Show I CHAMPIONS HAVE HAD CLOSE SHAVES Sullivan and In Som Narrow Escapes Ip III Ring RingA A good fighter Is newer liked hiked until hes put out or is cussing pugilists who have hae been on the verge ot of defeat only to win out by byL I L r 1 saw w John L Ij Sullivan punched to toR toa R a standstill In his prime b by Professor ProCessor John M 1 nt at Madison Square Gar Garden Garden den In 1881 1851 SullIvan hung helpless on th the ropes at the end and of the second round with his hlf wind gone and both hands hanging limp at his It WAS really tho gong that had saved the big fehlow 0 The Immense crowd yelled Hos FIes gone sono Sullivans whipped But John after a minutes rest pulled himself together nn and went at al alI I hike n a wild animal With the i heel of his great right hand he hit bit the tho a crusher on the top of the nose which the claret In 1 Sit fl saw the blood he concluded he had had enough J 4 l iLi 1 flub aua nere it was n a nI aery ver ery narrow escape for Sullivan how however I over ever Laflin MI ed Golden Chance If Laflin had been a gAme fellow I and hat had followed up his attack In the third round Sullivan Suan would met methis methis his Waterloo I really holl ve that thal Sullivan was saved by some somo friend who cut the tho second round short for form formy m my watch recorded on only two minutes of oC fighting Instead of three Boh I hi FItzsimmons had some narrow escapes from defeat too In his first fight with Malier at New Orleans In 1892 the tho Irishman lilt hit FItz a wallop In the first round that sent sont him head dead and helpless onto tho ropes The Thie are aro said to have havo Rao saved 1 the tho Cornishman It Il was report reported Od ed at the time lime that Joe kick kicked ed cd the tho he bell as a lie ho jumped Into the ring and carried Bob In his arms to the tho corner Filz was pra practically out ont but stuck the ammonia hot hottle tIc tle und under r his nose and the tho freckled lighter fighter came to In time lime to go out for forthe the tho nc next l round Another Close Shave for Fitz Maybe that a close call for Fitz And maybe he know It ItHe itHe He just kept away and stalled with his long loft jabs until he broke brolo Peters heart and fInally finar made him throw nIl the tho sponge In the t twelfth round An Another Another other close call for lilt Fitasimmons was In a memorable bout with ith In Boston Joston in 1894 In the third round Joe ioe landed a corking punch that Bob lint the floor As Captain ion manager looked over oer oerIe I Ie IC ropes and saw Bobs eyes roiling i he declared lie he was lead dead to the tho thoi i world Just at t that moment the tho bell bellI ended the round and Fitz was drag dragged I ged bodily to his chair After much strenuous work by his hi seconds the Cornishman stepped to the scratch O fresh Cresh as eVer for tor the fourth round Then he went after lIke a I whirlwind He must have knocked Joe down five times In that round and In the fifth which was the hasL Take your our time Joe Joo sal sai iritz Fitz FitzI I after each knockdown Tale Take your time In gettin http hop Theres no bleed In Iii ury urr The battle was do dared a draw and Fitzsimmons was extremely lucky that he dl did not suf suC suCCor for Cor a crushing defeat Ryan Nearly Beaten I That was a slashing fight between Tommy Ryan Ran and rious Bill I Smith at Coney Cone Island In 1893 Smith was a rough f fellow with his head hend and I after going n a of rounds R Ryan an I stopped and complained to the ref reC referee erco While R Ryan au was giving out this tine line of talk to lo tho third man In inthe the ring Smith suddenly swung a terrific right hander bander over oer the tho ref erces rt shoulder and Ryan went down and out Tommy was as carried to lo his corner and the tho referee allowed him 10 minutes to recover When Ryan camo back he subjected Mr r Smith to lo one of thu tho worst beatings 8 I ever eor saw At the tho end of the round Mysterious Bill Billy was covered with blood bloo and the fight was called R a draw Narrow Escape Jack hail had several nar narrow narrow row escapes In the tho ring When he fought alight Jack Hopper with gloves for 17 rounds at In 1886 lie ho n a terrible smash on the side of the tho head In the tho ear early part parl parlor or of the mill Ho He was In n a sort of trance for the next four rounds and Mc lc ill tell teU you now that ho he does docs not remember what happened during that space SInCe of time But when oIe Mc recovered his faculties ho heat heal Hopper h l his superior skill and punchIng the ite latter receiving a tern blo trouncing |