JOHN L. SULLIVAN.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1304, 22 April 1915, Page 29

JOHN L. SULLIVAN.

RETAINS MUCH OF HIS FORMER ACTIVITY - . While everybody in Cincinnati (U.S.) was hustling to get indoors the ether night, John L. Sullivan, the onetime great pugilistic champion, was seen calmly walking down Vine Street with his coat open. “I hear that the mercury is down to the zero mark,” said an old-time friend of Sullivan’s, rubbing his ears to keep them warm. “That does not interest me,” remarked Sullivan. “I work harder in the red hot sun during the summer months than I do when it’s cool. I never suffered from the heat in my life, and the colder the day the better I feel. This bus.ness of wrapping up your body like an express package is killing more people than the plague.” Sullivan’s remarks are worthy of attention. He was the champion London prize ring fighter of the world. Although he took part in many real prize fights, and took a world of punishment, yet he did not receive a mark of any kind. He looks more like a senator than a prize-fighter. John L. attributes his youthful appearance to the fact that he studied fighting and always prepared himself in a proper way for fights. He says that the same holds good in regard to one’s health.

He is careful of his habits in summer and does not eat too much food in hot weather. In winter he takes

every precaution not to catch cold, but above all things does not wear clothing that is too heavy for one day and too light for the next.