The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-17
KILRAIN'S WATERLOO
Frank Slavin LickS Him in Just
Nine Rounds.
THE AUSTRALIAN is A TERROR
He Really Had the Baltimorean Whipped in
the Second Round-His Blows
We're Terrible.

New YORK. June 16-The long discussed
boxing contest between Jake Kilrain, OF
Baltimore, and Frank Slavin, Of Australia,
for SO. 900 purse, took place tonight at
the club house of the Granite Athletic as
ISOLATION, Hoboken. Slavin was declared
winner in the ninth round.
The club house was not very sumptuous
one and the attendance was not quite up to
expectation. A large number OF well
known sports were there. The men also
were very late coming into the ring and as
there were no preliminary sparring
matches, the audience grew very inpatient
Finally, at IL 10 o'clock, the contestants
came in. Jere Dunn was referee; John
Nelly was time keeper; Muldoon, Cleary
and Murray were Kilrain's seconds, and
Mitchell, Ed. Stoddard and Pony Moore
acted for Slavin. The gloves were four
ounce. Time was called at IL ID o'clock,
and Slavin Immediately began offensive
work and after clinch commenced terri
BILE pounding of Kilrain's ribs Just below
the heart. Jake, though weakened, made a
grand rally and gave Slavin hard blows
right and left. Clinch upon clinch followed
and the round ended in favor Of kilraln,
he getting in rib rooster on the Austria
lian.
In the second round clinch work began
at once and again did the Australian pound
away on kilrain's ribs, his blows being
sickening. When the men separated Jake
assumed the offensive in a gallant manner
and banged Slavin on the head heavily
with his right and left. After another
clinch and more rib-roasting, Jake landed
a right-hander on Slavln's neck, causing
him TO whirl half around. Jake followed
this up with terrific right and left facers,
and the round ended in his favor.
In the third round after light inter
change, Jake went for Slavin again and
hammered him TO the ropes, but this seemed
the end of his strength, for soon after,
Slavin shot out his right, caught Jake
under the ear, and down he went like a
log. He managed to stagger to his feet,
but it was evident his strength was gone.
After another clinch he received another
terrible blow which felled him TO the stage
painfully and insensible. Jake managed
10 stagger to his knee and the gong
saved him.
The fourth round had barely opened
when down he went again. Those terrible
heart blows had evidently done their work;
Jake was out of it Blood was pouring
from his nose, which was said to be broken,
and this, combined with the water on both
mems bodies, made them horrible looking
objects. Four times did Jake go TO grass in
this round, but again and again he rallied,
although there was no force in his blows,
while Slavin was full OF strength and con-
fidence. Right and left handlers were
showered upon Kilrain, whose only chance
of staying ten rounds was by clinching, and
in doing this he was sure to meet rib roast
ing.
In the fifth round Jake landed repeatedly
ha
and soon another terrible Highlander
sent him down and nearly put him to sleep.
Once Slavin had Jake in his (Slavln's)
corner in puddle OF water and was about
TO pound him there, when Referee Dunn
interfered. The Australian tried TO push
Dunn aside, but the referee insisted and
the gong gave Jake another lease or life.
In the sixth round there were more
clinches and again those dreadful body
blows beneath kilrain's heart Jake
seemed to pick up little and landed neat
uppercut beneath Slavin's jaw, but in the
clinch which followed he again suffered
severely. Jake was little more than a
chopping block for the Australian, and had
it not been that both men were dripping
with water and their hard red leather
gloves were slipping, Slavin's blows would
have finished Jake before.
In the seventh round Slavin no sooner
got in range than he went for Jake's ribs
with the same vim as in the first round.
After breaking away they exchanged a
few Intellectual long range blows, which
only further demonstrated Jake's helpless
ness. The blood literally poured down his
face Some good exchanges were given
however, Jake landing once fairly with
what seemed to be a final effort, which
only made Slavin smile.
In the eighth round Jake went in for his
saving clinch and throughout the round the
referee was kept busy separating the men.
Jake once landed his left on Slavin's head,
but there was no force in the blow and in
the clincn which followed, the Australian
almost stove in Jake's ribs. The sound of
the blow was actually heard outside the
clubhouse. The sympathy of the majority
of the audience was with kilrain, who was
dying so pluckily, as he really was beaten
in the second round.
In the ninth and last round, Jake man.
aged to come to the scratch in pretty good
shape but after Slavin had landed upon
him once or twice he was again a mass of
blood. He managed, however, to get in
two good blows on Slavin's head, though
there was little force in them. Finally
Siavin hit Jake terrible left-hander on the
neck and Jake went down as il shot Still
game, however, Jake SLOWLY and painfully
rose, reeled, and as the gong sounded had
to be carried 10 his corner, and Jere Dunn
gave the fight 10 Slavin. rus did Kilrain
practically meet his last Wae rloo and pass
into the ranks of second-class men.