Evening journal., 1889-07-09

Hoored him, and for moment be was thought
10 be senseless.
In the 2Sth round Kirain came IN smiling
10 the scratch. Easy, li;tle fellow he re-
marked TO Sullivan, as the latter gave him
stinger in the right cheek and an equally
strong delivery in the lott ribs. Several
more blows we're exchanged aud kilrain had
10 dr0a neain. The smne story was now re-
Teoted ronrd after round, the excited crowd
yelling derlsisely and suggesting that Jake
ousnt 10 fight only womnn. II was appar-
ent that kilrain was determined TO be game
so long as 80 could kesp on hsa legs but the
crowd was not in a humar 20 admire his
courage and brute tcnnclty Now and again
he managed TO get IN solne good hlows ON
various parts Of Sulivars anatomy, but he
Invariably dropped when it seemed ltain
that retaliation wa inevitable
EiIrnln Called coward.
III the sith round blow behind and llcr
the right ear feled Kiirain like AN OK. aare
was some good fighting Ia the 35th Ivuad,
K'lrnin getting two tremendous upper cuts
that made The occupants OF ths stand give
vent 70 IA prolonged "Ohl'
In The 36th and 37th rounds Kilrain walked
around too much for Sulllvans patience, and
a thousand voices in the crowd yelled Cow
ardp
1t was light touches on both sides, walk
arounds, cnching and dropping on the para
OF Kilrain from now on.
In the 3Sth round the referee again insist
ed that Kilrain should fight and not walk
around Donovan objected but the specta-
tors howled him down Sullivan delivered
two terrific blows in this round, and third
IN the breast that sent Kilrain two feet back
wards to the ropes, where he fell in heap.
ISiiain Does a Manly Act
In the 44th round, when Sullivan began TO
vomit, the Kilrainites shouted TO their man
TO 20 for Sullivan ia the belly. Kilrain
could not he persuaded, however, 10 put up
his fists until his opponent had indicated his
readiness 70 proceed In return for his con-
sideration be got a blow ia the neck that
| felled hun like an OK So IL went on round
after round, every one ending In Kilrain
| going down. In the oath round Kilrain
succeeded in getting in on Sulhvan's face,
| but the latter got kilrains head in chancery
and pummeled him TO his hearts content
The next round ended by Kilrain falling to
the ground completely exhausted while en-
deavoring 70 spar Kilrain was knocked
down in the Goth round In the cd he
wound his arms around Sullivan until the
referee was forced to tell him to break away,
and Sullivan himself urged Jake to be
man. In the esd he received telling blow
just under the heart; and in the 65th Sulli-
van went at him with q rush. In the next
round the Boston Boy forced him against
the ropes and banged bin right and left.
In the 9th and Goth rounds he knocked him
under the ropes, while in the 6sth he sent in
two frighttul upper cuts While falling In
the Goth round Kilrain caught hold Of Sulli-
vans legs Somebody in the crowd shouted
out, Hes dying, John; hit him hard Sulli-
vans only response was 10 turn toward the
direction from which the voice came with a
look of disgust. From this on to the 74th
round Kilrain dropped at the slightest move
ment OF Sullivans fists A breast blow
felled him In the 10Th, and when thine"
was next called be failed to rise.
suIliyan's Great Fight.
sullivan's fighting was the most scientific
| he has ever done He abandoned his old
rushing tactics, hushanded his strength, kept
cool, and seemed 70 recognize and Hespect
the merits Of his adversary, while maintain
ing abundant confidence in his own abilities
II was evident that he had good reserve OF
force which would have been available had
Kilrain been In condition TO compel him to
do his best Both the men wore pine pitch
plasters Sullivan wore green knee breeches
and white socks. The American flag was
wound around his waist when he entered the
ring before stripping. Kilrain wore black
/ tights and blue socks
Kfirain's Gallant Work.
Rilrains condition was the subject Of
universal and surprised comment from the
start He was sallow and unshaven, and
looked tired and nervous His chest was.
narrow and his whole physique compared
badly with that Of Sullivan's 1t is asserted
that he weighed 1856 and Sullivan POS, but
there seemed at least 25 pounds difference
between them. Kilrain proved by bis fight