The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-07-12

livah avoided the clinch and dealt q
short arm blow on the neck, followed by
others on the neck and ribs. In the
fourth round both men were PAINTING
heavily and there were cries of "Sulli-
van is licked" Before it ended Sullivan
made ths first of his famous rushes,
driving Kilrain to the ropes. Kilrain
recovered and succeeded in getting
Johns head in chancery. While in this
position Sullivan gave Kilrain q good
blow in the nose and both went to the
ground, Sullivan on top.
In the sixth round when Kilrain drew
first blood, Sullivan went at him right
and left, Kilrain retreated but Sullivan
followed him up and gave him a right
handler in the neck, followed by his left
i'm the stomach which laid Kilrain fiat
on his back.
During the progress of the ninth round
Harding shouted "flve hundred even on
Kilrain." Taken" responded Sullivan
as he handed out the money in crisp ten
dollar bills.
The tenth one was a disastrous one
for Kilrain. Sullivan delivered heavy
blows on Jake's chest, neck, ribs and
nose and finally sent him to earth.
In the thirteenth round Sullivan beat
Kilrain all around the ring and finally
with a heavy breast blow felled him like
an OK.
At the opening of the nineteenth
round the referee demanded that Kill
rain wash his hands as ne believed he
had rosin on them. Donovan protested
but Kilrain complied.
In the twenty-tourth round Kilrain
succeeded in giving Sullivan several
powerful breast blows, but before the
round ended he received in return one
in the neck which f1oored him and for a
moment he was thought to be senseless.
In the twenty-eigth round Kilrain
came up smiling to the scratch. easy,
little fellow" he remarked to Sullivan
as the latter gave him singer in the
right cheek and an equally strong de-
livery in the left ribs. Several more
blows were exchanged, and Kilrain had
to drop again. The same story was now
repeated round after round, the excited
crowd yelling derisively and suggesting
that Jake ought to fight only a woman.
1t was apparent that Kilrain was deter
mined to be game as long as he could
keep on his legs, but the crowd was not
in humor to admire his courage and
brute tenacity. Now and again he man.
aged to get in some good blows on
various parts of Sullivan's anatomy, but
he invariably dropped when 1t seemed
certain that retaliation was inevitable.
In the thirty-fonrth round a blow be-
hind and under the right ear felled Kill
rain like az or. There was some good
fighting in the thirty-fifth round, Kill
rain getting two tremendous upper
cuts that made the occupants of the
stand give vent to a prolonged ooh"
In the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh
rounds Kilrain walked around too much
for Sullivan's patience, and thousand
voices in the crowd yelled Coward
1t was light touches on both sides. walk.
arounds, clinching and dropping on the
part of Kilrain from now on. Sullivan
evidently pitied his opponent, for times
without number he gently pushed him
away with his open hands when he
could have delivered blows that would
have settled the mill then and there. In
| the thirty-eighth round the referee again
/ insisted that Kilrain should fight and
not walk around. Donovan objected.
but the spectators howled him down,
| Sullivan delivered two terrific body
blows in this round and third in the
breast that sent Kilrain two feet back
i wards to the ropes, where he fell in a
| heap. In the forty-fourth round, when
| Sullivan began to vomit, the Kilrainites
shouted to their man to go for
Sullivan in the belly. Kilrain could not
be persuaded, however, to put up his
fists until his opponent had indicated
his readiness to proceed. In return for
his consideration he got a blow in the
neck that felled him. So it went on
round after round, every one ending in
| Kilrain going down. In the fifty-fourth
round Kilrain succeeded In getting in on
C,,ll y, h,xf tINo lott
rains head in chancery and pummelled
| him to his hearts content. The next
round ended by Kilrain falling to the
ground completely exhausted while en-
! deavoring to spar. Kilraln was knocked
down in the sixtieth round. In the
siXty-second he wound his arms around
Sullivan until the referee was forced to
| tell him to break away, and Sullivan
himself urged Jake to be a man.
| In the sixty-third he received telling
blow just under the heart and in the
| sixty-fifth Sullivan went at him with
rush. In the next round the Boston
! boy forced him against the ropes and
! banged him right and left. In the sixty
seventh and sixty-ninth rounds he
knocked himsunder theIropes, while in
the sixty-eighth he sent in two friohtful
upper cuts. While falling in the sixty
ninth round Kilrain caught hold of
Sullivan's legs. Somebody in the crowd
shouted out, Hes dying, John; hit him
hard" Sullivan's only response was to
turn toward the direction from which
| the voice came with look of disgust.
From this on to the seventy fourth round
| kilrain dropped at the slightest move
ment of Sullivan's fist. A breast blow
felled him in the seventy fifth and when
| time was next called he failed to rise.
Kilrain was toeing the scratch when
Donovan threw up the sponge. He pro-
tested that he was able to continue, but
Donovan said there was no sense in
standing up to be knocked down. The
| defeated man was bundled up and hur-
RED 90 carriage and driven to the
train. He bitterly bemoaned his fate
and wept. All his friends stuck to him
and cheered him up, except Mitchell,
who seemed deeply chagrined and held
aloof. Sullivan and his party also hur-
ried to the train in carriage, and the
two parties were soon on their way to
New Orleans.
MORE MENTAL THAN PHYSICAL SUFFERING.
Kilrain seemed to suffer more mentally
than physically. He said he had Sulli-
van whipped twice, but was unable to
follow up his advantage. He said he
could not understand what was the
matter. He seemed able to stand pun
ishment, but could not inflict any. He
felt almost as if he had been drugged.
He could see that Sullivan did not feel
his blows. Donovan, Stevenson and
others sponged Kilrain and gave him
draughts of whisky and water while he
was talking. They comforted him as
much as possible and though they had
every reason to feel blue over the result
they did not let him notice the their re.
greet. Donovan said to the reporters
that the heat and exercise
HAD DONE MORE THAN THE BLOWS
to exhaust Kilrain. Kilrain's face did
not betray the great punishment he had
received. He had cut under the nose,
across both lips, and his left eye was
slightly discolored and swollen. His
right hand had been injured by a blow
on Sullivan's head, and his left instep
had been cut by the spikes on Sullivan's
shoes. He had received terrible punish
ment about the ribs and doubtless suf-
fered considerable pain, but he gave no
notice to his agony. He said he had not
been properly trained and that he was
not in condition when he entered the
ring. He would work and get some
money, he said, and would
ONCE MORE MAKE TRIAL
for the championship. He was willing
to fight Sullivan again. He complained
of the manner in which Sullivan had
jumped upon him with both feet while
he was down, but he should not find
fault with this. but he had trusted too
much to his friends.
Kilrain lay down on the seat and coats