Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-07-17


for the first time, entered the car, Kilrain
awoke shortly after this and reproached
Mitchell for the condition he lKilrainl waa
in when he entered the ring. Mitchell
attributed Kllrain's defeat to 1ts heinp one
Of his off days
A number Of sporting men who had seem
Kilrain in training seemed to think TINT he
had been tempered with, us they had never
seen him hit 80 feebly before JOHNNY
Murphy said 1t was not Sullivan, but the
sun, which knocked Jake out Kilrain'a
condition was mysterious, and he had been
overturned Prot. Butler declared that he
had announced his belief In Kirain md he
had stuck to him through thick and thin.
Mitchell had dropped him like o dog when
the fight went against him, but this would
not be the case with his other friends.
JOHN L. SULLIVAN.
John L. Sullivan was born October IL. 1883
and is consequently nearly 81 years of age. He
was born IN boston, both his parents being
Irish immigrants from fighting County Kerry
He stands feet 1925 inches In his stock ugs
and when out OF training Is good for 235 pounds
on the scnles. Trained thoroughly hts fight
ing weight Is put ut 103 pounds, but 200 is
nearer the mark. Sullivan's first formal m atch
was with Joe Goss in the spring OF 1880. He
won 1t IN three minutes. Soon atterward he
"AAPPO~
The following winter he went to Cincinnati
| and fought John Donaldson for O purse OF $780,
This took ten rounds and u total Of twenty
minutes. A few weeks later he knocked out
Steve Taylor in short order ut Harry Hills in
New York. BY that time he had begun to at
tract attention and regular fight was ar
ranged between him and John Flood for q
purse OF $1,000. with kid gloves sullivan
trained carefully for the fight meaning
to win II possible. The battle occurred on
barge In the Hudson river near Yonkers, in
May, 1884, and was finished in eight rounds
with total of sixteen minutes Of actual fight
ing. After the fight with Flood Sullivan won't
on an exhibition tour. At each place IN offer
OF $50 was made to the man who could stand
before him for four rounds with reg
ulation gloves. A number accepted the
offer but he stopped them oil inside
OF three rounds. Finally battle was arranged
with the champion Of America, Paddy Ryan,
The stakes were $1,000 and how the fight re,
suited every body knows 1t took place in 1892
at Mississippi City, Miss. Sullivan had Ryan
whipped from the start and it took only nine
rounds and ten minutes Of actual fighting to
wrestle the championship from him. After his
fight with Ryan Sullivan agreed to stop any man
in the world In four rounds with gloves or for
fcit $1,000 The first man who accepted the
offer was mmy Elliott They met at Wash
ington Park, New York City, July 1, 1881, and
knocked senseless. Then Richard X Fox in
duced Tug Wilson to come from Leicester,
England to face the champion. They met at
Madison Square Garden July II. Wilson
stayed with him tho four rounds by running
away, falling down and getting out OF
reach The receipts were $4,000 and
Wilson got hall OF them. March
10, 1888, q testimonial benefit was
rendered Sullivan at Mechanics building in
Boston, at which $4,000 people were present
and VIII Oh netted him SO, 900. In the following
May he met Charlie Mitchell in a four round
glove contest at Madison Square Garden,
New York. He had Mitchell whipped at the
beginning OF the third round. August he
met Herbert Slade at the same place and had
no trouble in putting him to sleep in three
rounds
In September, 1888, Sullivan started out on
tour OF the country, making q standing offer of
$1,000 to the man who could stand before him
for four three-minute rounds with soft gloves.
On this tour he met some fifty different
mon and defeated them ALL On No.
vember TO- 1881, he and John F. Latin
had a go in Madison Square garden for the
entire gate receipts. Sullivan knocked Latin
out OF time in three rounds. The next week at
the same place he met AL Greenfield. OF Biz.
mingham Eng, another OF Fox's importationA
He had him whipped when the police stopped
them in the second round and the referee
awarded Sullivan the fight In January,
1885, he again met Greenfield in Bos.
ton and whipped him in four rounds.
A week later Paddy Ryan and Sullivan
again faced each other in Madison Square Gar.
den. They had only been boxing thirty seconds
when the police took it upon themselves to
take part in the affair and compelled them
TO stop and the match was therefore called
draw. In June, 1885, the champion
met Jack Burke in Chicago, and though
he was not we'll at tho time he
knocked him out in the fifth round. Then
Dolninick Mccartney challenged him to public
six-round battle with gloves They met at
Chester Park; Cincinnati. Mccartney saved
himself by falling without being hit and hug.
gng all he could but the referee awarded Sui.
Ivan the fight. Before that Mccartney had
bestcd Charley Mitchell in four-round
contest For the next year or so Sulli.
van did little sparring, travelling most of
the time with theatrical company j. In 1886
he again started on a sparring tour of the
United States. The first man whom he met
was Frank Herald; he put him to sleep in one
round in Allegheny City. In November OF that
year he knocked out Paddy Ryan in San Fran
cisco. In January, 1887, he had SIX
round contest with Patsy Cardiff at Min
neapolis. He broke his right wrist in the
first round, but stald with Cardiff the re-
naming five, and had the best OF it when
the fight was declared q draw. Sullivan's
broken wrist laid him up for several months;
afterit had entirely healed he again went on
the road giving exhibitions. A year or so ago
he went to England and gave exhibitions there.
In March Of last year he met Charlie Mitchell
in a bare-f1st contest in France. Sullivan in
jured his right arm 80 badly early in the fight
that it was practically disabled, but Mitchell
could not knock him out and the fight was
finally declared a draw.
JAKE KILRAIN.
Kilrain, whose true name, by the way, il
John Jacob Killion, was born at Greenport
Columbia County, N. Y, February O. 1850.
His parents were both Irish. His mother died
few days since In Baltimore. Kilrain spent
a portion of his youth in rolling mill in Som
merville, Mass, and it was there that he de-
'veloped love for athletic sports.
There were good many boxers in the mill
who ridiculed the country boy. In order to de-
fend himself from insult he learned to box. In
the course OF year Kilrain whipped four of
his tormentors and established his reputat ion
locally.
In the winter Of 1883 Kilrain started out as q
professional pugilist and obtained a situation
in the Boston Cribb Club as assistant in
structor in boxing. While in this employ he
met and defeated the colored pugilist,
George Godfrey, and fought a draw with
Jem Goode. He next tackled Charles
Mitchell with the gloves, which contest
also resulted in draw. Then came an
encounter with Mike Cleary, who is training
John l.. Sullivan ut the present time. After
meeting lack Rurk0 in n glove contest yVhich