New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-09
,TrTJJVAN-KTLRAIN FIGHT.
sur FORMER WINNER IN SEvENTY'Fl'h
ROUNDS.
,,x.rN WAS BADLY USED UP-No iNIhHfh'"'
ENcE IN MISSISSIPPI

80. lighting ground in keeping WIN '"0 sPo,'
:. 10 witnessed. Clothes were torn ha'' 'ni" 'an
W c,ven and taken This crowd oo"P'so' "
blows - od,,ors and Others prominent in The
cn'' financial and business circles Oh 'he o.,!'
s" g., The struggle for places On inc
~ all were W.
,h,v low level It was. too. PchpocA''S' VI 'o'i''
liza their trade with considerable success -,
The greatest difficulty was eNpcrlo"''a nS
n.rsment IN keeping people without "chr'S v"
mahasei 60 ~ detectives provided In
INC n some vcnturesomc people who hsd no
COS" 80 ooy. thsir way rske dther lives on inc
roots NJ the cars and It required INC sun, 49,,
,ns 10 discover all who hung o" '"0 ""'"
dangerous portions OF the ooa'hoS. ..., CON
- tho train was made up. Atorney0en-
-, pocers came aboard with AdJu'ah'"ch0'" iI
- Colo,el walker, of the Governors stan "" So
anu sh, must positively not take place IN Louis
cue" a, ,rs1 M answer made. but the oIhcla's
ra.. snsy told that the men would not hSh. III '"'
Cot. II was expected that the troops """u apo
:, -. aenot but of the two companies III he Guy
on. could muster only forty men and the DINER ohlE
bakers dozen In reply to requistion by inc ""s
amor for train accommodations for the troops 'he r"
.d neonIe reped that the state could not be accom-
oodaed since all the rolling stock had been charreu
The Governor was. however, offered "dhspOr'
with his men on the regular train
At 80 a. m. the first train with Twelve coaono
m,led ont and the conductor and engineer were
without stop, and IT was expected that INC sP
train would reach Richburg carly after oaSnsn"
bit the orders could not be carried out Inc Hai"
was STONED on the big bridge for half an hour "n0
the trainmen searched for people who were s'edn"S
their way About twenty miles from here there was
a similar wait, and the ualh uu h'' NV :"
burg until 40 a. IN.
Al the Mississippi line there party oil twenty!
five armed men, and the train was hasEeu' ~.
attention was paid to the signal. and the Speo'@'
dashed BY at a speed of twenty-five miles an no"''
7, was inst before daybrcak when the tram go'
into Mississippi - -,
Ahont Ten miles from the battle ground the tram
vas stop,ed and those on the roofs OF the cd's
descended from their perches. \ dlr'lef' DiaoAo' "
of men, outside of chimney sweeps, were never Se
Their appearance caused shouts OF laughter iIoN" 'u
more fortunate dcadheads who had braved the CON
ducfor successfully. 49,,
A. o O'Clock the second train reached the battle
cound after several vexatiouS and long delays Those
who had arrived eallier had TO content urhSeNos "S
best they could until that time.
Ricbburc IS nnety-twO miles from Meridian MSS
and 1o3 miles from w-OIlcanS. 1t IS virtually
owned by Mr. Rich. and the place covers an area III
10000 acres extending into three counties oil MIS-
sissIpp MI Rich IS the owner of an extensive saw
mill Last night 100 men went 10 work by the hgh'
OF bonfres 10 lay of the ring when "a'
on the sawdust OF the mill. Seats for 11oo people
were hastily constructed. The ring was about an
eighth OF mile from tle fdINdd lId'h' III " Pi'''
spot with tan pines all around and the level ground
covered with green turf The ring made Of heavy
ropes run through stakes driven deep into the ground
seats rose on sides Of the square enclosure
The people from the first train almost entirely
filled the seats.
