Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-07-11
Jake Kilrain No Match For the Big
Fellow.
HE SUCCUNBS At IS ROUNDS.
The Fight Occur. in n Secure Place IN
mississippi - K1rain Bemoans
His Fate and Goes To
Sleep.

was perhaps the only place III the State
that could possibly have been se(ected
where military or executive interference
was Impossible. Z CT burg is virtually
owned bv MIR. Rich and the place covers
an area of 10000 acres extending over
three counties of Mississippi.
The first train arrived at the battle
ground about eight O'Clock and the second
an hour later. Before ten O'Clock crowd
of nearly 1900 people, had gathered
around the ring and whom the principals
and seconds had arrived the sherlff OF
the county commanded the peace and
then together with his posse retired from
the ring and were provided with seats
where they could see the sport.
The Ki!rain Iarty was thu first to ar
rive AMI Jake wa chearel as re SHE'D his
castor into the rim p, but when Sullivan
came sauntering along he was greeted
with a storm OF arp ause for which he
| bowed his acknowledgment aud took his
| seat in his corner, over which an elegant
| silk banner containing his name and the
words champion of the world" was
waving.
Mitchell won the toss for choice OF
corners and selected the high corner,
VIII; oh lso bad the advantage Of the sun
| Icing Lehni l.
1t had been expected that considerable
| time would be wasted in the selection or
referee, but after a short wrangie Mitchell
agreed TO accept John Fitzpatrick, OF
| this city, who had been named by the
! Sullivan party.
There was very little time wasted after
| that, as the principals az once proceeded
to strip. SuIlivan's appeal ance was the
! occasion fer another cheer, as it was evil
! dent that he was in excellent condition,
| except perhaps a little too much flesh
about the bellows. When compared to
! Kilrain the latter was overshadowed. He
| looked little too fiue aId there is little
! DOUBT that such was the case, and that he
| lacked the sir myth to administer punish
| ment He looked tired and wasted, While
| Sullivan appeared fresh and confident.
Just before time was called kIlraln
walked over to Sul.ivan's corner and bet
The big fellow Il ,0G0 on the result at even
money, which looked like making fool
| ish bluff, as he was q certain loser and
must have thought 80 at The time.
Sullivan weighed q pounds just before
going to the ring end Ki!rain was over
ten pounds lighter.
After the usual cphventonalities of
hand shaking, the work was commenced
The fight was a disappointment in the
early stages to those who expected hur-
ricaue contest and Kilra ms defeat within
ten rounds at the outside. The big fellow
took it easy, but fought vicfously at times,
doing the aggressive work; however, at
that Kilrain. working on the advice of
! Mitchell for waiting fight, expecting
| Sullivan to give cut if the battle could be
drawn out
Kilrain forced clnci at once on time
being called for the opening Of the fight
I and threw Sullivan down.
The second round was another clinch
and a fall in favor of Sullivan, who fell
rather heavily on his'oppOnent.
In the third round there was % rapid
| interchange of blows and X lrUin was vir-
tually defeated in This round by dan
gerous right handler that landed intthe
region OF his heart and'was followed by
several more hard punches down the left
side, which began to tell, and when taken
| 10 his corner he whispered TO Mitchell
that he was out of the race. He rallied,
however, but generally fought at long
range and clinching when Sullivan made
his rushes.
In the fourth round 10; h men were pant
ing heavily and there were loud cries of
| Sullivan is licked" but before it ended
Sullivan made the first of his famous
rushes, driving. Kilraiu to the ropes. Xii
rain recovered and succeeded in getting
Johns head in chauceTy, but while in this
position Sullivan gave Kilrain a good
blow on the nose and both went to the
ground, Sullivan on top.
| In 10 Siyth rCuu1 when Kilrain draw
first blood Sullivan went at him right and
left. Kirain retreated but Sullivan. fol-
lowed him up and gavo him a ii hit
handler in the neck followed by his left il
the stomach, which laid Kirain fat on his
back.
During the progress of the ninth round
Harding shouted Five hundred even on
KiIrain!" Taken" responded Sullivan
as he handed out The money in crisp $40
bills.
The tenth round was disastrous one
for Kilrain. Sullivan delivered heavy
blows on Jake's chest, neck, ribs and nose
and finally sent him to the earth.
In the thirteenth round Sullivan beat
Kilrain all around the ring and finally
with heavy breast blow felled him like
an OK.
At the opening OF the nineteenth round
the referee demanded that Kilrain wash
his hands as he believed ne had rosin on
them. Donovan protested but Klrain
complied.
In the twenty-fourth round Kilrain
| succeeded in giving Sullivan several
powerful breast bows. but before the
round ended he received in return one in
the neck which floored him and for
moment he was thought to be senseless.
In the twenty-eighth round Kilrain
came up smiling to the scratch. Easy,
little fellow,D he remarked to Sullivan as
the latter gave him singer in the right
cheek and equally strong delivery in the
left ribs. Several more blows were
exchanged and Kilrain had to drop again.
The same story was now repeated round
after round, the excited crowd yelling de-
] risively and suggesting that Jake ought
to fight only a woman. 1t Yasapparent
that Kilrain was determined to be game
so long as he could keep on his legs, but
the crowd was not in a hufnor to admire
his courage and bruts tenacity. Again
he managed to get in some good blows on
various parts of Sullivan's anatomy, but
he invariably dropped when it seemed
certain retaliation was inevitable.
In the thirty-fourth round a blow be-
hind and under the right ear felled Kilrain
like an OK.
There was some good fighting in the
thirty fifth round, 4kilraln getting two
tremendous upper cuts that made the &C.
cupants of the stand give vent to pro-
loTged "Ow
IN the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh
rounds Kilrain walked around too much
Tor Suliivan's patience and a thousand
voices in the crowd yelled 'Cowardw