Show JOHN L SULLIVAN ruinous Talks On Grooming Of Boxers of or Today Tho The grooming of lit a n now nowadays nowadays adus common comments m John L I 1 U 13 i laughable to us old chaps cha K of ot the ring who used to fight light our bo Lv tIes tics tlc outlives ourselves oU and not nol with the aid cf tt f ex ox experienced p trainers who map out ou a much as no a n general today loday plans an at nt attack tack on a II Otress In tho the old 01 1 days the preparation for Nr fora NrIL IL a tight right occupied but little hittie ot of a j mans time lime There Thero was WIlS not BO so much squabbling about weight referees of ot the purse and tho like The principal thing was to fight and win Mn us boon oon us IS I ble tile Ther wore were no limited contests so su that a It nina man could closely on Ids his method of ot carrying the tho ho battle or win ln a u victory Ictor on the slender threads of points It l wan wall a n tight light from gong In 10 gong and until ont ono or ot the tho other wont went down and out It qt was mighty seldom that I J had a Il aman Ilman man lust with a bottlo bottle of ot smelling a It alot alot lot of ot ton towel el wavers oranges lemons chunks of tee ico to rub nib over OYer my III neck MIl anti back and tho time other props of ot the ring seen today to Some of oC my greatest lights fights WIO fought under conditions that pros pres present ent nt day dar fighters debtors would scorn lo to think of ot and nD there thero was mighty little of ot the time present day Jobbing either miter Training consisted tC l principally In keeping In good goO shape eating good gOO nourishing food and leaving bad bac ba habits for tOI others We Vo did not usually sulk tho the rope rove bathe tho In the surf climb mountains wrestle with cows and any nn of ot tho freaky frenk methods that are ac tic accredited credited to the Iho present day hut Dut wo We generally were In iii pretty good goo form Corm when whoa we entered the tile ring and th man with tho the punch the tho stamina and anti the tho skill won volt the Uio tight light 1 I have been against a II lot of ot men loen In my day and LImul an nn awful lot of ot dubs dub but I 1 always had to look for tor the tho fighter and not the fancy boxer Its the combination of o otho tho two and my own fault tault that I 1 lost out outI I 1 am Dill still champion chanton chall lon of ot o the world I II mean I ean with tho the bare lists flats These other tel fel Iowa II wa who use U 6 gloves Jeffries Included are only exhibition artists So s B John L 1 Sullivan to a n press moan man sitting In his room Saturday This remarkable was elicited by b the tho query as ns to what the tho mighty John I t thought of ot champion Jeffries retirement from tim the ring The Thc big man mall who 13 5 ears ago ngo went down donn anti and out before Jam Of J even dUtch as he hc made the statement Who ho Is Jeffries and who did he ho ever eVel lick continued Sullivan I Why s h hy old man JIz Fitz hoi hIm lUm going golnA when they last met and nd would havo hao knocked hint him out hod had Ms liLs hands not hot 1 I been boen crippled eri pled I will cill stay tJ In the Iho Mow bu ln 8 tim th greater fi part patt of or my m life continued ault ilVan Ii van vanI I l never fought f for te r n a II turn SiIra thing thin Sul tul livan said Anti And what whitt Is tho tim result resul t Mm iii people are cheering me mao everywhere 1 I I I ETOi 0 ring Is changing chonn Thoy TI I I around more maIo now and anti things lust longer When Shen IL II man wins Mn a II fight ho hi hikes nil all allover over ocr the time country explaining how It was I ho won von And Amid tho the other man maim ho hi follows him hint explaining how It was he h lost And the thic winner sn ets s ho aint going to light an all I I Inferior man mash any uny more amoco and tho i U 1 h n afraId to He Ito Ie snorts snort eon con I I tempt In Itt my m day clay TO WO e fought n I Iwon I Iwon won a championship eh I fought ought every I I three months lit itt t least to 10 hold hohl It vo o 0 hail had my faults fRUitS of cot e but Jut time the th tic lie forgiven me lilt It seems lice mI by h I the thO crowds that stilt come to see Be yours John L I 1 |