Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-07-08
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! Hint ut the Result.
/ New ORLEANS, July G.--Aa the tin
approaches ior the great mill 1t htcomi
more apparent that the fight will lie OIL
! OF the most determined un record. Th
principal reason for the assertion is tn
| bitterness which is felt, not alone rs b,
tween Sullivan and Kilrain, but on III
part OF the men who are training the tu
athletes The fight will not be alone 10
the supremacy and go, 900 stakes, but tn
spirit Of revenge for the real or fancie
insults will hover over the ring and nery
the two giants. Sullivan has sworn to d.
so or die Sullivan has by far the larges
following, and New Orleans is almos
overwhelming for him and thinks he vii
win. Notwithstanding this footing, ther
is not the slightest indication but wha
fair play will be meted out to both con
testants. Plans for the fight are pro
crossing smoothly. The opinion of tn
attorney general OF Louisiana that there i
no law Of the state prohibiting priz
fight, has eased the minds Of the officials
and the fight will come off, although tn,
exact locality has not yet been made
public.
Mitchell said Kilrain is in better condi
ton now than he was ever in his life, anl
was skillful as he was strong. He hopec
the people would accord his man fai
play, and he felt sure kilrain would bea
the big slugger Poney Moore and Others
of the party expressed themselves in like
terms. He likened the two men to {
quarter horse and mile runner, compar
ing Sullivan to the former. Kilrain tC
the latter. Kilrain is in the very pink oi
condition, and far superior in any respect
to what he was u few years ago, while
they have many reasons to believe that
Sullivan has deteriorated There ap.
peared to be some fear in the minds ol
some OF the party that the great enthu-
siasm aroused in the city in behalf ol
Sullivan might cause the crowd to be
over-partial to the big man, but assurance
was given them that the Baltimore man
would be given fair play, and this ap-
peared to satisfy them. The party and
escort arrived at the gymnasium of the
Southern Athletic club about noon, and
q rousing welcome was given Kilrain and
party =
Unless the opinion of able ring followers
is wrong, the fight will hardly last over
an hour and il this be the case the en-
tire party can get back to the city before
the governor gets out OF bed, unless on
this occasion he stays up all night. In
order to avoid the possibility Of arrest, it
is stated to-day that Sullivan will leave
the city at the conclusion of the battle,
and as soon as he can dress himself again
in street clothes; this of course if
he is not too severely punished to travel.
1t is fair to presume that Kilrain will fol-
low the same line. The Sullivan people
are specializing on Kilrains pluck, and
the kilrain men are worrying themselves
about Suilivan's condition. All of these
topics form subjects for, discussion, but
the rumored threat of the governor to in
terfere with the fight by means OF mill
tary influence was most talked of at the
hotels and among the friends OF the two
men this afternoon.
81 have consulted legal talent, said one
OF the managers, "and we have found
there is nothing on the Louisiana books
that can touch US for prize fighting. The
attorney general and district attorney are
both of the opinion that no law can reach
us save the trif1ing one perhaps OF fight
ing and disturbing the peace, but the
fight is to take place on private property
far removed from any populated section.
We have taken every precaution to in
sure the best OF order. There is nothing
in the world that will prevent decision
on the merits of the two men.
KMRAlN's ARRIVAL.
kilrain, on arriving at his quarters, was
ushered into shower bath room, where
an Associated Press reporter saw him
stripped. Kilrain's y flesh appeared white
and firm. His muscular development is
perfect as his anatomical idiosincracy can
allow. His chest is quite in proportion to
his uncommon height while his back is
sinewy. His arms are long and
symmetrical. His legs and calves are
well rounded and hard. After coming
from his bath, Kilrain and Mitchell re-
turned to their rooms, where prominent
members of the club presented Kilrain
with floral design, crescent and anchor.
kilrain was somewhat embarrassed and
yet responded gracefully, and q sumptuous
lunch was then brought out, Kilrain and
Mitchell did not partake. At O'Clock
kilrain' 8 party was driven to restaurant,
where dinner had been ordered for mem
bers of the Southern Atlantic club. Kill
rain, who had not eaten anything for
nearly twenty-four hours, and who was
ravenously hungry, ate good sized spring
after which he pathetically APP
pealed to Mitchell, his trainer, to be
allowed q second one.
After some parley compromise was
made on small sized broiled pullet, the
whole being washed down with three
glasses of champagne. After dinner Kill
rain, Mitchell, Pony Moore and Joe
Roche re-entered a carriage and took
drive along the asphalt road on st. Charles
avenue to Carrollton and returned to the
gymnasium. Among the prominent pu-
gilists were Dominck McCaffrey, Billy
Madden and Prof. Donovan. While the
party were examining the gymnasium
Mitchell was interviewed. He said Kill
rain was in good condition, weighed 200
pounds, forty-three inches around the
chest and sixteen inches around the BIZ
ceps. His condition was as good as the
man could be gotten into this hot weather.
Kilrain has stood the trip well. and all the
talk of his having drank at Cincinnati is
false. Kilrain has not been in the ring
since December 10, 1887, when he met
Jem Smith. Since then he has gained
experience and is in far better condition
than he was then. He thought there was
a big chance OF Kilrain whipping Sulli-
van, Notwithstanding the talk about Kill
rains condition, which was all bosh. The
best Judge Of Kilrain's condition, he said,
would be Sullivan after they met Monday
next. Mitchell was satisfied with it now
ana if Sullivan could beat him now he
could do it any time hereafter.
A Hint of 1t.
At 2 80 this afternoon no news had yet
been received here by wire OF the great
contest between the sluggers.
The manager at the telegraph Office
said the wires had been pretty severely