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The Cheyenne Daily Leader
Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming
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In Leadville, boxer Sullivan commented on Paddy Ryan's withdrawal from a match, calling him a cur and planning a bout with Australian champion Miller in San Francisco. In Denver, Sullivan, after heavy drinking and a theater performance, fought Pete McCoy, who hit him with a chair; Sullivan threw a lamp but missed, then heeded the city marshal's warning to stop.
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Denver, December 29.—Sullivan, now in Leadville, in speaking of Paddy Ryan's withdrawal, said to an interviewer:
"Poor Paddy's withdrawal does not surprise me, he never meant to stand before me, because he knows that I could do him up in two minutes. He has proved himself a cur, and the people will see it. I shall go to 'Frisco all the same, and possibly arrange a match with Miller, the Australian champion. I will offer him a thousand dollars to stand before me four rounds."
Sullivan was drinking heavily this morning. After the performance at the Zoo theatre, he engaged in an altercation with Pete McCoy, who smashed a chair over his head. Sullivan seized a lighted kerosene lamp and hurled it at McCoy, who dodged it, thus averting a serious result. The city marshal then interfered, when Sullivan started to assault him, but instantly took the marshal's advice to stop, foreseeing the consequence.
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Denver
Event Date
December 29
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no serious injuries; lamp dodged, altercation stopped after marshal's intervention.
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Sullivan, in Leadville, dismissed Paddy Ryan's match withdrawal and planned a bout with Australian champion Miller in San Francisco. In Denver, after drinking and a Zoo theatre performance, Sullivan fought Pete McCoy, who struck him with a chair; Sullivan threw a kerosene lamp that missed, and he stopped assaulting the intervening city marshal.