THE PRINCE OF WALES AND PUGILISM.
•■: ■ A Chicago correspendent of tho New ,• York World says:—"lf the .'plans which have been laid, and which the American ■ champion is a-party; to, aro successfully • carried out, JoWL Sullivan will fight James Smith,, the- British champion,. in ; England, inside of three months. Tho men aro anxious: to-moot. During his career Sullivan has made many intiu- •.'.•■. ontial friends, :meni?hotako great intor- *• -est in prize-fighting, but who do not wish to figure in connection with an affair of the ring. Among these, it is said, in • Albert Edwadj Prince of Wales.' Two weeks ago three prominent friends of the American champion sent a communication to tho Princo asking his intervention in order that the men might light without interference.. Sullivan's proposition is that he shall go to England, provided it bo guaranteed that he can meot Smith in ft private room with only 20 spectators, : . the stakes to be 10,000 dols. a side. . It '!.. U intended■ that five of tho.spectatots ihall be Americans. The expectation is that the Prince of Waics wdl affix his . seal to the letter, thus insuring fair play, and it is even believed that he will • become one of the spectators."
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2365, 5 August 1886, Page 3
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199THE PRINCE OF WALES AND PUGILISM. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2365, 5 August 1886, Page 3
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