While the prcliminaIies of the fight were settling.
the sheriff Of the county made his appearance and
n the name Of the state Of Mississippi commanded
peace and retired. This the only
effort on the part of the authorities 10 interfere with
the fight At this moment the flag Of sullivan, |
brought from Boston, placed in his corner amidst
great enthusiasm.
II required two hours and eighteen minutes, and |
seventy.fve rounds 10 finish the fight. Neither OF
the men was seriously hurt though kilrain was thor
oushy exhausted when the sponge was thrown up. |
Kilrsin the first 10 shy his castor in the ing
He was seconded by Charley" Mitchell and Mihe7 |
Donovan: John Mlrphy. bottle holder. sullivan TO-! |
lowed a minute later and was roundiy cheeied Ills
seconds were william MuldOOn and Mihe' Cleary |
Daniel Murphy. of Boston. bottle Nider. Ia
Kenr k of New Orleans. suggested for referee
hy Kilran and John Fitzpatrick also OF Orleans,
bv sullivan. After some wIangling, Fitzpatrick was
mutually agreed upon referee. kirain won the
tns for position and selected the northeast corner
sullivan taking the southwest. Just before time was
called Kilrain stepped over 10 sullivan anu p"hefd
a wager of IL 900 the result This was promptly
accepted by sullivan, and the money was placed IN
Finparicks hands $3.50
rain made a vicious pass Sullivan with his right,
landing on the left of the neck Both clinched ana
Kilrain gained the fall Similar tactics III me second
round resulted in a fall for sullivan In the th'N
round Kilrain rushed in and clinched. but sullivan
.roiding tho clincl dealt Jake7 ShortaIm blow |
in The neck followed with blows the neck and ribs
Kilran struck sullivan twice below the oelt D9t SrieS
Of 1ou we're nor allowed. The fight proceeded by |
Fourth round-Kirain led. landing lightly. fall
FitS ,onndKrain began sparring for wind Sui
Ivan rushed and gained cross puI,oCh ioOh p,o
Kilran broke away. John leading and landing DO"
on rho neck Jake here began Mitchels tactics. |
etreatnc all around the ring. kilrain landed slightly
on suIiiyan's meek sullivan cross counering heavily |
on tbe head Kilran went down in his corner
sixth round-short arm lighting wa srtg 6ood
by a blow the left ear. ,,, H.
seventh round-sullivan appeared bleeding ne |
landed vicously kilrains face gaming hrSt AhocA
Eighth round sullivan led Kilran countcrng slight
w. doing no damage. Kiran again went down 10
ninth round~sullivan led with his left, Kiram
counterinc slightly and returned with interest on
Kilrain's ribs The latter 10 grass:
Tenth rOund-kilrain rushed al sullivan ana was
"' Eeyenf6 r6nndNSuii.van rushed the fighting. HI
rain going down to avoid punS hnent, ,,n,oa trying
10 throw sullivan but failing. Kirains blows lached
strength. The round ended with Sullivan enn'mhs
a"9 TbirtSen,b round-SuilNan landed on Kilran'f
RIBS, the latter playing for The stomach S'H a i and
RIBS. and Kilrain slipped down 10 avoid punshhtlen.
In this round Klrain trod on sullVahS iel' loo'
spikng Il badly. y, 5000
Fourteenth round-Kilrain again started around tina
the ring the round ending with cllnch. IN WHICH
Sullivan slipped going down under the ropes.
Fifteenth round-Suvan tented, h1raih leu ,
ing and sullivan followed him all over me fng, |
finally landing rooster on III" ribs. in the faIy
that ensued Kilran down to avoid punishment |
sixteenth round-Kilrain landed on Sullivans ribs,
John countered and Krain again went down.
Seventeenth rOund-KiraIn went down without
blow.
Eighteenth round-Kilran went down without re-
cefving blow and Sullivan claimed foul. This was
not allowed
Nineteenth round-Both men spared for wind,
sullivan finally landing Krain's ribs the latter
countered on Sullivan and went down from light re-
turn on the head.
Twentieth rOund-Sullivan hit Kilrsn "roaster' in
the IBIS Kilrain going down.