St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-09

An ordinary man would have thrown
up the sponge in the next round. XIII
rains seconds themselves acknowledge
that the fight was over then. but with
the Indifference of a stole and the pluck
of hero Kilrain continued the
unequal struggle and administered
many singing blow to his adversary.
and yet in spite of this an indiscrimi-
mating crowd, mistaking caution and
strategy for cowardice, yelled at Kil-
rain, calling him
"CUR" AND "CoWARD"
when he sought to avoid Sullivan's
blow by lodging, or when he tried
to outwind him by retreating be-
fore him all around the ring.
1t is undeniably true that after the
ninth round, when suffering excrueiat-
ing pain from his bruise under the
heart and repeated knock-downs, Kill
rain did lay himself open to the charge
of "foul' by falling down when
not apparently knocked down. These
fouls were repeatedly claimed, but
never allowed by the referee. But all
this and more was made up
and overbalanced in the thirty
second round, when Sullivan,
after knocking Kilrain down
deliberaly and te unequivocally fOuled
the latter by jumping upon his fallen
antagonist with both knees when he
lay PROSTATE before him. 1t was as
unmanly an act as was ever done in
tho rinu oDd chouId houa rocultod in
all award of the fight to Kilrain. Any
fair-minded referee with the courage of
his convictions and knowledge of his
duty would not have hesitated an in
stant. But the "four' was not allowed
and the half-whipped man,
JEERED AND HoOTED AT
by the crowd, continued to come up
smiling every time, although the cer-
tainty of more fearful punishment to
come stared him in the face.
Even after the final round, Kill
rain was ready to again come to the
scratch, but his seconds, fearing direful
results, threw up the sponge despite
his protests. 1t has since transpired
that Kiirain's seconds buoyed him
up throughout the fight by pictur-
ing to him the effects of defeat
upon his wife and children. The day
was full of unpleasant incidents. The
hoodlum element. although in the mi
nority, did nearly all of the shouting and
cowed an already-defeated man by their
savage shouts of triumph and yells for
more blood. But weak as he was, when
they got into close quarters Kilrain
would now and then get in lick
that made the Boston fighter acknowl-
edge his prowess. In the fifty-second
round the crowd shouted to Kilrain:
Eight, you cur" although he was then
making fight that would have made
any five of them quail. In the fifty
sixth round one In the crowd
shouted, "Hurrah for Kllrain," but
he response was feeble. But when
Sullivan got in telling blow the crowd
needed no cue to yell and cheer
with delight. In the sixty second round
the sun reappeared and added. to
Kilrain's distress. He was visibly
weakening and hitting wild, but when
ever time was called he came up smil-
ing-a forced smile, perhaps, but all the
same smile. The brutality of the
crowd increased with Kilrain's discom-
future. In the sixty-fourth round they
yelled to Sullivan to "finish him." and
SOME SHOUTED SKILL HIM."
Sullivan fought the battle of his life,
and, with the exception of the thirty
second round, fought fairly and
squarely. He also took punishment like
a Spartan, and never lost confidence
or nerve. One finger on either