The life and battles of Yankee Sullivan . rounds, 22min.; near Bices-ten, Jan. 15, 1838. Beaten by Jem Molineux (black), £200, 53 rounds. ; near Worksop, June 9,1840. Beaten by Yankee Sullivan. Beaten by Tom Davis, £100, 40 rounds, Ih. 7m.; Nor-mans Heath, June 25, 1850. Draw with Jack Grant, £20, 34 rounds, 50min.; Kings-wood Common, June 28, 1864. Died at London, Eng., Aug. 19, 1865; aged 50. All Hammer Lanes fights took place in England. Hisright name was John, and he had four brothers, three ofwhom—George, Jem and Tom—were professional pugil-ists. Tom Lane made a draw with Johnny Wa
The life and battles of Yankee Sullivan . rounds, 22min.; near Bices-ten, Jan. 15, 1838. Beaten by Jem Molineux (black), £200, 53 rounds. ; near Worksop, June 9,1840. Beaten by Yankee Sullivan. Beaten by Tom Davis, £100, 40 rounds, Ih. 7m.; Nor-mans Heath, June 25, 1850. Draw with Jack Grant, £20, 34 rounds, 50min.; Kings-wood Common, June 28, 1864. Died at London, Eng., Aug. 19, 1865; aged 50. All Hammer Lanes fights took place in England. Hisright name was John, and he had four brothers, three ofwhom—George, Jem and Tom—were professional pugil-ists. Tom Lane made a draw with Johnny Walker, whowas in the United States some time. Tass Parker foughtthree times with the Tipton Slasher. Jack Grant is thesame man who contended with Tom Sayers. Owen Swiftdefeated Izzy Lazarns, long a resident of New York Adams was vanquished twice by Swift. Byng Stocksconquered Johnny Hannon, the same party who whippedJohnny Walker twice. Ned Painter, the referee, was thesame person who fought Jack Shaw, Sambo Sutton, Tom I. offending weapon in Ma right hand, and was ahont to administer^,pepper with his lefl, -when Lane got down to avoid. Sullivansfriends claimed foul, but the claim was instantly resisted as perfectlygroundless. 11. Lane gave his adversary a poke in the bread-basljet and followed him at score, and caught him with his right on thenob, but open-handed. Lane, having retreated to the ropes, conldnot get farther, on which SuUivan seized him with both arms. Lane,perfectly powerless, could not get away, but, in trying lor the tall,instead of falling on him, Sulhvan fell wide of his mark, to the greatamusement of the spectators. 12. A strong feeling of sympathy for the fate of Lane now per-vaded all quarters, but still he came up as game as a hits with the left. Lane, endeavoring to follow up hisfe-vorite suit, hit short. In a second attempt he was more fortunate,and jobbed Sullivan dreadfully as he came in three times in
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