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Show j JOE LANNON TA LK3 ! Tic Toll- a lEcpotier nil About I ."ln I,. MriKvnn. j -Jf'O f,;inin.ii Uii heavyweight boxer inn.! .-.umueli friend of .1, Tim L. Sullivan. H-Li;iTi.-il to Kiwron. Mji-.. ji ft-w days ! iiff'i. after it nlr tuur with the "Hone t ; hearts and Willing Hands' -'onipauv. t'emg intorvitMveil by a H r..Ul reporter. re-porter. Jot- said that iiis trip with Sullivan Sul-livan did him an immeastirn Me unioiiut of o-ooti. and he is sorry that it is over. 'Sullivan bailed for ' Australia, from San I- raiicisco, in com pan v with Uur-rison, Uur-rison, his manajror, and Jaik Ash ton. on the :Mth of .lunt," said.Ioe. "and about wl persons- saw him off. When he went away he was looking- better than ever, and was sixteen pounds lighter than when he started out on his theatrical theat-rical venture about ten months ap;o. I didn't fro with him, because I ara a family man now. I would like to correct cor-rect the hnprvssion that has been sent broadcast that Sullivan and Jackson had a dispute that ended in blows ia .lackson's saloon in San Francisco. Sullivan never saw Jackson till the day before John h. sailed for Australia, and then J saw the big colored man shake his hand and wish him good luck and a sale return from his "journey, "jour-ney, tin my way h ;me 1 met Jim Cor-bett Cor-bett and sparred an exhibition with him at St. 1'auL. I believe he is the cleverest man I ever met, but, of course, he hasn't the hitting- powers of Sullivan. C'orbett is a line fellow, and the man who thinks he is not a fighter is foolish. lie is only twenty-four rears old, and is not near as heavy as he will be in a year or two; then he will be in it with the best of them." |