It would, shore, havo been healthier all 'round." he replied. Ah wo were swapping chaff, tho crowd opened to let In two lino-looking gentlemen. gentle-men. They were mndo known to me as tho Governor of North Carolina nnd tho Governor of South Carolina. They said some mighty nlco things, and gave mo a hearty welcomo to their pnrt of tho country. "I have always heard, gentlemen," said I. "that when tho Governor of North Carolina meets the Governor of South Carolina, ono 6ays to the other. 'It's a long time between a cortnln line of refreshments.' re-freshments.' Now, It would glvo mo a great deal of ploasuro to seo this historic remark mado to apply, and I will take It as an honor If you will allow mo to provide pro-vide tho stage sotting." Tho two Governors exchanged grins and then one of them said: "Mr. Sullivan, it doesn't seem right, but tho fact Is thnt neither of us ever Indulge In tho manner you suggest. Perhaps it is an -unpatriotic thing and savors of disloyalty dis-loyalty to what Is supposed to be an Institution In-stitution of our States, but we must ask you to excuso us." Hero was a caso I'd hardly believe If I hadn't seen and heard Just what I've written. This goes to show how a slllv remark, often repeated, has given a lo't of good men reputations as drinkers they didn't deserve. Never Drank Much, Nothing- at .AH Now. The foregoing Is something like mv own case. Fpr years It has been the fashion for all kinds of people who never saw mo to size mo up at long range as" a man abandoned to putting away huge quantities quan-tities of raw red rum. So manv people believe the newspaper paragraphs about nie nnd rum that the impression sticks in a lot of crops that I nm down and out not because I am throe years older than FUz. but because I have been pickled In alcohol for twenty voars. Here's the straight tip: If I had put away one-hundredth part of the booze charged against me. I'd be In a wooden ulster or an insane in-sane asylum. A frame like mine has big appetites going go-ing with it. But my long suit has been eating, not drinking. Todav I'll back myself my-self against any mnn living as an eater but as for jlrlnklng, I'm done with It. If I can get In front of some of the head-liners head-liners of tho heavyweight class, I'll show the American pubile how lltllo there Is In those yarns as lo drinking. A few clouts' placed right by me will do more than anything I can say to offset these stories. Almost every kind of a bad habit, except cigarette smoking, has been charged against me. but I'm not guilty, ns the record has it. To all men 1 say: Cut out the rum Chop 1t nulck. There's- nothing to It but come-backs. I never got to far Into It that I couldn't stop It and let It entirely alone, as I'm doing todav, and where I Intend to stay until my time comes to get back Into the ring where I belong Then I'll show them and do things to those who are trying to blow out the gas on me-. Britt Not All There Is for Jabez White. When the Brltt-Whltc match I pulled off In San Francisco, I'd like lo be at the ringside to size up the pupil Mitchell has brought over. If Charley has taught White tho running and flopping tactics he (Mitchell) practiced on me nt Chantllly. I Franco, when ho got a draw because I couldn't get at him. Jabez, mny make some money, but he'll hardly make a right reputation. Should Whlto succee'd In playing Mitchell tricks successfully on Brltt, Charley shouldn't smuggle him out of tho country with the swag before Battling Bat-tling Nelson has a chance to Improve his education. Nelson lias some knockout drops up his sleeve and tho visitor from Birmingham ought to be mode to samolc them. Of course, If Brltt wins, there'll be so large a hole In White's balloon that there'll be nothing doing so far as Nelson Is concerned. con-cerned. If I get Mitchell's ear. I'll put It to him that, be owes it to sport to try out White on some of the best wo'vo got, for Brltt Isn't nil there Is. nor does Nelson wind up the list. There's Jimmy Gardner, brother of George nnd Billy, who Is a comer, and a lad who will give even Nelson Nel-son a lot of work when they meot. Should Nelson and Jimmy get together, don't bet too much that the Dano will store him nwnv. The Gardners nro worth whjle, all of them, and they arc fast coming to tho front In their classes. 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