, 1889-06-30

should either man be knocked down or
thrown to the ground, or should both fall in
a struggle, the round Is at an end. The $50
onds rush to their men, get them TO their
corners as speedily as possible, and there
sponge them off, stanch the flow Of blood,
should any be flowing, and In every way In
their power that is possible in thirty sec
onds repair all damages inflicted by their
principals opponent and reinvigornte their
man. At the end OF thirty seconds time"
Is called again and another round begins,
Bnd the fight continues until one or the other
Is either stretched s~enseleSs on the swnrd or
is beaten 80 badly that even his hacker and
seconds take pity on him and give up the
fight in HIS behalf. In rare CASES the men
fight 50 evenly that at the end 1t is found
that neither can defeat the other. Oddly
enough this was the case with both Sullivan
and Kilrain In their last battles. Kilrain
fought over three hours with Jem Smith.
tue champion Of England, and Sullivan
fought fully as long with Charley Mitchell.
In both cases, by mutual consent, the results
were drawn battles.
PRIZE LIGHTERS RI TOUGH.
Though prize fighters pound and hammer
each other terribly 1t Is but seldom that a
fuan Is killed In tho ring. This is due, first,
% the fact that pugilists are commonly
young, strong men, in the very zenith of
health, hence they are ablo TO recover
rpeedly from punishment which, II inflicted
on ordinary mon, would entail serious and last
ing effects. Then those who back fighters
hayo no desire to be apprehended by the law
ms aiders and abettors of m~nnslnughter, and
,hey usually stop a fight before It becomes
dangerous TO life.
Tho fight between Sullivan and KilraIn Is
not likely TO be u long one. As n rule fights
between big men rarely last over an hour.
IN tho Nrcoapf raoa naffhor. MAN fbrap1b To-
sufficient training, Is likely to be in condition
to stand a protracted struggle, especially as
they are to fight within 200 miles OF New
Orleans In the very midst of a southern sum
mer, with all that that implies. When Sui
Ivan won the championship from Paddy
Ryan at Mississippi City the Thermometer
indicated 90 degrees In tho shade, though the
date was tho 9th of February. The torridity
which will prevail within 200 miles of New
Orleans on the sth OF July Is likely to ener-
Vnte both men and to induce them to reach a
concludon as speedily as possible. The great
amount Of the stakes-the largest over fought
for-wtl DO forgotten in the heat OF battle,
md, after all, a man can only do his best, no
matter what the prize for victory may be.
JoH JOSEPH KILLIoN.
Jake Kilrain's real name Is John Joseph
Killion. He was born In tho United States,
OF Irish parentage, about thirty-nve years
ago, though his friends claim that he is not
over thirty. He began his sporting career as
an amateur oarsman on the waters around
Boston, and gained considerable celebrity
ss a very clover sculler. His first lstio en-
counter Of note was with George Godfrey, a
celebrated colored boxer who recently met
with defeat in San Francisco at tho hands of
That other colored athlete, tho Australian,
Peter jackson. KIlrain defeated Godfrey,
and his next opponent was old Jim Goode, a
famous English boxer, who made n draw
with him. Many thought that he had tho
best Of Charley Mitchell when they boxed in
Boston, but Mitchell's friends say that he had
a sprained ankle at the time. This was alsoa
q draw. Jake fought a draw with Mike
Cleary, in New York, and the police stopped
an encounter no had with Jack Burke.
subsequently he defeated William Sheriff,
an English fighter, who is called ''the Prus-
sian, - on account of his German appearance.
He beat Frank Herald near Baltimore in one
round and then defeated Denny Kellegher.
Then came bis famous struggle VITA Jack
Ashton at Ridgewood park, on tine outskirts
Of Brooklyn. Though no was awarded tho
victory by tho referee many of the spectators
believe that the decision should have been a
draw" He defeated Joe Lannon after a
very hard fight. In addition to these encoun-
tiers he has had a number of Others with lesser
@b-@ - NNo AAAkF NAAAAo lAAtrtAik al III
In sparrlng tours He once met Sullivan In
four round contest and tho friends of the lat
ter and also tho referee of tho occasion say
that he was defeated by John l., but this
kilrain strenuously denies, saying that the
bout was merely an exhibition one.
Be this as it may, certain it is that Klrain
never held himself in S%ullivan's class until
after Sullivan had broken his arm on Patsy
Cardif's hard head and had while crippled
bantered him and bhdgered aim beyond en-
durance. Then the worm turned, and find
ms irresponsible backing he accepted Klrain's
challenge. Tho big fellow was unable at
the time 10 make it good, and then Kilrain
went TO England, where he was matched to
fight its champion, Jim Smith. They met
In France, and there is no doubt that Kilrain
Ind the best of that encounter. The men
fought until 1t was dark, and then by solicit
tation Kilrain consented 20 a draw.
As a pugilist Kilrain has matured slowly
but surely. AT the outstart of his career he
was thought TO lack that element OF savagery
which made Sullivan 30 terrible TO his oppo-
nents. 10 has improved with age, however,
until now there is no doubt of his ability to
cope, with n reasonable hope of success, with
any pugilist living. KilraIn is n married
man with u wife and one child and resides in
Baltimore, where he is MS greatly respected
as any man of his calling can be. He is the
most popular American pugilist Of any who
ever visited England, and many of Sullivan's
friends claim that he is more English in his
way than the cockneys themselves. Should
he win this fight it is not improbable that he
viii take up his permanent residence In Eng
land. ]. b. MAcoN) Mccormick.