St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-08
SYMPATHY WITH KILRA1N.
But Most of the Money Goes on
Sullivan.

NEW ORLEANS, July 7.-There is
nothing of Sunday character about
this crty to-day. st. Charles, Canal.
Rampant, Washington and Pry-
tania streets are crowded with
people, mostly non-residents, however,
who have come to witness the great
mill and who are anxious at all cost not
to miss any detail of the great en-
counter. The demand for seats in the
inner ring was so great this morning
that by 10 o'clock the entire capacity
of the ring, eight hundred seats,
had been disposed of. Then festive
spectators began to get in their work
and soon it began to be whispered
about that inner ring tickets could be
purchased from spectators at prices
ranging from S25 to $40. Several tick
cts were disposed of at prices midway
between these figures, but in one or
two cases outside prices were
paid. Col. r. II. Garrett, gen.
eral Southern passenger agent of
the Queen and Crescent, estimates that
there will be $500 people on the ground
and that the gate receipts will approx
mate $4,000. The net proceeds of the
SdJC ulOllCy VIII DO ulfluCu Ill CllO lOl-
lowing proportions-60 per cent to
the winner and 40 per cent to
the loser. The st. Charles hotel, which
is directly opposite the Queen and Cres-
cent ticket office. is the accepted head
quarters of the visiting sports, and its
famous rotunda and piazzas have been
crowded all day with visiting pugiliStic
celebrities. Tom Allen, Joe Co
burn, the st. Joe Kid, Murphy,
Mike Cleary, and a multitude of
others were prominent figures in the
vicinity OF the hotel during the progress
of the day. To-morrow's fight was, of
course, the prevailing topic of discus
sion. Sullivan continues the favorite
of the talent, but public sentiment, that
is to say public sentiment which is
backed by principle and not money, is
all in favor of Kilrain.
THE GENTEEL ELEMENT
of the community is almost unani-
mously in favor of Kilrain. They con-
slider the Boston man nothing better
than brute, and want to see him
whipped, but they are not inclined to
back their preference. At the clubs to-
day the general sentiment was: "We
hope Kilrain will win," but when a bet
was offered the club men wanted to l.
The ladies are similarly inclined, and
their sympathies are with the Balti-
more man. At Sullivan'S headquarters
to-day there was no departure from the
usual air of quiet confidence. Among
the visitors were Sheriff Mallor, Chief
OF Police Hughes, of Louisville; Jack
Barnett, of New York, and Charles
johnson, one Of Sullivan's back
ers. They were entertained in
the parlor down stairs by Muldoon,
UhiIa Sullivan remained in seoluSion
on the floor above. Sullivan passed
lazy and luxurious day. His appetite
is enormous. At fifteen minutes after
o'clock a carriage drove up, into
which Sullivan, Muldoon, Cleary
and Dan Murphy entered, and were rap
idly driven to the Queen & Crescent
depot, where they embarked for the
battle ground. There is still some con-
fict of opinion as to Kilrain's cOndi-
ton. Some think he is too fat; others
too lean. An Associated Press reporter
asked Tom Allen, the famous pugilist,
for his opinion, who said: Il am for
Kilrain." The reporter requested
an opinion as to Kllrain's condition.
Allen replied: "It is good, but would
like him better if he were not SO fat. /
like to see the cheek bones sticking
out" So there you are. The talent
and Tom Allen thinks him too heavy.
Everybody is at sea, and the bet
ting is taking curious shots. Bets
are being made that Sullivan will
win in less than six rounds. Thus far
little money has been wagered here.
The Kilrain men insist on odds of 2 to l.
The other side are willing to concede
S1O0 to SIS, but there is no disposition to
close at these figures.