, 1891-06-17
TWO GREAT EVENTS.
Kilrain-Slavin Prize Fight and
the Suburban Race.
The Baltimorean Knocked Out
in the Ninth Round.
1t Was a Battle for Blood
From the Beginning.
Sheepshead Bays Great Race
Won by Loantaka,
Tenny, the FavOrite, Makes a
Very Poor Showing.
The KiIrain-sIayin Fight.


New YORK, June l6.-The long dis
cussed boxing contest between Jake Kill
rain Of Baltimore and Frank Slavin of
Australia, for a $40, 900 purse. took place
tonight at the club house of the Granite
Athletic Association. Hoboken. Slavin
was declared the winner in the ninth
round. The club house was not a very
sumptuous one and the attendance was
not quite up to expectation. A large
number of well-known sports we're there.
The men also were very late coming into
the ring and as there we're no preliminary
sparTing matches, the audience grew very
impatient. Finally, at ll:lO, the con-
testants came in. Jere Dunn was
referee, John Kelly was time keeper,
Muldoon, Cleary and Murray were
Kilrain's seconds, and Mitchell, Ed. Stod-
dard and Pony Moore acted for S!avin.
The gloves we're four ounce. Time was
called at ll:22 and Slavin Immediately
began offensive work, and after a cliuch
commenced a terrible right-hand pounding
of Kilrain's RIBS lust below the heart.
Jake, though weakened, made a grand
rally and gave Slavin some hard blows
with his right and left. Clinch upon
cllnch followed, and the round ended in
favor OF kilrain, he getting in a rib
rooster on he Australian.
In the second, the clinch work began
at once and again did the Australian
pound away on kilrain's ribs, the blows
being sickening. When the men
aanarafad IaGa aasrn,ad Al. aHAn.-. -
gallant manner and banged Slavin on the
head heavily with his right and lett.
After another clinch and more rib-roast-
ing, Jake landed a ~right-hander on
Slayin neck, causing him to whirl half
around. Jake followed this up with
terrific right and left lacers and the round
ended in his favor
Thlrd-Aiter a light interchange, 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 left
ear, and down he went like a log. He
managed to stagger to his feet, but it was
evident that his strength was gone.
After an other clInch be received ano. her
terrible blow which felled him to the
stage, Painfully and half insensible, Jake
managed to stagger to his knee and the
gong saved him,
The fourth round had barely opened
when down he went again. Those terri
bic heart blows had evidently done their
work. Jake was out of it. Blood wa
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 90 to grass in this round. but again
and again he rallied, although there was
no force IN his blows, while Slavin was
tull otestrength and confidence. Right
and left handlers were showered upon Kill
rain, whose only chance OF staying the ten
rounds was by ciinching, and in doing this
he was sure to meet a rlb-roasting.
In the fifth, Jake landed repeatedly on
the Australian = head without result and
soon another terrible right-heuder sent
hun down and nearly put him TO sleep.
Once Slavin had Jake IN his (SlaYin's)
corner in a puddle OF water and was about
TO pound him there when Referee Dunn
interiered. The Australian tried to push
Dunn aside, but the referee insisted and
the gong gave Jake another lease of life.
In the sixth there were more clinches
and again those dreadful body blows be-
meath Kilrain's heart. Jake seemed to
pick up a little and landed a neat upper
Cht btHthlu blhNl ; Jaw, DuI III tue
chnch 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 we're drip
ping with water and the hard red leather
gloves slippery. Slavin's blows would
have finished Jake before this.
In the seventh Slavin no sooner got in
range than he went for Jake's ribs with
the same vim as inehe first round After
the break-away, they EXCHANGED a few
Intellectual long range blows, which only
further demonstrates Jake's helplesness.
Blood literally poured down his face.
Some good exchanges were given. how
ever, Jake landing once fairly with what
seemed to he a final effort, which ouly
made Slavin smile.
In the sub. Jake went in for his saving
clinch and throughout the round the re-
fierce was kept busy separating the men.
Jake once landed his lett on Slavin's
head. but there was no force i'll the blow,
and in clinch which followed the Aus'ra-
liam almost stove IN Jake's RIBS The
sound of the blows was actually heard
outside the club house. The sympathy of
the majority OF The audience was with