The sun., 1891-06-18
TWAS A QUEER DECISION.
JERE DUyH'S NEW PRIZE RING INN0-
PATTON MEETS WITH DISFAYOR. :

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The Referee WINS to have Given . FS.sf
Deci.ion Inst Night ReEsrdiae Kiirsia's
Knockout, but he Failed to show Up
what - Thought by Sporting Men.
Several animated conversations took llace
in Hoboken nftsr the Slavin- Kilrain Rlove
fight on Tuesday night. and altogether. the
modest Jersey town had lively line Alter
tho gong had sounded In the fatoful ninth
round. nine out Of every ten men In the house
thought that tho signal was to call the end OF
tho round. Whom the Slavin party LEFT tho
stnge and Klrain wabbled over to lteferee
Dunn to protest against what he began to sus.
poet was q decision against him. the crowd
jumped to the conclusion that on the last knock
! down jake had been counted out. A rush was
made for tho doors. and tho ncws was spread
| TINT Kilrain had been done" 1t was at 3
o'clock yesterday morning whom Referee Dunn
| made calls Mt tho rooms OF both Slavln aud
Kilrain In tho building He had heard q lot Of
talk about Kirain being up and ready when
the gong sounded in thnt ninth round. but he
could not see his way toward an decision other
than ono in Sa,ns fav r. Still. he could not
consc. ntiously declare Kllrain 10 bo knocked
out, for he was not, according to the gong.
| 1t was n startling erdlct the rcferee Ravus
| He said that Slavin had won but that Klreln
had not been knocked out. and all bets thas
the Batimorean would be put to sleep for ten
seconds within the ten rounds were OF. Nobody
| disputes that Kilrain was the worsted man.
| but there is n tremendous howl a. to the
| knocking out part OF tho decision. More bets
were made. probably. on that feature thau on
the general result, tho money being generally
| put out at ovens. that Kirain would not stay
| the limit Consequently, thore are many kick
ers who ar9ue this way
II two men contract to fight ten rounds
| and tho ten rounds are not fought the eno
must como through one or the other beink
knocked out or some sort OF Interference with
| the successful termination OF the match. III
this cae therc was ne Interference. yet the
mon did not fight ten rounds II one man wAs
honestly entitled to the decision, 1t was be-
cauae he knocked the other man out. There
can re no two ways about 1t. and any decision
taat Is contrary 70 that reasoning Is absusi.
E s sssSr ss!I
for ten seconds 10 that instance. and Klrsln
and rssds r. % n %n 6s
finished; and: consequently. nobody won. ,an!s j.,
is entitled 10 the winners three QUARTERS Of
the purse. the men who bet on him can juatlS
within tho ten rounds. can Justify y deoision
in the AUSTRALIANS favor ~, ..,l.N
ana made Known Know what what Is e was 81 going to 70 decide.
William Mul,lonn Was yery, angry. Muldo"n
o bnan
ofthhGs that were not at all complimentary,
cason "Y hs ns,sa sn1s Ssa oS
bet that Kirein rain would not 4 last the ten rounds.
an II. nnnn N w.s e ss %a
entirely wrons. and he rccited his piece In nm,
soon as Mitchell heard Timekeeper John Kelly
strko The cong % tie S sound whish Tie % rsIerss
he @ " e"Ap eSed tavn S 1 .s IN and sent
him over to skaks hands @ @ with luke: like: Eis nest
pilshea ms 6siore Dunn S MOI OF Keiiy kneS what what
there wa. n" iikclh"od Of any return to IT,. Il
was good tr ok. ana Charley wSrks % i we'll:
ieasst suii,eiontly so so 20 make % u" the nurse 81
tr oa Sn1s sSoS sS S0dSfs dos woa va e
lar out OF the way.
day was That Rcfcrce Dunn would present 8
written decision durny the yeniIe. TO whom
ba. VI" Tho Hs" st. Hotel rs named as II:
place OF presentation. 1t is not usual in ten. J
he bDt 6an a0e erdsns
ana M Mnnror Hs Rk Roche 81 be
"Thy ys,ia q tho + Jane; s
se o s IN v9R
ment. but no Dunn appeared. A wait Of an
hour and n half followed. but still no Dunn.
Then the "Nreetanis go' tired and went away,
Roche said he, would wait an other hour: that /
wonld make the time II O'Clock. but he. too.
weakened. and left the st. James some time
bpioi the eleventh hour. ,
John Kelly could not be found last night
ahont his saloon, 1t was said by q representa-
tive there that Keilv had not been seen sinoO
his t'uke OF the night before.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 7.-Peter Jackson,
when he heard that Slavin had whipped Ktis"
rain. said that he was ready to fight the Aus, /
tralian ut any time for suitable nnrse. He
added: - I'm in the field to fight. That's my
business. and II makes no difference to me
who, it is. so long as tho purse Is worth lighting
for"
President Fuldn of the California Athletic !
Club snid Tint Slavin's performance confirmed
his opinion OF the Young Australian and the
club would he prepared In day or two r. o1ee
q hands ONE purse for Il match to a finish bo.
tween Slavin and Jackson. corbett saws he 10
not going to fight for some time. perhaps ono
year. hut when he fights he wants 10 meet the
Australian champion. He thinks Slavin and
jackson should settle which In the champion
Of Australia before asking him to meet them. q.
Sullivan is now playing at SACRAMENTO. He
received special on the result Of the 6Ght and
his characteristic comment was: We'll. Kill
rain hasn't recovered from tho licking gave
him at Richhurg and meyer will. Savln found
his weak points and easily whipped him." =.
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