Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-23
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Who Will Win.

II now looks very much as If the great bat.
tie between John l.. Sullivan and Jake Kill
rain, fixed for July s, near Mississippi City,
La, would surely come off. The late stories
of John LIS drunkenness and refusal to train
have been thoroughly investigated and pro.
nounced false. Unless his trainers William
Muldoon, Mike Cleary and Jack Barrett, are
deluding themselves John is doing the hard
est aud most vigorous training of his life. His
training grounds are at picturesque Belfast,
Alleghany county, right in the heart of the
Blue mountains. Sullivan is in his thirty
first year, and few months Kilrain's senior
He is 8 feet 1915 inches tall, aud fights ut 1885
pounds. His measurements, when he Was
considered the invincible pugilist were:
Chest, A inches biceps 161l; calf, l5H;
thigh, ~.
Kilrain is also training hard and fast get
ting into formidable fighting trim, but it is
highly improbable that he can ever reach
Sulllvan's standard. His training ground is
Herring Run, five miles outside Of Balti-
more, where he had the fight with Frank
Herald. that the police put stop to. Kill
rain stands five feet, ten and a half inches
high and is heavier than Sullivan. When
last in fighting trim his measurements were:
Chest, III inches; upon and around the BIZ
ceps, 10 inches; forearm, ii inches; waist, 81
inches; thigh, 20 inches; calf of leg, l6h
inches He wears No. 8 shoe and No. 8
glove, and 1t takes a seventeen-inch collar to
encircle his neck. He trains under the
supervision OF Johnny Murphy, of Boston,
and Charley Mitchell, and is expected to
gain very considerable benefit from the ad-
vice of the latter, who has tackled the big
fellow himself and ought to know all about
Sulliyan's relative strength and weak points,
However, this question cuts no fgues with
parties at a distance. The one question is
who will wini The following OF the two
gladiators in Omaha is pretty evenly d.
yided, with Sullivan q slight favorite
Jimmy Lindsay, Patsy Fallon Ed Rothery,
Arthur Rothery, Ed Miller, Billy Hawley
Homer Kirk, Jack McLarned, Billy Mel,
drum, Jack Nugent, Colonel w. ii. Beck and
the majority OF the men who have seen many
fights and lighting men, are all staunch be-
levers In Sullivan's prowess. Still, this sig
miles nothing, and affords no tip as to the
outcome of the fight. The fact is set forth
by the kDrain men that the battle is TO be
under London prize ring rules, which gives
Kilrain big advantage to start with, big
Johns hold being always marquis of Queens.
berry style OF fighting. Kilrain is thoroughly
mp on the London ring style, and, moreover,
is as agile us boy in his slde-way dodge OF
blows. lie is very, very quick with his
that John, under Muldoon's training, is fast
mastering the tricks and mysteries OF wrest-
ling, and will meet kiraIn on practically an
oven footing. They assert too, that John
was never in better health, and never was
"piS W uS"i sucu aWlul plle-uflVef DlOWs MS
he delivers in his practice II goes without
saying that If the Boston Boy gets in one
good, fair, square smash with his awful
oney,montgomery, IL will be all day
with English Jake. His friends, however
think he Is clever enough to get out OF the
way CT all these pile-ariver blows until Sui
livan tires, then he can sail in and graG Gually
do him up. Kilrain is credited with being
the finest specimen of physical man that
ever got ready TO enter the arena against big
John, ard he undoubtedly wou.1 Ike to sail