Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-18


most deliberate manner. He equalized matters
somewhat, however, by twice overlooking fouls
Of Sullivan who once sat down on kilrains
breast, and another time jumped on him with
both knees.
Sullivan bad Kilrain completely whipped in
the third round, although they fou' Int through
seventy-two rounds moro kilrain tried at the
first round kind Of tactics which he should
have known better than TO try on so heavy
man. He began to rush Sullivan and to wrestle
with him in the hopc OF winding the big fellow.
The result was the other way.
Kilrain threw the Boston boy in the first two
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big fellow and endeayorcd TO clinch him. Sui
lyan threw his brsSny ei1 arm around isi,i MI il
hammered Kilrain's left side The spectators
thought the awful blows of that brawny fist
would rupture the massive mass OF muscles
which bound Kilrain's abdomen. Then fling
ing the Baltimorean away, with his left Sulli-
van struck him just below the left ear. Kill
rain then fell in vain effort TO repeat his per-
formance of throwing Sullivan and falling on
him.
Those blows settled Kilrain. When he was
picked up. and carried TO his corner he said to
Mitchell, his second Charlie, am knocked
out" The bluff English pugilist would not listen
TO the suggestion and for two mortal hours he
forced the game young man from Baltimore into
the middle OF the ring to be hammered into
mass OF aching flesh.
After that round Kilrain had no heart Ho
stalked lazily into the ring at tho call OF time,
only to be knocked down by Sullivan or to run
away from the huge fist which had wrought him
already so much injury. AT the fourth round,
nfter lodging Sullivans blows with every indi-
cation that il was fear, not pugilistic science,
that prompted the manuuvers, Kilrain made
an attempt TO fight as though he meant 1t. Ho
landed his right on Sullivan'5 ear. and the big
fellow, Injured to pain as he was, fairly WINGED.
But he was paid in most painful kind. Sulli-
van smashed right and left on face and neck
and abdomen Again and again Sullivan
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below the short ribs. Every time Bilrain saw
Sullivan's eve glance toward that spot he
WINGED involuntarily Sullivan saw the motion
and followed up his advantage for all 1t was
worth.
Sullivan's two main points OF attack on the
body of his opponent were tho injured ribs and
back of the left ear Blow after blow was rained
on both these bruised spots and still Kilrain in
sisted, or rather his seconds insisted, that no
should continue to suffer in the hope that by
some huke Sullivan might commit foul and
the $4,000 stakes would be saved to his hackers.
Kilrain's only honor In the battle was in the
sixth round when Sullivan's ear which Jake
had split by left-hand upper cut in the fifth
round, gave forth the crimson blood and first
blood was awarded to Kilrain. The sight OF
blood seemed to drive tho crowd crazy. They
yelled and screamed, and jabbered, now NJ the
fighters, now at the referee, now at one another.
Like the Roman popniace p Of & ola they ydd ma De-
But the honor was short-lived. Scarcely had
the claim for firsG blood been allowed when Sui
1ivan caught Kilrain on the right ear with his
right fist and Jake fell in n heap on his hands
and knees 1t was the first knock-down OF the
fight ard was awarded 10 Sullivan. They came
oftener after that and they were oil to Suld-
vans credit Not once did kilrain hit his man
bard enough to make him stagger.
The seventy-ffth round ended the fight. 1t
was no different from the fifty preceding ones.
Kilrain after many protests was forced to the
scratch by Mitchell and Donovan Ho stood
irresolute for n moment Sullivan came at him
like mad bull, and kilrain put up his hands
In listless sort of way. There was no sugges-
tion of either attack or vigorous defense in the
motion or in the attitude.
Kilrain then dropped his hands and ran
around the ring, Sullivan following him with a
smile of mingled malice and contempt ON his
face. He overlook Kilrain near Sullivan's own
corner, struck him first on the neck and then In
the face Kilrain FELL groaned threw his arm
over his face as il to ward off further blows.
Then Mike Donovan, one OF kilrains seconds,
ran over to where his prostrate principal lay
andtossed in the air the sponge with which he
had been bathing Kilrain's body between the
rounds, and this was the acknowledgment Of
defeat
one thing is evident. Sullivan is no match
for kilrain either as a wrestler or boxer. Give
Kilrain Sullivan's immeasurable driving power
and expanse of chest and shoulder ana no man
could stand against him.
Kilrain's pluck and gnmeness was a theme OF
admiration for those wholunderstand ring STRAIT
egy aud true endurance. Sullivan got in fierce
blow on his side under the heart, from which he
never recovered. An ordinary man would have
thrown up the sponge in the next round Kill
rains seconds themselves acknowledged that the
fight was over then, but with the indifference
OF n stole and the pluck OF a hero, kilrain con-
tinued the unequal struggle and administered
many n stingng blow TO his adversary, and yet
in spite OF this an indiscrimfnating crowd,
mistaking caution and strategy for cowardice,
yelled at Kilrain calling him "cur" and coward"
when he sought to avoid Sullivans blow by
dodging or when he tried TO outwind him by
retreating before him around the ring.
1t is undeniably true that after the ninth
round, whom suffering excruciating pain from thts
bruiso under the heart and repeated knock
downs, Kilrain did lay himself open TO the
charge of "foul" by falling down when not APP
parently knocked down. These fouls were re-
peatedly claimed, but never allowed by the
referee.
Kilrain's friends bueyed him up throughout
the fight by picturing TO him tho chect or de-
feat upon his wife aud children.
just before the fight the Sheriff OF Marion
County came and commanded the peace. Bud
Repaud, the manager, replied smiltngly
"That's oil right, Mr. Sheriff you have done
your duty" And then the fight went ON.
An inventory of the personal results OF the
mill will show that Mr.. Sullivan has n split ear,
two black eyes, swelled hands, aud numerous
bruises ON his body caused by Mr.. kilrains
fists. Mr.. Kilrain has n black eye, broken
nose n split mouth, split ear, and any num-
ber OF bruises, and very probably internal in
iuries which may prove serious
Sullivan's repeated blows on kilrain's ribs
seemed TO leave a permanent indentation In tho
mans body, and soon after the fight he began
70 spit blood. On the car he was inconsolabe
over his defeat and would not bo comforted.
Big tears coursed down his checks and he cried
like a boy.