Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12
Sullivan Wins.

| brutes John l.. Sullivan Of Boston and
Jake Kilrain Of Baltimore, took place at an
out of the way railroad station in Southern
Missis ippi on Monday Of this week. and
rerulted in n victory TOR Sulliran.
The fight was for purse Of twenty
thousand dollars, diamond bedecked belt
and the title of Champian Slugger. The
two men fought for two and a quarter hours
and though Kilrain was suffering from a
terrible constitutional malady, he made
| splendid fight and took enough OF punish
ment to kill an ordinary man. He was not
| Knocked out, but when it was evident he
| had no chance. Charley Mitchell went over
| TO Sullivan's corner and offered to give in
| for J axe # Sullivan would make kilrain a
present The answer was characteristic
| of the man. 1t was: LET the duffer come
| on and fight" As soon as Mike Donovan
heard this he threw up the sponge for Kill
| rain.
Then ensued scene Of wild excitement.
Charley johnson kissed Sullivan, who broke
from his grasp and wanted to fight Charley
MlICltll tlttl anu Al4tlE- II " a. al NAA'a'
johnson and Cleary could do to keep the
big fellow from hitting Mitchell. Then
| Cleary himself wanted a fight with Mitchell
but he, too was prevented.
The men fought in what appeared to be
a very small 24-fOot ring, surrounded on
three sides by wooden seats ranged IN am
phitheatrical order. The intention was TO
| have the affair come off early in the morn
IL not trFar rTVatF
near 0 o'clock and il was 10 before the last
one reached the ground.
Then Charley Mitchell kicked against
acting as Kilrain's second. on the ground
that the laws Of Mississippi were severe on
| the subject, and he did not want to be ar
| rested. He was in constant commumca-
| ton with J. T. Norris, an Ohio detective,
| and had several written opinions from him
| advising him not to second Kilrain or to
| permit Jake to fight in Mississippi
| The Sheriff of the county was on the
| ground early in the morning, but, after be
| had commanded that the peace be not bro
| ken, ways and means were found to induce
| him to go away about his business in
| another part of the county.
The fight was desperate one, sullivan,
| though fat, was in very fair condition,
! and, though the terrible heat made him
perspire like Turkish bather he was as
| strong at the finish as he was at the begin
ming of the fight. The heat during the fight
| was certainly not less than ll0 degrees,
| and how the men stood it bareheaded is
| marvel.
John Fitzpatrick was the referee. He is
| man OF integrity, but he does not
| thoroughly understand prize fighting rules
| and he permitted both men to infract them
almost with impunity.
Kilrain spiked Sullivan's foot terribly,
and fairly tore the outside of Sullivan's left
| shoe off his foot, and blood colored his
| white stockings crimson. He also struck
| a number of blows below the belt. Had
| the rule about going down without a blow
| been strictly enforced, he would have been
disqualified early in the battle.
Sullivan, for the first time in his life, de-
| liberately and purposely fouled an oppo-
nent He once sat down with terrific force
on Kirain's chest, and another time, after
knocking him down, jumped on his stom
| ach with both knees.
Jake's supposed wrestling abilities did
not help him a bit Sully threw him sew
| eral times and was able to break nearly all
| his holds with ease.
Sullivan's hardest blows were with the
| right fist under Kilran's heart. He crack
| ed two of Kilrain's ribs and in turn broke
one of the fingers Of his right hand on
Jake's head.
Both men had a small army of advisers
and retainers. Tom Allen was the consul
| ter for Kilrain, and Joe Coburn had good
| deal TO tell Sullivan. The latter was very
strong on his legs, and during the re sts be
| tween the rounds stood up two-third Of the
| time.
The first round was very short, as kirain
caught Sully around the neck and swung
him to the ground OTer his hip. Sully
| evened this up by giving Jake two or three
| good thumps in the next round and also
| bursting fall Kilrain drew first blood from
| Johns left ear, but Sullivan scored nearly
| all the knock downs a dozen or more in
all
Sullivan took strong lead at the start
| and nearly had Jake knocked out in seven
rounds but Killrain rounded TO and i'll the
next 20 rounds, it looked as though he had
an even chance Of winning.
| In one round Sullivan was struck so hard
| in the stomach that he vomitcd all over the
| ring. Klrain ehivalrously declined to
| strike him while he was sick.
Sullivan nearly knocked Jake senseless
several times during the latter part Of the
| fight when he could getnear kilrain, who
trotted away from him and fought in
the most provokingly exasperating man
ner
/ DUH VI f0hlIlNhh tl htlt LiiLlbig
| Jumped, but Kilrain is also badly mash
| ed.
The verdict here is that the fight was the
| best that ever took place between heavy
weights. Sullivan weighed 2l5 pounds and
| Kilrain 200.
Over 1900 was raised for Kilrain on the
| train coming home. The poor fellow
| cried like a child over his defeat, but in
reality he was never in ii with Sullivan,
| who was a better man to-day than he ever
| was before.
Sullivan will travel with Muldoon hcre-
after and will probably never fight again.
SULLIVAN on A SPREE.
NEW ORLEANS, July 9.-John l.. Sulli-
| van began painting the town red this even
| ing. He started at the Young Mems Gym
| nastic Club at an early hour in the evening
| and began drinking heavily He threw
money out Of the windows to the mob of
| boys and men who followed him from his
quarters opposite, and made things lively
| generally. Later on, in the company of
Joe Coburn, Mike Cleary and John Daily,
he drove to the Spanish Fort, lakeside
resort, and had n champagne supper. He
was very bibulous during the time occupi-
cd Mt the festal board, and attracted n large
crowd Of spectators.
| His language was indecent and profanc,
| and he was 80 generally vulgar and brutal
| in his conduct that he shocked all present
Noticing the crowd Of curiosity seekers, he
lccred at prominent Canal street mcr-
chant mo ment, and with an oath and
language unfit for publication, grabbed
champagne bottle and attempted to brain
| the inoilcnsive lookcr-on. lie was then
with great difficulty taken from the restau-
rant by the more sober ones of his party.
He staggered to his cab and returned TO
the city where he was put 10 bed.
His eyes are blackcned from Kilrain's
punishment, but otherwise he Is the same
John l.. Sullivan Of old. Muldjon. his
trainer, refused to 60 on n hurrah with him,
and IL apparently disgustcd with Sullivan
conduct Coburn managed to get him TO
20 home, and by 9 O'Clock had him put 10
bed at his.quartcrs.
KGLRAfS's BAD SHAPE.
NEW ORLEANS, July 9.-Thc pugilista
and their friends who created such great
furore here fJr the past week or two, have
all left the city aud the popuace are grad.
ually quieting down and affairs are assum-
ing their normal condition. Kilrain, who
was believed to have received such terrible
punishment about the body, appeared this
morning 10 be rs fresh "A the day before
the fight. After his return from the battle
field he was conveyed TO the Southern Ath
lctic Club rooms and given u bath, after
which he retired to his room He vomitcd
| a grcenish substance, some of which has
been kept for analysis in order 10 deter
mine whether he had been doscd, as he in