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Show WAS (zi.dil2 . , 5-iH-DiG:FiGGT Death cf John Flcoi Rc-. Rc-. calls His Battle With Sullivan. ,y f -- - -m The death, In Now Tork of John Flood the prize fighter, has reawakened Interest In-terest to the game fight which ho put up in 1SS1 when he withstood' John It. Sullivan for eight rounds and made th champion hustle to win. W. W. Naugh-ton Naugh-ton In bis "Kings and Queens borry -Rules, gives th following description of the fight: "In Now Tork about that time there was a heavy-weight named John Flood, and shortly after the affair with Steve Taylor. Flood r and Sullivan were matched to fight under London prise ring rules for a purs of $1000. The men met on a barge In th Hudson river, opposite Tonkers, In Now York, on May 16, 18S1, Al Smith acting as referee, ref-eree, i "Both men fought savagely at the outset, but they kept too close to each other to do much damage. Flood finally final-ly wont down near the ropes after two minutes of scuffling work. In the following fol-lowing round Sullivan threw Flood heavily at the end of a minute and. half, and the third round waa also of a wrestling character, Flood being sent to th boards sgaln in two minutes, "In round four Flood gained quite a respite through his shoestring breaking. break-ing. When they did get together, however, how-ever, Sullivan had things entirely his own way, knocking his man over the ropes with a body blow at the end of two minutes. "The fifth round was short and sweet. Flood rushed madly at his man and ran against a teniflo left, which knocked him off his legs. The round occupied but thirty seconds. "In the sixth round Flood again received re-ceived -rough treatment, going down after one minute of fighting, to avoid the Boetonlan's onalanght. "Flod struck snort In the seventh and Sullivan rattled him with a fierce crack on the ear. Then John seised his man and threw him heavily, falling on top of him. They were at it one minute min-ute and thirty seconds In this round. "Flood struck short In the seventh and In the eighth round, the blow which did the trickfor him being a crushing right-hander on the neck. . "The whole fight occupied Just sixteen six-teen minutes, and Sullivan was as lively live-ly at the conclusion aa when he started. start-ed. After the way he handled Flood It was generally admitted that the thickset thick-set Boetonlan was quick In his actions and a bruising fighter." Flood spent the last years of his life aa a private detective for horsemem FOUR DESKS AREROBBED Midnight Marauder Makes , Clean Sweep in Office; Got Little Booty. An enterprising borglar made a swoop upon th office at 78 West Second South street last night, and before leaving the premises broke open and searched four large desks for spoils. Entrance was gained by the nervy marauder by means of a back window, which he pried open with a "Jimmy." After getting into the office room he made a clean sweep of all the desks, breaking open those of the Mason Coal company, the Smith-Premier Typewriter Type-writer company, the Smith Lumber company and J. Donnan Reavia. Th only money secured was taken from the desk of the Mason Coal company, com-pany, whar $8.65 was taken. Th burglary was discovered at T o'clock by th Janitor, who notified the police at one. No clu was left by the burglar. |