Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-06-21

than he would nave 10 stay in ire. 10
brutal thing Ito keep saving man 1ror
going out when his opponent virtually ma
him Jeaten
I'll ~ arantee that if Jere Dunn had le
me put kiirain out in the third round, as
had a rient 10 do. that Kiiraiu wOuldn'
have mark on him now. 1t made M
feel disguised 10 have to hit him so muce
lie looked SD pitiaDle AZ times that ol
liked very much to hit him. But, then, !
was there 10 win just as well As he was
ana 1 had no Jime 10 stop 10 think aoou
things. | always fight fast. 1t does tut
other man no good YOU know. When thu
NTH round cane [ was 50 tired from carry
ing hi.ran around ana punching him INA
| didn't put a great deal OF steam INTO IN,
blows he received / didn't feel suspi
cious nj ali of The time-keepcr; though
| they We're trying 70 make u too fslr ant
! made mess of it,
never heard such ridiculous stuff as u
, Keep telling men: Get out Of that corne
and 20 % tne centre IT, too silly. Nina
am not finding fault. l am simply givinl
my version. Think if a man IS afraid u
speak ms mind he is a coward. Therefore
lnlnH / u be coward II didn't write ex
actly ds feel about tlls matter.
THE JERE DUNN RULES.
The six q. seventh and eighth round.
were fought under the new Jere Duni
rules. lie kept Jumping in between US ant
showing Us apart. IL seemed as If he die
not want TO let either OF Us do any punch
ing while c.iuched Now, I know every
word Of the Marquis Of Queensoerry rules
| know them rs well as | know the ter
commandments, and I'd be much obliged i
! AIr. Dnuu on anybody else would show me
any ruio Wuich prohibits me from hitting
in chuch wuen the other man is holding
me and / am Rot holding him.
TIE FINALE.
When the ninth round opened saw that
Kilraiu was very weak. OF course hi:
strength crew less and less every time az
was HIT over the heart or knocked down.
thought wEen he came out OF MS corner fol
the ninth round that he was so weak tha'
he would have fallen from exhaustion be
fore many minutes more. Still, Il was my
business To hit him AL / could. So stuck
to him. Although mis- strength was conc
be did not lose his head or his pluck. Every
time swung at his jOw or neck he duckec
beautifully or got q shoulder up in time to
save himself At the end OF two minutes,
though. / gave him good punch in the
body. Then tented at his face with my
left He thought was goingto him in the
ribs again, and down went MS arms 70 save
them. Then 1 landed my right on the point
of his jaw.
II was u straight punch, but only little
more than Il half arm blow. IL IL had been
! a "swiugm Hilr;iin could not have got up IN
less than three or four minutes,
and we would have been spared all this
wearisome discussion about "Was he
| knocked ont or wasn't heW At all events
when Kilrain mad been "outn ten seconds
| Dunn said TO me:-"Go Oh now. Clear out
OF the ring OF course | did as he told
me, and I was never more surprised In my
| life than | WAS when | heard that there
was any dispute about the result. l am
sure Kilrain has no doubt about 1t.
have been asked also TO state something
| about nay plans for the future. AS soon as
we can make arrangements our party viii
sail for England In September we will
come back here and make tour OF the
/ country, giving sparring exhibitions in the
| Digcities
| III am treated as well in the future as
! have been up % this date in America | viii
| make my home here. | like the people.
| / nave nothing 70 ask of them but fair play.
| The American climate has agreed with me,
| but it's strange thing that | can't get back
the weight had when l first arrived in
England / stood nj then 1t 1876 pounds.
| Now I'm Isl
! nevertheless lcel is SLronk 40 e|cl anu
| am ready to meet any man OF any color
from anywhere aud find out whether he is
or am the champion OF the world. | don't
claim to be the champion, but | have a
great deal OF curiosity and would like to
! lind out whether ! am or not If | am, L
want the money and credit that belongs to
the championship If / am beaten, no one
will acknowledge ii sooner than myself
FRANK y. SLAvIN.
Ne,C York IWC rs, 1891