St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-14

walk of mile or so. They next eat
hearty breakfast, read the papers and
lounge about for an hour or two, when
they take a run and walk of twelve Or
fifteen miles. Returning, Killen is put
through his daily bath, carefully dried
and rubbed down. BY this time dinner is
ready, and both principal and trainer
are thoroughly ready for the meal Din
ner over a walk of a mile or two is
taken, and on the return Pat pounds
away at the ball vigorously for an hour
or more, takes a rest, eats his evening
meal and retireS regularly every night
ut $3.50. This is about the daily pro-
gramme, except that sometimes the ball
is given punching in the evening, and
the long walk is taken in the
afternoon. in the last instance the trip
generally being to st. Paul, Killen's
weight is now 1S2 pounds, but on the
night of the fight he will weigh about
three pounds less. Pat Killen was born
In Philadelphla on Christmas eve, 1862,
and Is, therefore, nearly twenty-eight
years of age. Along in the earl y eigh-
ties
His Fine Form
and military bearing attracted the at
tention of the powers that be in the
Quaker City. and he was made q mem
Der of the police force, as member of
which body he acquitted himself with
credit, and incidentally worked up his
muscle. Surrendering his billy after
two years. faithful service, he blossomed
out as pugiliSt, and won long series
of brilliant battles. The first man he
met was Hile II. Stoddard. The pair
met at the Club the alter, Philadelphia.
and klllen put his man to sleep in two
rounds. He then entered the arena
with several unknownS. knocking them
out one after another in short. sharp
and decisive battles. Going on the road
Alilen gave exhibitions at Scranton and
several other towns, bringing up in
Chicago in 1885, where he beSted Jack
Morris, Dick Burke and Pat McHue.
Taking the road again, he and Jack
Burke travelled for six months. visiting
all the state in the Union. Joining
Parson Davies, Killen went to Gin
cinnatI, where in three successive nights
he knocked out John Hughes, Mike
Smith and William Jordan. The COM
blnation went thence to Milwaukee,
where Killen whipped Jim Brady i'm
tWentY-three seconds. At Eau Claire
lie put Dell Stalker over the ropes in
couple of minutes. A few days later
at Omaha he whipped Mike Daley, going
thence to Chicago and Cleveland, where
he met and whipped Mervine Thomp-
son four times, but Thompson's back
ers each time saved him by deliberately
carrying him to his corner. KiIIen then
came to the Northwest, meeting Patsy
Mellen at the Theater Comique, Mime
apoliss, land putting him to sleep in three
rounds. The next week he knocked
out Tom DonnellY in one round at the
olympic theater. st. Paul. The week
following he bested James G. Daily in
two rounds. Then came his
Fight with Zoe Lannan
at Pigs Eye, below st. Paul. in which
Pat got in the famous "jugular Jolt"
in the ninth round This mill gave
Killen big reputation and he has ever
since stood high as pugilist. His next
contest was at Hurley, Wis, with Dun
can G. Mcdonald. whom he whipped i'm
twenty-three seconds. The next victim
was Jack Morris, who went down at the
Theater Comique, Minneapolis. in two
rounds. In the fall of 1856 Killen went
10 Duluth and, at the jackson theater,