The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-07-19

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most deliberate manner. He cqunlized matters
somewhat, however, by twice overlooking fouls
oil Sullivan, who once sat down OH kili1in's
breast, and another time jumped oil him with
both knees.
sallissn Ind kilrsin completely wshipred in
soyenty.tw rounds more. Kiira .ihatti Tried ut Tie
first round a kind of tactics which he should
have known better than 10 try on so heavy u
with limi in the hore of winding the big fellow.
The result was the other way.
ki1i,.in threw the Boston boy in tho first two
the third round liilrain sprang again for the
big fellow and endeavored to clincf him.. Sui
Ivan threw his biaMny left ann around Kill
halni!, red kilrnin's left sid, The spectators
tliou.ltt the awful blows of tlint brawny FIST
world rupture the massive mass Of muscles
which bound Kilrain's abdomen. Then fling
Ing The lnltimore,M away, with his left Sulli-
Niri struck him Just below the left car. Xii.
ruin then fell in u vain effort to repeat his per-
toiit.ance of throwing Sullivan and falling on
Lin.
Those blows settled %llilrain. When he was
Mitchell. his second: "Clnrlie, l am knocked
OUT. - The bluff English pugilist would not listen
10 tl.a suggestion and for two mortal hours he
forced tia came young man from Baltimore into
the middle of the ring to be hammered into n
mass OF aching flesh.
After TINT round Kilrain had no heart. He
Stalled l;lH'ly into the ring Mt the 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,
after dnlsing Sullivnn's blows with every indi-
cntion that 1t was fear, not pugilistic science,
that prompted the mnhutlvers, kilrai1 lnutle
mn attempt to tiightas though lie meant IL. He
minded his right on Sullivln's ear. and the big
fellow, Injured to pain rs lie WIS, fairly WINGED.
But le WAS paid i'll most painful kind. Sulli-
vln smashed right and left on fnco and neck
md abdomen. Again ind a.nin Sullivan
planted his fist on the Ilaee, now SO red and
1tffnlned nnd sore. on kilrain's left side, just
below the short ribs. Every time Kilrain saw
Srllivnn's eye glance toward TINT SPOT lie
WINGED involuntarily. Sullivan shw the motion
nhd followed up his advantage for all it was
worth.
Sullivan's two main points of attack on tho
body of his opponent We're the injured ribs and
bnck oftlic lett car. Blow utter blow was raincd
on both these bruised spots and still killnin ill
sisted. or rather his seconds insisted, that he
should continue to suffer i'll the hope that by
some ilukc Sullivan might commit n foul and
tile SlO.OOO stakes would he saved to his hackers.
hilrain soon learned TINT IL good wrestler
does not remain SO after n few rounds with u
NM like Sullivan. In the first three rounds
lAfli;.in Ind only to seize sullivan to throw him,
but nftarwtrd I'M attempt to cliNch only re-
suited in disastrous punishment for Jake. AZ
ter thu twentieth round kilulin eontented mini
pt'eilisln and keeping out of dangers way i'll the
person of Sullivan. Sometimes it WIS pitin-
Bile to SEQ him. Donovan md Mitchell would
walk with hin to the middle of the rin,, nl-
most. where he would stand with his hands
hanging helplessly by his sides waiting for
sullivan to %approacl him. Then he would
VIII or run If necessary around tho ring away
from the ginnt whom lie feared, but he would
be oNertakcl and unless lie would 30 down Ill
most mt II sl,lnce OF Stllivan's eye lie would he
crushed 10 the sparse grass of the p~ine-woods
turf with irresistible force.
kilrain's only honor i'll tho battle was in the
sixth round. when Sullivnn's ear. which ,Jnke
Ind SPLIT by n left Illlll MINER Ciit in tine fifth
round. gave forth the crimson blood and first
blood WIS awarded to Kilrain. The sight of
yelled and screamed, md jabbered, now nj the
fighters, now ut tho referee, now ut ono another.
