The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-07-11
A DIsGRACEFUL AFFAIR.
The SulliVan-KilrainP Prize Fight
Wins and Kilrain Worsted In ! 8 Rounds
The American Small Boy,

Inc American small Boy
The New York Press special says: The
Sullivan-Kilrain fight occurred Monday
morning at Richburg, Miss, los miles
frow New Orleans. Sullivan won in
the seventy-fifth round. Neither of the
combatants was seriously injured, al
though Kilrain was very weak at the
close. Kilrain won the first fall and
first blood. Sullivan got the first
knockdown. The time was hours and
is minutes.
The first intimation of the result was
brought to New Orleans by special train
which made the run of los miles in
three hours and ten minutes. There
was no interference, and Kilraiu was
the first to shy his castor into the ring.
He was seconded by Charlie Mitchell
and Mike Donovan, John Murphy bottle
holder. Sullivan followed a minute
later and was roundly cheered. His
seconds were William Muldoon and
Mike Cleary, Daniel Murphy of Boston
bottle holder. Pat Kenwick of New
Orleans was suggested for referee by
kilrain, and John Fitzpatrick also of
Now Orleans, by Sullivan. After slight
wrangling, Fitzpatrick was agreed on
for referee.
Kilrain won the toss for position and
elected the northeast corner, Sullivan
taking the southwest. Just before time
was called, Kilrain stepped over to Sulli-
van and offered to wager $1,000 on the
result, which was promptly accepted by
Sullivan and the money placed in Ref
cree Fitzpatrick's hands.
Then follwed detailed account of the
rounds" from one TO seventy-tive. The
Press continues: The only marks on
Sullivan were slight cut under theright
eye and another on the left ear. Kill
rain s body showed the effects of Sull-
vans blows, aud he was bleeding at the
ears, nose and mouth. Both men were
hurriedly conveyed TO the train by their
friends and given attention. Sullivan's
condition was superior to Kilrain's, the
latter looking as if he had been over
trained.
At no time, except when Sullivan's
stomach gave evidence of weakness,
was there doubt as to the final result of
the fight.
While the world is looking at this
barbarous spectacle, the interest in
Europe being as great as in every city
and hamlet of our land, the following
sensible words from the Boston Journal,
published at Sullivan's home, will do to
read and ''cool OFF, while so doing:
Attention has been called to the state
ment in New Orleans dispatch, that
among the 5000 gathered at the railroad
station in that city to watch for the ad-
vent of Sullivan, 1.-The small boy was in
the majority" and that this same small
boy climbed upon the roofs of cars,
stations, platforms and sheds, and as
the party alighted the air rang with
cheers, shouts of That's him ~ "Hurrah
for Sullivan" All of this, doubtless,
was very gratifying to the hero of the
hour. 1t is part of the tribute to
which he has become accustomed-a
tribute which he has won by deliberately
and with long-life purpose of cultivating
the most brutal qualities of human ma
ture. But we wonder what the editors
of newspapers, whose columns have
been filled for days with minute de-
scriptions of these rival DULLES, with
pictures of them and their trainers, and
views of all the places associated with
them, think OF the resultant effect upon
the small boy.
The prize fight is over. Two human
brutes of abnormal physical develop
ment have pounded each other to the
delight of hundreds of other human
Orutes who took long journeys for the
pleasure of seeing them do it. The
pageantry Of pugilism passes. But the
American small boy remains. He has
IN active mind and long memory. He
mas been drinking in the stuff with
which the papers have been filled for
lays and weeks. He has been form
ng his ideals of character accordingly.
His standard of manhood, just at pres
mt, is big bruiser stripped to the
waist, prepared to use his enormous
muscular development in knocking an
,ther big bruiser "out of time" With
he spirit Of emulation, natural to boy
lood, he would like to be something of
! bruiser himself, and will probably
liyert his energies with fighting on
mailer scale as often as opportunity
,tfers. 1t is a splendid education which
he American newspaper has been Civ
ng the American small boy. 1t will
have an opportunity to chron-
Gle the results in various episodes of
lvenile depravity ,rufianism and crime.