Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-04
'KILRAIN WILL WIN"
Some Views OF Leading Sporting Men
on the Coming Big Fight.
Sullivan Has the Popular Heart, But Experts
Think that Alcohol and Illness
Have Done for Him.
New york Herald. jane g.


Sullivan and Kilrain. From the boy
who blacks your boots to the man who
wants to sell you a block of stock or take
you in on the ground floor of big
scheme, every one wants to know the
winner of the great twenty thousand
dollar fight.
If enthusiasm and good wishes go for
anything, for the champion is still a pops
ular man, Sullivan will land that
mighty right of his early in the coming
fight and Kilrain will cease all interest
in the proceedings.
If experts Judgment counts Kilraln
viii win.
talked with scores of all classes OF
sporting men and admirers of pugilism
last night, and this is condo nsation of
the opinion 1 heard expressed:
Ned Holsle, just getting over his NOR
LITIGATION at backing another loser in
glove contest, says Kilrain all the time.
Holske s Judgment of fighters is eonsid
cred first-class, or used to be. MIR.
Daniel Hone of Rochester thinks Sulli-
van is likely to win.
DAVE ROCHE FOR KILRAIN.
The well known sporting man and
bookmaker, Dave Roche, who backs
Lightweight Championship Jack Nc
Auliffe, favors Kilrain.
Barney Aaron, ex-light weight champ
ion, says: 'EI don t want to express
any opinion, you know, but if Sullivan.
Is as well as they say he is, he III be liza
bic to land. What hitter he is! saw
him give poor old Toe Goss q thump once
that would have killed bull. -
George Francis Train SAYS: FIt's
just as it is in a race, you know. 1t is
so easy to pull them. Now, Sullivan is
the fayorite, and he is the man to be
pulled; so 1 think Kilrain will be the
winner. -
Mr.. LIE Bourgeoise, a Hoffman Cafe
freQuenter, who has seen lots of slashing
fights, has bet on Kllrain. Pete Blows
judgment favors Kilrain, but his sy m
pathY is with Sullivan.
One of the most prominent sports whose
word goes further than many men IS
bonds-Al Smiths reticent, but can be
safely put down as Kilrain man.
Billy Edwards thinks Sullivan is not
the man he was and is piling his money
on the Baltimorean. Wary Edwards is
another good judge.
Frank Evans is for Sullivan.
Tom Gould considers Sullivan better
and stronger man than he ever was and
sure winner.
Light Weight Champion Jack McAuliffe
is a Sullivanite.
John Haydock of Boston, ex-champ-
ion 100 mile walker, is willing to bet
$500 against the odds. He would prefer
Kilraln at even money.
Bookmaker John Allen likes Sullivan.
Capt. John Barclay, who has seen a lot
firrE,k Il
Tuesday, fancies KilTain. Billy Acker-
man and Pete Donohue are admirers of
Sullivan IS rushing tactics.
Jack Dempsey's trainer, when he is in
the East, ALT Power, thinks Sullivan
Will win.
Charley Norton, one of the cleverest
of former light weight champions, is
backing Kilrain. Defective Jacobs of
the Hoffman house, will place his money!
on the Boston man.
Capt. Coster, the well known Jockey
club secretary and race horse handi- 4
oapper, wanted to get out of it by prom
sing to give his opinion after the battle.
On the whole I'll take Kilrain - he
said, when pinned down f'He will
nave the advantage in constitution, and
think a better knowledge of London |
prize ring rules. Sullivan l think has
broken himself down -
DIR. GIBBS GLOOMY VIEW.
DR.. Gibbs, the physician who advised |
Sullivan not to make match for at least !
,wo years, still feels sure that no man /
,an get over typhoid and train properly |
or a prize fight in the same twelvessf
Months.
Stock Broker James L. Gladwin SAYS
he men on Change with sporting blood
prefer Kilrain, although the !,
money is on Sullivan, and they always I.
axe all the odds they can get.
Jack Mailman of San Francisco, who
lsed to be light weight champion of the
lope, is here to witness the fight and put
money on Sullivan -
Gus TuthilI, whose selection of Jack
Dempsey as coming champion stamps
lis Judgment as Al is most confident
letter on Kilrain. ''l can It see how
sullivan can be well - sassy Mr.. TuthIIl
And even if he is, what right has he to
lex such clever, strong fighter as Kill
ain?''
Billy Tracy, another prize ring expert,
fter careful consideration, likes Kill.
ain S chances best.
George Young, the boxing teacher and
rainier, who was once featherweight
iAttA1 pun VI 44HSAdAO, buiHhS hllIdtu u |
kelly man to back. DR.. Dougherty of
said that the best posted
len he had talked with favored Kilrain,
nd that he fancied the Baltimore box
lg teacher IS chances. Mr.. Leslie Bruce
( the Turf, Field and Farm is a Sullivan
ian.
Leonard Tracy, the Brooklyn heavy
eight, who used to be something of a |
urricane himself, is still a believer in
ullivan IS proves.
Dominick Mccartney, who fought
even round glove contest which was de-
ded draw with Sullivan some years
go, is said to like Kllrain in this fight.
Billy Deutsche says that if Sullivan is
! anything like his old time form he will
e sure to win.
HERE IS ONE WHO SHOULD KNOW.
If any man should be able to give a
orrect opinion of the relative merits of
he champion gladiators it should be the
ne who really brought both into promi-
ence, who has spared and travelled
it'll each and knows traits in them little
messed by any one else. That man is
lily Madden
Madden is a Kilrain man. He never
cts on sentiment-for that matter he is