Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-07
AIN lUUL UF IHE Hulk
New Orleans Cheering for the Bal
timore Bruiser.
FLocKlNG TO SEE THE FIGHTER.
Crowds Push and Jostle to Get a
Look at Him.
JAKE LOOKS LIKE A WINNER.
A Catholic Priest Blesses Him at
Chattanooga.
SULLIVAN ALMOST FORGOTTEN.
The Pride OF Boston Keeps In His
Quarters While the City Rings
With Greeting to His
Fistic Rival.
KiIrain Certain of Victory.

Kilrain Certain of Victory.
New ORLEANS, July 6.-[Special Telegram
to THE BEE. Never in the memory of the
oldest lnhabitant has the Crescent City
shown such enthusiasm over anything as she
does over the presence of the Maryland pug
list camp. st. Charles, Canal, Carondelet
streets, and all the artereries leading thereto
are surging mass of humanity, and at the
time of this writing there is fully 5000 men
congregated IN front and in the vicinity of
Moreau's hotel on Canal street,
where Kilrain is dining, all anxious
to catch glimpse of the idol
of the hour The cheering and waving of
hats and handkerchiefs beggars description.
Every other man wears Kilrain's colors, anu
the gamins on the streets hawk his picture
around and do rushing trade. Despite the
croakings of those to whom the wish was
father to the thought, Kilrain's special ar
rived at New Orleans at 10:5S prompt, and
as the cars drew into the Queen g. Crescent
depot such shout went up as made the
wekin ring. A special train left the city at
T:l5 this morning conveying Stevenson,
Harding, Nike Donavan, Dennis Butler
and A. Beeman. They were bound for
Pearl river, to meet the incoming train bear
ing with it the man who is to face John l..
next Monday. AT $50 your representative
was on board grasping the hand of Pony
Moore, the father-in-law of Mitchell and the
principal backer of Kilrap, and an old time
acquaintance of The BEE reporter Intro
ductions to both Mitchell and Kilrain fol-
lowed, and delightful time was spent talk
ing over the prospects of the Forthcoming
battle and exchanging opinions with the
gentlemen comprising the party
as to what the outlook was.
ALI Kilrain asks is fair play.
He Is in splendid condition. His face bears
the unmistakable appearance of perfect
health. Turnbull, of the New York Herald,
said:
"The fight will be between quarter horse
and mile heater Jake isn't fool He
knows Su!ly's tricks. You bet he will make
mincemeat of him. Don't be mistaken about
men. Jake has more staying power than
Sullivan every time, and as for scientific
fighting, why, there is no comparison"
Charley Mitchell says: II have Jake
where Sullivan will never get at him. When
you see him strip you will agree with me''
The reception at the depot and the progress
to the club amounted to an ovation The streets
were crowded, cheering all along the line.
Kilrain made most favorable impression
with those privileged to meet him. Re-
spending to call of ''Kllrain," 'Kilrain,"
he said that he came to fight perfectly fair
and square, and all he asked he felt he would
get from the southern people, and that
was fair play. After resting for couple of
hours carriages were taken and drive
around the city was taken. Pony Moore has
900 to bet on Jake, and he says that
should Kilrain get whipped he will at once
challenge The slugger on behalf of Mitchell
for 5000 side and the championship
Roach OF the Baltimore American, says
''Of course Kilrain will win. He is in bet
ter condition than he ever was, and Sullivan
is far wide of what he should be.'
AT Chattanooga the Maryland man was
cheered, and a Catholic priest who was in
the depot blessed the ''pug" and hoped he
would win.
Governor Nichols told THE BEE man to-
day he knew his duty and would do it, This
means the governor will try and stop the
fight. Adjutant General Fairies threatens
to call out the militia, and the authorities
generally are tapping their wings, but the
profane put their fingers to their nose and
spread their fingers out.
1t is no use surmising who will be referee,
dozen names are mentioned. Aleck Brew
ster, who acted at the Sullivan. Ryan fight
has left the city, so that he cannot be called
upon. The battle ground is not yet selected
The Western Onion and Associated press
representatives are the maddest men in New
Orleans. They don't know whit more than
the corner loafer, but pretend they are wise
and look owlish.
Despite the long odds offered in the pool
rooms no betting has been done. The men
who prance around and say Sullivan will
kill Kilrain in one round wont say to the
extent of $50 to $50 that he will win in SIX
rounds. Nobody would venture 500 to a
81, 900 that Kilrain would go under the first
round.
Sullivan has lain low all day. Fickle
minded clamor has never asked for him once,
but he has been doing good training, not to
pull down his flesh, but to prevent it accumu-
lating, for it is acknowledged that the gen.
tleman from the Hub gathers beef in most
distressing manner THE BEE man saw him
exercising. He jumped the rope 646 times
and quit trembling IN the legs and manifestly
winded. His work at the bag punching was
marvellous. The first blow he struck ripped
it up as If knife had cut it. Again he
tapped it four times at lightning speed before
it passed. His physique is perfect. The
muscles stand out magniticently and work
smoothly like fine piece of mechanism.
Late last night conference was held and
it was considered fairly satisfactory, yet
there are many crooked places to make
straight Renaud looks after the excursion
party. Duffy Is charged with getting the
principals on the ground. The tickets for
the fight, sl5 each, entitle the holder
to a camp stool. The specials leave
the northeastern depot tomorrow at mid,
night. There has been about seven hundred
tickets sold.
The st. Charles hotel is the great centre