Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-07-11

OWlUS 10 UiSCOurLeOuS treatment ny
the managers of the fight the Western
Union Telegraph company refused to
furnish facilities for reporting the prog
ress of the fight from the ring side, and
consequently news as to the result Of the
bctle has been meagre and hard to OBJ
tain.
HOW THE BATTLE WENT.
Particulars of the Gong Talked of Fight
Between Sullivan and Kilrain.
New ORLEANS, July 9.-The big fight
is over. Kilrain has been fairly ,squarely,
honorably whipped in contest in which
the beaten man has no cause to be
ashamed Of his defeat. There is no
manner of doubt that Jake Kilrain is a
game man, and good fighter, and the
men who saw him fight will pu: up their
money on him the next time he enters
the ring against any living man except
Sullivan. Two sheriffs we're present at
the ring side but no movement was
made to interfere with the figat. There
was long dispute regarding the seiec-
ton Of a referee, John Fitz-
patrick of Missouri being finally
chosen. After the men had
each put up 81 900 to win the stripping
was completed. and Sullivan's superb
orty in the matter of size and muscular
development was at once commented
upon. AS the sun was clouded when
the fight began there was no advantage
to either man in respect OF position.
THE ROUNDS.
Time was called at 1910. In the first
round Kilrain won the first fall. In the
third Kilrain rushed in ans clinched,
but Sullivan avoided him and delivered
some terrific short arm blows. In the
fourth round both men were painting,
and there were cries Of Sullivan is
licked Kilrain succeeded in getting
Sullivan's head in chancery, but John L.
got in good blow ON his opponents
nose.
In the sixth round when Kiirain drew
first blood. Sullivan went q: him right
and left, kilrain retreated but Sullivan
followed him up and gave him right
handler in the neck, followed by his left
in the stomach which laid kilrain fiat
on his back.
The tenth round was disastrous one
Tor kilrain. Sullivan delivered heavy
blows on Jake's chest. neck. ribs and
nose and finally sent him to earth.
In the thirteenth round Sullivan beat
Kilrain all around the ring and finally
with heavy breast blow felled him like
OK. .-..
For round after round kilrain in
dulged in sprinting tactics, going down
at the slightest blow. He, however,
managed to get in some good blows.
In the twenty-1ourth round Kilrain
succeeded in giving Sullivan several
-f,,l 81 h,,t baf1 ha
round ended he received in return one
in the neck which fioored him and for
moment he was thought to be senseless.
In the thirty-eighth the referee again
insisted that Kilrain should fight and
not walk around. Donovan objected.
but the spectators howled him down,
sullivan delivered two terrific body
blows in this round and third in the
breast that sent Kilrain two feet back
wards to the ropes, where he fell in a
heap. In the forty-fourth round, when
Sullivan began to votnit, the kilrainites
shouted to their man to go for
Sullivan in the belly. Kilrain could not
he persuaded, however. to put up his
fists until his opponent had indicated
his readiness to proceed. In return for
his consideration he got a blow in the
neck that fellea him. So it went on
round after round, every one ending in
Kilrain going down. In the fifty-fourth
round kilrain succeeded in getting in on
Sullivan's face, but the latter got Kill
rains head in chancery and pummelled
him TO his hearts content. The next
round ended by Kilrain falling to the
ground completely exhausted while en-
deavoring to spar. kilra1n was knocked
down in the sixtieth round.
In the siNty-third he received telling
blow jus: under the heart and in the
sixty fifth Sullivan went at him with
rush. In the next round the Boston
boy forced him against the ropes and
banged him right and left. In the sixty
seventh and sixty-ninth rounds he
knocked him under the ropes. while in
the sixty-eighth he sent in two friehtfui
upper cuts.
From this on to the seventy-fourth round
kilrain dropped at the slightest move
ment of Sullivan's fist. A breast blow
felied him in the seventy fifth and when
time was next called he failed to rise.
kilrain was toeing the scratch when
Donovan threw up the sponge. He pro-
tested that he was able to continue, but
Donovan said there was no sense In
standing up to be knocked down. The
defeated man was bundled up and hur-
RED to a carriage and driven to the
train. He bitterly bemoaned his fate
and wept All his friends stuck to him
and cheered him up, except Mitchell,
who seemed deeply chagrined and held
aloof. Sullivan and his party also hur-
ried to the train in a carriage. and the
two parties were soon on their way to
New Orleans.
remains were taken from his private
residence and sent to the Legislative hall,
where they laid in state until o'clock
iu the afternoon, when the funeral took
place. The government had charge of
the arrangements, and the demonstra-
ton was the greatest ever witnessed in
the country.