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Show SULLIVAN DERIDES CROP (j! BOXERS San Francisco, July 25. John L. Sullivan, who had about as good u line on the big muss-up at Reno as any man in the country, may not bi the latest opponent of the crouch, but he gives the best reasons for his opposition. op-position. "How can n fellow fight who crouches?" asks John L. "Say, you know he's got to come up out of that rosltlon before he can deliver a blow, and while he Is coming up he la easy for his opponent. If the latter knows anj thing at all about box-lug" box-lug" Sullivan was talking to a group of fight fans in the St. Francis hotel, and he Illustrated his point by posing. pos-ing. Johu assumed tho pose of the "crouch" fighter. Then he showed how that crouching figure must come up to his regular position If ho is to strike an opponent. "Why, cay," continued Sullivan, "If a boxer used that crouch Btufi In the old days the righters of my time would knock his block off. That pop.? Is a bloomer. It Is the most awkward awk-ward position any man ver assumed. as-sumed. One cannot hit from tho position, po-sition, and he Is easy prey for a good two-handed fighter, who can cut him to pieces. "That hort of position would never have ruado a hit In my day. There Is no senxe to it. A man has to stand gtralght to get a'ny power back of his blows, and evtn these 'crouch' fighters fight-ers cannot hit until they corao out of iL" Sullivan thniks that tho opposition to the fight game, which recently re-cently srystallzed will Injure tho s.port, but he is hopeful for the future. fu-ture. "The game will bo all richt again." eald John L. "This opposition will I The big fellow will give his show in Oakland next week. Ho Is booked up for a long period. Prosperity has fallen to the lot of the great old warrior recently, and he Is well fixed. Sullivan is still an Idol with the sporting public, with whom he has always been fair, and bis drawing power as a theatrical attraction at-traction is great. More power to your elbow, Johu K blow over. "Of course, it will take some time to put the game back on the old foot-I foot-I rig," said Sullivan, "but things will come around all right." Sullivan has a very good opinion of Johnson's fighting ability. "They underrated un-derrated Johnson," declared Sullivan. ". v they know that he Is really a great fighter, aud they are beginning U. wako up and give him some credit. He has a very good punch and Is a wonderful defensive fighter. Johnson v. Ill rule for a while, but he will go like the rest of them." "Jeffries looked to bo In excellent excel-lent shapv for his fight, but I felt all along that it was the fat on Jeff's Insldes that would trouble blru. There are two kinds of fat. One sort grows on the outside and showa. The other gets to a fellow's gizzard and does not show on the surface. "The fat that shows o nthe out-fide out-fide is not hard to remove, but the only; thing that will remove tho Inside In-side fat la hard work, hard work, and then, more hard work. "Jeffries did not box enough. Tie knows that now; and If be ever fights again tho chances are that he will do a lot more training." Sullivan was recently jnarried and I the former champion and his wife are occupying a &ulte at the St. Francis. |