Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-17
SLAVIN THE WINNER.
Hurricane Fight Between Two Great
Heavy Weights.

Heavy Weights.
New YORK, June 16.-The long dis
cussed boxing contest between Jake
Kilrain of Baltimore and Frank Slavin
of Australia, for $4,000 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 very sump-
tuons one and the attendance was not
quite up to the expectations. A large
number of well known sports were in
attendance, however.
THE MEN READY FOR THE FRAY, \
At IL 10 the contestants came in.
Jere Dunu was referee; John Kelly
time-keeper, and Muldoon, Cleary and
Murray were KiIrain's seconds, and
Mitchell, Ed Stoddard and Pony Moore
acted for Slavin. The gloves weighed
four ounces. Time was called at IL 20,
and Slavin Immediately began offensive
work. and after a clinch commenced
terrible right hand pounding OF Kilrain's
ribs, just below the heart. Jake,
though weakened, made grand rally,
and gave Slavin hard blows right and
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the round ended in favor of Kilrain, he
getting rib roaster ON the Australian.
HURRICANE BATTLE.
In the second clinch work began at
once and again did the Australian pound
away on Kilrain's ribs, the blows being
sickening. When the men separated
Jake assumed the offensive in gallant
manner, and banged Slavin on the head
with right and left. After another
clinch and more rib roasting, Jake
landed highlander on Slavin's neck,
causing him to whirl half round. 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 to be the end OF his strength, for
soon after Slavin shot out his right and
caught Jake under the left ear aud down
he went like 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
half insensible. Jake managed to stag
ger to his knee and the gong saved him.
KILRAIN NOT IN THE FIGHT.
The fourth round had barely opened
when down he went again. Those ter
rible 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 men made them
horrible looking objects. Four times
did Kilrain 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 conf
dence. Right and left-handers were
ralned upon Kilraln, whose only chance
of staying the ten rounds was by clinch-
ing, and in all this he was sure to meet
rib-roasting.
THE REFEREE SAVED JAKE.
In the fifth Jake landed repeatedly on
the Australians head without result,
and soon another terrible right-hander
sent him down. Once he had him in
his (Slavin's) corner, in a 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 of life.
In the sixth there were more clinch-
ings, and again those dreadful body
blows beneath Kilrain's heart. Jake
seemed to pick up a little, and landed a
neat upper-cut beneath Slavin's jaw,
but in the clinch which followed he
again suffered severely. Jake was little
more than chopping-block for the
Australian, and had it not been that
both men were dripping with water and
red lather, Slavin's blows would have
finished Jake before.
sLAyIN SMILES AT KILRAIN's TIP.
In the seventh Slavin no sooner got in
the ring than he went for Jake's ribs
with the same vim as in the first round.
After breakaway, they exchanged few