St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-07-13

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Kilrain. As he is known, who wa
SullivAa's opponent in this fight
was bora at Greenport. Colu mbi'
County. n. Y. February 8. 1859
aud is therefore four months young
or than Sullivan. He is the presen
holder of the Police Gazette damon,
belt. kilraiu has no occupation
outside of instructing private classes
ut his home in the manly art OF self
defense.
When 9 young. gawky country boy
he labored in = rolling mill al
Somerville. Mass It was here that
ne developed his fighting qualities
or, rather, they were developed
for him as 10 was kept very busy
defending himself against the as
saults Of the mill DULLES. who. find.
ing him raw and with hay seed still
uestling il his shaggy locks thought
him q good subject upon which to
experiment., with or without gloves;
the hard knocks he received harden
cd him considerably, and after
fighting four regular ring battles
with :our Of the mill hands (all OF
whom he dsfeated) 10 quit the
place and was next heard from in
y boat race Oh Luke Waldrou. where
lie was one of the crew of four that
won = regatta. In 1883 he won
the junior sculling championship ut
the National Amateur Regatta at
Newark. n. j, uuder tho name Of
Jake Kiliion. During the summer
of 1853 he rOwed several other
races, most Of which he won ind,-
viduxily Or was one Of the winning
crew.
In the winter Of the same year
be returned to pugilism aud Oh
tanned y situation as an assistant
instructor of tue Crib Athletic
Club Of Boston. While employed
there he knocked out Harry Allen
in oas round in n glove cOntest.
Gsorge Godfrey. the 'coon pug"
was tue next one to be tackled by
Jake. Godfrey lasted but three
rouuja During the year 1884 Jake
fought draws with Jim Goode.
Charley MitcaelI. Nike CIesry aud
Jack Bulke, aud knocked out Jerry
Murphy, tue ''Irlth Giant" in two
rounds. Iu 1855. at Cambridge.
Mass Jake Knocked WIN. Sheriff.
the Prussiun. inssnsibls in two
rounds. George Fryer. Artha.
Chambers importation. was the
rext to meet K,ira u. with whom
ne fought u iiv--round dlaw. Jem
McGlynu, Of New Bedford, Mass.
was the next man tested by Kill
rain. Who did his work we'll in just
thrse rounds. Jake put Frank
Herald to sleep in one round in
1885, and meeting Godfrey again
the same year. almost broke his
ueck with u right-Lauder in the
secOad round.
TON Kelly. the next victim. lasted
but four rounds. Dennis Killeen.
the next to stand no before Jake.
was knocked down seven times in
four rounds, aud the fight was de-
clsrsd = draw. Jake dOwned Jack
Ashton aud Joe Lann0n after this.
and failing to get . response from
Sullivan to . challenge, Issued by
Fox, bis bscker. was temporarily
awarded the diamond belt. Ga
December -. 1887. Kilrain met
Jem Smith. the veteran English
tighter, in a bare kauckle contest ut
KOusn, France. The contest lasted
LOG rounds and was declared \
draw on account Of darkness. Jake.
however. got irst blood and Grst
knock down.
KiIrain's meeting with Sullivan
last Monday WAS the third time he
has faced the Boston w0nder. Tue
former meeting was when both men
were quite young and comparatively
unknown to tistic fame. Both fights
were With two ounce gloves, and
Kilrsin was defeated iu three
rounds in eacl, Of them.
Jake 10 much smaller than his
burly antagonist. and weighed about
ten pounds Lessor about 1876
pounds. His chest measurement
is Al inches. biceps is. forearm "A.
waist "a, thigh % and cslf l6k. His
neck il large, it taking u No. IL
collar to 20 around it. His reach
il about the same Ms Sullivan
probably half an inch longer. but
not more.