The evening world., 1889-07-09

quiet family circles, where such events were
untlolEht of II few days ago, mn where re-
vulsion rt the hruta ity OF the rr.ze mill is
yet tempered Ivy admiration iur the physical
strength and courage o. the ContostontS.
For those who attended the fight there is n
strange collection Ot memories which viii lie
likely 10 remain vivid.
The excitement of the start from New Or
lean, the varied incidents of the trip. the
sueak by the State troops of Louisiana and
Mississ Phi, the gathering at the ringSlde, the
iormalities in the Iing and finally the great
contest itself.
Capt. JnwieSon and his twenty Mississippi
regulators furnish not "A few memories,
tinged with the picturesque amt Favored
with the idea of something's Little dangerous.
The performances 0f these men i'll the
crowded train and afterwards at the ring,
were marked by characteristics of GOODNESS,
determination and courage which made II
new Subject FOR study TO the average North
ern eNcursionist.
The managers OF the affair congratulate
themselves in having c%leyerly outwltted the
authorities who had declared their intentions
TO stop the fight in mississippi.
II is by some, how ever, thought to be n
close question whether the authorities were
not as willing To be outwiiteh as were the
fighters and their party to outwit them,
Certainly there were men very high in s'n.
ton and influence in both Louis ann md
Mi s.ssippi who could now tell stories Of The
combat with all the raciness md detail of
evc-witnesses.
The soldiers who were ordered out made n
very pIiiterlnG hIuh. aud undoubtedly en-
loNed their two days camp nj the State line;
but Just what they accomplished, besides en-
ioyiug themselves at the expense If their re
spective Stntes, is a matter of uncertainty.
The two fighters kept away from them with
no rouhie. Tue long excursion trains which
passed them ut Pearl River Station, La, and
at Nicholson, Miss, they had no authority to
stop.
As to Sheriff Cormack and his bluff ut the
IN NInR.N ia lNI.W "a NN n HnNln En. .NR,
meut when his little act is spoken of. He
found his proper time for disappearing and
took advantage of il.
Brd Ronnud WAS all business TO the end of
the aB lair. and was AL Complacency when 1t
WAS successfully over. He proved himself
an e%nterprlsing and ingenious manager.
New Orleans was inclined towards Sullivan
before the fight and i all sullivan now.
The gre at fighter could have had the town
last night had he not chosen to remain
quietly at his boardiuG-house in Rampart
y rect. He did not seem at all eXhau ted by
his long stay IN the ring.
kilrain. tired, disheartened, discouraged
and sore, went to ms rest immed ately after
ms return to the Southern Athletic Club
Uoms
With n more strict Interpreter of the
London pr re ring rules the fight NJ .ght have
have had n mole speedy termination.
John Fitzpatrick, the New Orleans man
whom the sullivan party named and the XII
rain party finally accepted, acknOw edged
that lie was not entirely CONVEX 1nnt with the
rules, hut said he wanted n fair contest. on
the merits of the two men, and his leniency
t both sides-for each man was guilty of viO-
lations of the rules-can he explained by his
anxiety to give every how for n finish fight.
This was The kind of n fight the crowd had
come to see. and was the only kind which
would settle the question of superiority.
kllrain several times struck foul blows SO
openly rs to cause n whisper TINT he meant to
lose on n foul and then appeal on some tech
hi "a ground, thus leaving the fight still un-
decided.
sullivan, for his part, was twice guilty of
falling upon Kilrain. after the latter was
down. in such a way as 10 constitute fonls.
Several times the excitement among parti-
sans of the men arose TO a high pitch. but the
crowd was kept well in restraint, only its
voices breaking forth.
There was a great scene when the fight was
over. but again serious trouble was pre-
vented by cool headed men.
Sullivan was with difficulty restrained from
attacking Mitchell whom he wanted to fight
in the same ring.
He had already forgotten the vanquished
Kilrain.