Like the Roman populace of old they had be-
come drunk with the sight of human blood.
hui the honor was short-lived. Scarcely had
the claim for 1irsG blood been allowed when Sui
Ivan caught kili,.in on the right eur with his
right fist ind jake fell i'll a heap on his hands
and knees. 1t was the first knock-doW u of the
fight and was awarded to Sullivan. They came
oftener after TINT ,.ild they We're oil to snlli-
hard enough TO make him stagger.
That was Kilrain's defect. He could hit sulli-
van often enough oftener than Sullivan could
reach him but his blows hnd no force behind
them. They could Afraid the skin or blncken
an eye, but they could not shutter the whole
van did not do half what lie might have done
to Kilrain. Time and time again during the
fight kilrain hnlf clincliel with Sullivan md
the two men would be leaning against one
another. Sullivan would place both hands
against Kilrain's breast and push him away.
On every occasion of this kind, and they were
many, kilrain's guard WAS entirely down, and
Sullivan could have struck him n Knockout blow
with case, but he seemed to disdain to win the
victory in this way. He wanted to knock Kill
OF defense.
Tho seventy-ffth round ended the fight. 1t
was no different from tho fifty preceding ones.
kiirain after many protests was forced to the
irresolutc for u moment. Sullivan came at him
like a. mad bull, and kilrain put up his hands
in a listless sort of way. There was no sngges-
motion or i'll 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 nenr Sullivnn's own
corner, struck him first OIL the neck nMd then in
the face. kilrail fell, groaned, threw his ann
over his face rs IL to ward off further blows.
Then Mike Donovan, one of kilrnin's seconds.
ran over TO where his PROSTATE principal Law
had been bathing Kiiruin's body between tho
rounds, md this was the acknowledgment of
defeat.
Ono thing Is evident. Sullivan is no match
for kilrain either rs a wrestler or boxer. Give
Kilrain Sullivan's unreasonable driving power
and eHpanse of chest and shoulder md no man
could stand against him.
ktlrailis pluck md galneness was a theme of
admiration for those Northumberland ring STRAIT
egy and true endurance. Sullivan got in n fle1ce
blow on his side under the heart, from which lie
ttSbS4 Al III liltLll MUUlu luV9
thrown up the sponge in the next round. Kill
RAIN seconds themselves acknowledged that the
fight was over then, but will the Indifference
of n stole and the pluck of n hero, Kilrain con.
tinued the unequal struggle and administered
many a singing blow to his adversary, and vet
in spite of this, nh indiscriminatiig crowd,
lnistaking caution and strategy for cowarlice,
yelled ut kflrain, calling him AcIir" and Coward
when he sought to avoid Sullivan's blow by
lodging, or when he, tried to outwind him by
retreating before him around the ring.
1t Is undeniably true that after the ninth
round, when suffering excruciatingp pain from this
bruise under the heart and repeated kuock-
downs, kilrain did lay himself open to tho
charge OF -four by falling down when not az.
parently knocked down. These fouls We're re-
peatedly claimed, but never allowed by the
referee.
kilrafn's friends broyed him up throughout
the fight by picturing to him tho effect Of de-
feat upon his wife aud children,
Just before the fight the Sheriff of Marion
County came and commanded the peace. Bud
Kenaud, the manager, replied smilingly:
AIllat,s all right, Mr.. Sheriff; you have done
your duty. And then the fight went on.
mill will show that Mr.. Sullivan has q split chr.
Two black eyes, swelled hands, and numerous
bruises on his body caused by Mr.. KIrnin's
ists. Mr.. kilrnin has o black eye, a broker
nose. q split mouth, q split car, and any mum.
Per OF bruises. and very probably internal in.
3uries which may prove serious.
nnlnsan,s repeated blows on Kilrain's ribs
mans body, and soon after the fight he beesn
to spit blood. On the car he was 7nconsoisbIaa
over his defeat and would not be .cOmforfe1i.
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