The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-30
EiIrain's Condition.

Especial TO THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dispatch
BALTIMORE, Nd, Jure.-In less than a
week Jake Kilrain will have finished train
ing and be on his way to New Orleans.
That heha trained faithfully ard iudici-
ously is best evidenced by his present su-
perb condition. The superRous fat about
the face, chest, arms, abdomen and legs
has disappeared, leaving only bones,
muscle and a moderate amount Of hardened
flesh. His complexion is as clear as ala
baster; there is bright lustre in his eyes,
while his form is as erect as an arrow.
Those brawny fists of his which he has
been picking with a secret mixture several
times a day ever since he started in to
train, are as hard as iron.
a more willing pupil than Kilrain would
be hard to find. He is ready at all times
to do the slightest bidding of his trainers.
He never grumbles or complains, and is al
ways in good humor, except, perhaps the
first three days Of his training, when the
weather was so oppressively hot that he
became irritable and cross, but that soon
passed away, and III less than week he
was himself. Whenever he speaks of the
fight he never boasts about what he can
do, but what he will try to do. This he
says with such i confident air as TO make
his friends feel very sanguine as to the
result.
Charley Mitchell, under whose guidance
kilrain is training, is more Outspoken on
the subject. He feels absolutely sure that
barring accidents, Jake will win. Unlike
many others, Mitchell does not fear inter
ference, as he believes the big fellow to be
too manly and brave to want to win except
upon his merits. Among the other enthusi-
astic friends of the Baltimorean, however,
are some who think the crowd behind Sui
Ivan intend some crooked business Just as
soon as it is seen that their man cannot win.
They argue that these men have got aSmall
fortune on S lllivan, and they are not going
to lose it if they can help it. The declina-
ton of Dempsey to act as one of the big fel-
lows seconds they admit is a great OBJ
stacle removed, as the presence Of Mitchell
and Dempsey in the same ring would I'M
doubtedly lead to some difficulty if not be-
tween the pugiliStS themselves, at least
among their adherents outside of the ropes.
In MuldOon everyone here thinks Sullivan
will have better adviser, should he atteQd
MIN at the ring side, than Dempsey Null
doom is well known in Baltimore and is
very popular, and he is believed to be
square and competent.
All sorts of stories come to this city about
the terrible things that the Sullivan gang,
as it is called, intend TO do. One of themis
10 the effect that a certain friend has Sc
cured a dozen Of the most desperate char
acters of which the southern metropolis
can boast. who, augmented by as
many more of the same calibre
from New York, will be at the
fight ready at a moments warning from
their leader to break it up, such Interrupt
ton, of course, only take place in case it
is seen that the big fellow cannot win.
Another story comes quoting one Of the
hackers of Sullivan as saying that he must
win let the consequences be what they
may. In talking with your correspondent
Kilrain and Mitchell laughed heartily when
told of the stories repeated above. we
do not believe there is a word of truth in
them" they said, 'for the reason that
neither side can afford to take the Slight
est chance of crookedness for fear of loos-
ing on a technicality.'