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Show CHAS. MITCHELL f DIES IN ENGLAND Famous Fighter Who Met John L. Sullivan Is Called by Death. f l!i r 1'n. i mrl. April 'h. ii V. Mitchell one time middleweight cham- J lo- jH t . imoti r ataxia. Pm 1 inghi m i ncland, N"1 Ml battles .Wr men liki Sullivan Corbet r, "'mi. D iffery Kllraln Vt l turning the Bcale? al more ihan r 1" I pounds when in pertn ' londitlm , 'Hi remarkabl fast footwork and skll- 1 fill hi n Li weight .ini be proved 1 o bi uh I iv " j feot r.'-h-r when fighting 1 fff)- wl h th padded lo i ;.-c M it. I i ll - In - bal I I f w a - v. il li ha r.' knu- kl' ; when a: the a e nt ri.ht.-.-n j he knocked out Bob Cunningham nt 1 Birmingham, the bout lasting almost 1 ne hniir He scored several other vie- j tories during the two following yenr j m; jap in bouts in England and on the con- Kpll) tinent. M Att r winning the middleweight and heavyweight li.impion nip m Kn:- Miiti land in 1882, M 1 1 1 '" nin L- fflth th' i n t . :r mil o' 3 lenginc John L. Sullivan The stature 4 m&zl ot t lie I'.rummagein lad ' .i If v ML then called, did not impress ihe Am- a wT erican followers of pugilism but when M Itchl II met and n dike ( 'le.ir; a New York heavyweight in three I rounds he was quickly accepted as an j opponent foi 3ull van Th( le 1 wo mel at Ihe Madison Square garden in a four-round '-hoe Qghi under Marquis 0 Queensbnrv rule- on Ma It. ivs: The British boxer surprised the 12.000 spectators by meeting Sullivan's terri- I fic rushes In the opening rounds, and , 1 after -onie hea ecl . n - - he senn I a clean knockdown with a perfectly .; timed right sma.-h to Sullivan's Jaw, I sending the Boston strong boy to th) jJJ ring floor amid the wil(e-i i m it. nn m j This was Sullivan's tirsi experience elC a knoekdown h an opponent and S?j 11 happened toward the close ol first round Sullivan rushed and rough- ,( ed the visitor during the second round and threw Mitchell over the ropt - '. tune Sullivan, with left swings to the jaw. knocked Mitchell down twfci if in the 'hird round and with another j lc left ho had Mitchell hanging over the ropes when the police stopped the j C2 battle JJ Mitchell always insisted that he 1 would have been able to continue had the police not interfered and he never j "" ceased to challengi Sullhan until the g. latter consented lo another encounter. which took place five years later at 1 Chantilly, E i ai n March 10 1S88. This was Mitchell's greatest ring effort. They fought with bare knuckles knuck-les for $2500 a side and the bout lasted three hours and eleven minutes. Mitchell Mit-chell drew Ural blood m the eighth round, but Sullivan got the credit of the only knockdown during the fight, which was declared a draw by Referco B. J. Angle of London. After James J. Corbetf had won tho world's championship Irom Sullivan in 1892, Mitchell challenged him for the title and at Jacksonville. Fla., on January Jan-uary 25, 1804. Corbetf knocked out the Englishman in tho third round. This was Mitchell's last fight In the ring, as he returned to England and engaged in business there up to the time of his demise. |