The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-07-10

Il fought over nalf an hour. lie was as
strong as when the fight commenced, and
could have fought two hours longer. If
/ necessary. he refrained from fast and
needless fighting By my advice, as | did
i not want him TO meet with any accidents.
consider Kilrsin snn, the ,n greatest 5ss
side OF Sullivan. DE is a game and
determined fellow. / think II he had
fought according 10 his own judgment. in
stead of taking the cowardly and tricky ad-
vice of the men who were behind him, he
would not have been hissed by the people
| present, and the American public would
| have more 10 admire in him TO day than at
| any time since he came into prominence.
don't think he was In condition for
hard fight In this hot climate He was
trained too fine, and soon became very
weak. 1 allowed my man seven pounds to
lose in the tight, and after the battle was
over he was Just six and one
tered the ring. He was not bit
tired, was cheerful and in no way injured
Ny advice TO him is to live the balance Of
his life slow and easy, and never again
enter the ring as q principal. He is now
restored 10 perfect health and may yet 1--we
long and enjoy good health, II he will only
take care of himself. Ii ne fails To do that,
be has no one TO blame for II but himself
1 have always been anxious TO
is natural born fighter, and
could light a long and scientific battle, IL
necessary, provided he was properly
handled and put in condition. Now that |
have done that, | am through forever with
all ring fights. 1 never again want to see a
man knocked about ana punished as Kill
rain was yesterday. / think boxing good
exercise, and will do all that can to en-
courage II, but think ring fighting is too
brutal and / want TO see no more of II. I"
Kilrain, who was believed 10 have re
ceived such terrible punishment about the
body, appeared this morning to be as fresh
as daisy. After his return from the bat
tlefield he was conveyed 10 the Southern
Athletic club rooms and given a bath, after
which he retired TO his rooms. he vomited
a greenish substance, some OF which has
been kept for analy sis, in order TO deter
mine whether he had been dosed, as he
intimated, or not. The rumors that XII
rain had been suffering from disease had
been freely circulated, and In order to sat
isfy himself whether this was true or not,
the janitor watched Kirain- He was eyi
IDENTIFY suffering great physical pam, and
appeared to walk with difficulty. The
janitOr was finally convinced that not only
were the reports true, but that kIlraIn had
recently bad surgical operation per-
formed. DIR. Dougherty, of Philadelphia, |
had been attending TO him. and Kilrein !
had been taking medicine ever since his ar
rival here In fact, on the day OF his arri- |
val be was seen taking medicine from a |
vial, but this at the time was believed 70 be |
some preparation which was intended to |
assist him in getting into condition for the |
tight. DIR. Dougherty stated to some of the /
members of the club that he had been /
treating Kilrain for boil, from which he |
had been suffering for some time. These /
facts became known in the club to-day, /
and the consequence was a reversion of /
opinion in regard to Kilrain, and some of |
the members remarked when he had gone /
that they wished they had never invited /
him. Prof. Donovan stated he did not |
know anything of this prior TO the fight; i
otherwise he would have had nothing to do
with it, or would not have allowed Jake
KilIain to enter the ring.
Since the fact has become known, Kill
rains sluggish movements while walking, /
his disinclinatiOn to strip and his aversion
to take exercise, as well as Mitchelps care
that he should not take any, and Kilrain's
troubled looks, bis rather cadaverOus face,
in fact, his strange actions, words and |
looks are all attributed 70 this.
Prot. Robinson, in charge of the pupils
of the Southern Athletic club, who wit
messed the fight, stated openly on the train
while returning that the fight was a cOlos-
sal fake from beginning 10 end, and that
Sullivan and kilrain were parties TO it.
This explained Sullivan's magnanimity |
towards Kilrain. He had him at bis mercy |
several times during the fight when he
could very easily have Knocked him out
hohinson processes TO know all about spar
ring, and has seen a number of prize
ights, and is competent to judge. His as
sertions were made openly y members of
the club aud have evoked 40 li-tic CON-
ment Some allege that he Is mistaken,
for too many heavy blows were hit, and
the principals received too much punish
ment Kilrain arose this morning and de-
sired to take bath IN the swimming tank
but was not permitted to do so. At an
early hour the guests of the club gathered
together their wardrobe and commenced
packing up, and at 7:l5 O'Clock Kilrain.
Murphy, Pony Moore and DR..
left in carriages for the Texas
& Pacific depot.
Sullivan says he will not accept FOx's
belt, either for his bulldog or himself, feel
ng il is not necessary TO establish the
iact that he is the champion pugilist.
John L. Sullivan, VIM. MuldOOD and
Mike Cleary are still in the city and are at
heir old quarters. Aoout $50 Sullivan
was presented with a large wreath of
lowers representing horse shoe. Sulli-
van acknowledged the gilt in very brief
'peech. Sullivan returned to his room
II about 9:45 O'Clock. He was then
somewhat under the influence of liquor
md four policemen stood at the corner in
,aSe he committed any overt act. Chief of
Police Hennesy and John Fitzpatrick. who
was the referee in the tight, visited him.
Fitzpatrick remained but a few moments.
Il Is said Sullivan and Cleary will leave
he city tomorrow morning for New York.
Sul1iyan's Chance.
LONDON, July 9.-Smith has challenged
sullivan to fight in Europe for $4,000 a